With the US-Israeli invasion, Iran re-enters history

With the US-Israeli invasion, Iran re-enters history Submitted by Hamid Dabashi on Mon, 03/16/2026 - 05:48 For Iranians, the current assault is part of a much longer history in which repeated invasions have tested the country's civilisation but never succeeded in breaking it An Iranian flag flutters as a digger arrives to remove debris from buildings destroyed in US-Israeli military strikes on the capital Tehran, on 15 March 2026 (Atta Kenare/AFP) On Iranians have a very long historical memory. The way they talk ab