[cherry]

my wish is that the peaceful loving people of Iran be free enough to live their lives without constant fear of war, of reprisal, of death squads, and religious fanaticism...

remembering that Iran was originally Persia, with their own language, and taken over by Arabs...IIRC....correct me if I am wrong..

[little jeremiah]

Iran has an ancient history and was invaded by mohammedans a few hundred years ago (can’t remember dates) but Bill Warner knows all the history of the Islamic invasions. Iran was Zoroastrian for a couple thousand years but they were forcibly converted or killed in order to turn the country mohammedan. Even now there are Jews, Christians and Bahais there, for starters. Some Zoroastrians went to India and are now called Parsees.

[TruthWillWin]

my wish is that the peaceful loving people of Iran be free enough to live their lives without constant fear of war, of reprisal, of death squads, and religious fanaticism...

2nd that!