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[[Category:Nations]]
[[Category:Asia]]
[[Category:Southwest Asia]]
* '''Population:''' 110 million
* '''Aspects:''' Powerful, Totalitarian, Third Wave
At the beginning of the century, Iran’s leadership had
a clear mission: to unify Islam and drive out Communist,
Western, and secular influences. Unfortunately much of the
Muslim world did not agree, divided from Iran by religious
(Shi’ite vs. Sunni) and ethnic (Persian vs. Arab) distinctions.
Appeals to religion and anti-Western sentiments
failed. Sponsorship of terrorism only hardened anti-Iranian
attitudes. An episode of military adventurism led to the
Third Gulf War of 2013, in which Western forces handed
Iran a punishing defeat. By the 2040s it was obvious that
the hated Saudi monarchy would win the prize of Islamic
leadership, leaving Iran isolated in the world community.

The result was a period of social upheaval, the likes of
which had not been seen since the 1970s. The population
was severely divided, many called for democratic reforms,
state secularization, and reconciliation with the world community.
In 2053 a secular faction in the Iranian military
botched a coup attempt, plunging the country into civil war.
The secularists won, but only after years of bloodshed.

Today Iran is a neo-fascist state, ruled by a ruthless
alliance of business and military leaders. Modern technology
is used to monitor the population, detecting and crushing
any hint of rebellion. Religion is one of the foremost
targets of this repression. Although the country remains
Muslim, mullahs and other religious leaders are forbidden
to involve themselves in politics on pain of death or exile.
The ruling regime uses psychoneural techniques to “cure”
dissidents of their inconvenient beliefs, especially devout
Muslims who refuse to accept secularism.

Since the end of the civil war, Iran has made
some economic progress. The government and its
business allies have made massive investments in education
and technological improvement. Today, Iranian industry
is quickly absorbing [[Fourth Wave]] biotechnology. Most
biotech applications involve transgenic plants and animals
or non-sentient constructs, since the country is far from suffering
any shortage of labor.

On the other hand, the Iranian ruling elite is notorious
for importing large numbers of [[bioroids]] for all kinds of
personal service. Some of the Iranian leadership are so surrounded
by their bioroid servants and bodyguards that they
need never interact with other humans except by telepresence.
This habit only increases the regime’s unpopularity
among the Iranian people.

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