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The ayatollah, unlike the Shah who peppered his speeches with foreign and technical terms unknown to most Iranians, used a simple language accessible to the illiterate masses. His peasant accent, emphasised for the occasion, gave him added authenticity as the leader of 'the poor, the downtrodden'. His was not the complex, flowery and finely-tuned language that the upper classes had developed in order to dissimulate their true feelings. The ayatollah went straight to the point. (p. 254) (it) |
