I don't like that Iran funds Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen. My friend there says the government is about making everyone miserable. Ali Khamenei has been a dictator for 44 years, it's never good when a fundamentalist is in charge, whatever religion. No dancing in public, among other things. You read about Afghanistan banning women singing in public. It's surprising, I reading Hafaz and he's an amazing poet. It's hard to imagine the same country with so many great poets would have such dolts for rulers. The film industry is amazing, I've watched 4 films recently and really enjoyed them all. So I'm reading A History of Iran (2008) by Michael Axworthy, even though there are some hate reviews on Goodreads. Reading Iranians movie reviews on Letterboxd, I think it's a place where people ventilate some of their hate. First references I looked up from the book: Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201 – 1274) was a Persian polymath, arc...