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Talking to the Iranian guy in my building, young liberal urban people are moving away from Islam in droves. The religion is linked to the conservative corrupt ruling elite, and seen as a tool to keep them in power.


Re the merits of the Persian Gulf League verus A League. AFC give Iran 2 automatic spots in the AFC Elite Champions League and Australia one spot.

Iran's biggest club Persepolis (currently 4th in the PGL) were AFC Champions League beaten finalists in 2018 & 2020.

AFC Elite Champions League West Persepolis are currently 6th (of 12 teams), the other Iranian club Esteghlal are 8th.
In comparison with AFC Elite Champions League East the Mariners are 12th/last and winless

The ALM ain't rated much at all by AFC, and based on how poorly generally A League teams have gone in the ACL, likely fair enough.

The AFC Club Competitions Ranking ranks its member associations by results in the AFC competitions. Rankings are calculated by AFC. Listed here are the top 30 countries.

Rank Country Points
1 Saudi Arabia | 93.795
2 Japan | 91.820
3 South Korea | 88.295
4 Qatar | 75.950
5  Iran | 72.018
6 United Arab Emirates | 64.130
7 China | 57.630
8 Thailand | 49.470
9 Uzbekistan | 45.006
10 Iraq | 36.902
11 Australia | 34.080