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Iran or Saudi Arabia: Pick Your Poison

February 6, 2008 - 12:30 am - by Youssef M. Ibrahim
Observer
2008-02-06 10:23:22

What the author is missing is that at least 20% of Iranians are Sunnis. The entire Baloch, Kurds, Turkmen and 1/3 of indigenous Ahwazi-Arabs are Sunni and vehemently anti-mullahs and its Shiism. Additionally, at least 1/3 of total Turkish Azeri-population- although Shia- despises Persian rulers for oppressing them culturally, linguistically and otherwise. The 5 million Ahwazi ethnic Arabs, whose ancestral lands contain 90% of Iran’s oil, hate the Parisian mullahs with passion. Other ethnic groups, such as Taleshi, Qashgais, Lors in addition to Christians, Jews, Bahis, Zoroastrians, Assyrians, Armenians, Mandanis, Sufis and others can’t wait to join the fight to overthrow the fascist mullahs. So there you have it- with Persians (assuming they all support the regime!!??) only ¬º of the population, what stability and control are you talking about? Oh by the way sir- Iran has been the historical homeland of non-Persian Madians (Today Kurds), Elimite (today’s Ahwazi-Arabs), Hittites , Byzantines and other indigenous civilizations before the Persian immigrants moved south some 2500 years ago, just to add a tad more historical animosity for the rulers. Is this enough hatred for the Persian Mullah-regime by its own population??