[BlackVeil]

History and culture from the Iranian national media channel. Certainly, when it comes to ancient cultures, the Iranians have plenty to talk about.

[ME-262]

These people have been going backward for well over a millennium!

[SolidWood]

The late Persian Empire should serve Westerners as a prime example how a highly advanced civilization, thought to be lasting, can be destroyed and subverted by Islam.

[SolidWood]

Illustration of Princess Pourandokht, later Queen:

King Khosrow II. and his Christian wife Shirin (their love immortalized in poems and songs).

[Southerngl]

Don’t get Zoroastrian confused with modern Iran. The Zoroastrians fled Persia due to persecution of Islam and moved to other areas, mostly British owned areas. Hence Freddie Mercury and his Zoroastrian family and his British education. His father was a British civil servant in Zanzibar even.

These people were far more advanced than many in that region and were smart enough to get the hell out when the corrupt Islam came along.

[djf]

I think the majority of Iran is still pro western. During the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s, American colleges were chuck full of Iranians who were truly interested in Western ideas and science and culture.

We saw the same crap happen in Lebanon. Poverty and being uneducated has led to the fundamentalist takeover.

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[anthropocene_x]

The Zoroastrians were a great advanced civilized people that achieved many things. Wish they hadn’t gotten wiped out by the winds of history, Persia and the world would have been a much better place.

[NorthMountain]

when it comes to ancient cultures, the Iranians have plenty to talk about.

Then the deranged followers of Mad Mo took over ...

[Red Badger]

... knowest to be the best in Life.