Mini-Book About Iranian Western Heritage and Current Conditions in Markdown

this markdown should generate a PDF document with the Makodo Markdown Editor Title : Common Heritage & Vision Subtitle : A mini-book about Iranians. Logo : True [TITLE] # Mithraism What isn't taught about my culture any longer is that we share the same values and faith as ancient Rome and Greece, literally: [Mithraism]. [Our soldiers were Western], we weren't the sand warriors Hollywood depicts. [We had castles], [we bred horses], we did many things. The Greeks had a God for us: [Perseus]. Iranian people (Kurds, Tajiks, and others) are the last remaining culture on earth that to this day have our national holidays kept in tact for thousands of years, and [the same as it was in ancient Europe]: - the arrival of Aries on the spring equinox (we call Norooz) - the birth of Mithra on the winter solstice (we call Yalda) Our holidays as Iranians are at the calendraic equinoctēs and solstices. Our culture is heterogeneous by definition: hundreds of groups within many ethnicities with their own identities, languages, and histories that traditionally shared a single national identity. # History We had a [genocide in 1917] where more than 10 million were killed by economic sanctions from London. Our best modern king was [overthrown in 1941]. He mysteriously [died in 1944]. His son [died in 1980] from acute onset terminal cancer (doesn't happen naturally so often) right after a [six month overthrow] of a [2500+ year old institution] by Khomeini who was [protected in Paris]. Our last king remains demonized to this day despite his having an [approval rating of over 90%] or more prior to his overthrow. Khomeini and the Islamists [were] and [remain] financially backed by the global financial system through [Pakistan]. Our king was [not welcome] by any western nation after his overthrow, while Khomeini was [Time's "Man of the Year" in 1979]. # Current We've had to defend ourselves and culture as Persians, children of Aries, Iranians, Aryans, for thousands of years. We're in the midst of our [second Arab cultural onslaught] in history. The Islamic Republic had banned our New Year and calendar, replaced it with their moon calendar. My people fought and defeated them, and our calendar, culture, monuments, and self-identity have persevered. Under the Islamic Republic today, the ancient Iranian calendar and culture live and await the death of the foreign Islamic theocracy that does not belong there. [Mithraism]: http://www.truthbeknown.com/mithra.htm [Our soldiers were Western]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aswaran [We had castles]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_castles_in_Iran [we bred horses]: https://www.cambridgescholars.com/download/sample/59069 [Perseus]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perses_(son_of_Perseus) [the same as it was in ancient Europe]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_(Roman_month) [genocide in 1917]: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780761861676/The-Great-Famine-and-Genocide-in-Iran-1917-1919-2nd-Edition [overthrown in 1941]: https://warisboring.com/in-1941-british-and-soviet-troops-invaded-iran/ [died in 1944]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Shah [died in 1980]: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ousted-shah-of-iran-dies-in-exile [six month overthrow]: https://www.apnews.com/59730a202b204a0faefc20ea5e513448 [2500+ year old institution]: https://youtu.be/TTSuN6s1jr8 [protected in Paris]: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-revolution-anniversary-france/in-a-quiet-french-village-a-cleric-plotted-irans-revolution-idUSKCN1PP2OI [approval rating of over 90%]: https://youtu.be/n-grR1e6dw8 [were]: https://books.google.com/books/about/Treacherous_Alliance.html [remain]: https://www.fdd.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/MEMO-Germany-Iran-risk-resource-guide-2018.pdf [Pakistan]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/12/03/the-pakistani-origins-of-the-israeli-state/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3fcc545ab0ac [not welcome]: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/iran-blog/2016/jul/21/thatcher-files-show-how-irans-shah-was-denied-uk-asylum [Time's "Man of the Year" in 1979]: https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/31/archives/time-names-khomeini-man-of-year-for-1979.html [second Arab cultural onslaught]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_Persia