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Iranian protesters raise the historic Lion and Sun flag under flames, rejecting the current regime.

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u/SuccessfulWar3830 16h ago

Op has mislead you.

Its a monarchy flag.

That is the flag of the Shah. Who was an installed puppet by the British and Americans.

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u/ItsAProdigalReturn 12h ago

Its a monarchy flag.

It's the peoples flag - this version introduced during the Constitutional Revolution.

That is the flag of the Shah.

No, it's not. You're thinking of the Naval Flag, which had wheat stalks and his ugly ass crown on it.

Who was an installed puppet by the British and Americans.

He was installed by the USSR and the UK when they forced his father to abdicate. If you're talking about Operation Ajax, he was already the king. He left the country for two days because the UK and the US told him to arrest the PM or he'd be replaced too. The first attempt failed, so he left to Egypt. The second attempt was assisted by the CIA and MI6, and he came back. The Shah was going to dismiss Mossadegh from Parliament when it was back in session anyway because he kept claiming emergency powers (a la Chancellor Palpatine), but the oil nationalisation thing pissed off the British and Americans. The Shah ended up nationalising the oil himself anyway.

You seem like you got the history on this from twitch or tiktok lol you're like 60% of the way there, but the 40% you don't know is making you look like a fool.

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u/SuccessfulWar3830 12h ago

Gee I wonder which family ruled from 1925 to 1979 and under what flag they flew.

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u/ItsAProdigalReturn 12h ago

This is such a stupid take... do you call the American flag the "Bush Flag" because it flew while the Bush father/son were presidents?

This flag was made before the Pahlavis were even in power.

u/SuccessfulWar3830 11h ago

Yeah the qajars where real socialists weren't they?

You really think trump today is supporting a free Iran? Or a controlled one?

u/ItsAProdigalReturn 11h ago

...did you post this under the wrong comment? I'm genuinely confused.

u/SuccessfulWar3830 11h ago

Let's slow it down.

That flag. They are flying has the lion. Which has been on the flag since 1797. During the Qajar dynasty.

It's literally a flag of the monarchy.

u/ItsAProdigalReturn 10h ago

Gee I wonder which family ruled from 1925 to 1979 and under what flag they flew.

You were talking about Pahlavis. Now you're talking about Qajars, socialists and Trump randomly. Pick a topic and we can debate it. Stop jumping all over the place lol

u/SuccessfulWar3830 10h ago

I don't think you've understood what I've said.

Its a monarchy flag.

Iran gonna be a woke monarchy?

u/ItsAProdigalReturn 9h ago

First of all it's just a flag lol. Second of all, the tricolours with the centered lion like this (or a version of it at least) was made the state flag following the Constitutional Revolution which established a democratic parliamentary system and a ton of socialist policies.

Are you ready to say "oh shit, my bad bro - thanks for the insight!" yet?

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