Thoughts on pre-1979 Iran

I was going through the collection of post stamps which my father collected when he was young and I saw some from Iran, with their king and queen.
I am interested in how Iranians, Kurds and others look at the period before becoming a theocratic republic. Better, worse or the same?

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Originally Posted by Countess

I was going through the collection of post stamps which my father collected when he was young and I saw some from Iran, with their king and queen.
I am interested in how Iranians, Kurds and others look at the period before becoming a theocratic republic. Better, worse or the same?

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From the majority of family members and people I know, it was better in terms of freedom and secularism.

They look not much differently from the Lebanese and the Syrians.

It was a much freer time and Iran was not as politically isolated as it was a US client state. Now, Iran is more independent but economically/politically disadvantaged and its society is a lot more restricted. Hopefully it can get to a middle path eventually.

According to my family members, it was a lot better. In terms of now, you cant even walk on the sidewalk with the opposite sex.

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Originally Posted by Babak

According to my family members, it was a lot better. In terms of now, you cant even walk on the sidewalk with the opposite sex.

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Iranians are a lot more liberal culturally than their government, I wonder when things will start to change.

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Originally Posted by zhaoyun

Iranians are a lot more liberal culturally than their government, I wonder when things will start to change.

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The youth are liberal and secular is all I know. I'm wondering the same.

I found the stamps I was talking about online :)
https://www.postbeeld.com/media/cata.../r/irp1400.jpg