Why Iran is so hard to defeat

[@CaspianReport]

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[@starcapture3040]

the only thing unify Iran is Islam, that's why Iranians are afraid of secular government taking over

[@mohdfarazfarooqui7137]

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[@living_peace]

We Iranians have different ethnicities, we are proud of it and we lived together for thousands of years

[@WorldvisitWorld]

Iranians should be proud of their country, despite all the hardships, they have been able to be one of the few Asians who have never been colonized.

[@living_peace]

You should focusing on your country baku

[@M_babaeetft]

No one can enslave a nation that banned slavery 2500 years ago for the first time in human history.

[@martinvanburen4578]

Islam invaded and ruled Iran. So much so Iran uses Arabic script. Alexander conquered Iran. Hot air and absence of history....creates this chatter.

[@neonationalist1772]

​@@martinvanburen4578Nahh it's not hot air. Your opinion doesn't change their ancient history.

[@martinvanburen4578]

@@neonationalist1772 It's not my opinion. Iran today uses the Arabic script. Alexander the Great conquered Persia and shattered the land.

[@abdifatahabdirahman9685]

@@martinvanburen4578 Best part of Islamic history were from Iranians Scientifically Islamic Golden ages Or administrations of most Islamic caliphates

[@martinvanburen4578]

@@abdifatahabdirahman9685 they were conquered by Muslims.

[@ehsannishaburi8237]

I am Iranian, I am a mix of Azerbaijani, Georgian, a dash of Tartar and god knows what else… but I am proudly IRANIAN… will always be!

[@cyrusthegreat982]

Preach on, brother! Let these foreigners fool themselves. I’m Turko-Persian, and I would give my life for every inch of our land.

[@john-j2y]

YES

[@CircassianLune]

احسان نیشابوری :)))) From Nishabur! And mix of Azerbaijani/Goergian?/Tatar? you are the purest form of Persians!

[@Rake3577]

Dude said “a dash of tartar”

[@ehsannishaburi8237]

@@CircassianLune please teach me what I am… lol

[@living_peace]

We Iranians have different ethnicities, we are proud of it and we lived together for thousands of years

[@Dr.Mohandes]

میو میو

[@chillout914]

BS

[@gooldii1]

There are 54 muslim States on Earth. Show us ONE!!!! with democracy, Freedom of Speech, Sexuality, Press, with good Science, Economy(not only Oil), and no Corruption xxxl, Inflation xxxxl, War, Torture, Dictatorship!

[@gooldii1]

And with Islaaam only for the last 600! Hahahahaha!

[@gooldii1]

Same, as Jews.

[@PersianGhost]

Seeing all these Iran loving comments by people from different ethnicities in Iran makes me quite happy. Unity is what makes Iran great.

[@MahmoudWaz]

Muslims love Persian people.

[@PersianGhost]

@@MahmoudWaz I'm afraid I've seen otherwise. Like Palestanians having monuments dedicated to Saddam who used biological warfare missiles that scarred thousands of Iranians. All the Muslims I've seen are too busy bragging about the one time they conquered a Persia weak from the 600 year brutal war with Rome.

[@ZahdShah]

"Even if the sky were shorter than my knees, i would not kneel." - Cyrus The Great

[@nash797]

Great ppl before the arrival of the Pdfile Profit

[@mostafar8514]

​@@nash797 only pdofile here are israelis

[@maxtryme1508]

Even lot slept with his daughters bro.​@@nash797

[@saud892]

@@nash797 cry about it indian

[@mahdipara7294]

Yeah we Muhammad so much​@@nash797

[@Parsa.bakshi]

As an Iranian lur I must tell you that this sense of separatism is quite small and more fueled by foreign forces than anything else. Today many families in Iran are mixed, my own family has kurds, persians, turks, and Shomali’s in it, so it would be weird to talk about ethnic separation or supremacy. Iranians have a strong sense of nationalism too, while there might be a very small population that might want places like Azerbaijan to separate from Iran, most Azeris still love Iran and actually dont like talks of division.

[@انسان-ك4ض]

is There is widespread propaganda among Sunni Arabs in Egypt and the Gulf suggesting that the Arabs of Ahwaz have converted to Sunni Islam and that the Sunni population there is now 70%. As a southern Iraqi, I know that our culture is similar to that of the Arabs of Ahwaz, as is our Twelver Shia sect. Therefore, I believe that the narrative propagated by the Gulf media about the conversion of Ahwazi Arabs to Sunni Islam is misleading. What do you think?

[@iammemys2213]

​​@@انسان-ك4ض This propaganda is not just in Egypt, it's older than that. It is propaganda which was made by Saddam during his invasion of Iran and Khuzestan years ago Saddam invaded Iran thinking that his propaganda will get people of Ahwaz to support him against the capital Saddam was met with such resistance from Ahvaz and Khuzestan that he ended up killing many villagers and random people and destroyed Khuzestan I am going to assure you, the people of Ahvaz and Khuzestan have not forgotten Saddam

[@user_18789]

@@انسان-ك4ض In my whole life, I have never seen a single Sunni Ahwazi All were Shiites

[@s.a.8618]

Well said. I am 100% positive that the vast majority of Azeris consider themselves 100% Iranian and have no tendency to join the Republic of Azerbaijan; on the contrary, a large percentage of Iranian Azeris believe that the Republic of Azerbaijan must return to its motherland, Iran! It is ridiculous to even talk about Azeri separatism. This is Western and Turkish propaganda and is all BS. They don't know Iran and its long history. They think Iran is like most other countries in the region with arbitrary borders often drawn by the colonial powers.

[@انسان-ك4ض]

@@Avin_F2002 Thank you for these facts . There is a lot of misinformation in the Arab media on this issue. The Gulf media is trying to create a nationalistic cause out of Ahwaz, similar to the Palestinian cause .

[@In_Our_Timeline]

"That fact that Iran has problems occupating itself means that invading Iran would be invading Afghanistan on steroids."

[@jattjamesbond1122]

Not only steroid but having nukes as well plus the best drone and missile technology 😏

[@mysigt_]

@@jattjamesbond1122iranian drones are airborne mopeds

[@AduckButSpain]

@@In_Our_Timeline No one wants to occupy Iran, just to replace the government. And to cripple the country as a whole is fairly easy.

[@tauhid5167]

@@jattjamesbond1122Iran does not have nuclear weapons. If you did, the Israelis wouldn’t be able to assassinate your nuclear scientists with remote controlled machine guns or your honoured proxy militia leader guests both in your capital city. These things don’t happen to nuclear powers not even North Korea with a 1950s era army navy and airforce. Delusional Iranians need to seperate their dreams from reality sometimes

[@emilsohn1671]

@@mysigt_ They are cheap and cost-effective though, can fly far and are quite precise and thus highly dangerous. In Jordan this year, a US base was attacked by an Iranian drone with 3 dead US service members, indicating that these drones are a legit danger and that, while we all are in our good rights to laugh at Russian general performance against drones, the US' protection against such drones is also probably not perfect. Iran and their proxies have been able to strike cargo ships and tankers. Iran also shot down a Global Hawk RQ4 a few years back. And Iran's proxies attacked oil fields using drones deep inside Saudi Arabia - with US air defense systems no less - and achievd their goal. What I am saying is, the US can probably beat Iran, but all of the above show beyond any doubt that Iran is far more advanced than Iraq in every way, and unlike the war with Iraq, the war with Iran will result in a significant number of US casualties. Iraq under Saddam could not have done any of the things above, showing a lack of capability of Iraq. But I would be careful extrapolating such an easy victory to Iran. Also, I do not think the US has the actual political and moral discipline to fight a large war with Iran. They cannot even truly decide whether they want Ukraine to survive or not, with the US being split right down along the middle on this issue. It would be folly of a country in such a state to start a large war in the middle east. I may sound pro-iranian (and I am, to the extent that I hope their draconian regime falls) but the fall and eventual reform of the Iranian regime can only happen from within. I think they are too strong to be conquered by what is these days a politically weak and indecisive US. A cold war US and even a Desert Storm Era USA would have the discipline and willpower to pull through, but not post financial crisis US.

[@thelostone9989]

I am not persian and most people I know are not persian but I'm Iranian to the bone. This land is our MOTHER and Cyrus is our father.

[@iranianagainsmullahs]

So nicely said.... I am Persian/Turkish from ethnicity. Even the name Persian, doesn't really mean for Iranians as (Farsi speaking Iranian) we simoly refer to all Iranians also often as Persian... Persian speaking Iranians never claimed the work "Persian" for themselves only. So in Iran itself and to our countrymen we might say: I am "Fars" but if a Kurdish or Arab or Beluchi or Turkish Iranian says in English, "I am Persian, we won't even think for a second that he is saying nonsense... Persia was the name for Iran for thousands of years so every Iranian no matter what ethnicity can simply say I am Persian or Iranian

[@MrRezaPashu]

🫡🫡درود

[@YourMom-f1t]

Don't let this guy near any airports

[@shadowgod1797]

61 percent are persians in iran and we persians are proud to be persian and iranian dadash

[@Lagash67]

🤮

[@ccaa7674]

Iranian guy here. The thing about Persians and ethnic groups is that there isn't just ONE Iranian or Iranic ethnic group. And they don't even live just in Iran. They live all over the Middle East and Central Asia. It's kind of like the same thing with Turks or the Chinese. You have these related ethnic groups with related or the same language and shared ancestry.

[@SusCalvin]

I don't think Iran could be broken up either. The best hope I have is for something else to replace the current government.

[@ccaa7674]

​​@@SusCalvinoh I'm not even arguing whether Iran can be broken up or not. I'm just saying the way the video is talking about the ethnic groups in Iran lacks a bit of nuance that this short video can explain. Iranian culture is pretty influential in the region so its even kinda hard to draw the lines on the ethnic groups. There's a reason there's so many -stan countries. Like Azeris for example speak their own kind of Turkish. But are they Turks or Iranians? Because of a lot of their culture is very Iranian as well. For example they celebrate Nowruz, the Iranian new year

[@SusCalvin]

@@ccaa7674 I have higher hopes for a general strike or the Iranian oppositionals in exile than for an ethnic separatist group to spring up. Last time there was anti-regime riots they sparked in a corner of the country. But they didn't seem to be ethnic riots, instead it was outrage that the morality police has killed people.

[@Parthian6]

Basically any country or region with -stan in the name has some varying percentage of Iranian ethnic blood and culture. Azerbaijan and Armenia are probably the most Iranian by blood, but the race stretches from Georgia, Turkey and the Balkans in the west to Dagestan and Kazakhstan in the north to India (Parsis) in the east.

[@KrishnkantSingh-qk8tk]

I am an Indian and deeply admire iran and its millennia old history. I am an avid reader of iranian history and cultur and though I obviously can't understand persian but love to listen persian songs.

[@SajadJalilian]

I'm Kurd. Kurds think of themselves as Orginal Iranians dating back thousands of years. Kurds may hate the Islamic Republic, but they love Iran.

[@infinitetradetm4513]

The biggest anti Iranian people openly are kurds, anti Iranian culture history language are kurds, as a Iranian I always tell my people if a kurd tells you the sky is blue never trust them, marg bar pan kordism ta roze ghiamat ! and much love to all Kurds that supports Iran and Iranians and admit they are Iranian.

[@sahandkaveh]

Well done for falsely essentialising your own people.

[@Sultan_europa]

دلم رو گرم کردی داداش ❤ از خراسان

[@zyzz_genesis_x8413]

It’s true that Kurd are 100% Iranian. They even have more Caucasus Iranian blood than Iranians from Tehran ❤

[@iranexplained1828]

@@SajadJalilian دمت گرم شیرمرد کرد!

[@abtinnavid6903]

Iran is not simply a nation or a geographical location surrounded by mountains. Iran is a location on this planet that has hosted many civilisations going back at least 7000 years. Thus, its art, music, food, poetry, architecture, philosophy, religions, mathematics, science has influenced the region and the world over many millenniums. This is by no means an exaggeration. Kurds or Medes are close cousines of Persians and Kurdish is an Iranian language. Azarbijan (the name is from old Persian Atropates meaning protected by fire. This name is mentioned in the Avestan Frawardin Yasht: âterepâtahe ashaonô fravashîm ýazamaide which translates literally to: "We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-pata." ). As the name indicates Azarbijan is an Iranian province but after the invasion of Seljuk’s a turkish tribe in 11/12 century, the linguistic Turkification of the native Iranian populations began. As for Baluch, they migrated to Iran 2500 years ago from Syria and settled near Caspian sea. They then migrate further south east in a region called Makran. Note, that part of this region is in Pakistan (which did not exist at that time ans were all part of Iran). Shapur-I a king from the Sassanid empire’s trilingual inscription at the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht in Naqsh-i-Rustam, dated to 262 CE, has noted "Makuran"/"Makran" to be one of the many provinces of the Sasanian Empire. Their language is an Iranic language and the original tribes is no more as they are mixed with the people whom lived in these regions.

[@sedatpir1905]

The truth has a bad habit of one day revealing itself.. The so called Civilised Western Democracies… they have actually turned out to be themselves of all what they have accused us of.. inhumane, evil, barbaric, war criminals committing genocide on innocent defenceless people… They need to be reminded of where civilisation was born…

[@babaksard9622]

bro forgot to make a point with the info

[@youtubeshortz1858]

But fucked up by islam 😅😅

[@SirusStarTV]

Azeris don't want to do anything with modern iranian cave culture, the government resist the spread of iranian proxy plague on its territory.

[@abtinnavid6903]

@@babaksard9622 The video suggests that Iran is comprised of a number of breakaway regions wanting to join other breakaway regions in the neighbouring countries. And that it will fall apart without a strong central government. Of course history suggests otherwise. The millenniums old cultural ties prevents this! In fact the exact opposite has happened. Any part separated from Iran will reunite even when separated temporarily. Many of our hero’s and legends are from those regions.

[@Bishlambo]

I’m an Iranian and i’m so proud to be from this land with such a fascinating history that shaped the world we live in. We might have issues and differences with the government but we always defend our land with all we got.

[@joejones9520]

you attack other nations for no reason all the time

[@Team.Melli.Report]

​@joejones9520 😂 when bro? Your mistaking USA for Iran.

[@skilsuvulcan9770]

i am an Iranian Kurd and currently live in Iran. based on my life experience the idea of Iran Balkanization if not enforced by west is very far fetched. Kurds may had many bad experiences with Iranian governments but are very related to Persians and Iran. Azeris the same, most of the modern Iran was ruled by Azeris and they are proud of it mostly, we have many national Azeri heroes and I don’t think an average Azeri sees Iran as the other's government overall. the most serious one is Balochs but not to the level of Balkanization and to SOME EXTENT you can use the Kurdish logic on them too

[@1nopoint]

The guy who runs CaspianReport is named Shirvan and is from the Former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan. I've read some of his replies to comments on his past videos long ago, and he actively supports the balkanization of Iran and wishes Northwestern Iran to be annexed into the Republic of Azerbaijan.

[@Raybod7]

داداش این کانال از جمهوری جعلی باکو پخش میشه و ضد ایران هست، بژی از یه خوزستانی ❤

[@patriotenfield3276]

Balochi people would rather live with Iranians than any other groups if Independence is not achievable . Look how they are fighting the pakistani army & TTP in Pakistan with help from Indian intelligence.

[@cyrusparsa1724]

Iran is not a simple country. Iran is a culture and a civilization. The oldest civilization in the world. All different ethnicities in iran love iran.

[@Alibaba-tx5up]

I'm from ardabil , I'm Azeri but my nationally is just IRANAN , WE ARE PROUD IRANIAN 🎉❤

[@DiversityOurStrength]

I guarantee you, most Iranians see themselves as Iranian first. CaspianReport systematically understates Iranian national identity - which has been around for centuries - and overstates regional identities.

[@ciaronsmith4995]

Does it on purpose this channel is funded by Israel most likely.

[@armanfeli1011]

It's from the Baku Republic what do you expect lol

[@ash1356kj7]

That’s the entire purpose of this channel

[@seafoodpizza]

This channel is white supremacy disguised as a balanced channel.

[@torkmanzadeh]

Exactly. He's speaking nothing but nonsense in this video essay.

[@JesusOrDestruction]

Even the secular Iranians are very nationalistic

[@gokcancakmak3739]

in religously opressed countries secularism tend to be more nationalistic. Turkey, which is not that much of a religously opressed country, yet has a branch called secular nationalists in their political spectrum.

[@infinitetradetm4513]

@@gokcancakmak3739 turkish nationalist are nationalist as long as they are nato members LOL dont ever compare Iranians to turks we survive everything against all odds,,, if turkey was in irans place you would have 2 revoluions every day and die starving LOL

[@gokcancakmak3739]

@@infinitetradetm4513 i dont get why you get triggered but i am not comparing iran to anything else. and stop playing victim card lmao. turkey literally lost an empire and was so close to lost itself during world war but yet be able to born from its ashes. made huge reforms and unlike irans shah regime turkey endure with its reforms.

[@ahmadfrhan5265]

No they are not they wanna white and European much like kamalists they hate themselves

[@t.elawrence273]

@@infinitetradetm4513 Youre forgetting that turkeys secular nationalists won the war of independence ad reformed turkey successfully

[@mohammadhasanamirpoor.r6691]

من پدرم فارس و مادرم لر هستن ،که از بچگی یه چیز تو گوشم خوندن ، وطن و هموطن . اگر قرار باشه یک وجب از این خاک بره یا قطره ای خون از بینی هموطنم چه ترک باشه چه عرب چه بلوچ چه هر زبان دیگه ای باشه ، من یکی تربیت شدم که جان بدم ولی چنین روزی رو نبینم ، که به هموطنم ظلم و ستم بشه مرا عهدی ایست با جانان که تا جان در بدن دارم هواداران کویش را چو جان خویشتن دارم

[@torkmanzadeh]

As an Iranian Azeri I can speak for the majority of us in saying that we are all Iranian first and foremost. You severely underestimate the secular nationalism of ethnic minorities within Iran. we have coexisted in Iran for millenia under one shared cultural heritage. Do better next time in your videos.

[@MUSLIM.BOSS69]

i am muslim we love islamic iran

[@Phil-m5d]

I am also Azari. My life for Iran.

[@shah_en_shah]

Iran is like Russia. Both of theese countries are hard to attack. Also there is so many ethnic minorities in both countries. So America use the same strategy to destabilise both of theese countries by creating seperatism among the minorities. I hope iranians will understand their evil plans and act wisely. Otherwise they will become like another Syria or iraq.

[@Lyallpuriya]

Baloch are not secular, let alone Iranian nationalist. They are the most anti-Iran ppl inside Iran.

[@kamphonix3730]

عشق قاردشی❤

[@Luucky_E]

THIS IS ALL BS! I am an Iranian, and I'm a minority both ethnically and religious, I'm ethnically Talesh, and I was born in a sunni family. Let me tell you this, separatist movements in Iran are soooo weak. And not because governments suppressed them, because none of the Iranian ethnic groups want to be separated from Iran. You know why? Because they have the same values, same beliefs (not only religious), same history, same heritage, same roots, and same culture (like nowruz). You said it yourself. Modern Iran was built by Ismail, who was an azari! And 2 out of 4 next dynasties after Safavid had also azari roots(qajar and afshar), and guess what? The other 2 weren't fully persian either! One was lak (zand), and Pahlavis were from mazandaran! See? For the past 500 hundred years, all of the Iranian kingdoms were from minorities! So there is no forcing Iranian culture and Persian language! Even mongols and arabs admired Iranian culture and used Persian language! In other words, Iranian culture and Persian language never colonized anywhere, but connected all these diverse groups and kinda mixed them together. And one thing they all agree on is that they are all IRANIAN before anything else. That's why you can't divide Iran because we are all kinda mixed, and there's no ethnic border between actual people inside Iran :)) Oh, and don't forget about Iranian nationalism💀 I don't even want to start that topic :)) Aaaand last thing, comparison of Iran to Yoguslavia? Seriously?That's just ridiculous. Because Yugoslavia was formed just after World War 1 following the unification of kingdoms, serbes, slovaks, and croats. but Iran was officially formed about 25 centuries ago :))

[@behiran2252]

درود بر هموطنان باشرف تالشی و سنی❤️🙏من هم مازندرانی هستم.اما خواستم یک نکته را یادآوری کنم..قاجارها و افشارها بهیچ وجه آذری نبودند. این دروغی است که پانترک های مادرجنده جا انداختند..قاجارها اهل مازندران بودند و افشارها هم اهل خراسان بودند.هیچکدام اهل آذربایجان نبودند.حتی خود صفویان هم ریشه کرد و یونانی داشتند و با کمک قبایل شیعه قزلباش آناتولی و طوایف تالشی به قدرت رسیدند.در حقیقت هموطنان آذربایجانی ما هیچگاه در تاریخ ایران نتونستند حکومتی تشکیل بدن.چه برسه به اینکه هزارسال بر ایران حکومت کرده باشند اما پانترک های حرامزاده این دروغ و توهم و در بین آذربایجانی های ما جا میندازند تا به مقاصد ضدایرانی شون برسند.پاینده باشید❤️🇮🇷❤️

[@優さん-n7m]

Iran and the regions under its influence historically are the intellectual centers of the Islamic civilization (they were razed to the ground by Mongols). Iranians are thus responsible for the existance of Islam to this day since they provided it with intellectual vigor and preserved it intellectually.

[@Luucky_E]

@user-ww2lc1yo9c exactly, Iranian culture helped Islam to expand especially in central asia.

[@shantanugupta8796]

Whatever

[@alirezakarimi2490]

داداش دمت گرم

[@beyondeconomics]

The Iranian/Persian identity has existed for thousands of years, it’s not something that can simply be “dismantled” as some western leaders seem to think.

[@1nopoint]

The guy who runs CaspianReport is named Shirvan and is from the Former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan. I've read some of his replies to comments on his past videos long ago, and he actively supports the balkanization of Iran and wishes Northwestern Iran to be annexed into the Republic of Azerbaijan.

[@ciaronsmith4995]

@@1nopoint Makes sense. If anything, Iran should annex Azerbaijan.

[@European-Federation]

@@1nopoint Really ?

[@loghmanrahimzadeh8682]

Well it's not true, these are a facism propaganda. You know that very well

[@osmansagi-by9gx]

1) I am Darius [Dâryavuš], the great king, king of kings, the king of Persia [Pârsa], the king of countries, the son of Hystaspes, the grandson of Arsames, the Achaemenid. (2) King Darius says: My father is Hystaspes [Vištâspa]; the father of Hystaspes was Arsames [Aršâma]; the father of Arsames was Ariaramnes [Ariyâramna]; the father of Ariaramnes was Teispes [Cišpiš]; the father of Teispes was Achaemenes [Haxâmaniš]. (3) King Darius says: That is why we are called Achaemenids; from antiquity we have been noble; from antiquity has our dynasty been royal. (4) King Darius says: Eight of my dynasty were kings before me; I am the ninth. Nine in succession we have been kings. (5) King Darius says: By the grace of Ahuramazda am I king; Ahuramazda has granted me the kingdom. (6) King Darius says: These are the countries which are subject unto me, and by the grace of Ahuramazda I became king of them: Persia [Pârsa], Elam [Ûvja], Babylonia [Bâbiruš], Assyria [Athurâ], Arabia [Arabâya], Egypt [Mudrâya], the countries by the Sea, Lydia [Sparda], the Greeks [Yauna (Ionia)], Media [Mâda], Armenia [Armina], Cappadocia [Katpatuka], Parthia [Parthava], Drangiana [Zraka], Aria [Haraiva], Chorasmia [Uvârazmîy], Bactria [Bâxtriš], w:Sogdia [Suguda], Gandhara [Gadâra], Scythia [Saka], Sattagydia [Thataguš], Arachosia [Harauvatiš] and Maka [Maka]; twenty-three lands in all. (7) King Darius says: These are the countries which are subject to me; by the grace of Ahuramazda they became subject to me; they brought tribute unto me. Whatsoever commands have been laid on them by me, by night or by day, have been performed by them. (8) King Darius says: Within these lands, whosoever was a friend, him have I surely protected; whosoever was hostile, him have I utterly destroyed. By the grace of Ahuramazda these lands have conformed to my decrees; as it was commanded unto them by me, so was it done. (9) King Darius says: Ahuramazda has granted unto me this empire. Ahuramazda brought me help, until I gained this empire; by the grace of Ahuramazda do I hold this empire. 10) King Darius says: The following is what was done by me after I became king. A son of Cyrus [Kûruš], named Cambyses [Kabûjiya], one of our dynasty, was king here before me. That Cambyses had a brother, Smerdis [Bardiya] by name, of the same mother and the same father as Cambyses. Afterwards, Cambyses slew this Smerdis. When Cambyses slew Smerdis, it was not known unto the people that Smerdis was slain. Thereupon Cambyses went to Egypt. When Cambyses had departed into Egypt, the people became hostile, and the lie multiplied in the land, even in Persia and Media, and in the other provinces. (11) King Darius says: Afterwards, there was a certain man, a Magian [maguš], Gaumâta by name, who raised a rebellion in Paishiyauvada, in a mountain called Arakadriš. On the fourteenth day of the month Viyaxana (11 March 522 BC) did he rebel. He lied to the people, saying: 'I am Smerdis, the son of Cyrus, the brother of Cambyses.' Then were all the people in revolt, and from Cambyses they went over unto him, both Persia and Media, and the other provinces. He seized the kingdom; on the ninth day of the month Garmapada (1 July 522 BC) he seized the kingdom. Afterwards, Cambyses died of natural causes. (12) King Darius says: The kingdom of which Gaumâta, the Magian, dispossessed Cambyses, had always belonged to our dynasty. After that Gaumâta, the Magian, had dispossessed Cambyses of Persia and Media, and of the other provinces, he did according to his will. He became king. 13) King Darius says: There was no man, either Persian or Mede or of our own dynasty, who took the kingdom from Gaumâta, the Magian. The people feared him exceedingly, for he slew many who had known the real Smerdis. For this reason did he slay them, 'that they may not know that I am not Smerdis, the son of Cyrus.' There was none who dared to act against Gaumâta, the Magian, until I came. Then I prayed to Ahuramazda; Ahuramazda brought me help. On the tenth day of the month w:Bâgayâdiš (29 September 522 BC) I, with a few men, slew that Gaumâta, the Magian, and the chief men who were his followers. At the stronghold called w:Sikayauvatiš, in the district called Nisaia in Media, I slew him; I dispossessed him of the kingdom. By the grace of Ahuramazda I became king; Ahuramazda granted me the kingdom. (14) King Darius says: The kingdom that had been wrested from our line I brought back and I reestablished it on its foundation. The temples which Gaumâta, the Magian, had destroyed, I restored to the people, and the pasture lands, and the herds and the dwelling places, and the houses which Gaumâta, the Magian, had taken away. I settled the people in their place, the people of Persia, and Media, and the other provinces. I restored that which had been taken away, as it was in the days of old. This did I by the grace of Ahuramazda, I labored until I had established our dynasty in its place, as in the days of old; I labored, by the grace of Ahuramazda, so that Gaumâta, the Magian, did not dispossess our house. (15) King Darius says: This was what I did after I became king. 16) King Darius says: After I had slain Gaumâta, the Magian, a certain man named ššina, the son of Upadarma, raised a rebellion in Elam, and he spoke thus unto the people of Elam: 'I am king in Elam.' Thereupon the people of Elam became rebellious, and they went over unto that ššina: he became king in Elam. And a certain Babylonian named Nidintu-Bêl, the son of Kîn-Zêr, raised a rebellion in Babylon: he lied to the people, saying: 'I am Nebuchadnezzar, the son of Nabonidus.' Then did all the province of Babylonia go over to Nidintu-Bêl, and Babylonia rose in rebellion. He seized on the kingdom of Babylonia (3 October 522 BC). (17) King Darius says: Then I sent (an envoy?) to Elam. That ššina was brought unto me in fetters, and I killed him. (18) King Darius says: Then I marched against that Nidintu-Bêl, who called himself Nebuchadnezzar. The army of Nidintu-Bêl held the Tigris; there it took its stand, and on account of the waters (the river) was unfordable. Thereupon I supported my army on (inflated) skins, others I made dromedary-borne, for the rest I brought horses. Ahuramazda brought me help; by the grace of Ahuramazda we crossed the Tigris. Then did I utterly overthrow that host of Nidintu-Bêl. On the twenty-sixth day of the month w:Âçiyâdiya (13 December 522 BC) we joined battle. (19) King Darius says: After that I marched against Babylon. But before I reached Babylon, that Nidintu-Bêl, who called himself Nebuchadnezzar, came with a host and offered battle at a city called w:Zâzâna, on the w:Euphrates. Then we joined battle. Ahuramazda brought me help; by the grace of Ahuramazda did I utterly overthrow the host of Nidintu-Bêl. The enemy fled into the water; the water carried them away. On the second day of the month Anâmaka (18 December 522 BC) we joined battle.

[@fifofuko1864]

We have a saying in Turkey Iran has been conquered so many times by different powers, And they all learned farsi nicely

[@zaynwiththez4326]

I'm from ahvaz an arab minority in iran and I don't support the separates,i love and proud to be iranian.and the shia force has completely faded away no one believes in religion in iran anymore and we will get our country and freedom back eventually.

[@s.a.8618]

We are proud of our Arab-Iranian Brothers and Sisters. We are all first Iranian and are all equal. We all defended Iran collectively and will stand firm against any foreign invasion. The gallant Arabs from Khuzestan were the first who stood up against Saddam's invasion and proved their loyalty to their motherland, Iran.

[@AhoraMazda-p2d]

I AM BAHKTEARI FROM ABADAN. LOVE YOU MY BROTHER. WE ARE ALL IRANIAN FIRST AND LAST. JAVID IRAN!!!!!!....NO TO ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OCCUPYING IRAN!!!!!!!!!.... A THOUSAND TIMES YES TO KING REZA PAHLAVIE II AND PAHLAVIEISM !!!!!!.... FREE IRAN !!!!!!!....

[@s.a.8618]

@@AhoraMazda-p2d Long Live Iran but the Monarchy system of governing a country is well passed and no country, except for England, has ever returned to the monarchy after a change of political system. A hereditary system of governing is a relic of the past and out of 192 countries around the world only a handful, about 30 still have monarchies, which are either dictatorships or just ceremonial like England. Even British people now seeking a republic and think the Royal family is just a burden on the public budget. The late Queen''s Palace utilities were paid by the Arab Sheikdoms of the southern Persian Gulf. I think you have been away from Iran for a long time, just like separatism which is not that serious even in Kurdistan and Balochistan, there is very little support and appetite for the return of Pahlavi, let alone the Reza Pahlavi who has no record of doing anything but living on the money inherited. I assure you that Pahlavi does not have any place in Iran and the future of Iran will be a secular republic. I doubt even the US can return Pahlavi to power unless a popular uprising ignites in Iran. I hear no support for monarchy among the elite and common people in Iran. Occasional praise of Reza Shah is mainly to poke the Molas in Iran, Reza Shah did many good things in his time and Reza Shah II did NOTHING in his life did not even get a bachelor's degree from a community college in the US for god sake. A lazy A.. indeed, playing video game I suppose. His ridiculous trip to Israel depicted his lack of good judgment and knowledge about Iranians.

[@Ishi1XP]

Talk about your self shias and islam is well alive in islam. Only u munafik are the minority that live in their own bubble

[@wisdomisbetterthansilverorg0ld]

Don’t chat bs pls , Iran is Shia and will Always be Shia

[@mohammadmehdiamiri3747]

As an Iranian i thing our history as an old empire stick us together

[@shadowgod1797]

yes exactly baradar

[@muhammadhassankiyani8953]

You forgot to mention one very important thing - Iran's linguistic influence. Where Iran has failed to export its religious influence, it has succeeded in exporting its linguistic influence. That's also the reason why Sunni majority country Pakistan has its entire national anthem in the Persian language. Not only that, Urdu language has also adopted a huge number of Persian words. Iran is to Asia what Greece is to Europe.

[@raheelbelal5848]

The farsi that's spoken in South Asia isn't much influenced by modern day Iran but more of Afghanistan/Central Asia.

[@BamdadBamdad-k4p]

@@raheelbelal5848 that was really stupid as Afghanistan is only a city in great Iran

[@alighods2425]

Iran has also been a leader in issuing religion Iran was originally Sunni and Iranians played an important role in the spread of Islam in Central Asia and even Türkiye Iranians introduced the savage Mongols to Islam and reduced their savagery

[@Team.Melli.Report]

​@raheelbelal5848 no dude it wad the influence of the Mughals / Timurids who spoke Farai/Persian

[@eonthinker100yrago8]

@@BamdadBamdad-k4pAfghanistan has long been considered the historic homeland of the Persians, considering their ancestors arrived from Central Asia into the Iranian plateau.

[@kabdul9208]

As Afghan I can tell that all Iranian people will unite when under attack. It’s part of the Iranian peoples culture subconsciously. It has 100s on examples thru out history.

[@vantaluxxx]

As a Turkic Iranian, love to see the comments in the video denying CIA attempts at balkanization. Iran will never be divided. Iran will on the other side grow strong one day and reunite it's cultural bonds with all Turks, Kurds, Baluchs, Turkmens, and Arabs.

[@yenilikci5682]

Tebriz Bakü Ankara kandaş. Biz hara, farslar hara. Senin dediğin bu "Büyük İran" fikri Perso-Türk bir birlik mi oluyor? Orta Asya, İran Anadolu ve Azerbaycan'ın bir devlet altında birleşmesini mi öne sürüyorsun? Nasıl olacak kardeş o? Farslı sana tarih boyunca zulmetmiş ,sen Farslıya tarih boyunca zulmetmişsin. 100-200 yıl kavgasız geçti diye nedir bu sevgi? İran'dan aldıklarımızı yok saymıyorum ancak rekabetin bir sebebi var. Sünni-Şii gibi saçma sapan bir olay da değil ha. Senin hükümetin Pkk'ya çok büyük destek sağlıyor farkında mısın? Onbinlerce Türk vatandaşının katillerini destekliyorlar. Sen onlardansan ben senden değilim bilgin olsun.

[@shah_en_shah]

Iran is like Russia. Both of theese countries are hard to attack. Also there is so many ethnic minorities in both countries. So America use the same strategy to destabilise both of theese countries by creating seperatism among the minorities. I hope iranians will understand their evil plans and act wisely. Otherwise they will become like another Syria or iraq.

[@subwaysurfers5216]

💙🫂

[@mohammadhasanamirpoor.r6691]

چاکر داداش گل ، سر من فارس به فدای هر چی هموطنِ ، خصوصا ترکای گل

[@sinaspooler]

❤❤❤

[@David-u2b5p]

All Iranians whatever background they have, have contributed to Iranian nation and history. That is what has held Iran together. NOT RELIGION. Iranian people whatever background they may have first considers themselves Iranian.

[@giftedtheos]

Religion is very important for the Islamic regime.

[@lsunlight]

​@@giftedtheosthat's why Iranians come for science and logic

[@aiwwakk7152]

​@@lsunlightIslam also promotes science, Iran is an Islamic Republic and will always will be.. Long live the Islamic Republic of Iran. Proud to be Muslim and Iranian. 🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷

[@David-u2b5p]

@@aiwwakk7152 You are not from Iran ..You are cyber troll

[@aiwwakk7152]

@@David-u2b5p I'm from Hamedan

[@behiran2252]

I am iranian mazandarani.but 1 iran 2 mazandaran.iranian old national in the world..my love 🇮🇷 ❤iran

[@AliReza-tm9bp]

I am Iranian , I am a mix of Azerbaijani , Isfahani and I born in Tehran and I am proudly IRANIAN… will always be!

[@AliReza-tm9bp]

@AliceBradey free palestine

[@notfromthisworld5851]

​@AliceBradey iran🇮🇷 the crown of the world. I think u get excited when u see azerbademjoon and said yeaaaah that's it now we arani and shervanis are mentioned with our fake identity but u saw the name of IRAN like an stone throw in the middle of ur head hahahahhhhh

[@Mehrdad.65]

You're a joke😂​@AliceBradey

[@namelessmonster2166]

bULLLsheet bad iran and bad india mix of **********

[@ardapezerukian4641]

I'm Iranian and this guy is absolutely clueless. Iran's supreme leader is Azeri, the president is Azeri. Azeris in Iran have never ever wanted to seperatae themselves because they see themselves as Iranian Turks. Some even hate the regime in Baku because they stole the word "Azerbaijan". Iran-Iraq war was never seen as Shia-Sunni war, It was seen as Iranian vs Arab war, that's why Iraqi Kurds fought on Iran's side. You didn't get even one thing right in this video, it's actually imrpessive.

[@Narekz]

Yeah, thought so as well, why should Irani Turks separate from the Nation if they are the ones running it? + Turks in Iran see themselves as Turk not Azerbaijani, He should call that out

[@spritninja883]

You're right brother

[@aramokurdo]

no they dont Azeri Turks want seperatism at least since 20 years ago while its not their ancestoral land!

[@Jkjk-pu2vt]

@@aramokurdo agian cry kido

[@arefkr]

Iran-Iraq war was a war between Iran and Iraq, as the name implies! It was not Iran vs. Arab! Iran has a large Arab population that fought against Saddam’s Army.

[@mussajavdan8203]

Well I am an Iranian my self . So mark my words ,I am not a foreigner making points from outside .The geopolitical and ethnic diversity in Iran is not to compare wit other states where you hear of ethnic groups as a nation our separatist movements . Although that is for fact that Iran is a multi national country and that has to be respected and they should have rights of autonomy and etc.... But the fact is that the Iranian diversity of ethnic groups have existed for 3000 years . The Iranian people with its diversity have lived together for so long period of time . In one single IRANAIN FAMILY YOU COULD FINDE DIFFERNT ETNIC GROUPS . My father could be Persian my mother Azeri , my aunt from a Lure father my uncle l from an Arab mother ,and my brother in law a Kurd .I hope you get my point here . That is exactly why or countries name is Iran not Persia . The name IRAN is the definition of this differences.

[@shadowgod1797]

دقیقا داداش

[@zyzzzam6348]

پانترکها و پانکردا نشان میدهد که چقدر ایرانی ها با هم کنار میان😂

[@aramokurdo]

as a Kurd i dont agree completely maybe with people yes but politically Kurds & Baloch lived in discrimination since Safavid and much worst in Pahlavi & IR you get all the benefit while injustice is for us!

[@aramokurdo]

@@zyzzzam6348 پان فارسها چی ؟؟ الان میگه پان فارس نداریم وقتی خودش هست :))))

[@zyzzzam6348]

@@aramokurdo اینجا سرزمین پارسی هست. میخوای بخا نمیخوایم باهاش باید کنار بیار. پارس ها اینجا بودن. سرزمینشونه کشورشونه. شماها بلند شدید اومد تو این سرزمین

[@cyrusthegreat982]

The talk about separatism in Iran is utter nonsense. Sure, there are some who would like to separate, but their numbers are insignificant. For a long time, Persians haven't even been ruling Iran. The Pahlavi and Qajar dynasties,Iran’s last two imperial governments weren’t even Persian ( I am naming “only” 2 ), and yet here we are. We have been living together for more than 2,500 years, and these discussions always seem to come from foreigners. This unity is part of the Achaemenid Empire’s legacy, which included soldiers and citizens from Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus, and Central and South Asia, demonstrating our long-standing diversity. Even some of the Achaemenid king of kings weren't purely Persian; some were of Babylonian and Median descent. If Cyrus the Younger had succeeded in defeating his brother and taking over the empire, we would have even had kings of Greek descent, as his wife was Greek. So, these discussions about ethnic tensions are greatly exaggerated and can be found in every country.

[@WorldvisitWorld]

@@cyrusthegreat982 this channel is for Baku

[@JoseRivera-fm5fo]

Not utter nonsense, the information he stated happened within the last 70 years… so that separatism is still present.

[@CircassianLune]

Well, History tells other story. Look at Iranian Azerbaijani region. During Reza Khan's rule, They got a short lived republic of Azadistan. During Mohammadreza, they got the same short lived republic under the rule of Pishevari. And After the Revolution, they nearly did the same by Ayatollah Shariatmadari.

[@ariusmaximilian8291]

Says the western hobo

[@ariusmaximilian8291]

You mean thanks to the USSR?😂

[@omidmorrovat6051]

Full parapaganda and B.S. IRAN IS NOT JUST A COUNTRY!!! IRAN 🇮🇷 IS OVER 7000 YEARS OF HISTORY AND COULTER. As an IRANIAN Azeri I am first and for most an PROUD IRANIAN, second a shia Muslim and 3rd an Azeri and that goes for any IRANIAN that love their country, regardless of being persian, kord, Arab, Azeri or baloch And for those separatist group they should ask their mother who their father is, LONG LIVE IRAN 🇮🇷 🙏

[@davoodmp6269]

true

[@whatdoyouwant-asap]

یاشاسین

[@Generousworld]

حب الوطن من الايمان ❤️

[@nyliummm]

It's sad to see South Azerbaijanis forgot their history already. 🇦🇿

[@AmiraliKeshavarz-h2z]

Iran is south Azerbaijan? Lol iran is Azerbaijan father Azerbaijan doesn't have long history ​@@nyliummm

[@siyavashbeyk155]

As an Iranian Azeri, I am proud of my heritage and the significant role our people have played in shaping the history and culture of Iran. We are followers of Ali ibn abi talib and have contributed greatly to the foundation of the modern Iranian state and its republic. We remain committed to our country and are ready to defend its sovereignty.

[@New.Beginnings88]

I’m proud of you and all Iranians united. God bless you brother. There would be no Iran if Iranian Azeris weren’t in the picture

[@gurbanabbasov]

Whats iranian azeris? They are oghuz Turks

[@Wilhelmofdeseret]

@@gurbanabbasovthat’s a label. A fraction of their dna is Turkish if you look at dna studies

[@Wilhelmofdeseret]

❤ from USA. I’m sorry our governments are enemies but many people in USA love Iran and wish us to be friends

[@gurbanabbasov]

@@Wilhelmofdeseret I and many of my friends are into dna tests and analyses. Average Azerbaijani Oghuz Turks living in Azerbaijan (north and south) consistently show at least 25-30% pure Turkic dna heritage. That is quite a lot actually from a scientific perspective. It is inevitable that EVERY nation seen some levels of mixing, but even more strongly, it is the common language and traditions that millions speak that makes us all Turks a whole. Not just genetics or not just this or that but a combination spearheaded by language binded by long arching common history.

[@beyondeconomics]

Iran is also incredibly nationalistic, Iranians are super proud of their heritage

[@ElDrHouse2010]

not for long

[@aiwwakk7152]

Absolutely, Long live the Islamic Republic of Iran. Proud to be Muslim and Iranian. 🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷

[@ciaronsmith4995]

@@ElDrHouse2010 Iran would steamroll Israel. Cope.

[@hasantagh]

Iranian are uniting against terrorist islam to kick shia out once and for all

[@FaridSuleymanov-lh2pb]

But why ? Being nationalistic for Iran is like being nationalistic for Pakistan, India, Afghanistan nowadays. If they are so nationalistic for their country, why do almost every Iranian want to run away from their country? Lies and lies. The comments are full of Iranian bots lol.

[@Raybod7]

Bakhtiari/Arab Iranian here, would give my life for holy land of Iran because i don't want to exist without my Iran 💚🦁❤️

[@arefkr]

✊🏼✊🏼

[@mreza84]

Me 2

[@優さん-n7m]

Iran and the regions under its influence historically are the intellectual centers of the Islamic civilization (they were razed to the ground by Mongols). Iranians are thus responsible for the existance of Islam to this day since they provided it with intellectual vigor and preserved it intellectually.

[@muichirotokitotokito6819]

iran is not holy wtf

[@JTORRR]

​@@muichirotokitotokito6819 Everyone thinks differently. Maybe you consider your country as a good country, but other people say it's terrible.

[@sanazar2865]

Ethnic diversity in Iran is what it makes it so beautiful.. I'm so proud of our all ethnicities. IRAN, the most beautiful name that unites us all. ❤ And I'm An Iranian Who is also Azeri by the way.🎉

[@sdagoth3037]

As an American, I believe America is more likely to balkanize than Iran. Iran has been around for thousands of years, and despite some tough times it has, as this video pointed out, always lived to tell the tale. Iran's not going anywhere.

[@1nopoint]

The guy who runs CaspianReport is named Shirvan and is from the Former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan. I've read some of his replies to comments on his past videos long ago, and he actively supports the balkanization of Iran and wishes Northwestern Iran to be annexed into the Republic of Azerbaijan.

[@DarkArcticTV]

i suspect this comment to be an iranian psy-op bot

[@Eldoradourb]

آرزو بر جوانان عیب نیست از اول هم حدس زده بودم جبهه گیری و از روی غرض باشه​@@1nopoint

[@leandersearle5094]

It's really weird how similar most of the countries we consider our enemies on the world stage are to us. It's almost as if, if we actually governed ourselves, we wouldn't be enemies with these people.

[@dmeads5663]

@lif6737exactly

[@worldofmix6766]

Fun fact: the owner of this channel his name is Shirvan and he is from Baku Azerbaijan, he's just so butt-hurt that iran doesn't let Azerbaijan to Annex southern Armenia in order to create an economic corridor without Armenia's consent and also hurting irans geopolitical and economic interests, that's the source of his animosity towards iran.

[@haroonsuresh2326]

exactly 💯

[@beyondeconomics]

I’ve heard some people say he’s biased towards Iran, and others that he is biased against them. What gives? Wouldn’t that mean he’s doing a pretty decent job at being unbiased?

[@michaelbar859]

@@beyondeconomicsonly if he could make an unbiased video about his "nation" that did not or I should say should not exist. I wonder if he will ever make any videos about Turkmenchai treaty between the Qajars and the Russian Empire. He also fails to mention that the current clerical system is ran by mostly Azeri ayatollahs. Khamenei is of Azeri roots and he speaks very good Azeri. So Iran is not really ran by one ethnic group but of most Iranian ethnicities including Azeris. The new "president" is also of Azeri roots. I have Azeri roots myself but we are Iranians at the end of the day.

[@nikolasmacedonites917]

​​@@beyondeconomicsI've been watching his videos years now, he's totally pro anything that has to do with azerbaijan turkey and the west in general while he's biased towards Russia Iran China and also Greece Armenia the kurds and even the Arab states around them. Basically he's the mouthpiece of Azerbaijan subtlely spreading its propaganda around finely tailored for clueless western audiences.

[@shah_en_shah]

Iran is like Russia. Both of theese countries are hard to attack. Also there is so many ethnic minorities in both countries. So America use the same strategy to destabilise both of theese countries by creating seperatism among the minorities. I hope iranians will understand their evil plans and act wisely. Otherwise they will become like another Syria or iraq.

[@human8957]

the glue that bind different ethnic groups in iran is the collective culture that goes beyond its borders . nowruz , yalda , chaharshanbe suri are as old as history

[@Cizzo8]

Yes because Iranians love afghans and tajiks right... LMAO

[@rezachitsaz4923]

If nowruz could do it, then Tajikistan was a part of Iran.nobody gives his life for nowruz. But he does for Islamic believes . Although nowruz should be respected too.

[@Koroushzarin]

@@rezachitsaz4923tajikestan is too far and Afghanistan is uncivilized. Nowrouz is the most important celebration in Iran, Iranian gives his life for Islam?😅 Islam is basically hated now, wake up.

[@1nopoint]

The guy who runs CaspianReport is named Shirvan and is from the Former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan. I've read some of his replies to comments on his past videos long ago, and he actively supports the balkanization of Iran and wishes Northwestern Iran to be annexed into the Republic of Azerbaijan.

[@Koroushzarin]

@@1nopoint current borders of Iran are basically the same since Medes time 2700 years ago. Genghis, Alexander, Muslims and the west failed to change it. I'd say good luck changing that.

[@hoomanhajivandi5577]

i am a persian_turk from shiraz(my father is turk and my mother is persian) . i am proudly iranian and i would give my life for iran with pleasure

[@Techtalk2030]

Azeri Persian

[@lauriebrown2858]

@AliceBradey🤡

[@Mehrdad.65]

​@AliceBradey I see your ass is on fire😂😂😂

[@SusCalvin]

It reminds me of how fast it took for Iran to band together against Saddam even when the post-revolution terror was still fresh.

[@Sultan_europa]

فقط اون عرب هایی که علیه عراق جنگیدند ❤

[@cyberdemon6517]

thank you khamenei for replacing one dictator (the shah) with another (you)

[@Eldoradourb]

​@@cyberdemon6517well have a replacement?

[@cubbelicommando]

Throughout its prior history, Iran has been variously threatened or conquered by either Mongol (13th century) or Turkic forces such as the dynasties of the Seljuks (from the 11th century onwards) and the Ghaznavids (late 10th through 12th centuries)-all from Central Asia. Hence, organizing resistance against aggression is a constant in Persian history and "Iran has one of the most vibrant, interesting, tragic, and turbulent histories in the world"."

[@gooldii1]

There are 54 muslim States on Earth. Show us ONE!!!! with democracy, Freedom of Speech, Sexuality, Press, with good Science, Economy(not only Oil), and no Corruption xxxl, Inflation xxxxl, War, Torture, Dictatorship!

[@PheonixT-ki8rx]

It was also conquered by the Greeks when Alexander destroyed the Persian empire

[@rashnuofthegoldenscales4512]

​@@PheonixT-ki8rxSo what? Parthians broke the spine of the Hellenistic powers and restored the Aryan dominion and restored Aryan sovereignty. Where were the Greeks ever since? Occupied and enslaved for millennia until their breakaway from the Ottoman empire.

[@Parthian6]

​@@PheonixT-ki8rxIran always rises again from its ashes and imposes its culture on its conquerors, much like China. The sign of a truly ancient and powerful culture.

[@mamulaavto]

@@rashnuofthegoldenscales4512I wouldn't work as Greek defendant, however Byzantine empire was roman only by name. Greek culture, language and people dominated the empire that lasted Centuries.

[@ParsclickTV]

Saghol saghol. Love from Iran Azerbaijan ❤ Separatism will never happen because we all are Iranians. If you celebrate Nowruz then you have Iranian roots. You just need to read the uncensored history.

[@kabodra]

Əla, gözəl👍 Siz Türklüyünüzü unutmayın kifayətdir

[@kasadam85]

Şah İsmail Azerbacanindir yine de

[@gooldii1]

There are 54 muslim States on Earth. Show us ONE!!!! with democracy, Freedom of Speech, Sexuality, Press, with good Science, Economy(not only Oil), and no Corruption xxxl, Inflation xxxxl, War, Torture, Dictatorship!

[@salamov963]

Azerbaijanis are not iranians

[@eliashashem2879]

The Azeri are Turkish Russian and Iranian. They are also the original Arabs

[@Kingk187-l7x]

There is an exceptional case in Iran, that all the invaders who entered it were unable to impose their culture and language on it, but the invaders themselves were assimilated into the Persian culture. Since the Islamic conquest, Iran has not been ruled by Persians.

[@iranexplained1828]

You're massively underestimating the secular nationalist sentiment in Iran.

[@mayer14474]

Exactly

[@houseplant1016]

Why are Iranians abroad so obsessed with mentionning that Iran has secular elements? Ok Token Iranian.

[@cyrusthegreat7030]

lmao token iranian?​@@houseplant1016

[@muzamilraza49]

Leave the big cities for once and open your eyes to reality. The regime is extremely popular among the rural population. These western backed "protests" In the cities will easily be silenced as long as the regime is supported by the rural population (which is the majority of Iranians) the country will stand.

[@rezahashemi2944]

You are minority 😂 and those willing to fight are even smaller. You think real Iranian are afraid of a sellout? If you were so strong and tough you wouldn’t sell out .

[@ariusmaximilian8291]

I love the dynamics in this video and its comment section: Iranians minorities: “We love Iran and most of this video is horseshit, nobody I know wants separatism” People from the west and jews: “NO, you must be loving separatism! You are lying to yourself. Feel as I tell you!” The west is truly clueless about Iranian nationalism. Iran is the most continuous multi-ethnic civilization in the world. Meanwhile europeans never had such an empire after Rome, and exercised vicious racism in their governance. They think other civilizations are just like their own, well they gotta read some books lol.

[@Parthian6]

Exactly. Iranian empires were always role models of multiethnic integration. It isn't just good governance, it's in the culture. Iranians, despite being Aryans, are not racist, not obsessed with ideals of purity, and very good at cultural assimilation and integration.

[@bocchithean-cap3404]

"Muh jews" The great people of Jewish decent have always been part of the glorious Iranshahr you Ali worshipping subsaharan

[@Ali-bu6lo]

I don't think the second line is accurate. The most vocal advocates for Iranian national identity not existing and thus supporting ethnic nationalism and separatism are from two groups: Foreigners who are of those ethnic nationalism kind, mainly from Azerbaijan and Turkey but also some Kurds and Arabs and Some Iranian leftists who think they are fighting racism and discrimination by uniting with Pan-Turks, Pan-Kurds and other separatists.

[@gimbazan9798]

Totally wrong, the Balochs are definitely not loyal to Iran and also are sunnnies. They also have a resistance group who on daily base liquidates Iranian soldiers in Baloch areas and near afghan border.

[@KaweianEsmaieli-vy1kr]

Kurd speaking here who is Iranian on paper: Most families have someone who died in the 80s and 90s while fighting the state. Most families still have someone that is involved in KDP-I, Komala, PAK or Pejak/PKK. Kurds who are proud Iranian are mostly government agents or Shia Kurds from cities like Ilam and Kermanshah who have an overlap in identity with Persians by sharing the same religion thus having less or no hard feelings about them. I cannot speak for Azeris, but we share some areas in the Western Azerbaijan province and from what I’ve seen and heard they either support the nation (because of their Shia background) or want to be independent like in the 40s, with them it is 50/50.

[@Lol-ql3gd]

As an iranian-arab with kurdish, persian, and irani-turk backgrounds, the majority of non-persian iranians are still patriotic to Iran (everyone hates the current government equally). For example, the supreme leader of Iran as of now, is half azeri-turk. Ive even heard the majority of azeri Iranians believe all of azerbijan should be apart of Iran, rather than long for seperatism. Iranians have been a mixed group since the beginning of our history. Even the acheamenids had median and elamite ethnic groups even prior to the empires expansion. the protests were also not-ethnically related (even though a lot of media tried to portray it as a Kurdish protest).

[@christopher9727]

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

[@giftedtheos]

Yeah a lot of Iraqi Shia and Afghan Islamic fundamentalists like the Islamic Republic of Iran

[@secularrevolutioniscoming]

As a Kurd I believe one day Kurds from other regions will be part of Iran too.

[@Lol-ql3gd]

@@secularrevolutioniscoming Hopefully once the government changes, you wont benefit from it yet.

[@hann5240]

it was kurdish for us kurds, jin jiyan azadi was made by kurds , did u also know that mahsa's real name is actually zhina but the iranian regime didn’t alow kurdish names? and also her own sister was in a militia fighting against iran so yeah it was def kurdish

[@mohsenamidzadeh7508]

As an Iranian I surely say that you are underestimating the national connection among Iranians with different religions and ethics. We all are proud of our long history and civilization. Iran for us is not just a word, but a spiritual and divine thing. We may eat soil but never loose our country.

[@davidbellecy1709]

You think the Persians were easy to defeat? Iran is one of the oldest civilizations in the world.

[@callmefleet]

He never said that?

[@majidmehmood3780]

some real muslims from the arabia did that in 600s in 20 years and subdued the entire sasanian empire

[@saturn724]

@@majidmehmood3780Could not replace its language with Arabic tho, despite being a close neighbor of Arab homelands for this long. This says a lot about their stubbornness to submit.

[@Atakan-o9v]

Say hi to Macedons, Arabs, Seljuq Turks

[@iraviya]

A culture doesn't keep on truckin' for that many thousands of years without picking up a trick or two.

[@nykur5201]

Im iranian and im kurdish and sunny, but I would never want us to separate from iran, iran is my country and my home and it would stay like that

[@JordanPeterson22]

Nationalism and seperatism is coping mechanism

[@Hlk.100]

Are most of Kurds sunni in Iran ?

[@nykur5201]

@@Hlk.100 Yea

[@wedoalittletrolling]

100% iranian 0% kurd

[@nykur5201]

@@wedoalittletrolling Don't get me wrong im 100% kurd and I am proud of it too, but being Iranian-persian is higher priority than kurd

[@balmashev93]

You can understand that it's hard to defeat a country that fought Rome back in the days

[@ciaronsmith4995]

Not just fought. Defeated Rome, in pure head to head battles, on even terms. Iran is the one non-Western civilization, that made Westerners kneel. Impressive.

[@ElDrHouse2010]

Back then the Airforce didn't exist you mong

[@優さん-n7m]

Iran and the regions under its influence historically are the intellectual centers of the Islamic civilization (they were razed to the ground by Mongols). Iranians are thus responsible for the existance of Islam to this day since they provided it with intellectual vigor and preserved it intellectually.

[@mrkia2169]

​​@@優さん-n7mu r a bot who copy paste a similar text and replying it some specific comments and only rambling none Senses🤡🤡

[@p4p4juju]

i mean tbh with you they couldnt even fight some cavemen with just an AK in afganistan let alone iran.

[@RandomInternetDude5000]

Iran is the only country that was colonized/ conquered multiple times and turned its conquerers into Iranians.

[@rezamahmoudi3431]

please do some research, Iran was never colonized, invasion is different from colonizing, do a google research

[@RandomInternetDude5000]

@@rezamahmoudi3431 laughs in British, laughs in Alexander the Great, laughs in Saudi Arab.

[@truearyan7880]

​@@RandomInternetDude5000 that's called occupation

[@RandomInternetDude5000]

@@truearyan7880 no shit Sherlock, guess what phase 1 of colonialism is

[@Shahrvande_Iranian34]

​@@RandomInternetDude5000 I don't think you realize what "Colonialism" means. compared to occupation.

[@mostafar8514]

I'm a kurd, no ethnic group wants autonomy. Only some minor groups not exceeding a thousand or two population which are armed and bought by US and west. We all are proud to be Iranian and we are proud to be muslims, islam gave us the power to resist greatest bullies of history, US and it's allies like saddam

[@David-u2b5p]

Exactly glory to you

[@kfz1489]

❤

[@crhu319]

You need to deal with those CIA agents.

[@thecrimsondragon9744]

Lol you are Arabised through a foreign religion yet complain of a different foreign power being 'bullies of history' as if it didnt apply in the former case 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@rezag3834]

ایولله داداش خدا یار و یاورت باشه

[@zacka9438]

Iran is really impressive for a nation that has been sanctioned so severely. They have a space program, a nuclear programe, impressive missiles and well armed proxies. Its not surprise that Israel feels so threatened by them.

[@Boababa-fn3mr]

@@zacka9438 Saying Izzrail will not exist might have something to do with it. Their weapons are nothing special.

[@tyresejackson2601]

What. I dont understand what youre trying to say.​@@Boababa-fn3mr

[@LeMerch]

Maybe the fact Iran constantly say they want to wipe Israel off a map might have something to do with it.

[@walabid2319]

@@Boababa-fn3mrthey’re sure giving Israel hell 😂

[@walabid2319]

@@LeMerchso they should wipe it out

[@dapperduncle1972]

Baku Azeri trying to promote separatism in Iran and failing once again 😂😂😂

[@derhova]

ya well his nose is big enough to stick into others businesses

[@Phil-m5d]

Baku 🇮🇷

[@AGHaxio]

Exactly😂

[@arefkr]

Everybody must read about Hossein Ali Sardari, whose tomb is known as Sad Afarin, to understand how deeply our fellow Azeri countrymen love Iran.

[@skepticsphere5930]

This is a pathetic pan-turk propganda channel. The guy Shirvan( which funny enough is an Iranian name) is from the fake Azerbaijan (Which was formerly known as Shirvan and Arran)

[@صدرارحمانی-ز8ن]

As an Irainian Azari Long live Persian Empire VIVA IRAN

[@arjanyou]

As an Iranian with friends from every class of society, 40-60% of the people arent religious at all!

[@StratosAkidemis]

80%

[@NadidLinchestein]

Did you think you really said something there Irani?

[@u3fnoob688]

Seems a muslim got pissed cuz his trash relegion losing numbers​@@NadidLinchestein

[@CraigTheBrute-yf7no]

@@NadidLinchestein who nose what he thought mr shlomo shitberstein

[@LazizbekMajidov]

What percentage, do you think, support current regime?

[@TheBlueGrinchofSurgery]

"Persians(Parsi)" is a term way older than "Israelis" no matter what the Bible may say

[@akhripasta2670]

True Parsi*

[@SonofTheLight7]

Muta is a term as old as Iran no matter what the quran(book of porn) says

[@優さん-n7m]

Iran and the regions under its influence historically are the intellectual centers of the Islamic civilization (they were razed to the ground by Mongols). Iranians are thus responsible for the existance of Islam to this day since they provided it with intellectual vigor and preserved it intellectually.

[@SonofTheLight7]

@@TheBlueGrinchofSurgery Muta is a term way older than your dog muhammad police be upon

[@TheBlueGrinchofSurgery]

@@優さん-n7m Respect to Iranians for keeping the religion alive

[@magnifico9957]

One of the most important reasons that holds Iran's ethnic groups together is their shared history for thousands of years. We've been living under the name iran all that time and as ab iranian who sees all the separatist movements,i doubt anything would happen.🥲 And about the islamic republic Well we try to take them over🌾💪

[@alikarimi3279]

I am Iranian, a combination of Azeri and Persian, separatist groups in Iran are so small that they are not visible at all. No matter how much we have problems with our government and we seek to change the government, we will never allow anyone to invade our borders or want to take over Iran. We are fighting for the borders of our land to keep it and we are looking for a powerful Iran.

[@shaneslr9123]

I really don't think the shia islam is the glue that you suggest. The shias position has had ups and downs throughout history and today it's on the down side. I think the glue that had held it together was some form of a civic cultural national identity.

[@mayer14474]

Nationalism

[@shaneslr9123]

@@mayer14474 nationalism is a broad term, it can mean so many things

[@shacklock01]

Persianising culture is probably more of a glue I'd agree. It assimilated arabs and Turks over and over just like old Sumerian culture or sinicization in China

[@nezarshdeed5314]

You just said nothing in your previous two statements

[@muzamilraza49]

Maybe the sense that we are fighting western colonialism binds us together. But any direct conflict with iran will once again give rise to shi'ite nationalism.

[@alirafiee5727]

As an Iranian, I say there has never been easier to occupy Iran and harder to rule it. Occupying Iran would be a mistake that makes Afghanistan look like a joke.

[@BorneofSilenc]

We have been a diverse empire before diversity was recognized as a concept in west. :D

[@Parsa.a298]

والا من خودم کردم و قبل این ویدیو نمی‌دونستم یه سری کرد ها دنبال استقلالن.یارو اتحاد ایرانی هارو دست کم گرفته.

[@Babajan-MadBazz]

​@@Parsa.a298این شخص خودش اهل کشور آذربایجان هستش پس طبیعیه بخواد اینجور حرف ها رو بخش کنه و آذری های ایران رو طرفدار جدایی نشون بده. من که خودم آذری ام و نمیخوام جدا بشم بقیه آذری های ایران هم همینطور 😂

[@BorneofSilenc]

@@Parsa.a298 ایران تنها کشوریه که تونسته از تنوع قومیش استفاده‌ی بهینه کنه برای نفوذ در منطقه. نه‌تنها وحدت ایرانی بلکه وحدت اقوام ایرانی در کل منطقه امروز دشمن رو با مشکل مواجه کرده. (ایران بزرگ)

[@shah_en_shah]

Iran is like Russia. Both of theese countries are hard to attack. Also there is so many ethnic minorities in both countries. So America use the same strategy to destabilise both of theese countries by creating seperatism among the minorities. I hope iranians will understand their evil plans and act wisely. Otherwise they will become like another Syria or iraq.

[@minoosparda]

عاشق کامنتت شدم😁🌸

[@ebrahimjaffer2020]

i am a Sufi Sunni from South Africa, i stand by my Shia brothers and believe that Iran is a blessing for the region, the world and Islam in general Together with the sufi Sunnis they have defeated the takfiri wahabism in Chechnya, Yemen and Syria

[@ebrahimjaffer2020]

@AliceBradey and then you black gay guy Really wtf is wrong with you people. Do you want me to send you my location?

[@amirbabfish]

iranians are not persian. iranians are not shias. iranians are iranians. they are first and foremost nationalists, rather than religious or ethno-centric. identities other than their nationality always comes second.

[@BamdadBamdad-k4p]

NIce one .

[@Hephaestus_7]

True but we ARE persians

[@amafhh-bi3yh]

Speak for yourself. Iranians religious identity is undeniable. If it wasn't shia Muslim values iraq would annex us in a month. Like WW1 and WW2

[@Lyallpuriya]

Baloch don't agree with you

[@amirbabfish]

@@Lyallpuriya we love our Baluch. sadly they are living in the middle of a drought nobody can help with. rivers and lakes have dried up. call it climate change. the frustration of people can lead to blame the wrong person.

[@simorgheatashin5885]

In Iran we called everyone Iranian there is no ethnic Persians or ethnic Azeri . In the west becuase of Persian and Greek wars, west mistakenly call iranians , Persians. And Iran should be much bigger

[@aramokurdo]

in your dreams persian boy

[@Jkjk-pu2vt]

@@aramokurdo cry kido

[@notfromthisworld5851]

​​@@aramokurdoخب الان از چی مخالفی؟ از اینکه همه مون ایرانی هستیم و فارس نیستیم؟ بزار اول حکومت بره شما هم جدا شو ببین چی گیرت میاد

[@aylin6004]

I disagree, there are ethnic persians or azeri in iran and we all are proud of our ethnicity since we are iranians too duh! Words like these you said are exactly the trap enemies who want to balkanize us wants us to fall into (your words create tension and animosity among ethnic groups in iran whether they are persian, azeri, lur etc...). The key to cohesion isn't to wipe out the ethnicities in iran, saying they don't exist and call them all iranian. It is to embrace, respect, guard the ethnicities in iran and our culture while obviously teach young children that we are iranian since our ethnicity builds iran itself. It's just nonsense to claim one is azeri, kurd, baloch and isn't iranian or that to be iranian you have to be ethnic persian, it's also nonsense to say we are only iranian and not our ethnicity - we are our ethnicity and iranian, this is correct.

[@arefkr]

The creator of this video knows nothing about the history of Iran, nor does he know the strong bond of many ethnicities living in Iran. The borders of Iran changed in the early 1820s by losing Armenia and Azerbaijan to Russia. Also, All Iranians regardless of their ethnicity see themselves as Iranians like members of a big family. Saddam has this illusion about Iranian Arabs that the rulers of Azerbaijan have about Iranian Azeris. But Iranian Arabs were the first people who rushed to the front lines to defend Iran when Saddam invaded Iran in 1981. The Kurds and Azeris will do the same if a threat is imposed on Iran.

[@sumerianking4942]

🇮🇶❤️🇮🇷

[@loghmanrahimzadeh8682]

Maybe you don't know anything! You are repeating propagandas!

[@Hanible]

Tunisian here (Andalusian Moorish descent), I hope Iran continues being a thorn in the side of western supremacy and the illusion they call freedom and democracy. The followers of their preachings are slaves in denial. We Tunisians, used to be Shia once, We founded Al-Mahdia and the subsequent Fatimid Empire that then relocated to Cairo (which we rebuilt in our image). I have a great respect and veneration for the civilizational country you call home, it's like Japan but older and like India but cleaner. The beauty of your women is legendary and the manliness of your men is extraordinary, your politeness and respect is without bound. You don't need the approval of toddlers in the league of great empires, i.e America and her self loathing European daughters. We descendants of great Empires recognize you as the rightful Heirs of West Asia (and please terminate every Arab monarchy in that region, they brought us shame and tarnished our name). We support you in your endeavors and hope one day we can pray together in Al-aqsa mosque! And never forsake Islam, it's our ticket to glory here and the hereafter! It will take us from locality to universality. The tide of History with reverse soon so be ready for when that time comes! Love and support to our Iranian Brothers and sisters From the Land of Carthage and Tarshish ❤

[@سعیداکبرزاده-غ7ه]

historically no separationist movement was successful in iran. because most people in these regions are barely interested in breaking up the country. these movements were always from some militia and groups with ties to foreign powers and when those foreign powers collapsed, those groups were gone with them too. the lack of support from the locals is the reason that even the weakest central governments in Iran are always able to suppress these groups. Reza pahlavi for example was able to keep iran together with an army that couldn’t hold its ground for 48hours against allies. but the warning of disintegration was always overplayed by the iranian governments in order to suppress any protest. The sense of unity in iranians is something that most foreign powers tend to underestimate. in the 2022 protests most of Iranians backed kurds and baluchis. And as you said, in the iran-iraq war, not only khusestani arabs didn’t support sadam’s conquest, they even pit up a fierce resistance against it. Iran does not need to choose between authoritarianism or being disintegrated. A federal democracy in Iran is more than possible and is probably the best solution for the whole region. if Iran dissolves into several smaller states, then it will throw the whole region into ethnic wars and instabilities that would go on for decades if not centuries.

[@bokiNYC]

I really wish for the ordinary Iranian people to be able to experience democracy and then decide for themselves what they like more.

[@cyrusthegreat982]

@@bokiNYC Democracy? It’s a joke-even in America. Just look at Snowden, Assange, Operation Mockingbird, lobbying, and more. America tried to install 'their version of democracy' in Afghanistan, and we all saw how that turned out. Iran needs a secular nationalist government ready to provide for the citizens and defend them against foreign powers.

[@Boababa-fn3mr]

@@سعیداکبرزاده-غ7ه that's probably the idea... unending instability

[@Lyallpuriya]

Afghans literally broke away from Iran

[@سعیداکبرزاده-غ7ه]

@@Lyallpuriya lol no they didn't. GB attacked southern borders of iran and threatened to topple the government if iran didn't back off the Afghanistan. even the border between iran and Afghanistan was established by GB. They separated it in order to protect their business in india. without GB intervention Afghanistan would never be detached because as I said, the weakest central power in iran was always able to hold it together. all of the countries that were detached were from direct military intervention of a foreign power. specifically russia and GB

[@heeroyuy298]

Message to Iranians: As an American I would like to be friends with Iran. Our government is controlled by a small foreign group who tries to turn us against you, but they are failing. We're sorry about everything so far. Also, in another generation they won't control us anymore because the youth aren't brainwashed by cable news. Cheers from Texas, I hope I can visit your lovely country some day.

[@maquacr7014]

Smart American goy.

[@kenw.4539]

Yes, small foreign group taking advantage of the corrupt legalized bribery of our political system. Overturn Citizens United, end dark PAC money, fund political campaigns with tax payer money. Remember the USS Liberty! Iran must be a hiker's and off-road cyclist's paradise.

[@Sultan_europa]

Yeah, I can feel a new Americans are rising so fast,

[@heeroyuy298]

@@Sultan_europa Ever since Elon bought twitter people have started to wake up. I see comments about the small foreign government that controls us everywhere now, even in the comments to this video. That was unthinkable even 3 years ago.

[@mansari7310]

did you know that your federal system was adopted from persian satrapy system? Iranians are Persians. They are the only nation that built four empires without slavery. They abolished slavery 2,500 years ago under Cyrus the Great, and the Cyrus Cylinder is recognized by the UN as the first declaration of human rights in history. The Persian values outlined in the Cyrus Cylinder were adopted as the first four articles in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by UN. Interestingly, the UN itself is a copy of a similar organization in the Persian Empire's capital, Persepolis, known as the Gates of All Nations. human right reached the west only thank to Thomas Jeferson obsession with Persians and specially the Cyrus the great so he fancy himself to become like Cyrus so he put human rights in US constitution US federal system is also a copy of Persian satrapy system where each satrap /province can interduce different laws in accordance with their culture as in this video mentioned when he talked about Persians gave autonomy to people they conquered and even allowed the defeated king to continue but under Persian authority which is why today in some state abortion is allowed in another one isn't ,the only difference is instead of satrap is called governor and satrapy called state . Persian were always ahead of their time in human value as they are today as opposed to westerners that use human rights, they learned from the Persians only as political weapon against their enemy and not care in slightest in reality. Persians are the only ones with the courage to stand up for what's right, never backing down despite facing 45 years of sanctions and reputation attacks from anti-Iran propaganda due to their stance on Palestine, Bosnia, and South Africa. In all these cases, Iran was the only country punished with sanctions for doing what was just, arming the victims to defend themselves. Why is it that only Iran and those backed by Iran-like Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen-are standing with Palestine? Simple. Iran is the only country that cares more about ethics than money, so naturally, all the morally righteous people have joined them, forming the so-called "axis of resistance." You might not remember, but before the Iranian revolution, Palestinians could only resist with rocks and slingshots. Iran's nobility shines through their lack of ethnic or religious bonds with Palestinians, South Africans, or Bosnians. Iranians are Persian Shia, while Palestinians are Sunni Arabs. All Sunni Arab countries chose material benefits over ethics, aligning with the West/US/Zionists against their own. Whenever Arab countries supported a group, it was always a terrorist organization with jihadi ambitions like al-Qaida, ISIS, and Al-Nosra, unlike Iran, which supports those fighting against occupation-a human right granted by the UN. Hezbollah, for example, does not practice suicide bombing because they are Shia and believe it's a sin so heinous that even God cannot forgive it. Even Hamas, a Sunni group that once practiced suicide bombing against Israelis, had to stop attacking civilians to receive help from Iran. Though I am an atheist, I can't understand how the West claims to oppose terrorism while siding with Sunni Wahabism, the ideology of all suicide bombers and terrorist groups, against Shia Islam, which is the most tolerant form, especially towards minorities. This is evidenced by the fact that Jews and Christians only live in Shia-majority countries like Iran, Syria, and Lebanon. Today, there are 200 active synagogues and countless churches in Iran, and they have permanent seats in the Iranian parliament. edit: masquaer7014 informed me that I am wrong about Jews and Christians not living in Sunni land and reminded me that " Egypt has 10 million Christians out of 120 million population. Indonesia has 20-30 million Christians out of 260 million population. Jews also lived safely with Sunnis in Andalasia, Ottoman empire and Morocco. Also, Arabs fought multiple wars with Israel over Palestinian issue but lost all."

[@alieazady]

Iran is not afraid of losing its Azeri, Turkaman, Baluch, Arab and Kurdish regions, quite the contrary, those provinces that we lost to colonialism will join the motherland very soon. Look no further than the provinces of Bahrain, and Aran (known as the republic! of Azerbaijan!). ❤🇮🇷✌

[@aresh7478]

As a Kurd from Iran, I’m very proud to be IRANIAN. Most of the people from Iran don’t even care about religion or the leaders of the country. The people all get along, THAT’s why it’s so hard to defeat IRAN.

[@Avaricumstudios]

Whenever I see Americans talking of Dismantling China or Iran I can't help but think of how ignorant they can be. These are countries whose national identities have existed for over 4000 years, you aren't even close to the biggest threat they have faced....and they will be here long after you're gone. Also and I don't say this lightly, the willingness to fight for one's country isn't an American value, it's in essence a human value.Which is something many Americans fail to understand, just because people criticise the govt doesn't necessarily mean they want foreigners to topple it, which again is something the US fails to understand time and again , they bombed a clan elders meeting in Somalia ,this was a warlords meeting and the warlords were not necessarily liked by the Somali people but that doesn't mean they would tolerate foreigners bombing them and don't you know it, Mogadishu happened.

[@rhs5683]

As you can hear, Shirvan isn't american and your rage oesnt make any sence.

[@ashvoj]

Shirvan is brainwashed. He thinks he is a Turk/Mongol because he's from Azerbaijan. But actually he's an Iranian because Azerbaijan (until recently) has always been part of Iran. In Iran, people still consider the Azeris as Iranians.

[@celestialsatheist1535]

Modern Irans national identity was founded on 1979 😂

[@l.h.tnguyen4916]

You are the ignorant one. If all-out-war broke out you think both the chinese and iranian govt would still be standing? Militarily the US is an unstoppable force. Occupation is a different story. Toppling the govt is easy.

[@Corvin2696]

@@l.h.tnguyen4916 Yeah, they couldn't even beat the Vietnamese or Koreans, but they will beat the Chinese? They wouldn't even have enough troops to invade Beijing, not to mention the rest of China. That is the reason why they are fighting proxy wars, because they want to weaken the enemy without getting weakened themselves. They just find the biggest i**ot on the block and try to set him on their enemy. Japan, S. Korea and Australia are going to have the honor to take Ukraine's place in the conflict with China.

[@GoofusPlays]

Caspian Report is from Baku Azerbaijan and is desperate to sow division among Iranians so he can realize the fantasy of Pan-Turkism. But Iranians of all ethnicities are Iranians, the patriotism runs deep. Every region of the country shed blood to defend the fatherland from Saddam Hussein and Iran will never be divided.

[@New.Beginnings88]

Because Irans a deeply rooted ancient nation. It’s not going anywhere

[@ElDrHouse2010]

those stones wont save it from the world strongest airforce.

[@marzi869]

Our diversity made us united.

[@nimadarabi2]

It’s not Azerbaijanis. It’s Azeri Iranians. I’m 75% Azeri Iranian, no such thing as Azerbaijani

[@joemosely9383]

sounds like self-hate

[@NavidZamzami]

​it's self awareness

[@seto_kaiba_]

@@joemosely9383 Sounds like you are projecting your own cultural lens onto others. Not all cultures operate under the philosophy that every ethnicity needs its own state.

[@joemosely9383]

@@seto_kaiba_ you sound imperialistic.

[@seto_kaiba_]

@@joemosely9383 Its imperialistic not to buy into the idea that every culture needs its own state? I am Black American--do we need a Black ethnostate? Stop using buzzwords to shut down logical discourse. The uncomfortable fact is that sometimes it makes sense to split and sometimes it makes sense to fix the country you are already in to provide an equitable and democratic system for all peoples in the country.

[@janjan55555]

Guys to put this video in perspective, the UPLOADER is Azerbaijani! This means by default he will have a negative bias towards Iran, despite Iran and Azerbaijjan both being countries where Muslims are the majority (at least officially although Islam is merely a cosmetic feature of the country seeing as alcohol for example is consumed everywhere), Iran doesn't like the country and rather cooperates with a Christian majority country like Armenia, due to geopolitical differences. The only geopolitical outlook Azerbaijjan has taken was a pro US/ISRAEL/Georgia stance (despite Azerbaijjan having a "Muslim" leader) And USA invested BILLIONS upon BILLIONS in Azerbajjian as a result.

[@salamov963]

Cry more

[@vorynrosethorn903]

It's the Armenians who are suffering from US policy in the region, not the Iranians, who are doing fine, which is why the US intervenes so heavily. Iran and the US are in tit for tat, the Armenians are being ethnically cleansed.

[@janjan55555]

@@salamov963 I am not crying, I am pointing out a geopolitical reality! Not sure, why you felt the need to add "troll gen Z" language for an obvious fact! Iran and Azerbajjian have clashed geopolitically on numerous occasions.

[@janjan55555]

​@@vorynrosethorn903 Actually the more conflict Azerbajjian unleashed upon Armenia, the easier it is for Iran to side with Armenia. Both Russia and Iran dislike Azerbajjian for different reasons. So chosing Armenia as a strategic partner and randomly closing borders to Azerbajjian for them to acces whenever Azerbajjian is threatening them seems to be the norm. USA only comes in to play to "reward" Azerbajjian for their openly pro-Israel stance in the region...

[@MohammadAli-sq1lj]

correction : the KDP and KNY were fighting Saddam during the 1980-1988 war and were not his Proxies it was the KDP-I and the Komala who were Proxies of Saddam and fighting Iran

[@1112viggo]

What is a "proxy" exactly? You only hear that word when people discuss Iranian allies, but nobody ever explains the difference between say, the relationship of Iran and Yemen vs the relationship of the US and Israel. Seems about the same to me.

[@TauvicRitter]

Allies is for the good ones. Proxies is to name the bad guys. Who is good or bad depends only on your political views. And no country is 100% good or bad. And it changes every day. I also have some bad days sometimes

[@1112viggo]

@@TauvicRitter I don't know, i never heard Belarus been called a proxy, or North Korea. Its only Iranian allies.

[@drksideofthewal]

I mostly hear “proxy” in reference to non-state actors, such as Hezbollah or the Kurds.

[@ZettaiKatsu2013]

6:50 Azeris, not Azerbaijanis.

[@arthas640]

*Azerbaijanistanis

[@notfromthisworld5851]

​@arthas640 lol we call u guys arani ve sherwani in iran

[@1sib-be5lo]

​@@notfromthisworld5851 گوه خوردی ماهم شمارو افغانی صدا میکنیم تو آذربایجان کثافتا

[@MuzammilAliAhmadVisual]

"Iran must choose its pain" Iran meanwhile: Pain

[@mohammadreza-c8p]

As an Azerbaijani Iranian, my love for Iran runs deep, rooted in our shared history and culture. No one can separate us from our mother IRAN WE HAVE 8000 years civilization

[@rezahessami8731]

I am iranian with Azerbaijani origin and love Azerbaijan and iran and proud both...❤ 🇮🇷

[@cubbelicommando]

The political destiny of the Middle East has been significantly shaped by the rivalry for regional power and influence between Turkey and Iran. While dormant for much of modern times, this rivalry has led to great conflict and bloodshed throughout history. But Turkey and Iran are more than just historical and strategic rivals. They are also the source of each other's deep- seated fears and anxieties. The Iranian national epic, the Shahname, depicted the ancient kingdom of Turan (associated with the Turkic people in Central Asia) as Iran's ultimate nemesis. Iran was often at the mercy of Turkic tribes from Central Asia, many of which not only invaded Iran as they migrated southward but also came to appreciate as Iran's rulers. The Turkic Safavid dynasty blunted the Ottoman Empire's eastward expansion in the 16th and 17th centuries. Subsequently, Iran's ruling Qajar dynasty, of Turkic origin, saw the Ottoman Empire as a model of European-style modernization. Reza Shah Pahlavi, the founder of Iran's last ruling dynasty (and first non-Turkic dynasty in hundreds of years), admired Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, for his determined effort to secularize and mod- ernize Turkey. The shah's modernization efforts were inspired by Ataturk's policies but were ultimately less successful and facilitated the overthrow of his son, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, and the rise of the Islamic Republic. Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution sent shock waves through Turkey's military-dominated political establishment. The Islamic Republic, a revolutionary theocracy, was the antithesis of Ataturk's secular republic. Not only did it seek to overturn the regional geopolitical order but, in the eyes of the Turkish elite, it threatened the identity and very existence of the Turkish state.

[@respair1385]

Safavids were not Turkish. they were Persian but for some reason started joining the Azeri community and distanced themselves from them again during the Shah Abbas reign.

[@maquacr7014]

​@@respair1385 Safavids were ethnically Azeris who are Turkic.

[@iammemys2213]

​@maquacr7014 Turkic people are simply Iranians as we have different ethnic groups in Iran

[@iammemys2213]

Turkic people are simply Iranians as we have different ethnic groups in Iran

[@iammemys2213]

Turan is an imaginary land. Shahname never depicted real life people as actual enemy. There was never no Turan This is again another propaganda. Turks never even existed before the Moghul invasion

[@amirhoomanhosseini6144]

Oh, come on. The leader and president are Azeri, and all the ethnicities you mentioned are iranic groups. We are too mixed to divide, bro. I appreciate your effort to divide us, but it would be better to mention the national secular movement of woman life freedom 😢 We are all trying together, and you play on the regime side.

[@SusCalvin]

I'm much more interested in alternatives to the current government. I know there's plenty of iranians in exile.

[@rashnuofthegoldenscales4512]

​@@SusCalvinOf course you are. Spoken like an enemy of ours.

[@SusCalvin]

@@rashnuofthegoldenscales4512 I don't think breaking up Iran is feasible.

[@amirhoomanhosseini6144]

​@SusCalvin a secular government is the best option, as a result of 4 decades of Islamic regime oppression, many people have became atheist, pro Israeli or anti Islam. Even the mullahs admitted it many times and Sooner or later the regime will collapse.

[@SusCalvin]

@@amirhoomanhosseini6144 I also think Iran is a lot more secular under the hood then the state would like. But I have no idea who would win the first Iranian democratic election. The oldest example I can recall is the war with Saddam. The state did not unify Iran around religion, at least not fully. And in the last protests after the morality police had killed some people, they spread over ethnic lines. It's also why I fear letting the Iranian government get a big, external enemy. The war with Saddam was not long after the terror of the revolution. It reminds me a lot of old nationalism in Europe where the states tried to use national animosity as something to tune on and off like a tap to fit the daily need.

[@Firdus211]

As farsi speaker from afghanistan being shia muslim and iranic is such a blessing

[@MahmoudWaz]

Sunni less extremist than Shia. You hate abu bakr, that’s crazy.

[@Firdus211]

@@MahmoudWaz who said I hate abubakr we have sunni muslim in afg too

[@Firdus211]

@@MahmoudWaz all world know sunnis are more radical and extremist and shias are more open they don't even let their daughters to go to school that's crazy man grow up we can live peacefully in each other society if sunnis don't hate shia muslims

[@martinthemillwright]

Iranians deserve freedom on their own terms. Without foreign interference.

[@MateoMPM]

Tell that to Russia and china 😂

[@aiwwakk7152]

We are free and proud Islamic Republic. Long live the Islamic Republic of Iran. Proud to be Muslim and Iranian. 🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷

[@patrickb1811]

@@aiwwakk7152 No you are not free. You are slaves to Khamenei.

[@Knight7562]

Nationalism is dominating factor in my country not Religion i'm Iranian this video should have produced 20 years ago not now

[@SusCalvin]

It reminded me a lot of old European nationalism. The European nations liked to have a simmering understanding in the population that those other people are different. And then turn on and direct the nationalist hatred as necessary. They could have a religious component but it was not critical.

[@mirhojjatkhorasanizadeh13]

You don’t know Iran dude. Iran has been Iran for millennia. Having multiple ethnic groups is part of the definition of Iran and the reason why it’s been rock solid for ages, not its weakness. Multi-ethnicity is a problem in the fake and arbitrarily made-up countries of the middle east, but part of the identity and history of Iran. There is no serious separatist movement in Iran. Go read about what happened when Iraq invaded Khuzestan in 1980. Arabs of Khuzestan fought them to death. Along with all other Iranians. In order to analyze a nation you have to know its soul, culture, history, and identity. You can’t become an Iran expert from behind your laptop 🙏🏻

[@Cizzo8]

Iran from the safavid era on is TOTALLY not the old persian empire in any way. The safavid empire era made Iran much more into a nation-state ideal than any of the Sassanid or old persian empire ideals Iranian like to cope they live in. You can always read the rhetoric online: Iranians tend to seethe about arabs, afghans, turks and whatever, but they love their specifically OWN minorities because it is part of their state. This video is completely right that the shia islam ideal and unique way the Safavids dealt with Iran has left Iran glued together with its same borders but it's laughable that Iran does not have a huge hate of other races and neighbours if you just look a little at the "soul" of iranians (I can read persian). What now glues Iran together is an ironic shift from shia-nationalism to a hate for the regime and a call for secular nationalism. The trend is as clear as day and I do not understand why you're acting this video made no sense.

[@BeNGALi4LFE]

didn't you guys have baloch separatists? thats part of the reason why iran fired into pakistan this year.

[@Silence.......356]

Ye and that's why it borders aren't straight lines

[@iammemys2213]

​​@@Cizzo8we never said all the dynasties were the same lol But they shared different ethnic groups whether you like it or not. Most Iranian rulers were not even Persian but they still called themselves Iranians and loved Iran just as much Again we gained and lost so much land but we've always been a multi ethical nation And the reason why current Iranians may not like their neighbors much is because these countries have been spreading propaganda about Iran non stop in the past few decades specially Turkey. Why would we not like people and countries in the current era who are actively trying to spread hatred towards us?

[@優さん-n7m]

Iran and the regions under its influence historically are the intellectual centers of the Islamic civilization (they were razed to the ground by Mongols). Iranians are thus responsible for the existance of Islam to this day since they provided it with intellectual vigor and preserved it intellectually.

[@khdadad785]

As an Iranian Kurd, I must say that all of us Iranians are under the same flag and consider Iran as our mother. Whether Shia or Sunni or any other religion, the most important thing between us is the unity that cannot be destroyed. If one day any country wants to attack our homeland, we will unite again and defend our mother even if we have bad leaders... because we saw the war in Afghanistan and Iraq with our own eyes and what disasters happened. Almost all Iranians have the same opinion Our country has one of the longest histories of 10,000 years, and you should know that we are never belligerent and only defend ourselves... If, for example, you research the peaceful conquest of Babylon. We hope that the world will treat us better and accept our ideas instead of forcing something on us. (If you want something for yourself, want the same for others)

[@khdadad785]

When they went up and down from trees like monkeys, we had the Cyrus Bill of Rights, your sense of pride is so high that you have to stop it، It’s time to wake up from your restful sleep.​@YxzHvw-b6z

[@khdadad785]

When they went up and down from trees like monkeys, we had the Cyrus Bill of Rights, your sense of pride is so high that you have to stop it، It’s time to wake up from your restful sleep.​@YxzHvw-b6z

[@khdadad785]

Governments and governments come and go, but our culture is still the same culture, which transformed the Mongols and many enemies from savage to civilized​@YxzHvw-b6z

[@khdadad785]

When you used to go up and down the trees like a monkey We had the charter of human rights in Koresh's hands, which is used by the international organization today And you monkeys still love to fight?​@YxzHvw-b6z

[@khdadad785]

When you used to go up and down the trees like a monkey We had the charter of human rights in Koresh's hands, which is used by the international organization today And you monkeys still love to fight?

[@aestheticmoods4257]

I think Iran 🇮🇷 is great the way it's now. Somalia 🇸🇴 stands with Iran 🇮🇷.

[@behiran2252]

Hi Somalian my brothers🙏❤️❤️

[@abdullelahfaiz9041]

I started to doubt the integrity of CaspainReport, throughout the years he showed bias toward Iran continuously

[@ZahdShah]

Correct. He is an Azerbaijan nationalist and therefore seeks to undermine Iran in every possible way, including supporting Israel. His channel has grown so much that I'd be surprised if he didn't start getting paid to produce psyops

[@beyondeconomics]

What bias is he showing?

[@guybrushthreepwood4758]

@@beyondeconomics he is from Baku and has wet dreams about pan turkic fantasies...

[@1nopoint]

The guy who runs CaspianReport is named Shirvan and is from the Former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan. I've read some of his replies to comments on his past videos long ago, and he actively supports the balkanization of Iran and wishes Northwestern Iran to be annexed into the Republic of Azerbaijan.

[@David-u2b5p]

eXXACTLY

[@wisdomisbetterthansilverorg0ld]

Because we are independent and Iranians are ruling it not western puppets

[@jafarebrahimi2607]

Iran is the Turks, lur, Arab, Baluch, Kurd, Persian, etc. We are all one and proud of it. We are Shia, Sunni, Christian, Jewish, Atheist, etc. We stand together.

[@akhripasta2670]

Iran is a civilisational state like Greece India China, which "Germanik" "Historian" can never comprehend.

[@ElDrHouse2010]

a bunch of rocks cant save you from an airforce

[@ciaronsmith4995]

@@ElDrHouse2010 Iran has an airforce and nukes. My advice: back down. Now. Iran is untouchable and has a highly, highly ferocious population.

[@AzizaSayed-n5l]

We on the African continent standing with Iran

[@rezaF_]

what your understanding lacks is that all Iranian ethnic groups are 90 percent related to each other both ethnically and linguistically; And also all it takes is a trip to Iran to understand that they very much identify themselves as culturally IRANIAN, not just citizens of a state that is controlled under a name of Iran! good luck for your future studies.

[@HoxtonLive]

I am Azerbaijani, Iranian and i just fell in love with a Baloch girl speaking Farsi. The different ethnicities is what makes Iran a beautiful Nation. I have seen all sort of skin colors in iran but haven't ever experienced racism. I appreciate all Iran's different ethnicities and we are together Iranians. Zendeh-bad Eranshahr.

[@arman_shahnavazi99]

از بلوچستان زاهدان سلام درود ان شاءالله خوشبخت بشی و به عشقت برسی❤