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This may give you a little idea as to how long it will take the current situation there to heal over. One hundred years and the beat goes on.

I'm in the region now and am familiar with the history of the Ottoman Empire.

We are referring to reverberations in Iran that have started over the last couple of years and possibly portend a revolution against the mullahs and the strict Islamic regime.

Which, by the way, has been in power since 1979. 24 years.

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My post above: 26 years.

I am SO ready for R&R.