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Cover Artwork for Buddahead Iranian Democracy EP

Hi All,

We are excited to announce the release of Iranian Democracy, available now on Itunes and most other online digital music stores.

For more information please read the official press release

Many many years ago, when The Shah of Iran was still in power and Saddam Hussein ruled over Iraq, Saddam wrote a letter to the Shah and suggested he kills 10,000 protestors, suggesting this will stop all future uprising. This letter was written, allegedly, prior to the 1979 revolution when another uprising by the people was cracking open the foundations of the Pahlavi dynasty in Iran.

The Shah of Iran then responded by saying that he could not do that, that he is the King of these people, sworn to only defend and protect them, and that this marks the difference between a King and Saddam Hussein.

In a historical context this is quite an interesting story. In the face of Iranian people revolting against his kingdom the Shah did not fire back because he ultimately believed that a king should not kill his own people. This ultimately cost him his throne which he lost to a priest – Ayatollah Khomeini.

The priest then lead a theocratic and strict Islamic regime, under which a government that was not accepting of dissent punished dissent by imprisonment and possibly death.

Thirty years later, judging by the unrest, that has not worked and once again 10,000 people have formed an uprising. The Priest is long dead and a President is left defending the Priests legacy and his own power. He is neither as brutal as Saddam Hussein or as ultimately weak as the king; and every model of power from the region has failed.

The King died in exile.

The priest’s vision is coming to it’s eventual end.

Saddam Hussein died by hanging.

The Presidents only chance of long term success is surely in the model of true democracy but is he and the nation truly ready for an Iranian Democracy?

Cover Artwork for Buddahead Iranian Democracy EP