Is Iran now working with Afghan Taliban?

[AmirPatriot]

In other words how similar is Southern Iranian cuisine (if you are familiar with it) and Northern Iranian cuisine?

I'm not the right person to ask since I only lived in Iran as a child, but I do know that ghromeh sabzi originates in Iranian Azerbaijan (so up north). Also, there is a joke that people from Rasht (in Gilan province, province in basin of Caspian Sea) eat a lot of rice, presumably because that is the most fertile area of Iran and is where most crops (including rice) are grown.

Northern Iran is where most of the population and wealth is and is the most cosmopolitan area of Iran, so there is a lot of food from all over the country. With regard to Southern Iran, my grandparents tell me that food in Khuzestan is quite spicy/hot. Even told me that when someone has a cold, they will have a very spicy stew to clear it up. Khuzestan is one of the hottest (and most humid) areas of Iran. Temperatures reached 50°C last summer. I presume that increases the tolerance for hot food.

Personally I like hot food, but I wouldn't eat it in Iran... its too warm and I get uncomfortable if the temperature even goes about 25°C...

 

[Saif al-Arab]

No mocking, only be eating.

Ostrich eggs, yes, but ostrich meat? I know that they were hunted to extinction in Arabia (now they are slowly returning again and being put into nature reserves with the aim at releasing them into the wild) but that was due to their valuable feathers and for the prestige of catching the largest bird that is very difficult to catch due to its quickness. Also the eggs were valuable once.

 

[Khafee]

Ostrich eggs, yes, but ostrich meat? I know that they were hunted to extinction in Arabia (now they are slowly returning again and being put into nature reserves with the aim at releasing them into the wild) but that was due to their valuable feathers and for the prestige of catching the largest bird that is very difficult to catch due to its quickness. Also the eggs were valuable once.

Tastes just like chicken.

 

[Saif al-Arab]

I'm not the right person to ask since I only lived in Iran as a child, but I do know that ghromeh sabzi originates in Iranian Azerbaijan (so up north). Also, there is a joke that people from Rasht (in Gilan province, province in basin of Caspian Sea) eat a lot of rice, presumably because that is the most fertile area of Iran and is where most crops (including rice) are grown.

Northern Iran is where most of the population and wealth is and is the most cosmopolitan area of Iran, so there is a lot of food from all over the country. With regard to Southern Iran, my grandparents tell me that food in Khuzestan is quite spicy/hot. Even told me that when someone has a cold, they will have a very spicy stew to clear it up. Khuzestan is one of the hottest (and most humid) areas of Iran. Temperatures reached 50°C last summer. I presume that increases the tolerance for hot food.

Personally I like hot food, but I wouldn't eat it in Iran... its too warm and I get uncomfortable if the temperature even goes about 25°C...

Yes, that I figured out/learned about when eating it as I am usually the type of person that would ask the history of a dish that I am about to eat for the first time.

Yes, I watched those PressTV videos about the local cuisine of Khuzestan and they told that the more spicy/hot local cuisine was an Iranian Arab "invention".

Well I asked that question because I presume that Southern Iranian cuisine (not only from Khuzestan but the Persian heartland - Fars Province etc. which is actually even closer geographically to Arabia) would have many similarities with Iraqi and Arabian (Eastern Arabian in particular) cuisine.

I know that most of the people in Iran live in the West and North of the country but Fars and Khuzestan are the 4th and 5th most populous Iranian provinces (out of 31) according to this link below so is Southern Iran really sparsely populated?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_Iran

Is that not more the case with Eastern Iran and Central Iran?

Tastes just like chicken.

Interesting. I could somewhat imagine. Maybe I should give it a try one day.



@Khafee

 

[AmirPatriot]

4th and 5th most populous Iranian provinces (out of 31) according to this link below so is Southern Iran really sparsely populated?

The Northern provinces are the smallest, but have the highest population density. So the results seem odd because the southern provinces are huge. Tehran by far has the largest population and outweighs everywhere else. Central Iran is quite sparse because of the deserts. The majority of the population are mountain dwellers.

 

[Kaniska]

What has happened to this thread....We are talking about food only...

 

[925boy]

But what you will always have in common, that Arabs never will have, is your shared ancient cultural heritage of bacha bazi (state-institutionalized pedophilia) and a massive drug addiction (top 1 and 2 respectively in the world).

Qatar does not equal the GCC either. It's 1 of 6 countries. A people/nation whose population does not even make up 1% of the GCC population.

Also it is not our problem that most Afghans accept/support Taliban. So we should have cut ties with them? Why should we have done that when we did not cut ties with the "Islamic" Mullah's in Iran back in 1979 who were/are share the same views expect for sect and rule by Sharia or claim to do so?

Anyway when your Mullah's can work with Israel of all countries during a war against a fellow Muslim country (prolonging it for years too) and neighbor (Iraq) why can't you talk to fellow Islamists that live next door to you? Let alone the "Great Satan" in both Iraq and Afghanistan?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Contra_affair

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel's_role_in_the_Iran–Iraq_war

Anyway since you apparently love Afghans this much I suggest that you take all of "our" lot and that of Pakistan. Neither are popular or particularly wanted.

Thanks in advance.



Those Mullah's are hosting internationally wanted Al-Qaeda members and have a long history of working together with Al-Qaeda and then people wonder that they are working with Taliban. Something they have done for years.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/8/al-qaedas-iran-connection/

most Middle east/south asian muslim countries have played with Alqaeda.

Iran,China and Russia are swinging with taliban now because they know their domination of Afganistan will happen soon. so why bet on losing horse which is Afgan govt. Afganistan govt also isnt delivering satisfaction to citizens.Afganistan is also pooorer now with foreign aid less now.countries now working with taliban r after their sole interests.if Afganistan was not a mess Iran wouldnt work with the taliban. when Afganistan goes violent/into war taliban r very powerful.

 

[R Wing]

How can anyone from Saudi Arabia, perhaps one of the most regressive regimes on the planet, comment on another country supporting an insurgency --- when SA itself has actively supported not just a brand of Islam that is the lifeblood of violent extremist movements but also provided direct funding/support to brutal terrorist groups like ISIS just to disrupt/destabilize Shiite regimes in the Middle East?!

It is this warped version of Islam that has caused countless Muslims, young and old, to go astray and find resonance with the modern Wahabbi (and terrorist-favorite) concept of Takfeer.

 

[warfareknow]

Aaa, I do not like Iranian cuisine. I like maybe 3 to 4 dishes. Turkish cuisine is my favorite