Reza Shah, bless your soul

Reza Shah, bless your soul

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[[File:Reza shah uniform.jpg|right|thumb|[[Reza Shah]] in military uniform in 1931]]
[[File:Reza shah uniform.jpg|right|thumb|[[Reza Shah]] in military uniform in 1931]]
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'''"Reza Shah, bless your soul"'''{{Cite web |title=Tehran metro breakdown sparks anti-Khamenei chants |publisher=[[Iran International]] |date=21 October 2025 |url=https://www.iranintl.com/en/202510214096 }} ({{langx|fa|رضاشاه روحت شاد|Reza Shah Roohet Shad|[[Reza Shah]], may your soul be blessed}}), sometimes also translated as "'''Reza Shah, may God bless your soul'''",{{Cite web |title=From markets to streets: Iran protests spread nationwide on day two |publisher=Iran International |date=29 December 2025 |url=https://www.iranintl.com/en/202512291716 }} is a phrase used in honor of the late [[Monarchs of Iran|Iranian monarch]] [[Reza Shah]], and is commonly used as a [[Political slogans against the Islamic Republic of Iran|slogan against the Islamic Republic]].
'''"Reza Shah, bless your soul"'''{{Cite web |title=Tehran metro breakdown sparks anti-Khamenei chants |publisher=[[Iran International]] |date=21 October 2025 |url=https://www.iranintl.com/en/202510214096 }} ({{langx|fa|رضاشاه روحت شاد|Reza Shah Ruhet Shâd|Reza Shah, may your soul be blessed}}) is a phrase used in honour of the former [[Shah of Iran]] and founder of the [[Pahlavi dynasty]], [[Reza Shah]], and is commonly used as a [[Political slogans against the Islamic Republic of Iran|slogan against the Islamic Republic]].


This slogan made a comeback almost 40 years after the end of [[Pahlavi Iran]],{{cite web |title=شعار مردم در آستانه چهل سالگی انقلاب اسلامی: رضاشاه روحت شاد! |url=https://news.gooya.com/2017/12/post-10583.php |publisher=Gooya News |date=2017-12-29 |language=fa |archive-date=2025-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250426054456/https://news.gooya.com/2017/12/post-10583.php |url-status=live }} and first emerged in 2017 in Iran during the [[2017–2018 Iranian protests]].{{cite web |last=Rahbar |first=Mohammad |title=رضا شاه در خیابان چه می‌کند؟ |trans-title=What is Reza Shah doing on the street? |url=http://www.bbc.com/persian/blog-viewpoints-45112622 |publisher=[[BBC News]] Persian |date=8 August 2018 |language=fa |archive-date=5 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905131748/https://www.bbc.com/persian/blog-viewpoints-45112622 |url-status=live }} In addition to honoring the late monarch and his rule, this slogan is also used to express opposition to the current [[government of Iran]] led by the Islamic Republic since the [[Iranian Revolution]] and the end of [[monarchism in Iran]].{{cite web |first=مجید |last=محمدی |title=تحلیل شعارهای حرکت اعتراضی دی ۱۳۹۶ ایران |trans-title=Analysis of the slogans of the January 2018 protest movement in Iran |publisher=BBC News Persian |date=9 January 2018 |url=http://www.bbc.com/persian/blog-viewpoints-42620668 |language=fa |archive-date=2026-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260117134943/https://www.bbc.com/persian/blog-viewpoints-42620668 |url-status=live }}
This slogan made a comeback almost 40 years after the end of [[Pahlavi Iran]],{{cite web |title=شعار مردم در آستانه چهل سالگی انقلاب اسلامی: رضاشاه روحت شاد! |url=https://news.gooya.com/2017/12/post-10583.php |publisher=Gooya News |date=2017-12-29 |language=fa |archive-date=2025-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250426054456/https://news.gooya.com/2017/12/post-10583.php |url-status=live }} and first emerged in 2017 in Iran during the [[2017–2018 Iranian protests]].{{cite web |last=Rahbar |first=Mohammad |title=رضا شاه در خیابان چه می‌کند؟ |trans-title=What is Reza Shah doing on the street? |url=http://www.bbc.com/persian/blog-viewpoints-45112622 |publisher=[[BBC News]] Persian |date=8 August 2018 |language=fa |archive-date=5 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905131748/https://www.bbc.com/persian/blog-viewpoints-45112622 |url-status=live }} In addition to honoring the late monarch and his rule, this slogan is also used to express opposition to the current [[government of Iran]] led by the Islamic Republic since the [[Iranian Revolution]] and the end of [[monarchism in Iran]].{{cite web |first=مجید |last=محمدی |title=تحلیل شعارهای حرکت اعتراضی دی ۱۳۹۶ ایران |trans-title=Analysis of the slogans of the January 2018 protest movement in Iran |publisher=BBC News Persian |date=9 January 2018 |url=http://www.bbc.com/persian/blog-viewpoints-42620668 |language=fa |archive-date=2026-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260117134943/https://www.bbc.com/persian/blog-viewpoints-42620668 |url-status=live }}