Iran is controlled by the unelectednsupreme leader khamenei who handpicks the council who handpicks the presidents. But this defiance in the face of no democracy is true bravey. Iranians do not have guns or weapons.
Saddam Hussein was relying heavily on Irans 2% Arab populace on the border with Iraq in Khuzestan (70% or more of Irans oil is located there), however, the Iranian Arabs fought harder against Saddam than even the Persians. No amount of Arab sentiment worked because they see themselves as Iranians first.
05/02/2009 9:58:15 AM PDT
· 10 of 17 Cyrus the Great
to SolidWood; MissDairyGoodnessVT; nuconvert
The propaganda against the Shah’s regime is fabricated lies by the Carter Administration and other governments who wanted him gone. 50 years to subpoena the CIA -2029 until we find Carters dirty hands involved.
I was talking to someone the other day who spoke about the Shah trying to instill foreign values on Iranians, probably the biggest propaganda infiltrated by media. Iran was a monarchy for over 3,000 years it’s never been a religious run country.