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| Tehran is located at the foot of the Elburz mountain range located next to the ancient ruins of the 4,000 year old former Persian capital Rhages (Ray). Today, Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran and the second largest city in the Middle East with over 7 million residents and approximately 15 million residents in the greater Tehran area. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
In spite of its importance as a national capital, the history of Tehran is one of the most enigmatic for any current major urban city in the world today. Much of its claimed history is contradictory, unsubstantiated and simply missing. |
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| The birth of the Safavid Dynasty and the Jesuits | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| The origin of Tehran is intimately related to the birth of the Safavid Dynasty and the arrival of the Jesuits to the region from 1542. Contrary to the false accounts claiming that Tehran existed as a town and the absurd claims it was even a city at this date, the whole area had been abandoned since the former capital capital Rhages (Ray) was utterly destroyed by the Mongols in 1220. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| In 1507, the city of Herat held by Muzaffar Hussayn, the last of the Timurid Dynasty finally fell to the Uzbeks causing the rest of Iran not under their control to return to the feudal authority of local warlords. The only leaders of any note during this period were the respected Sufi priest dynasty known as the Safavids led by Ishmail I. Within ten years, Ishmail succeeded in uniting the various warlords across Iran and by 1511 defeated the Uzbeks under Khan Muhammad Shaybāni. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| By 1540, the Jesuits had been formed by Francis Borja with Ignatius of Loyola the first Superior General. A key strategic early mission for the Jesuits was to establish relations with emerging eastern dynasties that (with a little military help) could halt the growth of the Ottoman Empire. The main priority was the Mughal Empire and the power vacuum in the Persian region. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Francis Xavier, the most trusted lieutenant was sent on this key mission with a band of Jesuits by 1541 east along the Mediterranean, then to Cairo, then Suez then south along Dead Sea and the coast of Arabia to Persia. To hide this mission and the key role of the Jesuits, this whole episode has been written out of history as Xavier and the Jesuits embarking on a ridiculous and journey circumnavigating Africa to Madagascar --contravening the most ancient and common routes to Iran and India (via Arabia) for thousands of years. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| In spite of the stupidity and illogical nature of the claimed "1st journey" of Xavier and the Jesuits --against all commonly known trade and travel at the time-- the Jesuits and the Vatican steadfastly refuse to admit Xavier or any Jesuit ever set foot in Iran until some decades later. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| What is known is that the Sufi Safavid priests suddenly went from spiritual leaders of Persia to Empire Builders and religious innovators (the formation of Shi'a religion) virtually overnight. In fact in 1545, the various loose factions under Safavid control appear to have "miraculously" assisted Mughal leader Humayun (1530-1556) gained a foothold in Kabul--a clear sign the Jesuits were firmly assisting the Sufi priests at Tabriz by this time. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| In 1548, the highly disciplined Ottomons sensing the growing strength of the Safavid Tahmasp I with his Jesuit military advisors attacked and temporarily captured Tabriz. However, in an even greater "miracle", the Safavid were somehow successful in launching a counter attack and the "superior" Ottomons pushed back. As a reward for their assistance the Jesuits were granted the title for all the lands around the previous ruins of Ray, while Tahmasp I built his new capital at Qazvin around 145 km north-west of the 1st Jesuit land holding in all of Asia. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tehran- the Blessed Garden of the Jesuits | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Of all the landholdings the Jesuits secured in Asia (such as Japan, India and Sth East Asia) during its 1st 50 years Ter'gan (Hebrew for "blessed garden") was arguably one its most strategic assets. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tahmasp I assisted in building a wall and defences around Ter'gan, including a Bazaar -- all under the control of the Jesuits. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| The influence of the Jesuit mission of Tehran (Ter'gan) and the Safavid Dynasty cannot be overstated. The Jesuits helped design their flag --which incredibly includes the unique styled Jesuit Luciferian sun symbol in its design. Most importantly, the Jesuit mission of Tehran was the site at which the Jesuits helped created the Shi'a religion as the counter reformation movement designed to ultimately destroy Islam from the inside. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Jesuit settlement and its original name and importance in forming Shi'a is honored every July 1st as the Tiregan Festival -- a fertility celebration based upon many of the traditions of pagan Roman Saturnalia from which modern Christmas was born. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tehran as Capital of Persia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| The 18th Century saw political in turmoil in Persia as there was throughout Europe. European influence on Persian affairs disappeared during the first decades which saw Abbass III (1732-1736) last of the Safavid rulers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| In July 1773 the Jesuits were disbanded by Pope Clement XIV. However, it appears the school and trading post of Tehran remained open. As Jesuit fortunes and power returned in Europe thanks to the French Revolution and their champion Napoleon Bonaparte the new Shah of Persia Muḥammad Khān Qājār (1794-1797) inexplicably chose to move his capital from Sari to this trading/education village of Tehran in 1796. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Muḥammad Khān Qājār did not live long in his new capital. It would be his successor Shah Fat′h Ali (1797-1834) that would transform Tehran and the fortunes of Persia. While the city of Tehran flourished, European interest and pressure on Persia emerged from three different sides almost simultaneously--primarily the Russians who annexed Georgia by 1804 as well as Napoleon and the French as well as the English. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tehran and World War II | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| During World War II, British and Soviet troops entered the city. Tehran was the site of the Tehran Conference in 1943, attended by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| The last Shah | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Following the war, the city's older landmarks suffered under the rule of Mohammad Reza Shah in direct contradiction to the classical tastes of the ancient title holders to the city. The Shah rejected the demands of the Jesuits and instead accelerated his "modernization" of Tehran --destroying many classical buildings including large parts of the Golestan Palace, Takieh-ye Dowlat, the Toopkhaneh Square, the magnificent city fortifications and the old citadel. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Shah believed that ancient buildings such as large parts of the Golestan Palace, Takieh-ye Dowlat, the Toopkhaneh Square (pictured to the right), the magnificent city fortifications and the old citadel among others should not be part of a modern city. But it was his nationalization of the massive oil industry against British and American oil interests that gained the hatred of intelligence services. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| In the 1970's the University in Tehran became the main focal point of protests and rising rebellion. In 1979 after decades in exile, the French secret service brought back Ayatollah Khomeini to Iran on the promise he would establish an Islamic Vatican State at Qom to replace the Shah and permit European interests to return to control and influence of oil. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| But on obtaining power in Tehran, Ayatollah Khomeini reneged on his solemn oath to the Europeans, instead closing down several embassies and forcing the Americans into the humiliation of the US Embassy siege. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Since then the Ayatollahs have remained firmly in power refusing to acknowledge the historic claims of land owners of Tehran and the European/American corporations. Instead, the Government of Iran has accelerated its dangerous program of nuclear weapon development. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Like Nagasaki in Japan, which was once a jewel in the crown of Jesuit holdings only to be obliterated by a thermonuclear bomb, it appears the leadership of Tehran are dedicated to meeting an identical fate in the years to come. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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