Trita Parsi
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I can't think of a single example in history when an Iranian pretender to the throne sided with a foreign invader and then ended up ruling the country. Nothing suggests that Pahlavi, who is seen here selling Iran out while Israel unleashes hell on Tehran, will be the first.
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