What's happening in Iran?

[LCHorn 2620]

On 11/3/2022 at 8:31 PM, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

I honestly think that other people groups don't think like Americans. Fighting guerrilla warfare and revolution is basically bred into us. Not just culturally, but genetically. You had to have the right genetic makeup to fight and survive on the frontier.

Haha, that’s definitely where my mind goes when I’m perusing people of Walmart.com.  We’re a nation of warriors!

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59 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

Haha, that’s definitely where my mind goes when I’m perusing people of Walmart.com.  We’re a nation of warriors!

We’re fighting and kicking both anorexia’s and propriety’s ass!    ‘ Merica!! 

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Shit is continuing to happen. And looks like a nationwide student strike/protest is brewing

 

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They still don’t appear to be calling out the military which makes me wonder if they don’t trust the conscripts 

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Killings are ramping up.  Even Amnesty International is paying attention

 

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This should scare the shit out of the Iranian leaders…that is some distribution of protests and deaths,

 

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That isn't scaring anyone.  Until it is members of the party, the ruling elite, their security forces, the elite, and the families of those previous categories getting killed it doesn't mean a thing.  

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Iranian MPs asking for protestors to be executed.   That’s going to calm things down.

 

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Not the social media trend expected, but the one we need or something,

 

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Things are picking up

 

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Iranian athletes are supporting the protests and embarrassing the regime

 

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Famous celebrities

 

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I kept thinking they were going to be able to put this down but it seems large enough they can't murder their way out of this.

 

 

[Nivek 16930]

8 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Things are picking up

 

They should remind the men they are wearing a dress.  

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Things continuing to ramp up over the past 24 hours.

Amnesty International calling them out

Rounding up relatives

 

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Damn…

 

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22 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Damn…

 

That’s a lot of athletes for the regime to execute.

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4 hours ago, South Austin said:

That’s a lot of athletes for the regime to execute.

 

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they can't be serious about murdering 15,000 people ?

 

[Brisketexan 105144]

they can't be serious about murdering 15,000 people ?
 

That’s the game that’s being played. If the protestors had any doubts, the leaders just made it clear.
So, the people should kill their leaders. All of them. Join the people, or die.

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Just now, Brisketexan said:

That’s the game that’s being played. If the protestors had any doubts, the leaders just made it clear.
So, the people should kill their leaders. All of them. Join the people, or die.

 

they need weapons 

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That’s a fantastic way to create tens of thousands of people who don’t give a fuck about murdering officials out of the family and friends of those to be executed.

And yeah, it’s a great way for protestors to have their minds made up about being arrested.

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2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

they need weapons 

There's never an Iran-Contra scandal around when you need one. 

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1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

 

That’s a fantastic way to create tens of thousands of people who don’t give a fuck about murdering officials out of the family and friends of those to be executed.

And yeah, it’s a great way for protestors to have their minds made up about being arrested.

 

better to die on your feet in the street, than in a prison cell tied up and blind folded 

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better to die on your feet in the street, than in a prison cell tied up and blind folded 

Even better to kill your oppressors wherever they can be found. In public, at their HQ, or best….at home, as they sleep. Along with their family that enabled, empowered, and protected them.

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9 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

they need weapons 

The protestors keep saying that support from the west would be counterproductive. It seems dumb to me but...

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The protestors keep saying that support from the west would be counterproductive. It seems dumb to me but...

Plus how are you going to get it there? It’s not like Iran is surrounded by our friends and allies.

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Where is the Mossad when you need it.  Iran is teetering, people. Is this not your biggest opportunity in decades?

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Where is the Mossad when you need it.  Iran is teetering, people. Is this not your biggest opportunity in decades?

My guess is doing everything they can. They just don’t advertise much.

Also, just because these protesters don’t love the clerics, it doesn’t mean whoever gets in power will be good for Israel.

So maybe they’ve taken a “let them fight” perspective.

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4 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

My guess is doing everything they can. They just don’t advertise much.

Also, just because these protesters don’t love the clerics, it doesn’t mean whoever gets in power will be good for Israel.

So maybe they’ve taken a “let them fight” perspective.

I think Israel would be happy with just enough turmoil in Iran to allow it to destroy Iran's nuclear capabilities.

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1 hour ago, Bevo said:

The protestors keep saying that support from the west would be counterproductive. It seems dumb to me but...

It has to happen from the inside.  The US meddling is a perfect way to have it fall apart.  It has to be organic.

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11 minutes ago, texasdago said:

It has to happen from the inside.  The US meddling is a perfect way to have it fall apart.  It has to be organic.

That's great but it has been going on for a long time now and 15,000 people have been sentenced to death. At some point, I think weapons are important.

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11 minutes ago, Bevo said:

That's great but it has been going on for a long time now and 15,000 people have been sentenced to death. At some point, I think weapons are important.

The US sneaking them isn't going to have the outcome we want.  At some point, it has to happen like it did with the Iranian revolution... all the weapons came from the miltary and other groups that were supportive of overthrowing the Shah.  Not from the US.

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It doesn't seem to me that 15,000 have been sentenced to death.  Going through the various sources, it seems people have conflated the fact that 15,000 have been arrested for protesting, a protester has been sentenced to death (some arson charge apparently), and the lawmakers saying that want to teach the protesters a "lesson" so that others don't join their ranks.  

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[South Austin 52510]

I haven't been following this thread since it started, so sorry if this was posted several pages ago, but I just watched the 4-part HBO miniseries Hostages about the 1979 Iranian revolution and the American hostages held after the takeover of the U.S. Embassy.  It was a fascinating deeper dive into that part of U.S. (and Middle East) history, and I vaguely remember being aware of that when I was a kid.  And it's even more interesting to watch in light of what's going on in Iran right now, which is a slow-grinding 40+year process of the tables being turned on the 1979 revolution.

I'm sure this is elementary for many on this thread:  The 1979 revolution was itself a slow-burn of prior generations with the aim of overthrowing the Shah dictatorship, justified in many respects.  But the revolutionaries in large part simply wanted the Shah out, while maintaining the freedoms they had enjoyed over that era, including certain democratic rights, Western culture such as music, film, and fashion, and women's rights in education, the workforce, and basic shit like being able to drive a car.  The exiled Ayatollah was a figurehead and inspiration for the revolution, but once the Shah was driven out and he returned to Iran, he drove the revolution further into the theocratic regime that was even more oppressive than the Shah, erasing the freedoms that Iran had enjoyed for decades.  Even many of the revolutionaries who took the embassy and American hostages (and I felt little sympathy or absolution for those guys who were interviewed throughout the series) were all, "What the fuck, we didn't want this!"

I highly recommend this.  It's currently on HBO/Max.

 

[The Dog 44054]

Holy shit

 

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1 hour ago, The Dog said:

Holy shit

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Supposedly a security guy that protestors stripped nude and beat.

 

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Women must cover hair. Bleeding and beaten security personnel can run naked.

Yeah, seems like a fun place. 

Now just wait until Qatar has to deal with Brit World Cup fans.