How Iran Became a Theocracy
with Reza Aslan
Today, Iran is ruled by a hardline, often brutal theocratic regime. But that wasn’t always the case. In this clip, Reza Aslan describes the development of Ayatollah Khomeini’s radical interpretation of Shi’a Islam and how it took hold in Iran.
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Iran is not a theocracy.
It is actually controlled by the Revolutionary guards as an international criminal gang.
I have a question about the link between Iran and the Hamas Pogrom. It is claimed that Hamas has received its main funding from Iran. Is this true? If so, does this funding give them any control over the decision to conduct this attack? Who funds the extensive campaign of vilification and dehumanization and violence that is constantly directed against identifiable Jewish citizens in Western Europe and Central Asia and even in Australia?