including Bushehr ?
even if he is bluffing, the fact he feels confident threatening this shows how badly IRI has failed to establish any form of deterrence
ultimately Iran needs nuclear weapons to secure our existence. whatever the cost. nothing else will suffice. but Khamenei is unlikely to approve this and the military leaders haven't given him good options either.
They have a very big mouth, extreme arrogance and look from above to Iranians.
It's good that Asia is coming back, we should move towards an Asian-Iranian identity (Iran being one of the main powers and walls of Asia).
That means that the Islamic identity should be softened/faded, in general it damaged Iran anyways more by destruction of a stable forward going state (in that era Iran was the oldest and the only "nation-state" of the world and had a steady progress. They had their spies and made use of the 30 years Roman Christians/westerners - Iran wars and the Justinian Plague.
Khosrow I ("Anushirwan" The Immortal Soul), Shortly before the aggression/invasion of Muslim forces against Sassanid Iran introduced following reforms:
1. Tax Reforms Reorganized the tax system to make it fairer and more predictable. Replaced arbitrary taxation (based on whim) with fixed taxes assessed according to land productivity and population. Introduced a cadastral survey (systematic recording of land and ownership) to better estimate taxes.
2. Military Reforms Reorganized the army into a professional standing army. Established a "fourfold division" (North, South, East, West) of military commands. Reformed the cavalry (especially heavy cavalry called aswaran), offering salaries instead of relying on feudal levies. Fortified the eastern frontier (e.g., built the Great Wall of Gorgan to defend against nomadic invasions).
3. Administrative and Bureaucratic Reforms Strengthened the central bureaucracy. Reduced the power of the nobility (aristocrats who had previously dominated provincial government). Appointed professional officials based on merit rather than noble birth.
4. Legal Reforms Reorganized the judicial system. Codified laws more systematically to reduce corruption. Promoted justice (he was famous in Persian tradition as the model of a "just ruler").
5. Religious and Intellectual Policies Promoted religious tolerance (especially towards Christians, Jews, and even Greek philosophers fleeing the Byzantine Empire). Founded the Academy of Gundishapur (a major center for science, philosophy, medicine, and translation from Greek, Indian, and Syriac sources). Encouraged philosophy, medicine, astronomy, and translation movements. 6. Public Works Invested in infrastructure: built roads, bridges, canals, and dams. Improved agriculture with irrigation projects (particularly in arid parts of the empire). Urban development projects, including maintenance of cities and defense structures.
The roots of Sino-Iranian and Indo-Iranian identity took shape in pre-Islamic Iran. This should be our vision, we need a new vision and unfortunately I don't see visionary-revoultionary leadership. I explained earlier that I see Khamenei as an Abbasid puppet-caliph being led by external elements who have their own interests and who benefit from giving the system a face while themselves are hiding behind that face to continue their corruption.
Now the best way to answer Western-Hebrew fascists is creating ICBMs, Nuclear weapons, nuclear submarines so that we have second strike options if they decide to genocide us by nuclear or biological weapons (in the future).
The negotiations should only be carried out with the tought of enriching more Uranium @ 60% by prolonging the negotiations, demanding full sanction removal, full access to our shares which we still have in different western companies, full access to our funds. Also the agreement should be ratified by passing the senate and UN, some sort of law should be made from this agreement with a heavy penalty clause in case that they want to leave the agreement again. The agreement should be ONLY about nuclear sector and should include that no future sanctions can be given anymore, especially not on banking and tech, no new demands shall be made.
In addition add opening embassies and some preferal investment opportunities for American nuclear, energy, tech, aviation industry so that Trump can brag that he made a better deal.
In the end Iran should create a loop/escape hole for a strategic decision of creating nuclear weapons in case when it will be necessary in the future.
@Persian Gulf I edited some of the text, hope you'll be able to read it completely.
