Meengla
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Iran missed out being at odds against west for decades. And in return didn't even get what they wanted, nuclear weapons.. Iran had potential to become proper economic and military power in middle east with clout all over the world, surpassing even combined GCC. With 80 million people and huge gas/oil resources, hardly any internal conflict etc Remember persians are urbanized people and not tribal, even with mullahs they are light years ahead of Saudi Arabia socially.
Iran GDP is around $350-400 billion but should have been over $2 trillion at least looking at resources and population.
Absolutely correct on all points. Iran is the one real biggest POTENTIAL Middle Eastern power matching, if not surpassing even Israel.