2,500 years of Persian Monarchy video

Youtube ^ | 9/25/07 | Youtube

[Cyrus the Great]

The 2,500 year celebration of Iran’s monarchy consisted of an elaborate set of festivities that took place October 12-16, 1971 on the occasion of the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of the Iranian monarchy (Persian Empire) by Cyrus the Great. The intent of the celebration was to demonstrate Iran's long and magnificent history and to showcase its contemporary advancements under the administration of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran.

The planning for the event took more than a decade. The Cyrus Cylinder served in the official logo as the symbol for the event. With the decision to hold the main event at the ancient city Persepolis near Shiraz, the local infrastructure had to be improved including the airport at Shiraz and a highway to Persepolis. While the press and supporting staff would be housed in Shiraz the main festivities were planned for Persepolis that for this occasion would be the site of an elaborate tent city. The area around Persepolis was cleared of snakes and other vermin.[1] Other events were scheduled for Pasargadae, the site of the tomb of Cyrus the Great, and Tehran.

[Cyrus the Great]

Video here

[Red Badger]

# Isaiah 44:28
That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

# Isaiah 45:1
Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;

[dangus]

i actually do tend to be interested in this sort of stuff, but i’m wondering what prompted you to post it, on freerepublic, and why now?

[dangus]

... but, hey, i see you are a muslim. if you can handle the overly broad statements made on freerepublic (including my own), and keep a positive attitude towards us all, more power to ya.

[Just mythoughts]

There is not much representative of Cyrus in that land of moolahs. That is not to say that God is not allowing them to tweak our weaknesses.

[Cyrus the Great]

I post about long relation of friendship between Us and Iran. Perhaps something you should study about.

[dangus]

Like I said, “I tend to be interested in this sort of stuff.” It’s just 36 years old is quite a bit out of date for FR, and I was wondering if there was any current relevance to this that I was missing.

[SF South Park Republican]

Thanks for posting this. I was in the US Army at the time and arrived in Tehran the week after this Imperial Bash. It was the beginning of the end for the Shah. Millions of ordinary Iranians were appalled at the waste of millions of dollars spent on French chefs and flying in European hairdresssers and jet-setters. People began listening to Khomeini and in eight years the Shah was gone.

It is a good reminder of the disaster of hubris of power. Reminds me of the last line of Shelley’s Ozymandias:

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings,
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”