Blame Khamenai.
There is a famous quote, where after the revolution a government official asks what they should do with the U.S. embassy, should they raze it or change it into an Iranian government building.
You know what Khomeini said? ‘Why would you do that? You think we will always be enemies?’
What did America do to Iran that required 40 years of hate from the onset? Iran was dominated by UK and Russia historically not America! During WWI it was UK that took all of Iran’s grain and food to feed its army while millions died! Look at Iranian Censuses from 1910-1920 Iranian society didn’t grow! That can only mean because millions died of famine! UK gave Saddam chemical precursors!
Yet UK got an embassy. UK got economic relations. UK got Iranian oil. Tell me how that makes sense?
When Shah fell, a secret group comprised of rouhani and others met even with Israelis and American diplomats to keep iran/Us relationship alive and from drifting into Chinese or Soviet orbit. And the negotiations eventually broke down because Iran was filled with too much revolutionary zeal. Iran thought because it had oil it didn’t need anyone. It didn’t need the West, it didn’t need the East. When the Americans boarded their plane they said you guys made the biggest mistake.
And that was that…
Israel actually sold Iran weapons during the Iran-Iraq when the Arabs didn’t sell us even a screw. They tried initially to be on our good side give our past history. Even in the 2000’s they came seeking potential detente and Iran slammed the door on them. Iran is the reason Bibi has held power in Israel since the 90’s. Bibi loves Iran because without Iran, how could he keep getting elected preaching facism?
Look I’m not against what the IRI did with the AoR philosophy. Yes you can’t trust Israelis, you can’t trust Americans, so what? You can’t trust Arabs, Turks, Chinese, or Russians either! You cannot trust anyone on the geopolitical stage, what makes Americans and Zionists the most dangerous? Who stole most of our land? The Russians! Who killed the most Iranians? The Arabs and British! Yet iran has relations with everyone including the Taliban! When was the last time the U.S. and Israel beheaded Iranian diplomats?
Iran spent 40 years building a war machine to force a Grand Bargain that would normalize Iran with America/Europe and then when the time came to shed some blood, for elites to experience some hardships, for the generals having to show up, suddenly iran wanted “peace and friendly relations” and “protect its people”.
Suddenly the nation mattered. Suddenly the people mattered. If the people matter why are they digging thru trash? If the people mattered why did you raise income taxes on them? If the people struggles matters why couldn’t you control corruption/theft after 40 years? If the people mattered why are you forcing people to wear a hijab?
IRGC, Khamenai, and our politicians want to stick to speeches and make the people eat grass while they live well. They aren’t willing to sacrifice even 1 day of hardship in order to put the country in a better place.
Iranians have been under economic war for over 15 years. Enough is enough, if you ain’t gonna fight. If you ain’t gonna build the nuke, then your days are numbered.
The next riots in Iran, you will see what happens. It won’t be just teenage boys and girls in the streets. These guys are losing the Bazaari’s with high income taxes and fees/penalties. If Bazaar shuts down, Iran collapses in Less than a month.
In terms of why did they make America an enemy, yes I agree with that part, it wasn't logical. Unless there was some form of conspiracy behind the scenes in which Iran was given to Shias to create divide in the middle east.
But saying that Israel supported iran in the war, and therefore they wanted to be friendly, that's not a valid point.
Look at in Syria, they helped the other groups but now that they have come in power Israel has taken hostile actions by occupying some of their land and bombing them.
And if these groups become militarily or even economically powerful, they will look for a way to weaken them.
Israel only cares about Israel, heck they have even attacked British and Americans and there assets in the past.
For them, prolonging the Iran-Iraq war was the best thing, as it created more divide between Muslims, distracted them for 8 years, and continued doing so after it ended with the Shia sunni rivalry, as well as weakening both sides.
So it would make sense for Israel to help Iran just enough so that it doesn't win nor lose.
Also I don't think you can really differentiate USA and UK, they may play good cop bad cop at times but they are of the same cloth. Both historically have been heavy supporters of Israel and follow the same trend.
Taxation (of the rich) is necessary to avoid inflation, create a stable currency and most importantly lower the gap between the rich and poor.
Of course it needs to be done correctly, not like in western countries in which it's actually middle class who end up paying the most tax (because of tax tricks, safe havens, using expensive lawyers for grey areas).
If Iran is doing the same thing and only taxing the middle class, then it is wrong, the tax should be targeted at richer people.
If no tax, then they just print more money and that harms the middle class in Iran more.
You can not rely on oil as an income as the price is not stable and eventually the demand may drop for it.
It would be nice if Iran normalised relations, but I feel like they would never allow that to happen, as it would prosper and become a regional superpower. They want to make sure it's a complete puppet and they reap the rewards of the resources of the country, like Saudi arabia which America and american companies benefit from vastly.