Review. Robert Steele, The Shah’s Imperial Celebrations of 1971. Nationalism, Culture and Politics in Late Pahlavi Iran, London, I.B. Tauris, 2021.
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https://doi.org/10.54103/2612-6672/18128Keywords:
Celebrations, Shah’s, Imperial, Nationalism, IranAbstract
An illustration published in October 1971 on the front page of Iran Free Press, an overseas-based opposition publication, depicts Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi cheering elegant foreigners at a party . On the table chicken and pork, whereas in Islam pork is regarded as unclean and its consumption is forbidden. In the caption below the illustration, the Shah says: «Here’s to us, forget about those beggars outside, they’re just Iranians» .
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