nope
Yep, the Pahlavis had their "shot", done by Jimmy Carter right in their back.
Iran had only been broken away from the Ottoman Empire about five decades, and had made greater progress toward a modern society than ANY other middle eastern country. My gosh, Motion Performance even had a store in Tehran until 1979, and shipped boatloads of hot rods over there.
Their regeim was not saintly by any sense of imagination, but they were exponentially better then the current bunch.
I'd like to see him return and try to bring Iran into the 21st century. Iranians educated and I think they have had it with the mullahs and need a catalyst.