@BrettErickson28 As an Iranian, I can say that the sense of nationalism revived among Iranians after the wedding was targeted, but I don't think it will last more than a month or two.
@Pairof_Jacks@araghchi I don't think the people of Iran during the last years of the Pahlavi regime were happy with their country being a playground for great powers.
@Pairof_Jacks@araghchi The constitutional movement in which Russia and England intervened? Or during the occupation in World War II when millions of Iranians were killed?
@Pairof_Jacks@araghchi You still hasn't answered my question:
How did Iran create instability just before the Islamic Republic? The 1907 agreement? The oil concession that Iran gave to Britain? The 1919 agreement? The occupation of Iran in World War II that caused a food crisis? The coup of 18 Mordad?
@Pairof_Jacks@araghchi It seems that much of what you know about the history before the Islamic Republic is very little and wrong.
Western governments used the possibility of a communist takeover to justify intervention
@Pairof_Jacks@araghchi AI: Consequently, “Iran supplied IED-related material to some Taliban elements” is supported. “Iran supplied IEDs that killed countless Americans” is a politically charged generalization that goes beyond what the publicly available evidence can safely establish.
@Pairof_Jacks@araghchi This wasn't my point, this was Chat GPT's point. Right now, Iran is under sanctions, especially by the Security Council and United States
@Pairof_Jacks@araghchi Obviously, they want this regime to go because they are not in a good economic situation. Some say that the current situation in Iran is similar to the time of the Sassanid rule of Iran a few centuries ago.
@Pairof_Jacks@araghchi AI: Mostly wrong, his cabinet was not aligned with the communist Tudeh Party, and there was no established Mossadegh–Tudeh alliance aimed at communism. Mossadegh was a secular constitutional nationalist and generally an anti-communist
@Pairof_Jacks@araghchi How did Iran create instability just before the Islamic Republic? The 1907 agreement? The oil concession that Iran gave to Britain? The 1919 agreement? The occupation of Iran in World War II that caused a food crisis? The coup of 18 Mordad?
@Pairof_Jacks@araghchi And you still can't deny that America and Britain effectively overthrew a legitimate Iranian government during the reign of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. So was it Iran that started it first, or the powers that harassed Iran?
@Pairof_Jacks@araghchi This is not a surprise. Iranians believe strongly in Islam even now because centuries ago they were the world leaders in theoretical sciences.
@Pairof_Jacks@araghchi Iran has been harassed by the great powers for two centuries. If an extremist regime has come to power now, it is the fault of all the great powers that harassed Iran.
@Pairof_Jacks@araghchi At the same time that you say that Iran and America were allies 50 years ago, the United States overthrew the legitimate government of Iran, Mossadegh, in a coup.