Interesting back & forth here. This is a common view shared by many Shia Arabs who generally have a positive view of Iran. Iran’s influence in Iraq is viewed as mostly negative/a mixed bag, whilst Iran’s influence in Lebanon through Hezbollah is viewed more positively. (1/2)
@parandeye_zard He's Iraqi, he's not entitled to like Iran. While it's influence has been complex, it's had bad effects on internal Iraqi politics and that's the opinion of most sympathetic-to-Iran Iraqis
Will never forget the manufactured outrage we were subjected to about Qatar before the World Cup. The US went to war with Iran and is complicit in a genocide and yet it is still hosting the World Cup. What a joke.
@sharm00fered@rostam_pechorin You are right but I think this is more to do with Hezbollah being infiltrated and subsequently destroyed. So the Iranians had to assert control for it to rebuild. That being said yes Nasrallah was one of a kind and commanded respect that probably no one can.
I would, as a non-Iraqi tolerate their thugishness if they proved to be useful during this latest war or the past three years in general. But with the exception a few militias, they haven’t done much. The hashd’s potential hasn’t been used. If I were Iranian I would be upset.
This @FT piece helps explain why Tehran appears increasingly determined to press its advantages at this juncture.
Over the past week, Iran has extracted concessions on Lebanon, escalated pressure in the Persian Gulf, and sought to raise the costs of maintaining the current status quo.
All while the global economic fallout from the Hormuz closure continues to grow.
A case in point: U.S. oil inventories have fallen to their lowest level in more than two decades, and some analysts now warn prices could reach $200/barrel this summer if the strait remains closed.
@yikhrabDeenak I said in my thread that I have no idea what satrapi’s politics were right before she died & my last exposure to her or her book was 20 years ago. Seeing some clips now they clearly wernt that great. Either way I don’t have strong feelings about her but couldn’t help but chime in
My timeline is filled w/ takes on Persepolis & opinions on Satrapi. So I can’t help but give mine lol. 😀Persepolis was the 1st personal account of the Islamic revolution that I read. It got me so interested in the topic that I read the Mantle of the Prophet shortly after. (1/5)
I think this is probably why I had a mostly positive reaction to the book when I first read it. It was the war on terror. Iranians were being demonized and the professor who assigned the book was against George Bush and the axis of evil lunacy.
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My timeline is filled w/ takes on Persepolis & opinions on Satrapi. So I can’t help but give mine lol. 😀Persepolis was the 1st personal account of the Islamic revolution that I read. It got me so interested in the topic that I read the Mantle of the Prophet shortly after. (1/5)
I wonder why good books go out of publication. Hanna Batatu’s books on Iraq & Syria r no longer being published. Lefebvre’s series on the French Revolution is the best there is. Rodison’s & Watt’s biographies of the prophet are classics that should be in wide circulation.