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That list of Iranian government values, and their need to act decisively, explains why women’s rights were quickly degraded as soon as the new religious leaders took power.
But there’s nothing better than a strong external enemy. Given the list of values mentioned before, Khomeini hates everything the US represents: liberalism, imperialism, separation of church and state, freedom, progress. That’s why Khomeini backed the takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran: The Iranian leaders accused the US of supporting Pahlavi, abetting his suppression of dissent, granting him asylum, and trying to take down the new government.
But Iran picked an even better enemy, one that was close by, very real, and had concrete facts to use against it: Israel. Anti-Zionism has become part of Iran’s core political beliefs. According to them, Israel is a cancer, the enemies of humanity, cursed, agents of the West, doomed to failure and annihilation, Small Satan…
Why?
Part of it is simply an extension of the hatred towards the US: Israel is also a western, democratic, liberal republic.
Part of it is political convenience: Jews make for a great external enemy that rallies people’s passions internally.
Part of it is that Israel challenges Iran’s historical expansion path towards the Mediterranean.
But the biggest reason is probably religious. Jews are not Muslim, and they displaced Muslims in Palestine. They occupy Jerusalem, a sacred Muslim city, and control the Al Aqsa Mosque. More importantly, the Iranian government is Shiah, and according to its religious doctrine, for a Messiah to come back, they need to get rid of Israel.
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