Frickin Aryans...
The Shah thought Israel was a communist state? I thought
the Shah’s regime and Israel were buds..
The original ban on traveling to the Jewish state, usually referred to by Iran as the "Zionist regime,” was inaugurated by the Shah in 1972, who did not want Iranians to visit communist countries.
Is the above correct?
If there was a "ban on travelling to the Jewish state inaugurated by the Shah in 1972", then I'd like to know how come our Iranian Jewish neighbours in Iran, and other ordinary Iranians, were able to freely travel to Israel during that time?!
As far as I know Iran officially recognised Israel in 1950 and until 1980. Thereafter, Khomeini's (Islamic) regime withdrew the official recognition.
In fact, I thought Iran during the late Shah was the 1st (maybe 2nd) country in the ME to officially recognise Israel after Israel's formation in 1948. Also, Iran had close ties w/ Israel during those years, even when Israel was at war with Arab states. Actually, IIRC, the Shah was a key person who encouraged Anwar Sadat (Egypt) to make peace with Israel?
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I'm surprised it doesn't merit a death penalty, like Jordan and the palestinian authority apply for selling land to a Jew.
Israel a “communist” country? That’s a weird statement, since Israel does not allow non-Jews to immigrate there. And, Israel’s legal system is a combination of English common law, civil law and religious (Jewish) law.
The closest form of “socialism” I can think of, which was rather popular in the 60s & 70s, was the Kibbutz movement. Some of them I’ve heard were more than secular, bordering on being atheists.