>>Well, I'll be darned. It's not capitalism afterall, but political warfare:
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>>http://english.people.com.cn/200703/12/eng20070312_356565.html
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>Looks like the current Iranian government wants to identify itself with the glory of the ancient Persian civilization. And gather some of the publicity it has been craving recently, in the process.


About the only thing they have in common with ancient Persia is geography.