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Ashraf Pahlavi
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“As I flew over the Shahyad monument, I saw that one corner was completely dark. A moment later I realized this black mass was a mass of Iranian women, women who had achieved one of the highest levels of emancipation in the Middle East. Here they were in the mournful black their grandmother had worn. My god, I thought, is this how it ends?”
Ashraf Pahlavi (1919–2016) first seen 1981 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a memoir, Faces in a Mirror, p. 205 (1981)
“Persia’s backward conditions were relics of social traditions ... and the women for that matter weren’t ready to exchange the protection they had traditionally enjoyed for the unknowns of a new social status.”
Ashraf Pahlavi (1919–2016) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Tribute to Princess Ashraf Pahlavi: A Jewel of Iran (January 17, 2016)
“It is equally obvious and it became clear ... that no ruler can legislate a social revolution. He can implement the outward form of social change, but he cannot legislate change in the minds of the people. Stable and lasting change has to evolve slowly and gradually over a period of many generations. What signaled the beginning of the end ... was the radical modernization program, which virtually affected every aspect of Iranian life ... [including] the sweeping emancipation of women, which moved as it were 13 centuries in the course of three decades.”
Ashraf Pahlavi (1919–2016) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Tribute to Princess Ashraf Pahlavi: A Jewel of Iran (January 17, 2016)
“Carter didn't kill my brother with his own hand, but he overthrew him. If Nixon were President, my brother would still be on the throne.”
Ashraf Pahlavi (1919–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't need to pray. I have God in myside.”
Ashraf Pahlavi (1919–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't care when I die, when you die, you die. What I don't want is to die in my bed. To be killed in an accident or to be shot is my preferred way to die.”
Ashraf Pahlavi (1919–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I found that many Americans did not even know that a country named Iran existed, let alone what it was like. Even among the diplomatic corps and among well-educated people, there was a vagueness about who the Iranians were or what the culture was, a tendency to confuse Iran with Iraq or to mistakenly assume that Iran is an Arab country simply because it is an Islamic nation. This fuzziness about the world outside is unique to America; among the intelligensia of European countries, for example, there is generally a higher level of awareness and information regarding cultures other than their own.”
Ashraf Pahlavi (1919–2016) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Faces in a Mirror, Prentice Hall, p. 100. (1980)