iroon.com: Quotes: Time has stood still for Iran in many ways since the day the shah made his exit and the country entered into isolation. Despite the new cars, the sprinkling of Western shops, Tehran feels in a bit of a time warp, reminiscent of Turkey in the early 1990s, its bottled-up entrepreneurial spirit ready to emerge.

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Jahanshah | Follow Category: None October 06, 2015 - 05:58 PDT | Last Edited: October 06, 2015 - 05:58 PDT 2 255

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Quote from Kim Ghattas, BBC international affairs correspondent:

Time has stood still for Iran in many ways since the day the shah made his exit and the country entered into isolation. Despite the new cars, the sprinkling of Western shops, Tehran feels in a bit of a time warp, reminiscent of Turkey in the early 1990s, its bottled-up entrepreneurial spirit ready to emerge.

Foreign Policy: Iran’s Identity Crisis

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Anonymous_Observer | Follow | 8 years ago

Correction: Iran is still stuck in 1953 and the 1953 coup.

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Ex_CoP | Follow | 8 years ago

Ya............ also think of this regime as the floodgate that holds up progression, forward thinking, dialog and engagement with the rest of the (sane) world and then think about removing the floodgate.

Too bad most Iranians are actually stuck in a 7th century mentality that created the floodgate.

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