The Liberal Underground Culture in Iran Iran was not always an Islamic theocracy. Before the 1979 revolution, Iran had a vibrant and modern culture which was a natural evolution of it's historic cultural and traditional norms. Many European concepts such as enlightenment and humanism started spreading to Iran, albeit with a delay. The details of revolution are very complex and extensive, which requires its own lengthy article. Ever since the revolution, an underground…
A Brief Observation on the Fall of Sassanian Empire The government of Sassanian Persia had always imagined that the most serious menace to its survival would come from the northeast. Ardashir I had established the Kushan state, which he had subjugated, as a buffer between his empire and the world of the nomads. The vast wall at Gurgan and the defenses of the Caucasus proclaimed Iranian fear of the men of the steppe, and these fortifications may be compared with a looser…
How Cryptocurrency Has Helped Me Survive COVID-19 in Iran Cryptocurrency has really changed the dynamics in Iran, especially during COVID-19. The mishandling of the Iranian government had been always detrimental to the Iranian economy, but things have become far worse under sanctions imposed by the United States and COVID-19. It has brought a lot of people towards crypto because it seems an attractive avenue in an unstable economy and hyperinflated currency. In 2010 1$ was…
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