Скачать или смотреть 🚨Inside Iran: “Return of the Shah!” — Why Monarchist Chants Are Surging

In this episode of The Goldie Show, we dig into a striking trend inside occupied Iran: ordinary Iranians—risking surveillance, arrest, and torture—are chanting for the return of the Shah and a secular, democratic future. Using fresh on-the-ground clips and testimony, Goldie explains why nostalgia for stability, national identity, women’s visibility in public life, and rule-of-law is growing—especially after years of economic collapse, corruption, and ideological repression under the Islamic Republic.

We unpack what these chants actually mean. For many Iranians, “Return of the Shah” is shorthand for constitutional monarchy or a non-theocratic system that protects rights while preserving Iran’s ancient national symbols—Lion & Sun, Cyrus the Great, and a civic identity that predates 1979. Goldie clarifies the critical distinction between Islam (personal faith) and Islamism (political ideology), showing how the regime’s theocratic project—compulsory hijab, morality police, censorship, and IRGC brutality—has fueled a broad pro-freedom coalition uniting students, workers, women, ethnic minorities, and traditionalists.

You’ll hear how slogans praising Reza (King) Pahlavi reflect a demand for competent, accountable leadership and national reconciliation, not a desire for dictatorship. We examine the regime’s propaganda tactics—forced confessions, staged “repentance” TV segments, smear campaigns against the opposition—and how Iranians continue to defy fear with rooftop chants, stadium anthems, and street protests tied to Women, Life, Freedom. Goldie also maps the global information war: how Tehran’s narratives seep into Western media, and how diasporic Iranians counter them with documentation, digital security tips, and coordinated advocacy.

Policy matters too. The episode outlines a realistic roadmap the West can adopt to help Iranians without a war:

Maximum pressure on regime institutions (especially the IRGC and its front companies) and rigorous terror-finance enforcement.

Maximum support for the people: anti-censorship tools, legal protection for dissidents, strike funds, and asylum pathways for at-risk activists—particularly women’s rights leaders.

Clear-eyed media literacy to avoid amplifying disinformation and to center Iran’s secular, democratic voices.

If you’re new to Iran, this is a clear, plain-English primer on why monarchist/constitutional slogans resonate today and how they connect to a bigger push for secular democracy, women’s equality, and a sovereign Iran at peace with its neighbors. Whether you’re in Canada, the U.S., the UK, or Europe, you’ll gain a framework to support Iranians ethically: defend free speech, challenge the regime’s influence networks, and stand with those risking everything for a normal life.

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