Quote Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh
If by "stability" you mean consistency of governmental form, than Israel edges out Iran by having a Govt./Constitution in place for nearly 60 years vis-a-vis Irans 25+.
Well the Iranians did have to get rid of one earnestly disliked, in due form US-backed, autocrat first you know... Nevermind now that I seem to recall hearing something about Persia having had a reasonably working republic-democracy sort of thing going for a while before the Shah was reinstated as the de facto dictator with the due US backing...

Being a little forgetful here, are we ?