I was wondering why Persian nationalists sympathize with the Iranian monarchy. I've been collecting data a bit, and here I'll post some links to the research. The reason is simple: the Iranian monarchs were Persian patriots.
A Comparative Study of the Status of National Identity and Ethnic Identity
in Two Discourses: Pahlavi and the Islamic Republic
Case Study: The Kurdish Ethnicity in Iran
.jcrir.ut.ac.ir/article_103307…
Thread with excerpts from Charles Murray's "Losing Ground" (1984), a book on the failure of US welfare and social policy 1950-1980 to achieve its goals threadreaderapp.com/thread/2067655…
Thread with excerpts from Charles Murray's "Losing Ground" (1984), a book on the failure of US welfare and social policy 1950-1980 to achieve its goals