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Iran was one of the first nations to recognize Israel--which it should not have because, aside from obvious reasons of basic human decency, Israel's declaration of "independence" was against the UN rulings regarding the Mandate of Palestine and Iran was one of the founding nations of the UN. Way to piss on international rule of law.
Iran famously provided Israel with oil while Arabs had embargoed it. It made the same appalling decision of selling to South Africa while the whole world had embargoed its apartheid state.
Regarding alleged Israeli sales of arms to Iran, Israel was merely a temporary laundering house for Oliver North's Iran arms sales operation. Reagan was entirely aware of and endorsed this. Declassified documents and the in-depth book recently published on the Iran-Contra affair corroborate this.
History 101.
It's way past time for certain people who are stuck in time and are still in love with the Pahlavi myths--which Israel majorly contributed to--to wake up and smell the coffee. Israel's current mode of existence is colonialist to the core and it's an affront to any nation like Iran that has been harmed by colonialist practices.