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05-16-2014, 04:54 PM
How Iran's borders changed in the early 1900s

http://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/assets/4232263/Iran_under_1900s_qajars_wikimedia.png

Iran is the only Middle Eastern country was never conquered by a European power, but it came pretty close in the 1900s. It lost a lot of territory to Russia (the red stripey part). After that, the Russian Empire and British Empire (the British Indian Raj was just next door) divided Iran's north and south into "zones of influence." They weren't under direct control, but the Iranian government was bullied and its economy and resources exploited. This remains a point of major national resentment in Iran today.

Iran's religious and ethnic diversity

http://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/assets/4232271/Iran_demographics.jpg
Perry-Castañeda Map Library, University of Texas

Iran is most associated with the Persians — the largest ethnic group and the progenitors of the ancient Persian empires — but it's much more diverse than that. This map shows the larger minorities, which includes Arabs in the south, Kurds in the west, and Azeris in the north (Iran used to control all Azeri territory, but much of now belongs to the Azeri-majority country Azerbaijan). The Baloch, in the southeast, are also a large minority group in Pakistan. There is significant unrest and government oppression in the "Baluchistan" region of both countries.

Iran's nuclear sites and possible Israeli strike plans

http://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/assets/4232287/iran_nuclear_facilities_israel_strike_2009_reuters .png

This is a glimpse at two of the big, overlapping geopolitical issues in which Iran is currently embroiled. The first is Iran's nuclear program: the country's leaders say the program is peaceful, but basically no one believes them, and the world is heavily sanctioning Iran's economy to try to convince them to halt the nuclear development that sure looks like it's heading for an illegal weapons program. You can see the nuclear development sites on here: some are deep underground, while others were kept secret for years. That gets to the other thing on this map, which was originally built to show how Israel could hypothetically launch strikes against Iran's nuclear program. Israel-Iran tensions, which have edged near war in recent years, are one of the biggest and most potentially dangerous things happening right now in a part of the world that has plenty of danger already. Israel is worried that Iran could build nukes to use against it; Iran may be worried that it will forever be under threat of Israeli strike until it has a nuclear deterrent. That's called a security dilemma and it can get bad.

Rojava
05-17-2014, 03:27 PM
http://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/assets/4232271/Iran_demographics.jpg

This map is wrong, Kurds are not Shias. There are some, but most are Sunnis even in Iran.

random
05-17-2014, 08:04 PM
http://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/assets/4232271/Iran_demographics.jpg

This map is wrong, Kurds are not Shias. There are some, but most are Sunnis even in Iran.

40% shia 60% sunni.