[POLL] Do you like Iran now or Iran before 1979?

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

sanctions but why ? due to fanatic mullah regime .

Sanctions because they do not kowtow to America and refuse to buy planes from America.

 

[Imran Khan]

Everyone has to obey the laws, regardless of which country they live in.

which laws ?

 

[Crystal-Clear]

Sanctions because they do not kowtow to America and refuse to buy planes from America.

okey .. ever heard about diplomacy ??

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

which laws ?

Laws are created all the time. See how many laws the US congress passes and the president signs every year. Including that stupid Obamacare.

okey .. ever heard about diplomacy ??

There's no point talking to yanks. They refused to conquer the world when they had nukes in 1945 and no one else did. They are stupid. Ha ha.

 

[Crystal-Clear]

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There's no point talking to yanks. They refused to conquer the world when they had nukes in 1945 and no one else did. They are stupid. Ha ha.

what ? thats the mentality i am talking about .

 

[Mucahit]

Iran was twice as big as Turkey in terms of everything but now it's vice versa...I would prefer before 1979 era tho

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Iran was twice as big as Turkey in terms of everything but now it's vice versa...I would prefer before 1979 era tho

Iran is still twice as big as Turkey in terms of territory size.

 

[Timur]

Iran was twice as big as Turkey in terms of everything but now it's vice versa...I would prefer before 1979 era tho

as I said somewhere else.. iran had a big chance because of its territory and recources.. they could export food, feed their population mostly locally, have plenty of space for solar power and wind power while they export oil, gas

naturally they would have high exports and if they combined it with brain, science and technology products they could be the ME power of the region (saudis are too lazy and turks without gas and oil)

but they failed due to mullah regime

Turkey in terms of territory size

but turkey is three times bigger than germany in terms of territory size..

 

[313ghazi]

The Iran of the Shah.

 

[timmy_area51]

Before 1979 if you weren't a communist you would not be arrested . nowadays you can be arrested for anything , far from being a communist.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

naturally they would have high exports and if they combined it with brain, science and technology products they could be the ME power of the region

Bingo. As it is with nearly 40 years of crippling sanctions, wasted war with Iraq over a decade Iran still has decent basic underpining. Their literacy rate is very good. Their female literacy and employment rates are amongst the best in the world matching Norway. Their scientific graduate output is impressive. Their basic population is literate and socially progressive/forward looking. Even now if the arresting mullah regime came down and sanctions were removed this country would go strength to strength. Now can you imagine Shah had remained in power where they would have been today? Turkey and Iran would be major economies and with massive inter-linkages of trade etc. Like I said a nascent emerging economic block that would pull in most of Central Asia and Pakistan.

 

[jamahir]

I recently had two days of debates over dinner and drinks (dark beer) with an Iranian expat.

He was really negative about the country and the people. To the extent I was actually getting offended ...

He was referring to some main opposition to the Mullas that was even worse - a Islamic communist radical group (forget the name) @jamahir

MeK ( Mujahideen-e-Khalq ) ??

 

[padamchen]

MeK ( Mujahideen-e-Khalq ) ??

Ya!

Btw, @Indus Pakistan there is some talk about the Shah's son gathering nationalist forces ...

Cheers, Doc

 

[Salahuddin Ayyubi]

iran before 1979 a free country . i don't like sawak or king but society was open and liberal before 1979

My father lived in Iran for a year in 1974-1975. When I showed him pictures of pre revolution Iran and how liberal they we're, he laughed at me and told me how Conservative and backwards they were He told me not to believe in singular pictures and that these pictures show an absolute minority and he traveled to different cities in Iran and they were just like Pakistan in most instance.

 

[Rukarl]

Ya!

Btw, @Indus Pakistan there is some talk about the Shah's son gathering nationalist forces ...

Cheers, Doc

What is your source ?