00:00So till 1979, Iran was a monarchy and the monarch was pro-West and Iran was a more westernized place
00:13than Darab world.
00:15And Israel had decent relations with Iran. In fact, when there was the six-day war, it was Iran that
00:27provided fuel, oil to Israel.
00:32And Israel's Mossad was collaborating closely with Iran's own secret services. That was the level of cooperation between these two
00:45countries.
00:46Then came 1979 and there was the Islamic revolution. With the Islamic revolution, that Israel-Iran relations go topsy-turvy.
00:57Suddenly, Iran declares Israel as the little satin. Who is the big satin?
01:04U.S.
01:06The U.S. Embassy. Why this hostility?
01:10Because your entire nation is now founded on religion. So you must oppose the other religion.
01:17But we want to close our eyes to the bare fact that religion gone wrong is the worst thing possible
01:25to human beings.
01:27Religion can be the most uplifting of forces and equally the most downgrading of forces.
01:34It depends on whether religion is understood in its pure spirit or in its distorted externalities.
01:44We love this.
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01:45The U.S. Embassy mentees.
01:46governors younger drivers.
01:46Dina Basinen.
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