WI: Hassan Pakravan doesn't save Khomeini

In the aftermath of 1963 riots in Iran, Prime Minister Asadollah Alam wanted to kill Khomeini for igniting the protests and riots. Hassan Pakravan urged the Shah to let Khomeini live as he feared that it would cause another rising among the common people. What if he hadn't? What if the Shah executes Khomeini in 1963?
 
I don't know how likely this is but it gave me the idea of a 1990s overthrow of the monarchy by the Tudeh Party leading to a Chavez style semi-socialist government in Iran.
 
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