Iran is an outlier. Its people are not Arabs like their neighbors and are descended from Aryan tribes. Its people are Muslims but not Sunni, as are 80% of believers. They are Shia and have been ruled since 1979 by Ayatollahs who impose a 7th-century theology. Unlike other Muslim states, Iran’s government is not a democracy or monarchy, or autocracy, but a theocracy that imposes severe religious laws such as mandatory hijabs, child marriage, restrictions on social freedoms, and a ban on