Nobody here is defending the Islamic Republic of anything dammit! Such reactionary crap. Fact of the matter is that Israel is the only dictatorship in the region which claims to be a democracy while at the same time occupying someone else's territory, installing "Jews only roads", depriving Palestinians of WATER, and a whole slew of other attrocities. Yes these are attrocities whose roots are firmly planted in the occupation. And suicide bombings are also attrocities whose sole existence is owed to the occupation. What seems like the logical step here. Freaking figure it the hell out.