They survived Alexander's Greeks, they survived the Arab caliphate without getting turned into Arabs
They survived Safavi Azeri and Nadir shah without turning into Turks.
They overthrew the Ameri-Shah and placed the Mullah in his place.
I too believe they can't remote control the Persian.
France, India, China, Russia and Iran are countries that cannot be puppeted as long as they are in one piece, more such countries may be there but i am not aware.
They are a proper civilization going back 3k years, not some goat fucking 2rs jaahil Arabs residing in fake-ass nations made by European map makers