[muawiyah]

You should revise your timeline. The early Arab Moslems attempted to pull Iran out of the 7th Century way back in the 8th Century.

Didn't work then; won't work now.

[rlmorel]

The “timeline” was an off the cuff reference intended to make a point.

The point I was trying to make (which is clear and undeniable) was that the Shah was making every effort to bring Iran into the modern world kicking and screaming, just as Ataturk did with Turkey.