it's our ancestors faults. i'm talking way back during the industrial revolution. these decaying empires of the region in that time were ripe for the picking f

it's our ancestors faults. i'm talking way back during the industrial revolution. these decaying empires of the region in that time were ripe for the picking for the emerging powers of the world. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Russia_relations https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Russia_relations check the history section, particularly the 1800s: "In his later years of rule, Peter the Great found himself in a strong enough position to increase Russian influence more southwards in the Caucasus, the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea at the cost of the two declining empires; the Safavid Empire and the Ottoman Empire."