yeeeep true, nice post babek
but i wouldnt say that they fear Arabs....
Its more like with a Turks. They are convinced , that average Turkish is educateless donkey. I dont know if they fear them or not, but its true, that when i meet some Arabs in Persia, they were somehow marked as guests. Or when somebody introduced me iranian with arabic roots, they never ever forget to mention it

However you forget to say, that last Shah was supported by americans. But he were as inteligent as Saddam. Revollution in 80`s were not supposed to bring Islamic goverment. It were revolution to get rid of lobotomized Shah, who were consider to be US`s sheep.
Like vote for Kerry means No Bush anymore.
Religion party used(abused) situation and took power in that time.
However country is changing rapidly and life standart is growing.