Understanding Iranian History

I just watched Professor Ansari talking to Fareed Zakaria on CNN. I intend to educate myself, through his work, about Iranian history which this man has devoted his career to doing, and who is desperately sad to see the current tragedy unfolding in the Middle East.

See

https://www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/about/people/professor-ali-ansari/

And

https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/topics/military-history

Meanwhile, this was Trump’s Easter greeting:

Trump, 79, Drops F-Bomb in Unhinged Easter Morning Threat

HE HAS RISEN

Updated Apr. 5 2026 9:45AM EDT Published Apr. 5 2026 8:31AM EDT 

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Donald Trump began the holiest day on the Christian calendar with a profanity-filled Truth Social tirade in which he praised Allah.

The president, a Christian, kicked off Easter Sunday with a threatening message to Iran at 8:03 a.m.

“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!” Trump, 79, began.

“Open the F—n’ Strait, you crazy b—–ds, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH!” he raged. “Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP”

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Truth Social

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-drops-f-bomb-in-unhinged-easter-morning-truth-social-rant/

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Retired, living in the Scottish Borders after living most of my life in cities in England. I can now indulge my interest in all aspects of living close to nature in a wild landscape. I live on what was once the Iapetus Ocean which took millions of years to travel from the Southern Hemisphere to here in the Northern Hemisphere. That set me thinking and questioning and seeking answers. In 1998 I co-wrote Millennium Countdown (US)/ A Business Guide to the Year 2000 (UK) see https://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780749427917
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