Later in the same paragraph she says "Yes, they are Muslims, & overwhelmingly Shia Muslims, but they celebrate ancient Zoroastrian holidays—to the dismay of conservative clerics."
This paragraph is...
So, on page 2, Medea Benjamin introduces a definition of what it means to be Iranian that is both ethnically & religiously specific: Iranians are Persian & Muslim.
If I didn't believe that she got paid (or otherwise incentivized) to write this shit, I'd just think she was a very bad & small-minded analyst & communicator.
If I didn't believe that she got paid (or otherwise incentivized) to write this shit, I'd just think she was a very bad & small-minded analyst & communicator.
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