The Uncertain Future of Iran

[@amozade3715]

As a Persian I must say, your music selection is legendary

[@thatoneguy6578]

name of songs used

[@benyaminmehdizadeh4351]

@@thatoneguy6578 Dokhtare Ahvazi (Bandari) Song by Sandy

[@fereshtebahaedini6614]

Lol yeah indeed, it made the video have a comedic theme

[@bakhtiari9797]

👏👏👏😁😁😁

[@green_hedger_68]

What is Difference between Persia and Iran tell me.

[@knotdead5783]

it's called the "Persian" Gulf

[@Payervanmatin]

Exactly

[@amirgoli830]

Right. From thousands year ago

[@impablo122]

@@amirgoli830 ye we all know

[@j-2056]

@@Egyptianman-e6g oh oh ur calling Persian gulf arabian gulf and ur country border is just behind ur door? lmfao

[@dmarcusIII]

Its the Kuwaiti Ocean 💀

[@Blessed_V0id]

I love the fact each video has that country's music. The understanding this channels teaching me man

[@frostyguy1989]

The history of Western/Persian relations is of competing influence and mutual harm that ends up being a detriment to both. The most standout example being the Roman ("Byzantine")-Sassanid Wars that resulted in both of them worn down, and when they were exhausted and had nothing left to give, the Arabs invaded and conquered them both easily.

[@alessandrodelogu7931]

I thought the same thing.

[@artman12]

So it’s a lose-lose situation?

[@wecare838]

Exactly. Kinda like China India rivalry though....but are trying hard to discredit eachother that is ultimately fruitless..

[@Zeyede_Seyum]

The same thing happened in the horn of Africa when the Christian Ethiopia and Muslim Ethiopia( Adalites ) fought for centuries until the battle of weyna dega. Right away the Pagan Oromo's invaded both war torn countries. It was devastating and Ethiopia didn't recover until the 19th century.

[@user-dz4eb5rb3g]

@@Zeyede_Seyum saddest part about that war is that the harla disappeared Somalis carry on their legacy tho

[@therealone935]

Your transition to countryballs to countryAnimals is the best thing that happen to this channel

[@michaelstone5298]

Very much so!

[@mayatenshi]

Yes 😉

[@guydreamr]

I deeply regret the current state of poor relations between our two countries. Would really like to visit Iran sometime soon and experience firsthand the rich culture, literature (Rumi was one the greatest poets ever), delicious cuisine and warm hospitality of its wonderful people. Best regards, from the US.

[@michaelbread5906]

A lot of older dudes I spoke to say that it was a GREAT country with amazing people. They really were saddened that it became a theological state.

[@a.lcastle7614]

@@michaelbread5906hell one more group of senile white/black christians in office and the usa 🇺🇸 will soon have an extreme switch just like iran

[@sampersian1854]

So nice to you,, ,,very , Well come

[@callofduty6984]

وضعیت کنونی ایران با کشور های استعمارگر بهتر نمیشود هیچوقت

[@gokhans423]

If you want to learn more about Rumi, better visit Turkey. He spent most of his life in Konya/Turkey.

[@alimirzaee4689]

Watching this in Tehran while tomorrow is another protest in our university. Well at least I hope I don't die

[@fajaradi1223]

Stay in the middle of the crowd bro

[@rouldennn]

xoda ba tou yar bashe :) tandorost beman

[@zyanego3170]

Good luck.

[@armanfeli1011]

@@rouldennn سلام دختری؟

[@rouldennn]

@@armanfeli1011 بله دخترم امرتون؟ *گیف گورب با سینه های نارنگی*

[@Erfanh1995]

Just a correction: Persia didn't become Iran after the revolution. The king, Reza Pahlavi asked other nations to call Persia, Iran (which is what Iranians called their country for centuries) and they agreed to do so. Persia is a western alteration of Pars, referring to the tribe of Cyrus the Great, the Achaemenid Empire, and the region they were from. This name had been around in western books since before Alexander the Great even though it is not the country's name, Iranshahr.

[@MrSailormoonlover]

Persia and Persian are Greek words like Persepolis. It is what the Greek named us because they believed we were descendants of the hero Perseus.

[@jasonbennett671]

@@MrSailormoonlover greekia goh khordan ba to

[@MrSailormoonlover]

@@jasonbennett671 okay divooneh

[@faridesmaili6369]

The name of Iran more than 13,000 year old 💚🩶❤🦁☀️

[@faridesmaili6369]

Iran oldest country in the world 🌎

[@user-annoyingbrituo5nr5bv8s]

Thank you for making a video on Iran 🇮🇷! I am an Iranian in UK, thank you for telling people of Iran. 🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷 با تشکر از شما برای آموزش مردم ایران با شکوه! متشکرم

[@samesaiwan]

Propaganda

[@sirfer6969]

@@samesaiwan are you upset that theocrats know nothing about running a country? Or perhaps about the fact that your people are corrupt AF? PS There's no Lions in Iran, only chickens...that's what happens when your parents are cousins. The downfall of the middle-east has always been inbreeding...

[@simaj9452]

Freedom for Iran

[@Oscar92839]

I love iran from australia 🇦🇺 🇮🇷

[@TheFractalVerse-o3l]

Just by any chance, are you Oscar Piastri? ​@@Oscar92839

[@AureliusLaurentius1099]

Iran can be a great power, just not under the current regime

[@fajaradi1223]

Agree. But in fairness. If this regime went down, while the current dynasty on KSA is still in power. Something very bad will be happen. Both of them need to go down, altogether.

[@Ledut-in-YT]

@@fajaradi1223 ksa?

[@mohammadsalim2001]

@@Ledut-in-YT Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

[@Ledut-in-YT]

@@mohammadsalim2001 got it

[@vergesserforgetter2160]

It was until the Genghis Khan's sons came about, after that it was always in a decline, a bit of a revival in Abbas's the second regime during the Safawid era, but he was mostly just: "kill everyone who says no" typa guy, so it went back to straight decline after that. Also Georgians would have probably been Muslim if it wasn't for him killing everyone there from a baby crying to an old man dying.

[@anakinthemannequin69]

The Islamists didn't turn Persia into Iran. Persia has always been Iran. The Shah changed the name internationally in 1935 while the Islamists merely made it official cause some people still called the country Persia.

[@abdalrahmanomar5142]

You are calling shiet islamist?

[@aryanmn1569]

@@abdalrahmanomar5142 Yes

[@abdalrahmanomar5142]

@@aryanmn1569 too bad, Iranian "islamic" regime are massecaring thousands of sunni muslims. Iran is nowhere near to islam

[@zXPeterz14]

Common Iran L

[@aryanmn1569]

@@xerxes8191 you sure it was pe?

[@arsamghanbarzadeh7234]

as a persian i must say... im not proud of our grandparents starting a revolution and destroying our lives

[@ahouranouri516]

Can you really blame them? They had the entire fk world working against the Shah

[@arsamghanbarzadeh7234]

@@ahouranouri516 yes i can blame them, iran used to be a western country supported by USA, Israel and overall the west in general, i hate living in an russian influenced country, 2 of my grandparents got betrayed by the islamic government, my grandpa was a government official which saved a city from a huge earthquake and overall a really good person. guess what? they replaced him for no reason and he got betrayed by the person he supported

[@iambatman.5894]

​@@arsamghanbarzadeh7234why are u so eager to live under the thumb of the west? Iran now wants to be independent. Be it's own power house like India, Russia and China. WTF is wrong with u? Why are u parroting the words of US. They sucked ur country dry for decades. It is like Indians praising the British. Instead of using Indian wealth to improve India it was siphoned off to the west. Never be a slave to west. Have some f*cking pride. Don't be like isreal whose entire identity is being a bootlicker of the west.

[@cellamuert]

​@@ahouranouri516bitch go read a book

[@sinabarzyar5766]

@@iambatman.5894 i agree iran should be its own powerhouse, BUT UNDER A NEUTRAL SLIGHTLY WESTERN ALIGNED FULLY DEMORATIC NATION BITCHHHHH

[@Guyro3278]

This might be my favorite country animal design yet. Iran already has my favorite flag in Asia and top 5 in the world 🇮🇷 but you made it so expressive throughout the video.

[@thatguynoonelikes4865]

agreed it's a cool looking flag & clever use of symbols I love Arabic calligraphy that uses the letters to make Pacific shapes

[@Guyro3278]

@@thatguynoonelikes4865 it’s such a shame that other middle eastern flags were just assigned by colonial powers.

[@thatguynoonelikes4865]

@@Guyro3278 yeah! Exactly

[@Yuki_Ika7]

The design does look very nice, yes

[@notlucas6859]

personally i dont realy like the iranian flag, but i love the animal design

[@mrfriendlolo4971]

Your choice of the animal that represents each country is always so spot on

[@fanzy1338]

Just one correction: In Iran 99.9% of the population can speak Persian/Farsi as it is the official language of the country however they can ALSO speak other languages or dialects such as Kurdish, Azari, Gilaki, Baloch, etc.

[@Xx__Arash__xX]

Turkey Azari not correct

[@fanzy1338]

@@Xx__Arash__xX Azari is correct ✅

[@shahinasgarov597]

@@fanzy1338 Azeri - irani language, but those people speak turkic

[@fanzy1338]

@@shahinasgarov597 Azari is a Turkic language but Azaris are ethnically and racially Iranian people.

[@shahinasgarov597]

@@fanzy1338 Educate yourself. Azeri is Iranian language descended from old median language and has nothing to do with us. We speak Turkic which is close to Turkmen and Turkish language.

[@1SXZ1]

it's the Persian gulf there is no or Arabian Gulf, it is the Persian Gulf period.

[@siavashvash6232]

@Handsome Daddy bro Persians means parsi in Iran language and parsi mean ariaie , and ariaie mean Iranian so Persians are Iranians not indians

[@haius_17]

@Handsome Daddy shut up

[@tacticalcamel149]

@Handsome Daddy persian means indian XDDD that was hell of a joke😂

[@samjonson6602]

@Parse Farse Hindi unfortunately, you didn’t have any study about Iran !

[@farimahkarimi6549]

Persian gulf was never ever Arabian even for a day in history. It was always be Persian . And forever it will stay Persian . Thank you

[@Sara-bs9rz]

Arabian gulf, go back to India

[@araz1204]

@@Sara-bs9rz what?

[@kilianteni7884]

🤡

[@bubbsiecatz8425]

I love that you were playing Moein in the background, My respect to just went up higher. Love from Iran🇮🇷

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

So you still got internet

[@BetaDreTV]

yeah you noticed that right? my family is from armenia and we about this song from Moein. its called "bandari"

[@daboy261]

Yo whats up bro? اینجا هم تسخیر کردیم 🗿

[@hedgeredge]

@@Ballin4Vengeance Iran has Internet access now

[@hedgeredge]

Salam dodosheh irani

[@kodokuna.]

I’m Iranian and I rlly appreciate u educating people on our country!

[@atsuyatakashi4832]

❤❤❤❤ Iranian

[@artoriapendragon5062]

He is lieing

[@Blaze-ie4kb]

ur gay

[@yeeoo5772]

@@artoriapendragon5062how? I want to learn

[@user-annoyingbrituo5nr5bv8s]

I am half Iranian, and I am so happy you have taught people about Iran! 🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷

[@brbrbrbrbrbrbrfr]

As a person from Iran If government changes We will glow like how we did before And it's called Persian gulf for thousands of years

[@jnoub2947]

If the government changes Iran will fall.

[@LightForxes]

Persia will rise again like it once did lead by Cyrus the great!

[@JimmyM1975]

Depends, if the new government knows how to do things properly. And if the new government would keep their promises of liberal, secular reform and have an intelligent way of doing economics then sure. Or they could fail and become the next Libya

[@someboi4535]

Another delusional traitor yet again

[@brbrbrbrbrbrbrfr]

@@JimmyM1975 obviously!

[@philmstud2k]

Just one note: Persia already changed its official outwardly recognized name to "Iran" by 1935. Shah Reza Pahlavi was getting buddy buddy with Nazi Germany and as a way to promote shared Aryan ties between the Persian/Iranic peoples and Germanic peoples changed the official name of the country to "Iran" (land of the Aryans). However, "Persia" and "Persians" were always terms used by outsiders to describe the country and its people (starting with the Greeks). Internally, the country and its people was always known as "Iran" and "Iranians" since ancient times.

[@yamataichul]

A friend of mine is half Iranian, she and her father prefers both terms since Persian implies they are the same people of eons ago. I agree with your statement but to me it does not seem they will mind being called Persian just like the former wallahchians where always calling themselves romanian

[@philmstud2k]

@@yamataichul oh no, certainly not. What I'm referring to is a nationality term. "Persian" as an ethnic term is appropriate and correct to this day. And the Persians, Azeris, Kurds, Tajiks, Afghans, etc. are all cousins under a greater Iranic subrace (just like Germans, Dutch, English, Danish, etc. are all cousins under a larger Germanic subrace)

[@yamataichul]

@@philmstud2k I find it insightful! Thank you!

[@moritamikamikara3879]

idgas, imma call it Persia. It's just a cooler name idc

[@Dominik-lc4pl]

@@philmstud2k Azeris are Turkic.

[@behroozkhaleghirad]

I'm Iranian living in Iran. First I want to say all of your information are 100% spot on. Impressive how a foreigner knows this much truth about one of the most misunderstood countries in the world. As for my country I can describe Iran in this way: a country with great potential and great problems. From geopolitical standpoint, life in Iran is doomed to be like a roller coaster. That makes one of the most beautiful and diverse cultures in the world, but it comes at a HUGE price for the residents. Love and respect from Iran to all good people of the world ❤❤❤

[@מ.מ-ה9ד]

It is absolutely not one of the most misunderstood countries. It is just diverse.

[@MFMAnimations]

گلب گفتی

[@מ.מ-ה9ד]

@@MFMAnimations هنوز اینترنت داری؟

[@messydeskproductions4159]

Super cool to hear from someone from someone on the ground.

[@kjul.]

Do you support the recent uprisings? I think it's a great opportunity, but also doubt it's going to make any significant change unfortunately.

[@pablocordero9621]

Man, I've binge watching your videos and I love how good they are.

[@indigenouspodcast2257]

That Indian Filipino reference was all too real and sad.

[@Felishamois]

@y38oub Can't move from where they live, are brutalised regularly, their safety ignored, forced to work, passports stolen, underpaid/not payed. Which means that they are owned by their companies, maybe not legally (although I don't know about that), but in all aspects of their life that count... what do you call that ?

[@Felishamois]

@y38oub Okay. So there are some slaves in Saudi Arabia. It's just not fair to say that there are slaves in Saudi Arabia. I getcha

[@8i8i8i8i8i]

@@Felishamoisthey cracked down on companies who do that. the new laws are wayyyyy better at adresssing these problems. tge country is improving rapidly

[@SynystaRhyme]

The name Iran actually has its origins as far back as the Sassanian dynasty when it was referred to as "ĒRĀNŠAHR" (Land of the Aryans)

[@fmk10]

I love Iranian people. They are one of the kindest and the best, warm-hearted nations in the world. Forget about what politicians and media said to you. If you meet with them and speak with them you will see how real and generous they are. One of the most unique culture in the world. I hope things will go their best, they deserve a much much better government and life. Respect and love from Turkiye.

[@Alireza7655e]

Respect and love to you too from Iran.

[@mrNYlover]

Cok tesekürler Abi bizler de sizler güzel Komsumuzun türkiyedeki efendi insanlarin cok seviyoruz

[@IRAnimer]

🥲❤️🇮🇷

[@parsaadler5255]

thanks where are you from? im from iran i love to travel to America its beautiful country

[@parsaadler5255]

oh turkiye is near it has beautiful clothes in the world and your country has kind people too

[@dksider9875]

I love how at 2:27 the caption says "take life eslow". That not only in the most common phrase I've heard from my Iranian family but the e in eslow is so dammed accurate I'm astonished he knew about it

[@Natttttttttt]

Hahahaha so true! I missed that but this is cracking me up!

[@shanee_tia]

Also at 2:29 😂

[@dksider9875]

​@@shanee_tiayh that's the one I meant, I put in the wrong time stamp originally, mb

[@shaiyonhariri6115]

Bro the fact that you played Bandari as a part of this video alone makes me love you and your channel even more, thank you

[@Ali-bu6lo]

9:11 Persia turned into Iran in 1979??? Where did you get that exactly??? Our people have always called our country Iran and the request to the international community to refer to our country as Iran instead of Persia happened in 1934 though it didn't became the norm until after world war II. Also you underplayed the role Safavids had in Iranian history. Safavids were the first time in almost a 1000 years since Sassanids fell to Muslim Arab invasion that Iran had unified under a native dynasty and the Safavids were the first after Sassanids to call their domain "the state of Iran" and thus can be considered the foundation of the modern Iranian state. Also Safavids, Afsharids and Qajars, despite speaking Turkic dialects, were quiet different from Seljuks or other nomadic Turkic tribes who conquered Iran. Afsharids and Qajars had assimilated and mixed a lot to the point that they became Iranian and Safavids had partial Kurdish ancestry and were native Iranians not nomads, though they had two generations of political marriages with Aq Qoyunlu Turkomans and relied on tribes, many of them Turkic for their military.

[@ariyannikdell3085]

خودت میدونی یه مشت کصخل یوتوب دارند کصشر میگن همه هم یه نگاهی میندازند و میرند بیشتر چیز هایی که گفت خیلی خلاصه اش کرد یا اشتباه گفت و.... تو هم گیر نده کصخل نمیشه درست کرد همون تیکه که گفت خمینی گفت خلمنی دیگه چه انتظاری داری دیگه

[@juicytakis9515]

Republic of Mahabad

[@Ali-bu6lo]

@chad iranian Yes and no, the people of Iran are largely decended from those who have been here for thousands of years since genetic studies on the modern samples and comparisons with ancient DNA shows little change. But those people (the most famous of them the Kingdom of Elam) share little with modern Iranians in language and culture. The modern identity of Iran begins with the migration of Iranic tribes, a sub-branch of Indo-Europeans, they mixed with the locals and gave their language and culture resulting in the creation of the Iranian tribes the most famous of which were the Medes, Persians and Parthians. However the early Iranian dynasties didn't call their realm Iran. The Achaemenid empire called itself Xšāčā (Khshāchā) which simply means the empire, in those days Iran was a people and a civilization not yet a state. The first dynasty that created the Iranian nation state was the Sassanid empire. They called their land Ērānšahr, they had an state religion and language which was middle Persian. Meanwhile under the Achaemenid and Arsacid dynasties Persian or Parthian weren't even the official language, they were the court and royal language, the official language of both empires were Aramaic. So we can say that the Iranian race is about seven to five thousand years old or maybe older, the Iranian civilization, ethnicity and languages is three thousand years old and the Iranian nation is about 1700 years old. However, after the fall of the Sassanids Iran was divided or occupied for 850 years the Iranian national identity survived but it was dorment until it was brought back with Shiaism added to it when Safavids created their state which unlike the myriad of states in the 850 years called itself Iran similar to Sassanids. So we can say that the modern state of Iran is about 500 years old.

[@Ali-bu6lo]

@@juicytakis9515 So what?

[@roenin]

That's the most cope answer I know from debating with Persian Iranians. Azeris are ethnic Turks and the emperors of your Safavid dynasty and later on actually spoke Turkish as their mother tongue. Even diplomatic correspondence with Ottomans was done in medieval Turkish. And that's been the last 1000 years. So, no, your civ just ctrl c+v'd Elamites, rolled with it for another 1000 years and then were later on ruled by others, by Greeks, Arabs and of course even since by Turks. As a Turk I never cease to be amazed of how much Turkish TV shows are watches in Iran and how good the language is spoken over there. I hope, soon your country can be free and Azerbaijan can finally reunite.

[@gobbotits1686]

I've talked to three Iranians in my life. They told me about their great country, and how the west would be so much better if they emulated Iran. They were all living in Europe.

[@low-polyhexagonalrat]

Lmao it reminds me of all those Turks posting about how great Turkey is from their German apartment in the middle of Munich

[@thetaggman5311]

The country is amazing. The government isn't.

[@LightForxes]

@@low-polyhexagonalrat AHAHAHA Perfect! Came across some many useless thumbs like them..

[@thanoscube8573]

they are very nice people from where im from

[@someboi4535]

​@@thetaggman5311the government is even greater than the country itself

[@farbodharandifasih8299]

9:11 persia didn't turn to iran,persians always called persia iran. in the 1930s the shah asked the west to stop calling iran persia but in ww2 to avoid confusion iran was renamed persia until 1946

[@tyjiopjrd9887]

@ㄉㄎㄉ • ꨆꨟꨮꩆ ꨣꨰꨕ west called Iran, persia 🇮🇷 because Iran famous for persian empire and official language of Iran is farsi_( Persian ) In fact West was very crazy 😂

[@Funnynick]

Another great video!

[@bigjoe1260]

Anyone else sent here by the algorithm after recent events?

[@georgemoodier]

as an Iranian, great video!, you absolutely butchered Khomeini's surname though lol

[@kian6639]

جدا؟

[@reaperoftheyeari4481]

خل مینی 😆

[@sepantakgaming5264]

Lol⬆️

[@ramintahouri270]

Fuck that, he said it correctly! Agha Khol-meini! 😂 🤣

[@sepehr7402]

Coincidence? I think not xD

[@theviscount4622]

i hope iran gets better soon

[@salamov963]

Hell no

[@salamov963]

@علي يا سر idc i dont like iranians

[@Elin77yy]

@@salamov963 wdym hell no?

[@samjonson6602]

@@salamov963 Don’t be jealous😂 Iran is much better than your country!

[@arshianoob]

@@Elin77yy judging by his comments he hate Iranians

[@mrstrange7124]

As an Afghan lived in Iran most my life, I see them strong when united. We read books after books on the rich history of Iran and one thing I learn is that when it comes to defending their country, Iranians unit and are ready to give their life's. But sadly the people have become westernised, instead of having their own identity, they want to be like the westerner. Iranian people should fight for their freedom, like their past they should continue to stay unit and try to make Iran the power hub of Middle East.

[@yoloswaggins7121]

I reject that idea that modernity and progress and liberalism and secularism are strictly "Western". Is not possible for Muslim countries to embrace these things without becoming "westernised"?

[@JimmyM1975]

But still many industrialised nations still can have a rich culture and still a strong identity at the same time

[@someboi4535]

Wise words my Afghan brother

[@someboi4535]

​@bhaisahab451they are

[@someboi4535]

​@@yoloswaggins7121regardless of whether these idea are western or not, the concepts behind these ideas themselves are pure unacceptable degeneracy that has no place in our societies And no you can't be Muslim and liberal/progressive/secular because it's contradictory which makes you a hypocrite and therefore worse than just a disbeliever

[@ariamh823]

Your choice of music is amazing

[@ryantaghipour4735]

I'm Iranian just wanted to say well thought out and informative video, keep up the good work

[@fentymoonlightz]

every iranian person i’ve met are super educated and very secular. It’s awful how that government treats its people. An amazing nation with rich history held down by a religious dictatorship. Maybe im bias since i’ve only talked to ex-pats, but most of them detest the government.

[@mahmoodshariat9069]

As an Iranian I agree… they’re abusing us and banning internet

[@mahmoodshariat9069]

We’re basically a North Korea with food and houses

[@adamelghalmi9771]

well it makes sense if you've only talked to expats, those who dislike the government leave or are leaving en masse, those who do like the government stay

[@sinabarzyar5766]

@@mahmoodshariat9069 and dont forget! we can still travel and internet, atleast better then Nk lol.

[@jimmartin2548]

Great vid as always!! Thanks for everything you do!

[@poorianesaiy6298]

the one thing that does not unify us at all is religion. what unify us is the shared hatred toward the ruling regime which took iranian people hostage for the last 40 years, and after that although iranian people might not all be persians, they all consider themselves iranians despite the different backgrounds that they have.

[@am.studno1229]

bla bla bla 😂 joumhurei eslami🦾

[@Elin77yy]

@@am.studno1229 joumhuri choslami ☕

[@Hfgg]

I love that Iran Lion casually sits on the screen and judges me.

[@zarnaku6467]

I think this man might just be a time traveler either that or a physical cause this prediction is unreal

[@SoulXiOfficial]

Exactly 😁

[@Niki_kp1389]

1:38 "Iran is one lucky lucky guy" Me and definitely most of the Iranians: "yes but actually no"

[@DeptalJexus]

I like how you portray Iran as the chilling Lion. They do preserve themselves through out thousand years of outside changes.

[@kamm6001]

clarification: iran isnt 94% shi'a islam, thats just the governments statistics other polls that get the peoples input shows a drastically lower number

[@knotdead5783]

personally I think less than 30% identify as muslim, atleast in urban areas

[@iambatman.5894]

​@@knotdead5783if 70 percent are not Muslims then they are the majority? Why can't u do anything about it then? After decades of protests, one would think u would made progress. But I literally see no changes.

[@iambatman.5894]

​@@knotdead5783and don't conflate urban areas with rural areas. That is the same mistake Afghanistan did. And look how it turned out. Urbanites will always have a more liberal view. But by no means are they the majority. Otherwise the Islamist wouldn't have ever won the revolution to begin with. Obviously they had more support than the rest.

[@knotdead5783]

@iambatman.5894 you have no idea how a religious apartheid works. The minority has guns and the majority are the people. I live in Iran and have seen plenty of progress from the 2009 protests to 2020

[@iambatman.5894]

@@knotdead5783 can u name some. All I see is doom and gloom. And I researched a bit. No of Muslims is like 96 percent and the study is backed by CIA. Why would CIA of all people back the lies of iranian government? Maybe u are u confused with Shia and Sunni. The study states 32 to 56 or something for Shia. I read on Wikipedia though.

[@brooksrobertson2500]

I'm a simple man. H0ser uploads, I watch

[@jimmartin2548]

Instant clock club

[@samkhalil7180]

as an Iranian who lives in Iran, I must say your information was so true. But the thing is our current government isolated our people, making global economy so difficult for ordinary people but themselves. they can easily import industrial goods and sell them at any price they want, which is very expensive considering average salary of Iranians, but makes the government more and more powerful each day, which is not beneficial for us. Islamic Republic (Islamic Dictatorship to be honest) was faced with so many protests back in the 70's, but they were able to win over. now in 2020's, they face a much more difficult situation, as they're not likely to change their policies because they're bound to their Islamic ideology, but the majority of population, especially the youth, don't believe in any religion and demand a democratic, secular government.

[@trainwithme4290]

goverment isolated your people? dont know about sanctions? :D

[@samkhalil7180]

@@trainwithme4290 who made other countries to think of sanctions against Iran? Was Iran in sanctions when Shah was still in power? Don't be ridiculous

[@trainwithme4290]

@@samkhalil7180 the shah was obviously installed by the west and a puppet, you really follow that?..seriously,

[@عليرحمن-ق9ن]

​@@samkhalil7180bruh you want to be slave of west and your government dont want this fuck everything but islam

[@someboi4535]

​@@samkhalil7180you're the one who is not just being ridiculous, bit also an absolute traitor who aligns with the enemies of Iran You are justifying the western sanctions against Iran just because the Islamic Republic refused to be a western puppet and chose to be independent if western influence instead

[@asherchadwick7716]

Your analysis of Iran's future heavily relies on a continuation of the current government. It doesn't even entertain the possibility that it could see a revolution and switch back to a Western aligned nation. In that situation Iran could rapidly claim a seat amongst the great powers of the world. It would become the West's most important ally in the Middle East, it would have a booming economy and would spend far less resources intervening in military disputes in it's neighbors. The revolutionary government is one of the most mismanaged in the world, far worse than either China or Russia, having completely run out of reasons for its population to support it. Crack downs will become increasingly ineffective as more people can not buy bread. Security forces will become increasingly disloyal as they are forced to harm friends and family and the regime has nothing to offer anyone anymore. They need a carrot alongside the stick but all they have is the stick at this point. Even if these protests don't overthrow this government, which they absolutely could, the protests that do are coming soon

[@touchdowne8522]

The theocratic regime will not be toppled internally unless the basij and revolutionary guard power structure, whose existential fate is tied to that of the regime, is removed. The way I see it, even Myanmar's junta has a greater chance of being toppled as compared to Iran's regime, due to the alliance of ethnic armies and majority Bamar rebels. At least there's some form of military resistance. The protesters will have a good chance only if the conventional Iranian Armed Forces (Artesh) side with the common people, but the ensuing civil war will be long, catastrophic, and bloody.

[@Zeyede_Seyum]

So you just wanna be western ally, like Saudis?

[@asherchadwick7716]

@@touchdowne8522 We power groups betray their source of power all throughout history whether it's Khosarou and his new middle managers, the Ashanti Empire and their freed slave tuned bureaucrat class or Athelred and his newly minted noble families. All these entities bit the hand that fed them because the realities on the ground changed. As the situation gets worse and more and more basji and RG forces are isolated turning on the regime will become more enticing. Security forces and clergy are the only two power bases that the regime has backing left backing them. They have lost the rural poor, the urban working class, the intelligentsia, the bazaaris are neutral with low ranking bazaaris joining the protests, they have lost the middle class, what little remains of the landed class are still Shahists. If they lose either of the two that are backing them they will fall and every day these protests drag on the chance that one of these power bases switches sides gets higher

[@MaryamofShomal]

All facts 👏🏽👏🏽

[@arash8761]

Being a Western puppet would make it not a great power, just a puppet. What should happen is the destruction of the West.

[@andrei8098]

Hey man i have a suggestion for a future video. I think Romania will be a really interesting country to analyze

[@NNNAZAROV]

From Tojikiston Love Iran 🇹🇯💚🇮🇷 سلام از تاجیکستان برادران ایرانی تاجیکستان با شماست Тоҷикистон 🤝 Эрон=💚

[@MahtaHojjat]

درود بر دوستان تاجیک ❤

[@NNNAZAROV]

@@MahtaHojjat درود برادر و هم وطن دور از هم 🇹🇯💚🇮🇷

[@maruku4445]

Also, I just want to say that I like how you use animals instead of balls to represent each country.

[@ahmedazhar8485]

Best wishes from Pakistan to Iran ✌️

[@rohit-ru5nm]

Both are slave of arabs

[@ShayanMb-im3mo]

Thank you my friend

[@UnseenComet]

im from IRAN , im persian , and im telling you now the word of my own real people in my country and out of my country . all of them say : we wont allow this dictator and regime goverment and no one else to separate our countrie into small pieces , we all standing together Despite the different language and even religions . we are makinga huge changes , and soon it will happen . and by the way that flag from 1979 revolution ( we call it : sedition 1979 ) is not my people choice , Our real flag is Lion and sun flag before the 1979 that has been used . we will free our country once and for all .

[@based_asian.2119]

Ok now wake up to reality

[@UnseenComet]

@@based_asian.2119 what do you mean by that ?

[@someboi4535]

Another delusional traitor living in an echo chamber

[@iambatman.5894]

😂. Yeah the revolution happened over 30 years ago. If u could have done anything, u would have already done so. A few urbanites ain't gonna solve the problem. How many protests u have over there a year? Does it ever make a difference? Simply put there are simply way too little of u.

[@UnseenComet]

@@iambatman.5894 well let me explain , first of all if we protest , we will be jailed and even be dead by gunshots or rapes or torture in the jail , unlike you , one of the reasons people are afraid to do is for their family , they care about their parets or their family that they will have hard time if something happen to them , unlike you that i think you dont care , so it means we have something to lose , second of all , i dont know who you are or where you live or how is the circumstances the country you live but , imagine your country is about to get devided , wont you get mad and try to stop it ? third of all , i live here i know how circumstances are here , i know how people think , how they act and how they will do , and you dont live here , loving your country is something that you can not put it in the words , throught decades centuries , we have this feeling and we wont turn our back to it , as people always in street say , "We Sacrifice Our life for Iran" or "We are a great nation, we will take back Iran" your way of thinking is very little close to nothing :) . and im saying this because you think it can only happen by just going to protests in the streets before having any plan , or you think the onlyway to fight is going to streets and protest , no everyone have their own way to fight this regime , for example im doing my part to inform my people in my country , or people like you through virtual space . not everyone can go to streets , atleast without certain plan for it .

[@shahriyarm663]

3:52 it is just Persian golf NOT Arabian

[@H.ALHARBI]

الخليج العربي *

[@samjonson6602]

@@H.ALHARBI ال کوس اختک😂

[@JimmyM1975]

⁠@@H.ALHARBIdepends on who you say. Typically it’s used mostly by the Arabians that’s why some people call it the Arabian Gulf but in the past it was mostly used by Persians so more people call it the Persian Gulf. I’ll keep naming it the Persian Gulf

[@میربهروزسیداحمدی]

​​@@H.ALHARBIعرب ها دزد هویت هستند عرب ها ملخ خور هستند بی صفت ترین انسانها در عربستان سعودی هستند خلیج همیشه فارس

[@میربهروزسیداحمدی]

ایران هفت هزار سال قدمت دارد از همان موقع خلیج فارس بوده و خلیج فارس خواهد ماند عرب ها هنوز هم بی فرهنگ و دزد هویت هستند زیرا هیچ فرهنگ و هویتی ندارند همیشه در پی دزدیدن نام و تمدن ایران بزرگ بودند

[@azero79]

Iran needs to get it sht together so it can become what it destined to be, a global player

[@gorillapizzascooty9830]

No foreign intervention will do that for them, will it? Even an NGO approach.

[@Noliferxx]

I have never seen a non Iranian - Persien have such a good understanding of the Iranian situation especially considering that there is scarcely any source of information out side of Iran about these stuff. I guess you really did a good job with your research.

[@daracronin8930]

I am part Irani and I know that Persia refers to the south and to the name Europeans called us. Iran has been the official name since before world war 2 it was not a name created by the Islamists.

[@panteakarimi3173]

It's the Persian gulf for sure, it's been like that for thousands of years and will remain so.

[@nimic6626]

As an Iranian, i see my country as that one uncle that used to be cool and super chill to hang around with but now he is just a alcoholic man sitting on his Couch and smoke crack all day long and what pisses me off the most is the fact that he can do better. We saw him time and time again he dealed with his hardships and overcame them but as of right now, we only have to guess and wait until he smashes his bottle of whiskey and get up from his couch. But maybe that would not be the case and he would give up after many years of ups amd downs

[@Borhan82]

Only #Persian_Gulf 🇮🇷 3:49 This gulf has been called the Persian Gulf for more than 2500 years and it still is and will be forever... .

[@Koksiak-bb4pe]

Dude you content is amazing!

[@eladentopistevo]

Dude literally you do this very good!! Top tier, full scale, all dimensions unboring presentations

[@franciscosoares2440]

Many people are gonna say in the future "Iran from Iran"

[@y2k21]

People like to think that Alexander the Great conquered an amazing amount of land but the truth is he just conquered the Persians land as other empires had done before him. Iran has a history of people just coming in and making themselves at home.

[@Beyonder1987]

Persia did the same. They conquered Mesopotamia and built there culture and writing systems based on them

[@y2k21]

@@Beyonder1987 It's like claiming to be the inventor of the PS5 😉

[@shiny_teddiursa]

@@Beyonder1987 The Achaemenid empire was the largest empire on earth at the time, and no previous empire in history was that large. The Greeks really just used the roads already built by the Persians to conquer the same exact lands, then they immediately collapsed when alexander died, they didn’t contribute much to the region.

[@Fireball5015]

@@Beyonder1987 dumbass read history the reason they did so was because Mesopotamia was under a ruthless ruler who held the jews captive cyrus did the right thing by conquering it he brought back peace and order. He was even seen as a hero by the mesopotamians for when he invaded

[@abdullahahmadi4838]

fake story

[@mehrdara6545]

As an Iranian I don't know about your other videos yet but I have watched couple of your videos on middle east and it's very surprising to me how much informed and precise you are on middle east topics

[@malikdanish197]

hey mehr! i am from kashmir india, i am really curious about the sentiment of the common people of iran, do you like ur govt? and their anti usa israel policies? iran is gaining a lot of respect since the gaza war though from muslims all over the world though from their strong opposition to israel, would love to know your answer!

[@someboi4535]

​@malikdanish197 Iranian people seem to be very mixed on that. Sole love some hate. Some support some oppose Though most of the opposition comes from those living abroad not inside the country itself

[@sum_dum_gai]

@@malikdanish197 this someboi guy is dick riding for the regime...as an Iranian I am telling you most of the people hate the government and they are all from inside of Iran

[@MetoFulcurm]

The lion looks so chill. Hello from Turkey!

[@rawinthammarakul4782]

Great video as usual. Hope one day you do video about my country, Thailand.

[@sudanipropagandist6214]

My friend is fron Thailand my teacher is from Thailand the Girl who sits next to me in class is from Thailand. I love Thailand

[@JamezBnd007]

awesome choice of music and great research is what makes this video great!

[@hyperion3145]

Turkey and Iran competing for influence is pretty much tradition

[@colinmckenzie9299]

The Seleucid empire was a Hellenistic state that was founded by one of Alexander's generals. They might have controlled Iran and used a similar bureaucracy as them since Alexander mostly just took out the Persian leaders and actually wanted to govern in a similar style as them, but they were still definitely Greek

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Persianized Seleucids doesn’t make any sense at all, they were clearly a Hellenic empire

[@vergesserforgetter2160]

Yeah, just as the Timurids were just Mongols and Turks.

[@tiglishnobody8750]

Also Persian is older than Seleucid empire as they use rule large empire but Funny thing is anyone who try conquer Persian only find themselves be conquered by Persian from Alexander the Great to Timurids That why there is no Arabisation in Persian/Iran is because Persian absorb them into Persian, they only adopt Islam and nothing else

[@barontuna]

@Aka aka aka he is a jealous turk that is sad that his ancestors spoke their language and are no longer steppe riding tengrists

[@Mirza7385]

yeah and what happened to your seleucids? they got massacred and cleansed from Persia

[@NikolaTesla-s7i]

The music at first of the video , bro how did you even find that !!!!!!!! You are a LEGEND 😂😂😂

[@_Painted]

The theocracy is our fault. In the west, especially UK and US, we should acknowledge that we’re significantly to blame for their current horrible theocratic government. Our western leaders were motivated by greed to support the Shah against the will of the Iranian people, and that led to the theocracy as backlash.

[@ukaszwalczak1154]

Please learn history-

[@alfredbiroute4719]

educate yourself before spreading woke crap like that about the Shah.

[@hammerfall6666]

and don't forget Afghanistan too. Without US intervention in the 80s by funding jihadist groups, there would be no Taliban in the first place.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@hammerfall6666 Without US intervention, Afghanistan would have been another Soviet bloc state like Ukraine and the Baltics. Never mind the rest of Central Asia.

[@hammerfall6666]

@@shauncameron8390 that would be much better than having a religious nutjob roaming around the city to find women who don't cover their bodies and stone them to death. Did you see that incident happening in former Soviet bloc states like Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and other -stan countries where Muslims are the majority?

[@rezank5859]

As an Iranian, the background music is legit.

[@Radin-j9c]

I am literally from Iran. This is my approval.😁😁😁😁😁. thank you for making a video about my country.

[@doggo7078]

Could you do one about the 2 Koreas? North Korea nad South Korea could fit in a single video, and it'd be appealing to the average user due to recent nuclear tests performed by the Northern part

[@AimlessSavant]

6:11 Granted... >You are Temujin Khan. You sent diplomats to the arabs to secure trade. Your diplomats do not return. You send MORE diplomats just incase. They return with their noses, and hands cut off. Temujin Khan: .___.

[@TaTa-xd5yt]

I'm from Iran, and I think a boiling point is coming. Our currency was devalued by more than 20% just this month and it's free falling now. Some of the mullahs I personally know have started to not wear their traditional religious clothes, to hang out with their mullah friends. Some that refuse are getting ridiculed by their very friends. It's clear to me that Iranians may not be able to even afford eggs very soon. Extreme poverty will bring with itself change, good or bad I can't predict. It's really hard to have a rational conversation with khomeinists, they always avoid answering or bring unrelated topics to distract you. I asked my khomeinist mother what she would do if it comes to that, after continuously ignoring this question and having to listen to a 10 minute political-religious rant, she finally replied "royalty until death."

[@bigmek2903]

Iran has diplomatic ties with the saudis, china and russia now though

[@TaTa-xd5yt]

@@bigmek2903 And what good has it done to regular people of Iran? Some of these nations are truly backward and evil. Iran is a country that humans live in, not a military station. We don't care about all these stupid power bullshit that old people in charge care about. We want to live.

[@longfellow4]

The music in the background is a banger

[@derss7260]

I just love your videos

[@jackedjohnson]

Bro, I've fallen in to your algorithm and it's because I've always found Middle Eastern countries. Fascinating. Not so much due to any specific reason, but as a kid I was pushed into the Bible and church and god and religion and as a psych major I've always found people's actions and mental states when it comes to religion is sometimes the same. As let's say January 6s there is a radicalization that happens when someone's telling you what you want to hear. Not necessarily. What is the truth?

[@gamerofwar6929]

The editing is top tier i say as an Iranian

[@mamadXyt]

As a Persian I must say, you explained very good and clear u said all big and small information's & didn't missed anything

[@truestory1088]

my boy giving info while putting Moein as background music! MADLAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cyruszayonixx4234]

15:00 Islam doesn't unite us Iranians. Its forced by the government and it's a crime to renounce Islam and if you do so it's followed by death penalty

[@MaryamofShomal]

Seriously. And non-Iranians don’t know that our most celebrated, most important holiday is a Zoroastrian one! Those IR regime terrorists have tried for decades to destroy our culture through Islamization - and after 40+ years, those bastards still have failed!

[@dawidlach6251]

It's the culture then that unites the Iranians right?

[@fozianoreen3495]

It does . The Azeris Kurds balochi are united with iran cus of i

[@asharm2289]

I'm sure there's gonna be a flood of new views for this video after what just happened

[@amirdamirchi7553]

If you have studied geography, you gotta know that it has always been Persian Gulf

[@H.ALHARBI]

غير صحيح من درس التاريخ يعرف ان اسمه الخليج العربي

[@someboi4535]

​@@H.ALHARBIطول عمره اسمه الخليج الفارسي ومصطلح الخليج العربي لم يظهر إلا في ستينات القرن الماضي مع صعود القومية العربية

[@god_valley6370]

I've been reading the history of Iran for a long time now and you made the most accurate video I've seen so far on KZbin. You pronounce the names fairly accurately too. Bravo!

[@LudicrousTorpedo]

Considering that protests are still going on in Iran, it is very uncertain.

[@punchline1729]

Awesome video, you explained everything just right

[@persianguy1524]

Just a few corrections. According to imf Irans gdp per capita is 22 thousand and Irans Persian population is around 67-73% including subgroups and majority of minorities now, specially the youth speak Persian as their official or native language.

[@davidhero1552]

60 % of iran are turks and arabs and balooch and kurds

[@Saint-q7d]

Per capita income ofiran is indeed good but poverty level is a issue I think Iran have to iran

[@alessandrodelogu7931]

Nice video. I hope you will make one about Italy some day. Personally I have no sympathy for the Iranian government, and I find sad and disappointing that a country of such ancient and noble civilization is ruled so badly. Despite this, in politics one should never create empty spots without knowing how to fill them. I think that the government of Iran should reform itself, abolishing its most backward and unpopular policies, and follow the example of China towards modernization. Iran could become a democracy, but it could also end in a civil war like Syria. This is a dangerous moment. The future scenario you prospected is quite realistic. Historically for the last two thousand years the Middle East was divided between two empires. One was based in Iran (Sasanians, Seljuks, Safavids...) and the other in Anatolia (Eastern Rome and later the Ottomans). Between them there was a network of client states, like Armenia, Georgia or the Ghassanid and Lakhmid kingdoms of Arabia, fluctuating between the orbits of the two empires. I think it is very likely that future developments will mirror this ancient scheme.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

I think iran will follow what gulf countries did especially Saudi Arabia. Dictatorship but modernization.

[@alessandrodelogu7931]

@@ShubhamMishrabro this is what I said: the example of China. It seems to me too the most likely option. If the mullahs want to remain in charge they will have to change something. At the end they could end up earning from this too.

[@ariamh823]

But normally pretty much all revolutions or wars in the mountain fort settled quite nicer than others. The syria situation had outer influence which I don't think it'll ever happen to Iran, most of the people rather be democratic and... I don't think Europe and USA wouldn't want another rich oily ally that actually thinks like them.

[@alessandrodelogu7931]

@@ariamh823 I don't think that this is a concern, because nobody thinks like us. I don't expect Iranians to overthrow the mullahs and suddenly become Westerners. The only Western-like country in the region is Israel, and even they are very different from us due to their peculiar situation. I don't know much about revolutions in mountainous countries, but it's a fact that the most famous revolutions happened in plain ones, see France and Russia.

[@Yuki_Ika7]

Agreed

[@Dani2kGaming_GEIR]

as an iranian-Georgian your information was accurate

[@ram-is-herexd7930]

can you make a video about the past and the future of Syria? I know its a small country that may be too complicated and non important to viewers so its alright if u don't, but I would highly appreciated!

[@bigchungus6320]

As an Iraqi, the modern irani government is doomed to fail

[@Qwwwis]

I love how you got the big chungus pfp I thought us iraqis don't have that kind of humor 😂

[@Solaris_Paradox]

That's rich coming from your country Iraq where saddam was put down by their Us masters in 2003. Lol

[@ahouranouri516]

As a Persian i have to say: I am VERY sorHAPPY about the way our PeRfECT and AmAzInG DictaGOVERNMENT is treating you iraqis. Our DictaGOVERNMENT is quite literally the cause of all the MisePROSPERITY of the middle-east. So let's hope for its well-deserved DestruVICTORY in the coming days.

[@someboi4535]

شكلك بعثي

[@Ariaaae]

Hoser! You cannot expect me to freaking concentrate on the matter when you're playing bandari music in the background my dude! =)))))))))

[@mahdinitro1956]

It's Persian Gulf🇮🇷 It isn't Arabian Gulf🤧🙁😑 Arabian Gulf is wrong 😡😡😡😡

[@Isaac-Karbassioon]

My grandpa being from Iran this is very sad

[@Isaac-Karbassioon]

I’ve never been there, but I’ve always wanted to, but I’m gonna wait until things settle down hopefully.

[@callmevbuck4054]

since your discussing Iran’s uncertain future, could you do one with discussing Afghanistan’s fate, possibly?

[@kunalsinghal1247]

Well they are in most problems right now in terms of moving up the ladder. While other countries are figuring out measures to secure their future, Afg still has the task of building the proper concept of the nation itself. Hate to say this but it is just a region at the moment up for grabs for many influencers.

[@Arthurmadhal]

actually iran has been called "iran" since the sassanid empire in the 2th to 6th century it was called "iranshahr"