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For Iran, the Persian Gulf is an area of particular importance, as it is not only connected with access to sources of oil and natural gas, but also constitutes an object of pride, power of the state and its survival throughout history. As one of the 17th-century Persian historians stated, "if the world were a golden ring, Hormuz would be its jewel." Iran gained control over part of the Strait of Hormuz after the Persian-Portuguese War in 1622.
Iran’s Theocracy and Nuclear Ambitions Explained.
Image: on X.com/khamenei_ir Angel Jaramillo Torres In 2006, I traveled to Iran from Vienna, where I was studying the language of Goethe, Kafka, Nietzsche, and so many other thinkers and writers that the great German culture has left us. I visited Tehran, Qom, Isfahan, and, further south, Shiraz. It was a fantastic and mysterious trip. I still remember how happy I was when I was told I was welcome at the immigration desk at Tehran airport. What I…
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