mahatir
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Shah Iran supported Kurds in Iraq only when it had border conflict with Iraq. Once dispute was solved they stopped all kind of support. So Shah Iran was very pragmatic and thinking only about its own business.
Mullah Iran on the other hand is supporting terror groups and even directly intervenes in countries that have no any dispute with Iran.
You can also see it in the way they use oil money. Shah Iran was investing everything in own economy, Mullah Iran throws hundreds of billions around. Here the results:
GDP per capita, US $:
1978
Iran - 2,168
Turkey - 1,549
2016
Iran - 4,683
Turkey - 10,743
Islamist led governments have always failed to run efficiently any state and this applies on failed states in Gaza and Sudan , Iran is no exception .
I do not care if Iran economy is good or bad , all I want to see is the lesser of 2 evils ruling Iran . The persians hate Arabs with deep passion and they believe in greater persian which consists of parts of Iraq , UAE , whole of Bahrain and eatern Saudi Arabia.
Both ways whether Iran is ruled by Islamists or Secular Persians they will be hostile towards Arabs the only difference Islamists will be less in their hatred. Iran influence only increased after the stupid USA government invaded Iraq and handed it over to be ruled by Iranian influenced parties. If Saddam regime continued non of this mess would have occurred.
If the Iranian regime falls we can except a Shia version of Isis and they will focus solely on carrying out terrorist attacks in Arab Gulf states , we certainly cannot afford to have this situation and should stay out of Iran internal conflicts .
Why do you think Israel did not take down Assad regime even though they had the capacity ?
The Israeli internal intelligence understand that if Assad falls extremist organizations will be on Israel border and will drag Israel into a long conflict that has no end.
Israel should take out Terrorist Hezbollah organization first before thinking about Iran.
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.
What do you think will happen to the millions of Iranians who are well armed and support the Iranian regime if the regime falls ?
They will certainly turn into an extremist Shia version of Isis and carry out deadly terrorist attacks in Gulf Arab states and I did not include the remaining Shia Arab and Pakistani militias loyal to Iran , they will certainly carry out revenge attacks against US and British interests throughout the region.
Russia would never allow a pro USA government to rule Iran and threaten their interests in Central Asia , also China would resist to save their Chinese road belt project.
I dont think these protests succeed anyway Turkish Seculars following Ataturk do not really give a crap about Arabs and mind their own business. Secular Turkey was far more friendly towards Arab countries than Ottman empire or currently Erdogan aggressive regime.
Secular Turks fought to build a modern Turkish state while Secular persians are fighting to revenge from anything related to Islam including conservative Iranians and general Arab public , they are crazy and out of their mind .
I would love to see Conservative Turks losing power in Turkey but the situation in Iran is totally different . Personally I am more worried from Erdogan than the Mullah regime in Iran , he has caused far more distruction than Iran especially that he supported and created Isis and other extremist organizations .