Well the current government is better than the Shah, so no surprise there.
So long as you aren't left-wing, homosexual, from an ethnic or religious minority, or a woman.
Some of those didn't always do so great under the Pahlavis tbf.
No they didn't, and I would certainly not defend that regime which was brutal and cruel. But less into mass murder. I'm always shocked at how few 'internationalist' lefties are aware that the present regime is responsible for the biggest single slaughter of left-wingers this side of the Indonesian Genocide. Some of the people directly involved continue to hold high office, right now. You would think this would be seared into everyone's brains, but apparently not.
