Demagoguery of the highest order is defending the current regime using pseudo-patriotic arguments to imply the current regime is independent while its record has been  to use this quixotic conflicts as a ruse to enrich its elite and guarantee its survival

First things first.

The savages ruling iran need to put the economy back together and then we will see if we can validate their claim as having an actual foreign policy.

It is the economy STUPID.

For 40 years your tribe has surrendered its destiny to the PLO and the felestinies cause! It's time to take a U turn!?

Yes you have to play that game to a certain degree. There is no choice when the other  guy is bigger and stronger than you. Doesn't mean you have to give up everything, you can compromise, negotiate and so on. That is why you need smart and savy politicans like the  late Ghavam and Foroughi type not Javad Zakhim type!