Similarly, few regimes seemed more stable than that of the Shah of Iran, another long-term ruler, who, having bankrupted his country, was forced to flee the fury of a mob in 1979.
同样，很少有体制比伊朗国王的统治更牢固。他也是一个长期在位的统治者，在搞得国家破产之后，他被迫在1979年出逃，躲开民众的怒火。