Not to undersell how much the west, and the U.S. specifically, fucked them up, but this was very much *rich* Iranians. Your average Iranian was not living like this.
"You are American, I am Iranian, we don’t know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same." ~Marjane Satrapi
They did their shit in the 50s which you could argue allowed the above picture to happen however it also set the stage and environment for the revolution but Bottom line, fuck the cia and they need to stay the fuck out of other countries shit.
questoobligato
They look like rivals to the Shaggs.
fireflyseasontwo
Enforcing western dress was another form of forced dressing and colonization and absolutely was part of the revolution:
rulerofthedingdongs
Mehdi Hassan does a great job of explaining some aspects of this.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ohA_cqqJbyg
fireflyseasontwo
Thank you for this addition. I love me some Mehdi Hassan.
Unindoctrinated
Iran in the 1970s, before foreign interference unintentionally resulted in its lslamization.
JarJarDrinks
"Religion poisons everything" - Christopher Hitchens
JohnWickdidnothingwrong
Not to undersell how much the west, and the U.S. specifically, fucked them up, but this was very much *rich* Iranians. Your average Iranian was not living like this.
ChelVanin
This was mostly just Tehran and a couple other urban centers. The rural areas were always more religious, not unlike in the US.
BreakingHeadlines
"You are American, I am Iranian, we don’t know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same." ~Marjane Satrapi
SixSixxtySix
The setting looks very similar to Iguaçu falls in Brasil…
SwissScars
you think America with all it's billionaires and the freedom to be ICE'd is a good thing?
Pulger
Thank you CIA and MI6 for buggering things up as usual.
hellsgunslinger
They did their shit in the 50s which you could argue allowed the above picture to happen however it also set the stage and environment for the revolution but Bottom line, fuck the cia and they need to stay the fuck out of other countries shit.
BenderRodriguezz
Well it's nice to know it wasn't just our guys, at least. https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1MnhsMDkxOGNjOWNhbDc3N255YXpkb2J5NTNsYnV3cW84NGJucmhvZSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/e9hRgPKipZqgy8sYFP/200w.webp
eion85
This was during the oppressive CIA backed authoritarian regime.
But it looks like Freedom because the people are forced to dress the way the West expects.