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> who is generally hated by Iranians in power.

So that’s why said Iranians chant Javid Shah?

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Iranian here, the Shah has surprisingly many supporters, both inside and abroad.

Iran is a big complex country and is more diverse than people think.

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Exactly, I have a hard time seeing how that will ever play out how they want.

The whole reason the 1979 revolution happened in the first place was because the Shah was a blatant US/Israeli puppet

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You've missed the part where islamist butchered the leaders of the actual 1979 revolution. In reality it was:

unpopular shah -> 1979 revolution -> islamists take control, prison and kill the leftists of 1979 revolution.

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It worked with Machado, so why wouldn't it work with... oh wait. We're governed by a shadowy criminal network of idiots.
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