Iran, formerly known as Persia..used to be a much more free society. There are photos of women wearing blue jeans even!! crazy right?

I had a friend in the '80's from Iran. An EE. He became a US citizen. Hated the regime there. Said he still lived a western lifestyle as did his friends with parties with both sexes (there were only 2 back then. kek). The point is, I think the majority of the nation was like him and probably had kids that thought like him. In my opinion, the extremists were mostly the ones in power and a small % mentally challenged zealots. The rest were suffering under them.

A 2020 anonymous survey by the Gamaan Institute of over 50,000 Iranians found:

32% identified as Shi’a Muslim

9% as Sunni Muslim

Nearly 50% identified as non-religious or having lost their religion

Over 70% opposed religious laws, including compulsory hijab

Sauce:

https://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2025/09/11/islam_is_weakening_in_iran_1134383.html

I recall from my past intel briefs that Iran population is <40% Muslim and many of those were “gun point converted”. The 1979 coup by the outcast cleric from France was based solely on hatred for the Shah, not for the Iranians, but rather to avenge the death of his father by the Shahs forces. It was estimated that 50% or more are of Christian faith, love the Western culture way of life and freedom that they once knew. Now these briefings were done back in 2008-10 timeline and Solemani was a young officer, but an upcoming rising star in the IRGC. He and the current evil leaders dead!

There are a lot of underground Christians in Iran, too.

throwing off the mullahs and you'll find that Iran is maybe 40% muzzie. not the 99% the mullahs claim.

but the non-muzzie will need to kick Islam out. Islam is not compatible with liberty or patriotism.

but... it's their problem. not ours. Kicking the mullahs out is all we need to do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05-vxZ2ieoc&t=5s

That's what it used to be. After the current operation they may or may not go back to that. Depends who the CIA puts in the leadership position and what their goals are,

One of my best friends was station in Iran before and when the Shaw fell. He was on the last Military flight out. He used to tell me stories of being off base (free time) was similar to partying here in the US. Society there was much different in the 70’s it seems.

The Mullahs were deep state installs designed to keep the Middle East unstable since 1980 and flood Europe with muslims, only Muslim’s in the uk prior to 1980 were selected legal migrants from Pakistan and India

Iran largely was prior to the 1979 revolution more of a cosmopolitan Islam. Blended with the regions previous beliefs and predominant Persian Culture.

A significant part of the ‘Traditionalist’ Islam that’s causing most of the world problems today by and large is a ‘modern’ relatively speaking problem and was and is currently backed and spearheaded by various private interests Western or otherwise.

Iran is not a Muslim nation, it is a nation conquered by Islam. They do not want Sharia; they want to be free from the oppression of the Mullahs.

The answer lies in your premise: how a muslim nation, in this case Iran.

Iran is not a nation, but a country consisting of many nations. Nations consist of people, and people have different ways and convictions.

So, instead of going by the political label, perhaps it would be wise to consider the constituent elements and move from there.

on the other hand, reversing your question: how can a free society embrace slavery by instituting socialism and communism?