Yes, "interesting". A cry for help from Sharif University, perhaps. Ayatollah Ali Akbar Rafsanjani gave up the ghost rather 'unexpectedly'. Prior to his sudden

Yes, "interesting". A cry for help from Sharif University, perhaps. Ayatollah Ali Akbar Rafsanjani gave up the ghost rather 'unexpectedly'. Prior to his sudden removal from the scene he had made remarks regarding Japan, Germany, and their ultimate relationship with USA. He was an eminently pragmatic ideologue. This internal contradiction clearly proved to have had adverse health consequences. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/09/iran-reopens-investigation-into-rafsanjani-death https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/09/iran-reopens-i... "Today, you can see that Germany and Japan have the strongest economies in the world. These same two countries were prohibited from having military forces after the Second World War. When a country is at war, it spends so much money on its military. With no military spending, these countries could use that extra money on science and production and were able to create a science-based economy for themselves. As a result, they are no longer fragile. The door has been opened to a similar process in Iran." https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2016/09/ayatollah-hashemi-rafsanjani-japan-germany-military-spending.html https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2016/09/ayatollah-hashe... Yes, you are correct to read that and understand the Ayatollah Rafsanjani was explaining the benefits for Islamic Republic to throw in the towel and join the ranks of former enemies now prosperous allies of US: Germany and Japan. https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/rafsanjani-irans-wiliest-revolutionary-dies https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/rafsanjani-irans-wi...