The buried lede:
It would be incredibly beneficial for the Iranian people if Iran could be a serious country and sell their oil around the world. Right now they are limited because they can only sell to china 'teapot refiners' is the way they call it
I guess I'm surprised I haven't heard this point out there. It's a great incentive to change, and our people can understand the economic angle. the islam bit is getting old. that's not all what tehran looks like. there's some of that but it's not unmanageable
I guess they'd have to have the whole 'tear down the statues' moment, do they? JFC do they really? Can't it just be done under a big cover, and just like "reconciliation commission" this bitch?
new ways of doing stuff
why create a new stresspoint that others can exploit