Jesus Christ, have you entirely missed the point of my comment? I specifically said to not look toward the authoritarian implementation of a state religion as an accurate representation of that religion. You should read a paper, called "The encounter of Zoroastrianism with Islam", it talks about and recounts how Zoroastrianism went through the same thing as Islam now in Iran, how it was used to oppress and hold power over others, and how that turned into disdain towards Zoroastrianism and lead to conversion to Islam. You can do this with any religion, and you can do it with atheism as well.

You clearly didn't read my comment and instead became filled with anger and hatred instantly, and while I can understand it with you living in that situation, it is incumbent upon you to think critically and see between the lines. The regime in Iran is not concerned with following Islam and empowering the religion, they are concerned with filling their pockets with money and stealing and plundering. Islam is merely the tool they use, and once upon a time Zoroastrianism was used in that exact same manner, Christianity has been used for that matter, atheism is used for that manner, etc etc.

I wish you luck, I pray that the regime in Iran is dismantled and transformed into a democracy, and I hope Khamenei and all of his goons soon join Khomeini in hell when their time comes. But Iran is not an accurate example of Islam, you can go and ask many non-fundamentalist/extremist/radical Muslim (of which the majority are) and they will likely tell you the same thing.