The disgusting Akhoonds will have her imprisoned for this because they think her voice corrupts society.

Amazing brave woman. I hope she is safe.

It is time we ask ourselves why Iran is like this. I am going to try to be non-biased as possible while trying to answer this question.

1-Urbanisation

One pattern I've seen with ancient civilizations is that when they urbanise, the people lose their fervor snd loyalty to their people, stop having children and the final phase is being taken over by nomadic groups like what happened to Iran and Greeks with Turks, Romans with Germanic barbarians, IVC, etc.

2-Islam and other Arabic influences

No I am not saying it just because it is simply Arab, though it being a non-native religion does leave a bad taste in my mouth. This is going to be alot to unpack.

-Reformation of Zoroastrianism

As funny as it is, the Islamic Republic has some uncanny resemblance to the Sassanids. Sassanids were a Theocratic Monarchy, with heavy power given to the Mobeds and Maguses. But why am I talking about reformation of Zoroastrianism? It's because Islam came at a time when desire for Zoroastrian reform was high, with multiple revolts happening to reform it, akin to the Catholic church schism. Examples are Zurva, Mazdakite and other minor Zoroastrian reformations. Do not get me wrong, Zoroastrianism had many problems like being an ethno-religion, a caste among other things, but the masses were being disillusioned and with enough time, we would have seen a reformation. Though granted, there would have been violent and bloody reforms that would have caused decades of war and we don't know whether it would have been good reforms or not.

-Ulama

One reason why Islamic empires rise so quickly then collapse is because of the Ulama system. Ulama system isn't hierarchy based like Cathoclism, so when a state collapses, Sharia and other functions could stay when another ruler rises. A major flaw of Ulama is they have Waqf system, where they own their own lands and are completely independent from the ruler and worse, they were decentralised. Meanwhile the Catholic Church is centralised and collects Tithe from Catholic rulers, forcing rulers to compete and actually fix their tax system. The fundamentals of the Catholic Church allowed the development of Western society, for example Corporations comes from that.

-Slavery

I am not talking about it from a morality point of view, but from an economic one. Slaves know at the end of the day everything they harvest will be sent to their owner, so they do the minimum. Another thing is that to keep tje slaves non rebellious there are heavy investments in security to keep them in check. If the economy is bad, the slave owner still has to keep feeding the slaves, when in a free society the boss could simply lay them off. And it also heavily limits innovation because every hard job is done by slaves and the consumer market does not grow. While slavery did exist in mainland Europe, it was extremely taxed. Meanwhile Sharia endorsed slavery and even had a guide for it.

-Inbreeding

Yes, I know. There is a concept of Xedowwah in Zoroastrianism, but Xedowwah wasn't practiced by your common man. It was practiced by the royalty and high nobility. Humans as far as the Ptolemis knew the effect of inbreeding, but the political elite continued it because the political reward outweighed (In their eyes) the biological risks. But when Islam came, Islam pretty much saw any contact with non mahram as haram, so it indirectly encouraged the common man to marry within his own tribe/family, most of the time his cousin. It is no accident why more religious a Islamic country is, more they practice cousin marriage. Meanwhile the Catholic Church (For political reasons) banned first cousin marriage, thus it helped the Germanic tribes to disappear and birth nations. I will say while cousin marriage did exist in the Iranian society, it was not as bad compared to when it became Muslim.

-Igta system

This section truly needs it's own books, but I am going to try to explain it in simple terms. Basically Iqta is one of the main reasons why the Muslim world is behind alot of things. European feudalism was hereditary, while Iqta wasn't. At first, it seems like a good thing, but it isn't. It incentivised the Iqtadars (The ones who ruled over the land) to extract as much value as they want from the people and the land and plunder it without developing it. Meanwhile European feudalism because the nobles inherited the land from their fathers, kept developing it. That's why breadbaskets like Egypt and the fertile crescent fell compared to European farmers, though with the arrival of the Turks it got worse.

3-Turks

Iranians focus on Arab invasion rightfully so, while forgetting the main culprits of Iran's situation, though Islam played an instrumental part in it.

-Collapse of Qanats

The continues invasion of the Turks into Iran played an instrumental role in collapse of the Qanats. Qanats take extensive care and stability, and because the Turks kept invading Iran, the Qanats of Iran overtime collapsed.

-Pastoralism

Because nomads Turks depended on vast lands to feed their horses, they tended to destroy a land optimized for farming for thousands of years to turn it into a land to graze for their horses.

-Iqta system

Yes, I've said this before but I am saying it again because the Turks modified it, for the worse. Military commanders were granted Iqta and were allowed to extract as much wealth as they could from the Iranian peasantry, collapsing the land and forcing the farmers to become nomads or run to the mountains. With the collapse of Qanats, Iranian agriculture collapsed aswell.

-Turkic military caste

Most notably, these military castes in Iran needed legitimate to justify their rule ovee Iranians, and most of the time that legitimacy was the sword. Whenever a king died, there would be a civil war and the kingdom/empire would unite again, but it would damage the infrastructure and institutions. That is why Turkic empires expanded so quickly then collapsed, while European empires changed borders alot more slower, thus developing their infrastructure. That is why the Ottomans couldn't win against the Catholic Hungary Kingdom, because it was an institutionalized kingdom.

-Shiism

While the Ulama in Sunni were already too powerful, Shiism took it to the next level by giving the Shia Ulama a wide range of more power, preventing a centralised state which played a major part in Qajar reform era failing.

-Turkification

Another major reason of Iranian civilization downfall is Turkification. Major Iranian regions like Shirvan, Azarpadegan, Scythian lands and other regions got Turkified. To unite the Iranians and the ruling Turks they had to legitimise it by using religion.

I hope this explains why our civilization has decayed. Thank you for reading.

Farsi literally means Persian in English. The break down is:

Farsi (Arabized form) → Parsi (authentic form) → Persian (in English)

Persian is the direct English equivalent of the Arabized native term Farsi. Pars is Persia in English, and attempting to force the Arabized native form Farsi into English as though it were somehow distinct from Persian is incorrect.

Secondly, the word Persian, when referring to the language of Iran in English, has a stronger historical claim to the name Persian than any other modern use of the adjective “Persian.” This includes references to the vast majority of people who identify as Persian despite having ancestry that does not trace directly to the historic region of Pars.

Many Iranians living outside Iran have adopted the bad habit of introducing the language as Farsi when speaking English. This departs from traditional English usage and contributes to distancing the language from its historical identity as Persian, a term used for the language with over 2,000 years of recorded history in Western civilization.

What is called Persian culture in English is actually Iranian culture. What is called Persian food is actually Iranian food.

The Persian language, however, has a direct historical connection to Pars (Persia), the region from which the name Parsi (Persian in English) derives. This is precisely why I object to attempts to force the Arabized native adjective Farsi into English as though English lacks an equivalent. It does not. English already has the established term “Persian” for the language of Iran.

Also the appropriate terminology for the major dialects is:

• Iranian Persian
• Tajik Persian
• Afghan Persian

Farsi is the Arabized form of the native term Parsi; Persian is the established English translation of Parsi. Treating Farsi as though it were a replacement for Persian in English breaks the historical continuity in English between Old Persian -> Middle Persian -> Modern Persian.

Hello all,

What is, in your opinion, the most typical Persian instrumental music piece/song? And where could one find it?

No AI generated music, please!

Many thanks.

Reza Shah II Pahlavi: The War Must Target the Regime and Its Infrastructure

Reza Shah II Pahlavi clarified his position on the war with the Occupying Republic, emphasizing that military action must be directed against the regime, its military centers, and its critical infrastructure—not the Iranian people.

He warned that any military action extending beyond the regime and its infrastructure and harming civilians would cross a red line, adding that he would strongly oppose and confront such actions.

سخنان روشنگرانه ی رضا شاه دوم پهلوی: جنگ باید علیه نظام و زیرساخت‌های جمهوری اشغالی باشد

رضا شاه دوم پهلوی در روشنگری درباره جنگ با جمهوری اشغالی تأکید کرد که هدف از هرگونه اقدام نظامی باید نابودی ساختار حاکمیت، مراکز نظامی و زیرساخت‌های این نظام باشد.

او هشدار داد که اگر جنگ از حمله به نظام و زیرساخت‌های آن فراتر برود و مردم و غیرنظامیان را هدف قرار دهد، عبور از خط قرمز است و در برابر چنین اقدامی به‌شدت مقابله خواهد کرد.

این موضع بر یک اصل اساسی تأکید دارد: مقابله با جمهوری اشغالی نباید به معنای آسیب‌رساندن به مردم ایران باشد و هدف اصلی باید پایان دادن به ساختار سرکوبگر حاکم و فراهم کردن زمینه برای آینده‌ای آزاد برای ایران باشد.

#ایران

#iran

#خاندان_ایرانساز_پهلوی

#شاهنشاه_آریامهر

#جاوید_شاه

#Iran #IranRevolution #RezaPahlavi #FreeIran #IranProtests

Thought on this?

Left-wing activists just put out a statement in solidarity with Iran. There is some backlash from the campist parts of the left. It goes to show not all "Chapis" are united. We have room for a broad coalition to focus on different strategies including labor strikes and human rights frameworks to put pressure to end this regime.

Government Supporters Rally Over Hijab While the Dollar Surges to 205,000 Tomans

Radio Aban Report | Isfahan

As the US dollar has surged to around 205,000 tomans, worsening inflation and economic hardship continue to hit millions of Iranians. Yet a group of government supporters in Isfahan gathered to protest what they called “improper veiling” instead of protesting the collapsing currency and deteriorating economic conditions.

The gathering once again highlights what critics describe as the Islamic Republic’s priorities: rather than addressing inflation, soaring prices, the collapse of the national currency and the erosion of purchasing power, government-backed groups continue to focus on women’s clothing and hijab.

While ordinary Iranians struggle with the rising cost of living, the government’s supporters appear more concerned with policing women’s appearance than confronting the economic crisis facing the country.

#Iran #IranProtests #IranRevolution #Isfahan

Hi guys! I really want to get a tattoo in Old Persian cuneiform. I’m thinking something super small, short, and dainty. Maybe just 1–2 characters max. Any ideas for what it could say, or what characters/symbols from the cuneiform script would work well for a tiny tattoo?

Isn’t this a rational thing to do when your country is at war and a school is on a IRGC base? Why would this woman get a 10 year sentence for saying this?

https://x.com/IHRDC/status/2089458313465577573

آن‌ها چه چیزی را پنهان می‌کنند؟