Federated commonwealth of Iranian states

BenReilly · Apr 19, 2005

I found this interesting, for obvious reasons.

http://www.iranian.com/Kasraie/2005/February/Iran/index.html

That said, it is imperative that every Iranian, from every creed and ethnicity, at least keep the memory alive, before even the memory disappears. The memory of Greater Iran.

What is "Greater Iran"?
I. Members of the Greater Iran, a federated commonwealth of Iranian states

Armenia
Separated from Iran by the Turkemanchay Treaty. Our government, as well as foreign governments, try very hard to encourage Iranian minorities to leave Iran. That's sad. St Thaddeus is buried in Iran. So are Prophet Daniel and Queen Esther. Iran was inherently pluralist to begin with.

Azerbaijan
Turkey is now stepping in to separate Azerbaijan from Iran by claiming Azeris as Turks, and therefore part of "Greater Turkey". The vainglorious ciphers even claim the Safavis as "a Turkic dynasty that ruled Persia". Turkic as in non-Iranian. And what do we do instead to make our Azeri citizens feel welcome in their own home? Make jokes about how dumb "Torks" are. The definition of hemaaghat.

Afghanistan
The Dari language spoken by Afghanis is Farsi. And if we haven't been treating them as equals to ourselves, then shame on us. I have to keep showing people "Baran" to remind them of this. I wonder what people would be calling Ebne Sina of he were alive todayÖ. An "Afghani"? What about Molavi? Would he be riding a Zamyad pickup with a shovel in hand?

Tajikestan
Perhaps one of the most important states of Greater Iran. These people actually appreciate being a member of the Persian family. We should fully embrace that. Ah, but Qods Day is more important.

Turkmenistan
Marv is where Yazdegerd finally lost to Omar. It was the capital of Greater Khorasan. Nisa was the capital of the Parthians. No insignificant detail there.

Uzbekistan
While western Iran and Fars were enduring the wave of Arabization, the people of this region were preserving our language. Where were the Samanids from? Where is Bokhara? Where is Samarqand? Where is Rudaki from?

Kyrqyzstan
Another state inhabited by Iranian tribes such as the Sogdians, whose capital was the city of Afrasyab. Like the other "SSR" states, they lost much of their identity during the russification policies of Moscow.

Daghestan
Next time someone ridicules you for this claim, show them the picture of the best preserved Sassanian castle anywhere, in Darband.

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II. States that should be within the Iranian sphere of influence

Iraq
That great vault has been begging for ages to hear Persian poetry recited under her majestic shadow. And how many of you had a grandfather or great ancestor that lived in Najaf or Karbala? Kamal-ol-molk loved it there as did many others. And what about Mashallah and Nowbakht, the Iranian Jew and Zoroastrian that first designed Baghdad based on Firouzabad? Like it or not, Iraq is an Iranoid state by nature. Our presence is eternally felt there.

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Turkey
If you don't try to influence them, they will try to influence you. That's the rule. Otherwise next thing you know, Tabriz and Qazvin are on their maps again.

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III. States of key importance for Greater Iran

Israel
Like it or not, Israel is here to stay. Secondly, Israel is the only country in the region that understands "Iranians are not Arabs". They understood it during our war against Iraq. They understand it when I go to my doctors, all Jewish, and all top of their class. We need Israel for stability. And Israel still sees us as the descendants of Cyrus the savior.

As ridiculous as it sounds, YOU CAN be a follower of Hossein, and be a brother to a Jew. That is if you don't think Jews are Najes to shake hands with, and aren't stuck in the mold defined by pan-Arabism, nowadays called "Islam". Even our hero Morgan Shuster was Jewish for crying out loud.

Matt Clark · Apr 19, 2005

BenReilly said:

I found this interesting, for obvious reasons.

Whose obvious reasons?

BenReilly · Apr 19, 2005

Matt Clark said:

Whose obvious reasons?

While I have problems with his worldview, I find it interesting that this Iranian hyper-nationalist holds a positive view of Israel, especially in light of the current tension.

Iranian Monitor · Apr 19, 2005

BenReilly said:

While I have problems with his worldview, I find it interesting that this Iranian hyper-nationalist holds a positive view of Israel, especially in light of the current tension.

Similar ideas were (re)gaining strength in Iran, but I am afraid that ever since US and Israeli threats and tensions, secular Iranian nationalism is gravitating towards an ideology that is not exactly friendly to Israel. Even if it remains equally unfriendly to the Arabs.

There are a lot of Iranians who like to promote "Greater Iran", not through invasion or subversion or force but through cultural and educational endeavors. Even among those in this regime, which increasingly emphasizes Iranian nationalism over Islamist ideology.

The idea of a "tolerant" and "plurastic Iran" is indeed more true to Iranian tradition than any exclusivist ideology. But if that idea itself is used against Iran, you will see the vacuum filed by other groups.

An alarming trend is the popularity of groups like sumka within Iran. I don't think that is the direction you would want to encourage either.

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