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The problem these people blame muslims for ending their persian empire and want to revenge from them for doing that . Under the regime of the shah conservative muslims were persecuted and killed by these utlra persian nationalists .
Unlike Turkish seculars who simply want to separate state and religion those persian nationaliststs want to revenge from Muslims for a stupid event that happened 1600 years ago .
I am not fan of Erdogan or any other islamic government but when it comes to Iran things are totally different
Interesting observation there.
However I disagree with some of your points. Even if Persian nationalists were to topple the iranian mullah led islamists regime(something I don't think will happen) , they will not intervene in Arab affairs like the current iranian Islamic government. These secular Persian nationalists will be more of a modern version of the Shah. During the secular Shah era Iran was not only more Liberal but the country had no major issues with other Arab states including Saudi Arabia. There was no real sectarian /proxy wars between Sunni led monarchy KSA and Shia led mullah Iran like there is today. Reason being that the former secular Shah regime was never a religious led regime and so they never used the Shia religious card to secure Shia militias and proxies in the region to further their interests.
So even if these Persian nationalists were to miraculously topple the current regime and seize power (I personally dont believe that is possible) I don't see why you think they will be worse than the current regime in carrying on with the sectarian proxy war between Iran and KSA in the region. Shia militias and proxies like Hezbollah in Lebanon , Houthis in Yemen, shia militias in PMF and Nujaba Movement in Iraq and many other poor shias recruited from Afghanistan and Pakistan to fight in the region for the country. All these elements won't be attracted to the iranian shia islamists narrative anymore if Iran ever ceased to be an Islamic Republic defending shias in the region and became a secular Persian Republic. The attraction won't be there anymore, and this will lead to a situation where Iran will have to cede alot of its influence and presence in these Arab states in the region.
So ironically a secular persian nationalist Iran will lead to an Iran that will be more like a Turkey(judging by the fact that Iranians seem to be more open and Liberal in their views than many Muslim countries) than a Pakistan for example. That's my opinion.