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Iran’s Alternate 1985: The Future That Should Have Been and Could Still Be
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Iran’s Alternate 1985: The Future That Should Have Been and Could Still Be

The clock tower strikes again! If Marty McFly had parked his DeLorean in Tehran in mid-June 2025, he’d swear Doc Brown had punched in the wrong timeline coordinates.
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  • Iran’s freedom clock stopped in 1979 — but history reminds us that missed futures don’t have to disappear.

  • From nukes reduced to rubble to proxies in retreat, a regime built on defiance now faces the slow truth of its own undoing.

  • In these fushigi times, Iran’s DeLorean moment flickers — a chance to trade dogma for dignity, exile for ingenuity, and detour for destiny.


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Creator / Writer / Presenter: Angelino Schintu
Produced, Recorded & Engineered at: Fushigi Labs Tokyo
Opening & Closing Voice / Audio Production: Thomas Kinkaid
Theme Music: Original composition Fushigi by Andrew P Partington


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Angelino Schintu is a veteran journalist, broadcaster, and filmmaker based in Japan. He is Editor-in-Chief of The Fushigi Times — an independent Slow Media platform offering bold, reality-grounded perspectives on global affairs, cultural explorations, and creative thought.

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