Iran is actually a hyper pragmatic regime which is why the portrayal of them as insane and unhinged is very frustrating. Compare them to Saudi Arabia. I wanna trade them tbh.
Iran's a beautiful land. I honestly want to go there as a tourist just to see the history of one of the most ancient civilizations of Earth. Also I hear their pistachios are way better than our californian ones, which is why Iranians joke about how their pistachios are so good the U.S had to sanction them to let their shitty pistachios dominate the global market.
Oh for sure. In every way but GDP Iran is better. Women's rights, LGBTQ rights, democratic rights, human rights in general, culture, civil society, Iran tops Saudi in every way. I mean it’s still not real wonderful, but it’s VASTLY better than Saudi.
It's fucking nuts. Even the American propagandists who work Middle East foreign policy will tell you: Iran is only a moderately strong player in the region who just happens to know how to play their hand very effectively. They're pretty even keeled when considering what they're up against.
Not singing their praises or anything. They're just not these religious zealot savages who crave blood (we reserve those countries as allies).
They’d be a very strong regional power if they weren’t devastated by sanctions for the past 40 years. But because of the sanctions they have become a very resourceful and efficient player in terms of the regional geopolitics, as well as a very internally cohesive one because sanctions don’t turn people against regimes, they unite behind them against an exterior enemy.
Iran is actually a hyper pragmatic regime which is why the portrayal of them as insane and unhinged is very frustrating. Compare them to Saudi Arabia. I wanna trade them tbh.
Iran's a beautiful land. I honestly want to go there as a tourist just to see the history of one of the most ancient civilizations of Earth. Also I hear their pistachios are way better than our californian ones, which is why Iranians joke about how their pistachios are so good the U.S had to sanction them to let their shitty pistachios dominate the global market.
Lmao. The Californian pistachio industry actually lobbies intensely to maintain sanctions so they’re not even wrong.
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If I had to chose to live in either Iran or Saudi Arabia, I would choose Iran every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
Oh for sure. In every way but GDP Iran is better. Women's rights, LGBTQ rights, democratic rights, human rights in general, culture, civil society, Iran tops Saudi in every way. I mean it’s still not real wonderful, but it’s VASTLY better than Saudi.
It's fucking nuts. Even the American propagandists who work Middle East foreign policy will tell you: Iran is only a moderately strong player in the region who just happens to know how to play their hand very effectively. They're pretty even keeled when considering what they're up against.
Not singing their praises or anything. They're just not these religious zealot savages who crave blood (we reserve those countries as allies).
They’d be a very strong regional power if they weren’t devastated by sanctions for the past 40 years. But because of the sanctions they have become a very resourceful and efficient player in terms of the regional geopolitics, as well as a very internally cohesive one because sanctions don’t turn people against regimes, they unite behind them against an exterior enemy.