" While defending itself against serious outside threats, Iran’s revolutionary Islamic Republic has managed a number of impressive social, economic, and technical achievements. Though the Western media has portrayed the Islamic Republic as a medieval theocracy, in alleged contrast to the “modernizing” Shah, the facts are otherwise. Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Iran has: *Ended child labor. *Raised life expectancy from 55 to 73 years. *Provided universal free public education through the end of high school. *Vastly increased women’s education, which lagged far behind men’s under the Shah, to the point that today women dominate Iran’s universities and publish more than 4,000 books per year. *Become the second biggest refugee recipient nation in the world, according to the UNHRC. *Become the largest automobile manufacturer in the Middle East. *Developed an impressive space program, launching satellites with pulsed plasma thrusters and solar panels. *Maintained relative harmony between ethnic and religious groups, despite the tremendous diversity, and despite heavily-funded foreign efforts to incite ethnic and sectarian strife. *Provided more significant aid to the Palestinians, in their struggle to resist occupation, than any other country – which is probably the main reason that the US media and political class, both largely owned and operated by supporters of Israel, are awash in anti-Iran extremism."
Posted on: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:32:38 +0000
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