World Why do you think Iran views America as “The Great Satan”?

[NathanH83]

 

[Stravinsk]

Perhaps you are unaware of Iran's history with the USA. I took this snippet from wikipedia, it should serve as a little primer:

Mohammad Reza lost support from the Shi'a clergy of Iran and the working class due to alleged corruption related to himself and the royal family, suppression of political dissent via Iran's intelligence agency, SAVAK (including the arrest of up to 3,200 political prisoners), widespread torture and imprisonment of political dissidents,[8] banishment of the Tudeh Party, U.S. and UK support for his regime, his modernization policies, laïcité or secularism, conflict with wealthy merchants known as bazaaris, relations with Israel, and clashes with leftists and Islamists.

US/UK power brokers supported his brutal regime, as they have supported such regimes in other countries. US/UK also backed Iraq's war against Iran. Those would be a few good reasons.

A third reason is the US is often sabre rattling against Iran ("Axis of Evil"). Whatever reason is given for this, I suspect the real reason is that Iran is one of the few holdout countries, not having a Rothschild owned central bank. That actually makes the country more independent in certain ways than so called "free" countries, who have the majority of their media and industry owned (through corporations) by big banks.

 

[Lees]

Iran hates the U.S. because the U.S. in the past has supported Israel.

Iran and the whole of the Muslim world, despise Israel and therefore despise the U.S.

There is always the move by the Muslim world to drive a wedge between Israel and the U.S. And of course with Muslims being allowed into governing and political positions in the U.S., that won't be hard to do. The Squad.

All brought about by the lie that 'diversity is our greatest strength'. It is not our 'strength'. It is our demise.

And of course silly white people bow their head to the minorities because they must be right because they are minorites and whites must be wrong because they are white.

The U.S. is literally committing suicide. And fiddling their way as they go to it.

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[MoreCoffee]

Iranians were bombed by USA and USA allies (Iraq specifically).
The USA imposes sanctions against Iran.

 

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@MoreCoffee

So what?

Iran views America as the great satan because America is the 'great power' supporting Israel.

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[MoreCoffee]

Iran views America as the great satan because

Why do you worry about it?

Iran has its reasons for disliking the USA. You don't live in Iran, do you? No?

 

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@MoreCoffee

I'm not worried about it. Why would I worry?

I know Iran has it's reasons. but all it's reasons are based upon the U.S. being the great power supporting Israel.

Iran hates Israel. Thus the U.S. is the great satan, the great power behind Israel's existance.

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[MoreCoffee]

I'm not worried about it.

Excellent.

I am not worried either.

Iran is a long way away and its people - 84 million of them - are entitled to dislike the USA if they want to. But it is likely that it is the government of Iran that arranges the propaganda in Iran about the USA.

 

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@MoreCoffee

I never said you were worried and don't really care if you're worried or not.

I was simply answering the question of this thread.

Just what the heck are you doing?

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[MoreCoffee]

Just what the heck are you doing?

Presenting some of the reasons why Iran's government and a proportion of its people call the USA the Great Satan.

In Hebrew, Satan is 'the adversary' and in Arabic Shaitan is an adjective meaning 'astray'. The USA being the great Satan is the USA as the great adversary and the great [one who has gone] astray. In ancient Persian religion, the "Satan" figure is a being of darkness and ignorance. It is likely that the anti-USA propaganda is a simple denunciation of the USA as a government (and maybe a people) of ignorance and darkness that acts as an adversary of Iran.

 

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@MoreCoffee

Oh yeah...you're really interested in presenting why the U.S. is considered the 'great satan' by Iran. That's why you waited for a year to reply. Because you were so interested.

So tell me...why do you wait for a year to respond? I know. It was because you are just so devasted and just couldn't get a grip on the terribleness of the situation. Some sort of PTSD I suppose. You were just overcome. So sad. Brings a tear to my eye.

In other words...I don't believe you.

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[MoreCoffee]

That's why you waited for a year to reply. Because you were so interested.

I was not here a year ago.

 

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@MoreCoffee

I didn't say you were.

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[MoreCoffee]

I didn't say you were.

Excellent.

Now I can tell you why I replied recently.

It is because I returned recently after several years away.

 

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@MoreCoffee

Gee, when did you return?

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[MoreCoffee]

@MoreCoffee

Gee, when did you return?

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A few days ago.
On Apr 18, 2022

 

[Lees]

A few days ago.
On Apr 18, 2022

Gee...and you responded immediately to the thread, "America is more offensive to N and S America", also in the political section.

Yet this thread, "Why do you think Iran views America as the great satan", has been here since May 30, 2021.

Yeah...you're really interested.

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[MoreCoffee]

you responded immediately to the thread, "America is more offensive to N and S America", also in the political section.

I responded to that thread several years ago too.

 

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@MoreCoffee

So? You didn't come back and respond to this thread immediately. So what makes you now respond to this thread?

Let's see, I no sooner respond to this thread, and there you are, responding immediately after.

What made you come back to this forum? Got lonely? It certainly wasn't this thread else you would have addressed it first.

My point remains. Iran considers America as the great satan because America is the great power supporting Israel. That alone is why Iran hates America...because she hates Israel.

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[MoreCoffee]

Let's see, I no sooner respond to this thread, and there you are, responding immediately after.

you wrote your first reply on 4th April and I wrote my first reply on 1st May.