Description : During the Soviet War in Afghanistan, why did the refugee surge into Iran not have a destabilizing effect like it did in Pakistan?
Last Answer : Simple answer. Iran is an authoritarian government, a theocracy that is run by a bunch of mullahs. As such, they could (and possibly did) quash any dissent by mobilizing the Revolutionary Guards. For ... government, that at least to a degree, believes in a democracy and open society of some sort.