"It is equally obvious and it became clear ... that no ruler can legislate a social revolution. He can implement the outward form of social change, but he cannot legislate change in the minds of the people. Stable and lasting change has to evolve slowly and gradually over a period of many generations. What signaled the beginning of the end ... was the radical modernization program, which virtually affected every aspect of Iranian life ... [including] the sweeping emancipation of women, which moved as it were 13 centuries in the course of three decades."
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In Tribute to Princess Ashraf Pahlavi: A Jewel of Iran (January 17, 2016)
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Ashraf Pahlavi
Princess Ashraf ol-Molouk Pahlavi (شرف پهلوی; Aŝraf Pahlawi; October 26, 1919 – January 7, 2016) was the twin sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran (Persia) and a member of the . She was considered the "power behind her brother" and was instrumental in the 1953 coup which led to him taking the throne. She served her brother as a palace adviser and was a strong advocate for women's rights. Following the in 1979, she lived in exile in France, New York, Paris and Monte Carlo and r
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