Iran

I'm Iranian, here's my views of Iran, or misconceptions about Iran.

I have family in Iran, an Iranian Birth Certificate, and it's where much of my family comes from. This is a collection of stories about Iran from an Iranian American.

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~ Aristotle Sabouni
Created: 2018-05-08

Facts

Government: Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (جمهوری اسلامی ايران) is an Islamic theocracy and a global focal point for Shia Islam It includes elements of presidential democracy, with the ultimate authority vested in an autocratic "Supreme Leader".
Geography: It is in very large country in southwest Asia. Bordered by Iraq, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Persian Gulf.
History: Iran is home to one of the world's oldest civilizations, beginning with the formation of the Elamite kingdoms in 4,000 BC.
- It was first unified by the Iranian Medes in the seventh century BC, and reached its territorial height in the sixth century BC, when Cyrus the Great founded the Achaemenid Empire, which became one of the largest empires in history and has been described as the world's first superpower.
- The empire fell to Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC
- Arab Muslims conquered the empire in the seventh century AD, which led to the Islamization of Iran.
- Control was then passed to the Turks, then the Mongols, and so on.
- The CIA didn't create a "Coup" to overthrow Mohammad Mosaddegh and appoint the Shah. The Shah was the legal leader of Iran, and at his behest, the CIA helped him regain control from the Marxist/Russian Dictator Mohammad Mosaddegh.

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2020.01.03 Qassim Soleimani killed by Trump
After a dozen attacks by Iran, Trump killed a really, really bad guy. OrangeMan is bad (to the far left and their media). Thus this was a bad thing that was going to cause WWIII, and it was all our fault. Those that railed against this action demonstrate that they are anti-American trash that would rather see America burn, than admit Trump did something right.

City of Lies
“City of Lies” by Ramita Navai. Ramita is a bit of a Social Justice Warrior, traveling the world and telling you what's wrong with it. Tehran, Iran was seen through that lens. Still, it is very interesting vignettes that point out a lot of the hypocrisy and contradictions, as any culture would look to "outsiders". So biased, but definitely worth the read.

Countdown to Zero Day
My knowledge runs pretty deep into cyber-security, and I loved the book, even I wanted it a bit more technical in some areas and a bit tighter overall. Definitely a good book for overview on how these hacks and attacks become more common. And for the future history of the first publicly visible shots fired in cyber-warfare.

Foreign Policy
An article on Iranian conflict: The Iranian people are not our enemy. Mixed good and bad analysis. (1) The Iranian people are not our enemy = good (2) The idea we should try to influence their economy = bad (mind your own business) (3) We have excessive demands = dumb... and so on.

Iran Nuclear Deal
Like most things Obama did, he fucked up negotiations with Iran. He signed a shitty deal, in the worst way possible, and Trump fixed it by wiping the slate clean and starting over, and Obama had his usual impotent tantrum over that. Obama didn't even require the Iranians to sign the deal, and he didn't ratify it through the senate (it was no treaty).

Islamic Phrases
I'm not a cunning linguist, nor a middle eastern expert -- but my Dad is Iranian and Muslim, as is 1/2 my family, and being "not from here" means I've been more observant of different cultures than most.

Mohammad Mosaddegh
Clueless lefties repeat, "The U.S. is at fault for everything in that region, because: Mosaddegh". Democratically elected (it was a sham), Communist sympathizer nationalized other people's property (Oil Fields) and acted like a dictator, since Reza Pahlavi (Shah) was the legal leader (30+ years prior), asking for support overthrowing Mosaddegh wasn't a coup.

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Places
Places to go, things to see, people to do... not necessarily in that order.

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