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Iranians, specially the Diaspora, need to realise something.

Pahlavi is not coming to Iran. Not because of popularity, not because of being a "ziopuppet" as much as fringe Diaspora Leftists here are saying, when Leftists themselves have less supporters than Islamists in Iran.

He will not come back for the simple reason that he is not a man that can lead a revolution. Let's be honest. IR is a decentralised Junta led by Islamists. No amount of reform, protesting or such can get us anywhere.

"But Hijab? They calmed down on hijab."

Yes, and did it change anything systematically? No. Hijab was, at best, just a token. Even the Hijab is just simply being selectively enforced.

Reform, is simply not possible. The whole reason that the IRGC can survive is because of corruption. And no amount of not going to work, protesting can effect them. Iran is a resource based economy, mainly oil. They only need a fraction of the population to run it.

"What about their supporters?"

Their supporters, barely make up 15% of the population. We have two kinds of IRGC supporter. 5% are hardcore Islamists. The other 10% are just simply arzeshis who are after lining up their own pocket.

"But international perception matters. Their support is vital."

No. It is not. People are only supporting the IR for being anti-Israeli, nothing else. As for public perception, why is it that Iranians are being called out for supporting Israel, but not Palestinians who supported PLO and Saddam? Be honest with yourself. HTS was associated with Daesh, and still is Islamist. Look at what they did to Alawites and Druze. Did international perception change anything? No. Iranians, frankly, don't care about Israel and Palestine and tend to either be neutral or hold strong feelings towards Palestine, and recently they developed distrust and some even emnity against the West/Israel for their attempts at supporting jodaii talabs. And also let's be honest, Iranians are, specially by other Middle Easterners, hated.

"But Iranians need to be united."

As much as I'd like this to be true, it is not true. Revolutions are done by a small, radicalised group of people most of the time. There were many factions during the revolution, those being Marxists, Islamists, Islamo-Marxists, Fadayan, MeK, and the rest. The Khomeinists came on up. And those protests during the Shah had an effect simply because the Shah wasn't willing to massacre people. When the Artesh during the first day of the protest did it without telling the Shah, the second day Shah learnt about it, the Shah stopped. Anything Shah was, he was not as brutal and fanatical as IR.

"What's the solution then?"

I am gonna be honest, the only way the regime can change is through an armed uprising. Iranians have two choice, either leave the country or fight for it. As for armed revolution being worth it, that's what every Iranian needs to ask himself.

The most common criticism levied against these films is its nightmarish depiction of the Achaemenid Persians, which is claimed to tarnish the image of what was one of the most well-administered and organised Empires of the Classical world. Yet, the Persians we see in these films are actually highly sophisticated. Once you set aside the outrageous Orcish portrayal of the Achaemenids in this film and think about it, you can see the real vision this film had. Bottom line, this film portrays the Persian Empire as advanced. Extraordinarily advanced. Technologically, the Persians in this film are literal millennia ahead of their time.

We need only look at a the six following examples.

1 - Gunpowder

Gunpowder bombs, around 1,609 before they were widely adopted by the Song-Dynasty

2 - Advanced Medical treatments

This Norffc-looking mfer has managed survive into his 40s-50s (from what I can gather) with open, bleeding wounds and somehow has yet to die of blood loss nor infection! Truly, a sign of extraordinary medical capabilities in the Persian Empire.

3 - Seaworthy Iron warships

In 300: Rise of an Empire, the Persians are shown to employ Ironclad (or Iran-clad?) warships. 2,339 before the French Gloire.

4 - flamethrowers

https://preview.redd.it/a9bouj0b0dkh1.png?width=916&format=png&auto=webp&s=5d5fdde34f55ad50b055fe0b8cc191493457e4f8

As shown above, we also see in the sequel that the Achaemenids use Greek Persianfire in naval warfare. About 1,154 years before the Byzantine Navy deployed such weaponry.

5 - De-extinction

Accounting for scale here, the Persians do indeed appear to have resurrected Palaeoloxodon Namadicus for use on the battlefield. Such a feat implies the existence of DNA extraction and genome editing capabilities beyond even the modern age. 2,506+ years ahead of their time.

6 - Abstract Art

As seen here, the Persians as depicted in 300 display a deep appreciation for Abstract Art. About 2,400 years ahead of its time.

The Persians are shown to have achieved all the above, while the Greeks we see can't even manufacture a simple breastplate. Remind me again, how are these films anti-Iranian?

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