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My friend's Iranian emigrant father once described Iran as "a cat surrounded by trouble". How far back does this idea of Iran looking like a cat go? Is it an emigrant/Western thing, or do Iranians have this trope too?

by /u/mikitacurve in /r/AskHistorians

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