nirreich
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What did the shah do for Iran?
Nothing. He spent hundreds of billions on foreign arms, on himslef and his buddies, on foreign imports etc... Iranians were living in poverty, there was mass illiteracy, there was no industry, everything from expertise to physical goods was imported, oil money was plundered on shiny buildings and imports. On top of all this, he was trying to make Iran an ultra westernized nation. Ask any Iranian from that time and they will tell you that Iranian movies were practically pornographic movies. I've seen movies from that time and they were practically pornos. Meanwhile, censors banned any movies that showed the reality of Iranian society. If any documentary tried to film poverty in the country, the movies would get banned (there are many examples and I can direct you to these movies).
Under the current regime, practically EVERY SINGLE person born in the past 30 years has grown up literate. By the time the old generation dies in Iran, the country will have comparable literacy rates to the developed world. Health care and education were priotorized compared to the military. Industry has GROWN MASSIVELY. Today, you can see Iranian made products in every sector. From biscuits to heavy machinery, autos and even planes and trains. There is nothing we can't make and don't make. Quality might not be there yet, but we can make it without having to depend on others. The Iran-Iraq war dealt a heavy blow and set us back more than a decade. The country suffered around a trillion in damages and IRan's oil refineries were all bombed. Without that whole event, we would be in a much better situation today even. We also have to deal with the sanctions. There is practically no technology transfer from the developed world. What did the shah do with all the foreign support?
Look at the indicators. Iran's HDI is higher than Turkey. We produce more cars than Great Britain. Our scientific growth is 11X the world average and we're ahead of many Euro countries today. We're adding 5000 MW to the national electricity grid each year. We're one of the biggest steel and cement producers.
Do I agree with the regime's restrictions when it comes to social laws? No. But many people agree with them and even I am willing to overlook them for now.
OICA » Production Statistics
SJR - International Science Ranking
http://www.science-metrix.com/30years/index.html#
List of power stations in Iran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ignoring oppression for some benefits is a bad deal, and it seems most of the Iranian people disagree with you.
Blackeagle where are you Mr. I care about Golan, your friend here from Israel loves you, good for you guys.
Nope i'm not jealous nirreich, I'm ashamed that Jordan calls it self an Arab nation, while in reality they are nothing but slaves to Israel who sold their Arabism long time ago.
I will never forget King Hussein and Golda Meir meeting, when Hussein left the meeting with Syria and Egypt and quickly jumped on his helicopter to Tel Aviv to tell Golda of the October war plan.
Why Jordan is less an Arab nation than Syria? Because it is less impoverished? It has no murderous regime with a gang of thugs to run it?