Shah's

The mosques and the Shiite religious institutions, by contrast, were much harder to penetrate and suppress and were thereby in a better position to take advantage of the power vacuum after the Shah's fall.

Stephen Zunes: Why Egypt Will Not Turn Into Another Iran Stephen Zunes 2011

Iranian clerics had strong organizational networks under their command they could mobilize and consolidate against democratic secular forces in aftermath of the Shah's overthrow.

Stephen Zunes: Why Egypt Will Not Turn Into Another Iran Stephen Zunes 2011

Though many on the ground in the struggle against the Shah were leftists and other secular democratic forces -- some of whom organized important strikes, demonstrations, and other actions independently from the religious hierarchy -- the religious overtone of the demonstrations was apparent in the slogans, communiqués, banners, graffiti, and other means throughout the 13-month struggle that led to the Shah's overthrow in February 1979.

Stephen Zunes: Why Egypt Will Not Turn Into Another Iran Stephen Zunes 2011

In Iran, the powerful traditional merchant class -- known as bazaaris -- was bitter at the Shah's draconian taxation, fines, and other efforts to place them at a disadvantage to his preferred neo-liberal economic development model that brought in foreign investment, foreign consumer goods, and other competition.

Stephen Zunes: Why Egypt Will Not Turn Into Another Iran Stephen Zunes 2011

In Iran, the powerful traditional merchant class -- known as bazaaris -- was bitter at the Shah's draconian taxation, fines, and other efforts to place them at a disadvantage to his preferred neo-liberal economic development model that brought in foreign investment, foreign consumer goods, and other competition.

Stephen Zunes: Why Egypt Will Not Turn Into Another Iran Stephen Zunes 2011

To the extent that this criticism contributed to the Shah's downfall, it was spectacularly counterproductive.

Lessons on Egypt From Carter and the Shah Ronen Bergman 2011

But to Shah's dismay the workers shut down the factory and turned up for the wedding.

Smoke Detector Anuradha Raghunathan 2011

Shah's focus is now on the Dubai market, where he has picked up an 80% stake in a fire protection company called New Age.

Smoke Detector Anuradha Raghunathan 2011

Yet as Iranians protested the Shah's reign beginning in the fall of 1978, Mr. Carter began to insist on democratic reform and human rights — to the exclusion of practically everything else.

Lessons on Egypt From Carter and the Shah Ronen Bergman 2011

In Iran, the powerful traditional merchant class -- known as bazaaris -- was bitter at the Shah's draconian taxation, fines, and other efforts to place them at a disadvantage to his preferred neo-liberal economic development model that brought in foreign investment, foreign consumer goods, and other competition.

Stephen Zunes: Why Egypt Will Not Turn Into Another Iran Stephen Zunes 2011