Don't act like you have no clue about the strategic partnership between the West and the GCC states. Without sanctions, İran would be the richest country in the Middle East and by far one of the richest on this planet. This strategic partnership paved the way for the GCC states to become as rich as they are today and this happened due to the fact that all of these Arab Gulf states are effectively artificial puppet states controlled by Western capitals when it comes to major foreign policy decisions.
Conspiracy theory, you say?
Bombarding Yemen is possible due to American approval and British assistance. Even your parliament and politicians are openly debating over your involvement.
Riyadh and the Emirates wanted to invade Qatar but America didn't allow them to do so, according to the latest news articles.
Kuwait invasion, Saudi's İran policy, the "secret silence" regarding Israel etc.
Hey, don't get me wrong, I'm a pragmatic dude. If it works, it works. But spare us with your plastic fulsome praise of GCC.
But none of these Arab states is as dignified and cultivated as Iran. All of them combined aren't as much respected as Iran by educated and civilised people all around the globe.
Just give the Iranians the same opportunities the West is providing for the GCC states and watch how Iran becomes one of the most influential state of the world, re-emerging on the world stage.
You are wrong. I'm not against any country in the region per se. I have no reason to. I'm just making an observation (as someone who has visited some of these gulf Arab states).
Moreover, Its precisely because of the reasons you mentioned earlier that I said gulf Arab states leaders have been very smart and pragmatic, reason their country is where it is today with people all over the region and even overseas flocking there for job opportunities/better life. A country's government should try it's outmost to provide all the basic necessities and job opportunities for its citizens , that should be every government NUMBER 1 PRIORITY. The rest is meaningless/secondary. In this regard, I must say Gulf Arab states leaders have been the most successful in the Muslim world by a margin.
Every country is where it is at the moment due to their leadership vision/policies and actions. So if Iran is lagging behind its precisely because of their leaders decisions/policies. They have only themselves to blame, nobody else.
This strategic partnership paved the way for the GCC states to become as rich as they are today and this happened due to the fact that all of these Arab Gulf states are effectively artificial puppet states controlled by Western capitals when it comes to major foreign policy decisions
Wow....that's surprising coming from you. Using your logic your country Turkey is also a western puppet since TURKEY has been the ONLY MUSLIM COUNTRY on the planet to be a member of the "imperialist Christian NATO" and Turkey 's entire military industry and economy has been mostly geared towards the E.U and U.S and Turkey has been aspiring to be part of the E.U for a while now invane.
Using your logic many will also argue that Turkey is a western puppet.
That is an erroneous point of view. Since it's all about interests. Every sane country(not religious/ideology rules one) will always do what best serves their interests irrespective of what some individuals might say.
But none of these Arab states is as dignified and cultivated as Iran. All of them combined aren't as much respected as Iran by educated and civilised people all around the globe
I'm sorry to say this(it might sound harsh), but there is hardly any pride in porverty to be honest.
To take an example citizens from Qatari, UAE, Bahrain etc are highly regarded and respected when they travel abroad than Iranians it New.Koreans etc. Since even in European countries they are viewed as wealthy visitors and not political immigrants/asylum seekers/economic migrants etc. Therein lies the main issue.
So at the end of the day , if your country is relatively poor, closed and deprived of good job opportunities or facing political turmoil forcing it's people to emigrate abroad for better living etc then that country's image will be negatively affected and it's people won't be highly regarded abroad. That's the sad truth. This can be seen even with the way citizens from closed poor Communist China of the 60s-90s were viewed compared to the way open increasigly wealthy capitalist China is increasingly viewed today. Life realities.
