The Idiot’s Guide to the Israel — Iran Conflict

[Lando Lincoln]

The Idiot’s Guide to the Israel — Iran Conflict
Medium
Yoav Fisher
June 22, 2025

From the article:
You need to sit down and read this the entire way through and share widely — because this affects your life whether you want to admit it or not.

To understand what is going on, we need to go back 46 years, to 1979, when Ruholla Khomeini established the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) during the Iranian Revolution and replaced the Pahlavi Dynasty of the Imperial State of Iran with the “Islamic State of Iran”.

https://yoavfisher.medium.com/the-idiots-guide-to-the-israel-iran-conflict-e79699e6e87e

[Lando Lincoln]

I read this quickly but I will definitely come back to it.

[Bigun]

I read this quickly but I will definitely come back to it.

To understand what is going on, we need to go back 46 years, to 1979, when Ruholla Khomeini established the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) during the Iranian Revolution and replaced the Pahlavi Dynasty of the Imperial State of Iran with the “Islamic State of Iran”.

That's enough for me right there! It ALL come back to that and I lived through it all.

[Right_in_Virginia]

That's enough for me right there! It ALL come back to that and I lived through it all.

@Bigun

Where does this ⬇️. fit into Iran's history?  I rarely hear it mentioned and don't understand if/how it affected the events of 78-79:

In 1953, a US and UK-backed coup overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh, and restored the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, to power. This event, known as the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, was driven by Western concerns over Iran's nationalization of its oil industry, previously controlled by the British-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.

Working with Shah, the CIA and British intelligence began to engineer a plot to overthrow Mossadeq. The Iranian premier, however, got wind of the plan and called his supporters to take to the streets in protest. At this point, the Shah left the country for “medical reasons.” While British intelligence backed away from the debacle, the CIA continued its covert operations in Iran.

Working with pro-Shah forces and, most importantly, the Iranian military, the CIA cajoled, threatened, and bribed its way into influence and helped to organize another coup attempt against Mossadeq. On August 19, 1953, the military, backed by street protests organized and financed by the CIA, overthrew Mossadeq. The Shah quickly returned to take power and, as thanks for the American help, signed over 40 percent of Iran’s oil fields to U.S. companies.

Mossadeq was arrested, served three years in prison, and died under house arrest in 1967. The Shah became one of America’s most trusted Cold War allies, and U.S. economic and military aid poured into Iran during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.

In 1978, however, anti-Shah and anti-American protests broke out in Iran and the Shah was toppled from power in 1979. Militants seized the U.S. embassy and held the American staff hostage until January 1981. Nationalism, not communism, proved to be the most serious threat to U.S. power in Iran.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-19/cia-assisted-coup-overthrows-government-of-iran

[DefiantMassRINO]

[GtHawk]

Personally I think the 1979 date is incorrect, I submit that everything goes back to Jan 20, 1977.

[Lando Lincoln]

Personally I think the 1979 date is incorrect, I submit that everything goes back to Jan 20, 1977.

 

[jafo2010]

This article tells me nothing new.  I already knew that Iran is intent on destroying the western civilization as we know it.  World domination is at the core of their mission, which is basic islamic teaching. 

And yet, with the Diversity Visa Program, year in and year out, people from Iran are at the top of the list for receiving Greencards to come to the USA.  Our own government policies could not bring Iranians to the USA faster.  Folks worry about who came across the border under Biden when in fact we have been importing tens of thousands of Iranians each year legally into the USA.

We are a stupid people in this nation with the focus on diversity.  F*** diversity.  I am sick of this nonsense.  We probably have 500,000 to 1 million Iranians in the USA right now, perhaps more. 

So, the IRGC is a true threat to the world.  I think everyone knows this, which is why Trump's hands off policy to the leadership of Iran is utterly moronic.  Trump does not understand that unless you destroy the IRGC and all the mullahs in Iran leadership, nothing changes.  No group of people with their sticks and stones are going to rise up against these genocidal maniacs, any more than they will do the same in Gaza.  It is not going to happen.  Delusional to believe this bullsh*t.

[Bigun]

@Bigun

Where does this ⬇️. fit into Iran's history?  I rarely hear it mentioned and don't understand if/how it affected the events of 78-79:

In 1953, a US and UK-backed coup overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh, and restored the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, to power. This event, known as the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, was driven by Western concerns over Iran's nationalization of its oil industry, previously controlled by the British-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.

In the 13th century Genghis Khan and his Mongols put an end to the Islamic Caliphate in Persia after which the Persians established a monarchy that lasted until Jimmia CAAAAtA dropped the Mullahs on them again. I can't make it any more simple @Right_in_Virginia

[Cyber Liberty]

A long and excellent read.  Like @Bigun I lived through these times.

[Bigun]

Personally I think the 1979 date is incorrect, I submit that everything goes back to Jan 20, 1977.

 

[Smokin Joe]

A worthwhile read.