it&#x27;s our ancestors faults.<p>i&#x27;m talking way back during the industrial revolution. these decaying empires of the region in that time were ripe for the picking for the emerging powers of the world.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Iran–Russia_relations" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Iran–Russia_relations</a><p>check the history section, particularly the 1800s:<p>&quot;In his later years of rule, Peter the Great found himself in a strong enough position to increase Russian influence more southwards in the Caucasus, the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea at the cost of the two declining empires; the Safavid Empire and the Ottoman Empire.&quot;