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Mullahs Tremble as Iran's People Honor Cyrus the Great at Pasargad
American Thinker ^ | November 5, 2017 | Hassan Mahmoudi

Posted on 11/16/2017 9:46:10 AM PST by Texas Fossil

This past Oct. 29, Iranians marked the international day of Cyrus the Great, the ancient ruler of the Persian empire whose legacy is credited with forging the Iranian national identity. King Cyrus II is held in great regard in Iran for creating the largest empire of civilized nations then known in the world, around 600 years before Christ. King Cyrus was not only a master military strategist, he differed from other conquerors of the time in his tolerance of the customs and cultures of those who came under his rule. He was the author of the world’s first human rights charter. He is an honored figure in Judaism because he freed the Jews from Babylonian captivity, declared that the temple in Jerusalem be rebuilt, and allowed the Jews to return to their homeland. In Islamic holy readings, he is considered a just ruler.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cyrus; godsgravesglyphs; iran; israel; mullahs; persia
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To: Duchess47

I’m sure the Mullahs missed that. smile.


21 posted on 11/17/2017 8:09:35 AM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Fred Hayek
Thanks for the tip:

Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi

Unlike many clergy and temporal rulers, Borujerdi and Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, are said to have had cordial and mutually beneficial relations, starting with a visit by the Shah to Borujerdi’s hospital room in 1944.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seyyed_Hossein_Borujerdi

22 posted on 11/17/2017 8:15:51 AM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Texas Fossil

Symptoms of discontent have percolated up before. Like when Bush II invaded Iraq and ousted Saddam and the people and students in Iran were rioting in the streets because they thought the idiot President was going to free them also.

The effort spent in that regard might have born better fruit than Iraq.

Before the other idiot Carter undercut the Shah, Iran was a relatively progressive place for the Middle East. Iraq has been a snake pit since the days of Sumer.


23 posted on 11/17/2017 8:29:30 AM PST by ZULU (DITCH MITCH!!! DUMP RYAN!! DROP DEAD MCCAIN!! KIM FATTY the THIRD = Kim Jung Un)
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To: ZULU

snake pit? Yep.

Idiot Carter? Yep.

Bush? mixed

Trump? we shall see.


24 posted on 11/17/2017 8:58:49 AM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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