It is said “kicking old habit is hard”. It seems when it comes to the wished for system of governance for Iran after the demise of the Islamist fascism, some Iranians can’t kick their old habit at all.

Iranians have been struggling for the past century to achieve some sort of democracy, whereas the government is subordinate to the wishes of the people.

Although by any standard the absolute monarchy of the late Mohammad Reza Shah was progressive, it was nevertheless an absolute monarchy. 

The 1979 anti-absolute monarchy revolution in Iran quickly resulted in the bloodletting absolute rule of a regressive Islamist Führer.

There are many culprits at works for this disastrous outcome; one is the mindset of good number of Iranians believing in handing absolute power to one individual.

In a recent interview, the late Shah’s son, Prince Reza Pahlavi, made it crystal clear that he will be the first to oppose any notion of repeating past mistakes and will oppose any move to restore absolute monarchy in Iran.

This is a very welcomed resolute rebuke to those, some of them representing themselves as monarchists, who declare Prince Pahlavi must rule as absolute monarch.

It is attributed to Einstein as saying:

“Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results.”

Airtight sanctions - which includes oil - a la against the despicable South Africa apartheid, works. U.S. lawmakers get to it.