Azerbaijan captures another village right on the border
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One nationality, therefore one nation also (rather than multiple ones), no?
Yes one nationality (Iranian), therefore one nation, but Iran is still a multi-ethnic state. There are Persians, Lors, Azeri, Baloch and many more.
it is important to charge and prosecute those who want to rile up ethnic tensions and cause Iran to eventually disintegrate along ethnic lines. We've seen what they've done to Yugoslavia, Syria, Libya and Yemen. Balkanization. It's the age old divide and conquer strategy. Keep Syria weak by dividing it, keep Yemen weak by dividing it. If they can't defeat the enemy at the present moment, then they start by dividing them into smaller, more manageable, weaker peices.
In Iran luckily, we haven't seen communal violence and discrimination on the same level that we've seen in various other countries. Like you said, that is because most Iranians think of themselves as Iranians first.
However Iran's enemies will always try to figure out ways to divide and fracture Iran any way they can. There are also some people in Iran who want to see Iran broken up into various smaller states.
After all, there are some Kurds who want to break away from Iran and join a greater Kurdistan. There are some Azeri people who want to split from Iran and join Azerbaijan or Turkey. These people, their goal is to weaken the sense of unity in the nation by causing communal tension and hatred among various ethnic groups in Iran.
That is why the Iranian government cannot tolerate such behavior. Anyone who tries to belittle or discriminate or poke fun at a specific ethnic group publicly or advocate for the disintegration of Iran must be dealt with decisively.
Racism and discrimination are outlawed in most industrialized nations that contain various ethnic groups or large minorities. Such behavior is even banned on this forum and most online platforms, so then why shouldn't it be banned in a multi-ethnic country like Iran ?
Your mentality in this regard seems to come from Canada.....it has nothing to do with Iran´s culture or history.
Yes, in Europe and the Americas you need anti racism laws because they have a history of violence and racism against other people.....this does not apply to Iran.
Iran has only one ethnic group, the Aryans, and this family has several members.....I can not be racist towards my own brother or sister.... the same way an Iranian cannot be racist towards another Iranian....being unpleasent and racist are two different thing..... those of us who have lived in Europe and America know what racism is, and how it doesnt exist in Iran.
To say that it should be a crime to make a joke is beyond dumb, and clearly anti free speach. Are we to fill up our jails with people who told jokes?
We dont need to learn from the west in terms of racism, they need to learn from us how to live together with respect.
If you're going to pretend like racism doesn't exist in Iran then I'm not going to bother continuing this discussion.
What about that journalist in Iran that insulted Azeri people and was arrested ? I heard about this several years ago.
I'm not saying that it should be a crime to make a racial joke. I never said such a thing. However stoking communal tensions and inciting hatred among people along ethnic / religious lines is something else completely.
Nobody said that we have to learn from the west. Cyrus was arguably the first anti abolitionist and anti racist world leader. The idea of tolerance and prohibiting racism or hate speech can be considered a universal concept among humanity or any other sentient being with sufficient intelligence, in the same way that mathematics is universal.
Free speech ? Well Iran is not exactly a bastion of free speech. If you open your mouth in Iran and say you want a referendum on the Islamic Republic system, well we all know what would happen to that person.
Arminian Christian settled in Lebanon. Hope it's not convert to crusader ...Some say Hezbollah might be in Armenia. I don't buy it.
AoA brothers, Hope you are all doing well. Sorry to request out of nowhere, but like would love to see Iran's perspective of the missile program (both ballistic and cruise) of Pakistan (even including similarities with foreign missiles etc) from the end of of last century to the Latest Ababeel and Babur 3 etc.
And also one comparing & contrasting the missiles, their ranges, delivery options etc of both Iran and Pakistan.
It is because Iran and Pakistan are two most prominent Muslim countries with an advanced missiles program.
You both seem relevant so tagging.
@Philosopher @PeeD
Shab Bakhair!