The Iran of today is a pariah state. The leader of the Iranian Basij volunteer force, made the declaration that “Wiping Israel off the map is not up for negoti

The Iran of today is a pariah state. The leader of the Iranian Basij volunteer force, made the declaration that “Wiping Israel off the map is not up for negotiation.” and this has become the de facto policy of its leadership. The central question here is why does Iran need nuclear arms capability at all? If they backed off on their aggressiveness, who would be a threat to them? Iraq was in the 80s, but now certainly not the Israelis or Arabs. Iran has massive hydrocarbon resources to finance any level of wealth desired. They don’t need economic aid, but they choose to behave as a pariah in their neighborhood, and are sanctioned by most of the rest of the world. So yes calling them a 'pariah state' is 100% absolutely accurate and helpful because I think it’s just a matter of time before their relatively young population wakes up realizes it and throws the bums out. As their maniacal leadership keeps squirming to get around the sanctions; they keep screwing their population, which is highly educated, and realize they are suffering for the sins of the theocratic leadership. I really think the best outcome for this is an internal uprising, before the Israelis - and their new Arab friends - decide to take care of the problem.