1924: A poet is murdered for his verses, silenced by a rising military strongman. 1941: A monarch abdicates on the orders of a foreign power, leaving behind a fortune stolen from the peasantry. 1953: A democratically elected prime minister is toppled in a coup to restore an absolute ruler. 1975: A king declares a one-party … Continue reading The Pahlavi Restoration: A Legacy of Torture and Revisionism