Iran’s influence and power in the middle east is expanding rapidly. Iran is a player in determining the future of Syria. The US is not. Hilariously it is not because of any shrewd manipulation or strategy on the part of the Iranians, but is rather the unintentional result of US belligerence, wars and the emerging Saudi/Israeli alliance. Sometimes countries achieve empire by ambition, other times it is thrust upon them from a vacuum.
In recent years there has been talk of moving the Iranian capital from Tehran to Esfahan, because Tehran is so crowded. Esfahan was the capital of the last Persian Empire under the Safavid dynasty. The way things are going, it may serve that purpose in the future as well.
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