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So if you accept that all of those were lies up to Nicaragua you’re still mostly in clown make-up?
it’s almost the same script of Syria too lol
btw, in case people insist the US is not involved at all. This is US Secretary of Treasury, Scott Bessent, bragging about the success of the deliberate economic pressure put on by the US on Iran. Play from minute 29:17.
I was speaking to a Nicaraguan co-worker a few days ago about the current situation in Nicaragua and the general geopolitical situation in Latin America as whole. She seems to be in her 50s so I ask about her memories regarding the Contras and Sandinistas. I shit you not, she actually spoke positively about the Contras; she said if the Contras were around today, Nicaragua wouldn’t be in the situation that it is today. She goes on to say that her dad was falsely accused of being a member of the Contras.
While I understand that the situation with her dad may have traumatized her, it is mind-boggling that she praised the U.S.-funded death squads.
If this is in the US, take her opinion with a grain of salt lol.
There is always someone, normally someone whos family got more wealth while the others died. (The wave effect i guess.)
What’s the lie about Ukraine? That one seems pretty cut n dry (for international relations anyway)
What’s the lie about Ukraine?
Yaroslav Hunka scandal leaps to mind. But farther than that, it was the same old “it’s not going to be a quagmire”, “it’s not just about propping up the US arms industry”, “we have to fight them over there so we don’t have to fight them over here” line we’ve been hearing in every international theater.
Even the bit about Trump being “Putin’s Puppet” falls apart on any amount of historical interrogation. Trump was selling anti-tank missiles to Kiev as far back as 2018, three years before the Donbas invasion. He’d laid a bunch of sanctions on the country the first year he took office.
Then, as soon as Biden took office, he’s the one weak on Ukraine, according to the GOP.
Both parties egged their own supporters on by insisting the other party wasn’t Pro-Ukraine enough. Both parties insisted the other faction was “Communist”. Both insisted the other was a fifth column, trying to disarm the US from within. It was always and forever bullshit.
No, no, no you dont understand. This time the humanitarian concerns of neocons is real and definitely not a pretext for regime change.
Hi.I’am from iran please ask me anything that you have doubt about it and i probably able to show you evidence. (Sorry for bad English)
I heard Reza Pahlavi is wildly popular in Iran right now and Iranian locals are enthusiastic about seeing the Shah returned to power. Is this true?
I’ve seen street interviews showing the opposite. Link to a video on Reddit
There’s monarchists who do in fact support him, but they’re not the majority by any means.
Its so easy to believe iranian tv show. Did you know how many people in iran even look at this kind of program? It so hard to believe for foreigners that iran news network is so opposite from people. Like in this network they are showing in last day people celebrate some kind of religious event(نیمه ی شعبان). Do you really think it’s possible for people who, according to Iranian news networks, killed at least 3,000 people to celebrate and be happy? Or can you believe that these same networks say that all those who were in the protests were mercenaries of America and Israel. These are what these news networks say. It is not difficult for a foreigner who does not know these issues to believe these issues, but someone who is in Iran does not need to see these propaganda programs of the regime that are produced with the our money.
this is very joyful that you ask about this. I was at the protests when people were using these slogans.
مرگ بر خامنه ای
translate : death to khamenei
مرگ بر دیکتاتور
translate : death to dictator
این اخرین نبره پهلوی بر میگرده
trans : this is the last war pahlavi gonna come back
جاوید شاه
eternal shah
دل های ما خونی اع خامنه ای کونی ع
our heart is bleeding , khamenei is p*ssy(honestly it’s not mean that but please tack it form me)
so i think persian guys like reza. and it so popular in iran(I also really like he). how many of iranian people does not like reza somthing like 1/15 . people jock about it : like bro when reza gonna come back? it’s tack so long.
From what I have read Iran doesn’t seem like a very good place to be these days. A lot of violence is shown, especially against women and girls. Religious extremism also looks quite scary to me. My question is how do you feel about your country and how is it different from the way it’s being represented in the media? (Assuming you track western news I guess).
Thank you for taking questions, I hope you and your family are safe and cared for.
Hello, thank you for your beautiful questions. I will do my best to answer your questions. The problems of religious extremism began in the early years of the Islamic Revolution. It has always had three basic aspects:
- The violation of women’s rights
- Economic problems
- Anti-war and the illusions of Khomeini and Khamenei to take away the rights of Muslims and destroy America (from the first day of the Revolution) and Israel
I will give you examples of each of these problems, so that it may be of more help to you. 1- About the violation of women’s rights. My mother said that in high schools, early in the revolution, they would put razors between the napkins and the toilets. So that if someone used lipstick and wanted to wipe their lips, they would cut them. If men wore short-sleeved shirts, they would paint their bodies. There were many illogical and even ineffective methods ( also for government itself) . Gradually, men and women were able to gain some freedom with freedom of thought and social culture, but the hijab was still banned.
The second thing: I once read here that someone said that Elon Musk and Trump are as crazy as Khomeini. Khomeini had a famous saying in the days of the revolution: Economics is for donkeys…
And I don’t need to say that our country, even though I earn $0.3 per hour as a simple worker (buying 10 eggs costs $1, almost a little more), spends its treasury on destroying countries like Israel and America.
Third case Since the first day of the revolution, there has been no change. Every day in the queues of Iranian schools, people say, “Death to America and Israel,” even though we are all fascinated by their world full of wonders and freedom. There is no end to it. There is evidence that shows that the Islamic Republic has given the country’s water budget to Palestinians who were killed for the past 4 years. I once mentioned this statistic to my high school teacher, but he didn’t give me a grade, even though high school was for brilliant talents.
The country of Iran, under the shadow of the Islamic Republic, is primarily seeking freedom from its own people. Unfortunately, I do not have much access to Western news, but I must tell you this to convey the badness of Iran. In recent times, over 20,000 Iranians have been killed, and I was at the protests for two days. I saw three people killed with my own eyes. And they took money from the families to deliver the bodies of these people. so this is what iran really look like from inside. sorry i use translate it was large text.
Thank you for such a detailed response! It is quite a bit to take in, I guess I had hoped that Iran was much better and that the media had exaggerated what was going on. I’m sorry to hear that you were at the protests and witnessed your comrades be murdered. That would definitely fuck me up a bit.
Thanks dude. I think they’re gonna be gone soon, iran gets better
That’s a future worth living for
How’s the internet access in the country right now? Only people with starlink get to connect at all?
so for now we can hardly find some proxy config for access to internet. in general i can say 6/10 of people have access but we have some problem. in past 5 years they try to make Iran internet to intranet you can read about it here : https://powell-software.com/resources/blog/difference-between-intranet-and-internet/ in the one of the firsts day of Protests (Jan 8 2026) they change our access from internet to “iran intranet” and also closing telephone lines(They wanted the protesters to have no access to calls, so that they would no longer be able to communicate with each other even by calling.), and this status continued for 13 day i guess. and from then until now they filter some of proxy protocol like vless, but this mfs can every time they want change this conditions to intranet.i hope i help ,sorry again for my english.
Ahh, I see the over bearing, authoritarian, theocratic government we instilled is now no longer useful.
Who do you think “installed” the Iranian government?
They’re telling the truth about Iran killing huge numbers of their own citizens to crush the protests. It was in the 30000 range like a week ago. They are lying that they actually care about that.
You’re adding a zero to the total number dead, and also conflating those killed by Iran with those killed by Daesh and Israel. The larger portion is those killed by Israel/USA/Allies since they’re the ones using terrorism tactics.
The thing I think is that Iran is indeed an authoritarian theocratic regime and killed 3000 people confirmed by themselves, but so is Israel. The problem is the ipocricy in the judgement of a nation that should before look at it self and get that it’s not better than others. But we all know this
Most of those were civilians and security forces (2427 out of 3117). The other numbers floating around seem completely made up by NGOs and western media so it’s hard to know if there are more dead rioters.
how many is too many?
I agree, that’s why we all should condemn the western sanctions that made the local currency collapse and led people to starvation and violence
How many western regime change operations that inevitably create magnitudes more casualties is too many? Because that’s the “solution” that’s being talked about, not some actual people’s government
I’m not sure I understand the question, if you mean whether I trust any numbers the answer is no, but the government numbers are a good minimum estimate.
If the question is whether I support the Iranian government uncritically, the answer is also no, but based on past history it’s still an extremely stupid idea to support an intervention.
I believe Iranians deserve a break from the illegal sanctions that keep them struggling, once they can breathe they’ll decide in their own terms if they wanna reform or overthrow their government or whatever else.
Palestine also.
Typical imperial core chauvinism. They know their governments are evil but still cling hard to the idea that they’re the best therefore every non western aligned country must be even more evil.
“If my country is evil while calling itself the leader of the free world, other countries must be super evil”
I believe Iran is going through a new worker-led revolution and that the current theocratic regime is certainly gunning down protesters and the US is scared of what’ll happen if the workers rise to power so they want regime change instead.
It started with a currency crash (which is most likely a result of US manipulation). That failed, because the Iranian government didn’t immediately oppress business owners whose demands (not to sell at a loss) were found to be reasonable.
Then at least four different groups (including monarchists and Kurdish separatists) started killing civilians, police forces, setting mosques on fire, and so on (there’s footage for all of this, if you have the stomach to watch it).
The Iranian government responded to that by shutting down the internet, and with force. When they shut down the internet the riots more or less stopped, which signals that the operations were conducted from abroad, the obvious candidates being the US and Israel.
Furthermore, there have been millions of Iranians rallying in support of their government all over their country, which makes sense as foreign led violence can only push you closer to your government.
You can’t have a workers revolution without an organized vanguard and class consciousness. This is just old school terrorism by reactionary groups supporting a regime change to install a US puppet, like we’ve seen time and time again.
I make no moral judgement on the government’s action, I’m just recounting the timeline of events.
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The US Empire and its vassals clearly want regime change in Iran. It’s a key strategic area for the Belt and Road Initiative, has lots of oil, and is the biggest regional supporter of the Palestinian resistance and the biggest threat to Israel. You’re letting yourself get swept up in a western-backed regime change operation on the side of Israel and the US, ie you’re projecting with your claims of fascism.
Not the other dude and I am buying what you’re selling, but the only source being some rando on Twitter doesn’t seem sufficient.
There are other sources, but many are on twitter, Telegram, etc due to the internet blockade.
That’s fair, it’s hard to find credible sources atm due to media being consolidated against Iran and the like but if no one beats me to it I’ll try putting sources for specific claims for each thing later. Do you need a source for a particular claim? Mossad involvement? (For the record, Mike Pompeo is the former CIA director so he’s very credible when boasting about intelligence involvement lol)
Thanks for being receptive and bot having a go at me questioning this.
I guess I would like more information on how the protests are US backed and certainly how Mossad are involved.
Again, it’s not that I don’t believe you I just know this place is very much like the right wing these days where anything can be said as long as it’s for the cause, not saying this is you but I like to be sure about things I will tell others.
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No, you’re aiding fascists by siding with Israel and the US Empire. There’s no organized, working class movement in Iran that was behind the protests, and in such conditions spontaneity gets swept up behind whatever is actively stirring the pot. Further, it’s factually proven that Israel and the US have been arming rioters and offering reward money for kills.
This is why reading theory is necessary for anyone on the left, otherwise you make fundamental errors and end up supporting fascists that would be far worse for Iranians than their current theocracy.
says the US supporter
…tune in tomorrow for the latest from “every accusation is a confession”
Sounds a lot like you’re supporting fascism to me.
I’m a communist, I support the free determination of all people, I just don’t support killing random ass civilians in the name of your self determination, and I wouldn’t trust any separatist movement that willingly sides with the US and/or Israel, for obvious reasons. I believe that the Kurdish struggle matters and they have the seeds to do something great, and this isn’t that.
I read this to the tune of Yakko’s World
can you post the latest Time Magazine cover and point out its pushing war propaganda again ? thank you
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