The palace where the Shah used to live, in the northern part of the
city, is surrounded by a big relaxing park. Nowadays it is a museum
and is furnished as to reproduce how it was with the Shah. All rooms
are very well dispayed and, of course, objects in them are luxurious
and beautiful.
To my European eyes the museum seemed quite a celebration of the
happy Shah times, especially compared to the hard times Iranians are
living these days. But why should the current regime show the
richness and refinement of the so detested Shah family? That is the
question I asked to the local friends who were accompanying us.
The answer is that the museum has a very different idelogical
purpose. The Islamic regime wants to show Iranians how rich the Shah
family was compared to normal people. The museum is to blame luxury,
not to celebrate it, and to mark a (supposed) difference with the
current regime.
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