Updated July 8, 2024 at 7 p.m.* -OpEd- Around 60 years ago when the last Shah of Iran, Mohammadreza Pahlavi, warned of a “red and black” alliance of Marxists and Islamists, many in Iran and the West laughed it off. For the latest news & views from every corner of the world, Worldcrunch Today is the only truly international newsletter. Sign up here. They scoffed at the idea of Communists and religious fanatics joining forces as a superficial, contradictory proposition. And some of those laughing were in charge of thinking up policies for the White House, like the idea of a “Green Crescent” — or…