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Is that what's really got you ruffled? They dared to believe a different version of the Abrahamic mythology than your country's leadership?
You're describing Saudi Arabia, our staunch ally and friend. Careful how loudly you complain about these policies or you'll get filmed walking backwards out of a Saudi embassy, never to be seen or heard from again.
Pick up a history book. The '79 revolution liberated Iranians from death and oppression. The biggest threat to Iranians today comes from Israeli bombers supplied by American military industrialists.
Remove that Sword of Damocles from their heads and the country doesn't need to dedicate huge chunks of GDP to national defense. They'll be on par with Germany or Japan within a decade.
You're only a Good Muslim when you sell us your natural resources at a discount.
You've decided to condemn one county for the crimes others. You've turned a blind eye to genocide in SA itself and in neighboring Yemen - genocide committed with Western arms and armor - so you can denounce a neighbor as unequivocally evil. You've denied Persian people their sovereignty so you can steal their labor and their land.
All to enrich a handful of billionaires propping up the current Fascist in the White House.
Disgusting.
That requires you to learn a bit of history, rather than ingesting your own country's propaganda
You're only fooling yourself