That country was safe, had a decent standard of living and high life expectancy and that despite the sanctions.
Without sanctions & active support I guess it might have surpassed UAE.
It seems to me, the US government that makes the citiziens of other countries as miserable as possible and despite these attempts Iran managed just fine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981%E2%80%931982_Iran_massacr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahshahr_massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_murders_of_Iran
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_executions_of_Iranian_pol...
Fucking ungrateful bastards! I've read in Wikipedia and western media how caricaturally evil this shia government is on this shia population! 30.000 deaths! We have proof! a CIA report!!!
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards are extremely bloodthirsty.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981%E2%80%931982_Iran_massacr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahshahr_massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_murders_of_Iran
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_executions_of_Iranian_pol...