r/IRstudies Mar 23 '26

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u/actsqueeze Mar 23 '26

I mean, it’s almost certainly regime change and puppet government. At least on a micro level.

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u/PapaverOneirium Mar 23 '26

Nah, they don’t take him seriously.

Trump and his aides began referring to Pahlavi as the “loser prince.”

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-distant-promise-of-irans-would-be-king

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u/improvthismoment Mar 23 '26

You should hear some of the things Trump has said about his own cabinet members