I think they prefer to be called the Persian people - unless they are Muslim. The Persians were good people, they were as modern as the US in the 70s (until the revolution), and I think if they keep protesting they could win this thing. They would probably need security help for a while, but they could make Iran into a functional country that gets along with their neighbors and won't support terrorism.

Incidentally, a peaceful Persian Iran would lead to Lebanon becoming what they once were. My pediatrician when I was growing up in the 70s and 80s was from Lebanon. He fled with his family when things started getting bad there. He was a good man and he would listen to his patients - and treat them how they wanted to be treated.

Example - I was 10 and had a really bad, infected ingrown toenail that had to have the root cut out. I told him I wanted to watch. At first he tried to warn me, but I was serious - and he let me watch. My mom left and went to the waiting room. From the numbing shot, to the peeling back part of the nail, to cutting the mail from top to bottom, to pulling the cut part that was attached to the nail root out - and all the blood that came with it - I watched every part. I was fascinated. Then the nurse fainted when a little bit of blood squirted once the root popped out. She fell straight down. Both the doctor and I started laughing - which caused him to laugh even more, and he called the front desk person to come get the nurse up and in a chair while he finished my toe. My mom came back in when she heard the thump, heard us laughing, and heard the doctor call for the guy in the front. The doctor told her I did great, the nurse fainted, and told her to buy me some beer - I deserved it.

That doctor was great. These days no doctor would let a child watch something like that, and that might be part of why there are so many "less-than-manly-men" now.