The Ayatollah Khomeini said, in one of his most famous speeches, “Our dignity has been trampled underfoot … If some American’s servant, some American’s cook, assassinates your marja in the middle of the bazaar, or runs over him, the Iranian police may not arrest him. Even if the Shah himself were to run over a dog belonging to an American, he would be prosecuted. But if an American’s cook runs over the Shah, the head of state, no one will have the right to interfere with him.” America and NATO had this diplomatic immunity arrangement in many countries, including Turkey, and it was deeply
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