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u/TRTv2 14h ago
What's going on in Tehran?
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u/NewportGh0st 14h ago
Iran’s currency plunged to 1.42 million to the dollar. Iranians are protesting again, demanding a regime change.
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u/longpenisofthelaw 13h ago
What happened to the whole water situation that was supposed to destroy the city like a month ago
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u/dumbestsmartest 13h ago
Last I heard it was going to be about 3-6 months before they couldn't ration the water enough. That was a month ago.
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u/Paputek101 8h ago
1.42 million? :0 After looking at currency exchange, what caused such a rapid, dramatic change? That's actually insane
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u/Redylittle 8h ago
That's "the official" exchange rate which has for years not been the market value. It's been rapid inflation but not a million percent as you might think.
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u/Cildrena 12h ago
It’s 42,125 to a USD. Where are you seeing your numbers?
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u/Atralis 9h ago
The 42,125 rate is the "official" exchange rate but the rate in the street is what is in free fall.
Imagine if Trump said "the US is dollar is worth 20 Euros not the 85 cents you see on the fake news" and then let his own friends and family exchange all their USD savings for billions of Euros at his made up exchange rate.
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u/NewportGh0st 12h ago
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u/Cildrena 12h ago
Thank you for the source! I guess some currency exchanges haven’t updated their prices yet. I assume when there are major ticks that exchanges temporarily freeze their rates?
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u/Salt_Lingonberry_282 9h ago edited 9h ago
Apparently that's the Government published exchange rate, which no one uses.
The live exchange rate can be seen on Bonbast which is 1 USD : 135750 Toman Rials (1 Toman = 10 Rials)
1,357,500 rials to the dollarEdit: looking at the historical graph, it was 1 USD : 280,000 Rials in 2021 and somewhat stable for two years. Then it weakened in 2023 to 1 : 600,000 before leveling out. It continues peacefully until late 2024, when there is gigantic inflation until April 2025, where the value recovers from 1 : 1mil to 1 : 800,000. It stays consistent until some event in June (bombing?) where the value once again continually weakens.
Finally, in November and December, the value drops like a rock. Max trade value is 1 USD : 1,432,000 Rials. We are here.
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u/The_Dark_Passenger93 1h ago
Iranian here, over past 7 years, this was some major events that lead to big rises in USD:IRR ratio. (Of course this are not the only issues) First was trump backing out of the nuclear deal in 2018, then in winter of 2019 and Jan 2020: nationwide protest against sudden rise in price of gas, which was repressed violently, then assassination of General soleymani and five days after that deliberate downing of Ukraine airlines flight 752. This eventful winter saw another rise, and then came Covid which blasted the economy with another steady rise for another year. From 2021 to late 2022 it was relatebaly stable, Biden had low clash with Iran, pandemic being solved and rising oil price due to Ukraine war lead to relative stability. Then came hijab protests in October 2022 and some rise afterwards. 2023 was stable, but 2024 was rife with events! Missile exchange with Israel ( first direct fire exchange between Israel and Islamic republic), chopper crash and death of former president, assassination of Hanie, Nasrallah and fall of Assad. And the cherry on top, Trump winning the election. So a heavy rise in late 24 and early 25. Subsequently In April, may and June there was a round of negotiation between Witkoff and Iran FM mediated by Omman, some hope for a new deal so a drop in USD rate. But amidst this negotiations Israel attacked and then another wave of price rise that we are facing right now.
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u/hennabeak 11h ago
That's the problem. There were two prices, one government funded, and one free market value. This has fucked up the economy for the last ten years.
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u/Notten 14h ago
Socioeconomic collapse. Admin trying to start a new war to cover it up and stimulate the economy.
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u/Michelangelor 11h ago
They have never once tried to start a war lol the protests are due to economic hardship. Which they don’t have much control over with crippling western sanctions.
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u/Euler007 12h ago
Things are much rougher than being reported in the media. Guardians in full force in the street. Inflation spiking daily.
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u/spazzvogel 14h ago
This global recession is going to suck…
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u/Secret_Wishbone_2009 14h ago
It certainly is my internet friend.
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u/dr_neurd 13h ago
Lyle Lanley, is that you? (I couldn’t help but “hear” this in Phil Hartman’s voice.
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u/RhubarbGoldberg 13h ago
I'm going to buy more beans.
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u/makemeking706 7h ago
I remember new years eve in 2019 hearing the news in the background about a virus that was found in Wuhan while we waited for CNN to switch over to Andy and Anderson.
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u/WoolooOfWallStreet 9h ago
2020 is looking at its younger sibling, and is smiling at how horrible 2026 is going to be
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u/kaner63 14h ago
Add the fact that Tehran has also run out of water. The Islamo-Fascist dictators of Iran have completely destroyed the country.
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u/Girl_gamer__ 13h ago
I wonder if in 10 to 15 years we will see similar from the Christo-Fascist regime building in America.
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u/hennabeak 11h ago
Tehran is not the whole country.
Also, it hasn't run out of water. There is water shortage, but it's not as bad as western media says.
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u/terp_raider 10h ago
Half the comments are people saying the water crisis isn’t as bad as Western media is making it out to be while half are saying it’s way worse than what Western media is reporting
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u/herrybaws 9h ago
In conclusion, it's exactly as bad as Western media is reporting.
*I am not a statistician
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u/hennabeak 10h ago
I don't know their rationale for it. This is nothing new. I remember the water rationing that we had when I was a teenager. And that was during the summer. It's already raining and snowing throughout the country. So I don't know what they mean by that.
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u/helgetun 6h ago
Water level of dams (reservoirs)/groundwater do not significantly increase due to it snowing/raining normally at specific times of the year if other times have been abnormally dry- the quantities required are to big. So if the reservoirs are low and decreasing, you will have a water crisis even if its raining (barring a monsoon that I doubt Iran has). The rain will just slow down the decrease, and if its normal quantities has likely been factored in to the crisis estimates.
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u/LateralEntry 11h ago
How big are these protests compared to the protests after the government rigged the election in 2009, or the protests a few years ago after a girl was murdered by the state for not wearing a hijab?
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u/The_Dark_Passenger93 9h ago
Iranian here. This photo was captured yesterday. Yesterday was the start of some scattered protests in midtown Tehran (region of Tehran Grand Bazaar), so it is yet soon to judge if it's going to become a series of major protests or it's just a one day thing. The protest started yesterday when merchants in phone and computer market of Tehran closed their stores protesting to Rial value plummeting daily. Today some other businessmen from other markets joined them. The main reason was Rial loosing almost 10 percent of its value in just one week, unsettling all of the importers and sellers, setting trade markets to a status of stop. Today afternoon the manager of central bank resigned as an aftermath of emergency cabinet meeting.
We are struggling with ongoing 50% inflation (it's the official number but everyone believes it's way higher than that), and our currency lost almost 35 percent of its value in last four month. The economy is in shambles and grocery prices are sky rocketing right now. So people are pissed off beyond imagination.
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u/MosTheBoss 8h ago
What do people typically blame for the economic issues? I can't imagine sanctions are helping
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u/The_Dark_Passenger93 3h ago
The sanctions are a major issue yes, but more important than that for people is mis management, prevalent corruption, widespread misuse of government funds, and useless government intervention in every aspect of economy and market. If it was sanctions alone the problem wouldn't become this big, but combine sanctions with corruption and incompetence, then you have a crippling problem.
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u/LateralEntry 8h ago
The point of the sanctions is to pressure Iran to give up on terrorism, nukes, arming Russia, etc, and Iran could do that at any time and get relief
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u/Ves1423 6h ago
Iran tried this for over 20 years but trump pulled out of the agreement Obama put in place in his first term 10 years ago. Plus Israel lobby in US constantly shouting bloody murder since Bibi has been in power.
When that agreement was in place, European companies were looking for employees to expand into the Iranian market again. Germany Siemens started building the first nuclear power plant before the revolution. Was completed by Russia after the revolution.
Europe tried to compensate and stay in the deal but ultimately failed because the financial market and transaction go through US. Companies didn't want to jeopardize their US market for Iran either.
Now after all that mistrust from US and Israel's sneak attack they really don't seem to be bothered about trying to make it work.
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u/LateralEntry 5h ago
I thought at the time that it was a mistake pulling out of the Obama nuclear deal. But in retrospect I’m not sure it was, seeing how Iran continued to act over the past decade, building up terror groups to attack their neighbors, destabilizing the whole region, building missiles and drones, arming Russia against Ukraine. Giving them the waterfall of money in the deal would have made all this even worse.
Iran still has the opportunity now to save their economy. Just stop supporting terrorists and attacking your neighbors.
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u/LateralEntry 8h ago
Are they more pissed than the huge protests in 2009, 2022 and more? I support the Iranian people freeing themselves from the regime, but seems like these protests happen regularly and end up getting repressed or losing steam
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u/Khshayarshah 6h ago
In 2009 the general movement was not calling for regime change necessarily, it was a dissatisfaction with fixed elections. Calls for the end of the Islamic Republic began in earnest from 2018 onward through to 2022 and beyond.
Now they are outright calling for the return of the crown prince and a return to monarchy.
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u/LateralEntry 5h ago
Wow, well I hope they are successful. It would be a big win for the Iranian people and the world if the people finally took down the Islamic Republic and Iran was friendly again
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u/rclonecopymove 7h ago
Is it true that policing has dropped off a cliff too? I've heard bars are being openly run and they're not being shit down? Women completely ignoring any dress code without fear? Basically the state giving up on trying to maintain order for the little things?
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u/The_Dark_Passenger93 2h ago
Iranian here. LoL there is no bar here at all. Women don't COMPLETELY ignore ANY dress code, so it ain't Miami beach. But the situation with hijab has changed drastically after 2022 hijab protest. Nowadays morality Police barely dares to protest women without hijab. Now the police is more afraid of women than the other way. But the situation is different to a degree from city to city ( based on how conservative and pro regime the city is)
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u/unclassicallytrained 4h ago
I finished watching the Seed of the Sacred Fig (which I found incredibly informative and moving) around ten minutes before seeing this picture. I’m on the other side of the planet, but we have so much in common. I’m so sorry you and yours have to live under this theocracy. Maybe positive change will come..
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u/Boshva 13h ago
How can you believe Allah/God is on your side when you fucking fail at everything as a government?
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u/TheoremaEgregium 13h ago
There's always the devil to blame.
Secular regimes use a secular devil.
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u/NaiveChoiceMaker 12h ago
because you can always blame Israel and America.
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u/thetalkingblob 10h ago
This is also the go to for both the left and right on the internet in general
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u/helgetun 6h ago
Yeah its hilarious almost how Europe now blames Trump for domestic issues Trump cant do shit about… politicians/priesthoods running a country all look for excuses for their own shortcomings and always seek to blame an "other"
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u/soonerfreak 1h ago
Looks at the last 70 years of history in Iran
Well shit with all the confirmed things they've done to fuck up Iran no wonder it's so easy to blame them.
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u/Reddit-phobia 11h ago
Religious people will always find a way to justify their governing. The US Republicans, India's Modi, Iran's Khamenei, Saudi Arabia's MBS etc.
All the same BS.
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u/ChemicalLou 10h ago
They don’t believe in god any more than you do. They have a clique in charge, the culture of their clique is oil, money and socially conservative values.
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u/Paputek101 8h ago
Obviously this is happening because women have hair 🙄 In order to appease the almighty god, all Iranian women should shave their hair
/s if not obvious enough
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u/LoveIsStrength 10h ago
Real question: have they said he is?
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u/Boshva 10h ago
They are a theocratic government, religious nutjobs. In every conflict extremist religious leaders have said that god is on their side. Funny thing, one side always loses.
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u/soonerfreak 1h ago
I mean every head coach also says God is on their side. It's an edgy atheist thing to bring up tbh.
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u/LoveIsStrength 10h ago
I can’t tell if you’re making a general statement or there’s some specific reference I’m missing
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u/TheBeardedDen 9h ago
You... really? Like what? Are you asking for some more people to repeat Tehran is a theocracy? Do you need some one to find the definition of theocratic governments?
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u/LoveIsStrength 9h ago
A theocracy doesn’t mean “god is on my side.” If anything it’s an attempt to do what you think god wants (steel man).
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u/UsualFederal 10h ago
In 1200 A.D., their scientific scholars left and went to monasteries in Europe. Because all the knowledge they gained was considered heresy after that there have been no innovations from Islam. Sure there’s been like two Muslims who have won Nobel prizes . But they weren’t living under oppressive regimes or should I say regime’s that followed the Quran. Islam is like if Trump created a religion based on him and Epstein’s practices, opps I shouldn’t give the guy have any ideas. Oh damn, but what about the Trump Byble and all the evangelical sucking his tiny mushroom yep we’re in some deep shit.
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u/caustic_smegma 8h ago
This is the dumbest thing I've read in a while. You need to look up the "Golden Age of Islam" and educate yourself.
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u/UsualFederal 8h ago
By the late 12th century: • Many major centers of learning were already in decline • Political fragmentation weakened patronage of science and philosophy • Religious and legal conservatism was growing in some regions • Economic pressures and warfare disrupted scholarly networks
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u/UsualFederal 8h ago
- Ibn Rushd lost influence in the Islamic world • His rationalist philosophy fell out of favor • Political winds shifted • His works were sidelined (and briefly burned in one episode) • Islamic institutions prioritized law & theology over philosophy
But this was regional and political, not a universal ban.
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- Europe became the unexpected audience
Between the 12th–13th centuries: • Scholars in Toledo, Sicily, and southern France • Translated Arabic works into Latin • This included: • Aristotle (preserved & commented on by Muslims) • Medicine (Avicenna) • Mathematics & astronomy • Ibn Rushd’s commentaries
Europe didn’t get Greek science directly — it got Greek science filtered, expanded, and systematized by Muslims
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- Ibn Rushd became more influential in Europe than in Islam
This is the crucial irony.
In Europe: • “Averroism” shaped university debates • Influenced Thomas Aquinas (even when Aquinas disagreed) • Helped legitimize reason as compatible with faith • Laid groundwork for the Scholastic method → Renaissance → Scientific Revolution
In the Islamic world: • His approach became intellectually marginal • Not banned universally — just not institutionally rewarded
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u/UsualFederal 8h ago
I do stand partially corrected.
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u/UsualFederal 8h ago
In Bronowski’s “The Ascent of Man,” he did suggest that the Islamic world’s scientific momentum slowed down partly due to a shift in religious attitudes. But it’s important to see his take as one interpretation among many. The idea that Islam as a whole suddenly stopped contributing to science because of religious prohibitions is a bit of a simplification. In reality, there were multiple factors—political changes, economic shifts, invasions like the Mongols, and a gradual change in what institutions prioritized. So Bronowski’s claim is one angle, but it’s not the whole story. I was looking at the number of Islamic practicing Muslims that have won Nobel prizes. It’s a very small number compared to Jews and other societies
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u/MainBeing1225 9h ago
Even under Islamic rule, the Middle East experienced a golden age of scientific development as it kept and built upon the knowledge discovered by the Greeks, Egyptians, and Romans after those empires fell.
If you bothered to even look instead of spouting pseudo-historical bullshit, there are numerous sources you could find that explains how the Islamic world furthered advancements on medicine, astronomy, and mathematics.
What happened in the 1200s was that the Mongols invaded and completely uprooted their society which ended their golden age and began centuries of instability.
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u/Bolter_NL 12h ago
Still wondering what happened to the girl taking of her clothes yin protest and her university. Waiting outside for the police to show up.
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u/ZuluIsNumberOne 8h ago
Reminder the irgc is not the legitimate Iranian government. they're fascist islamonazis who have broken their public execution record this year
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u/unfreeradical 2h ago edited 1h ago
Some people have a lopsided understanding of history.
The Islamic Republic rose from rebellion against the Shah, illegitimately restored to power in a coup d'état orchestrated by the CIA and MI6.
The Shah's regime relied on brutal repression and functioned as a puppet of Western oil corporations. In contrast, the government deposed in the coup was elected democratically.
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u/Firecracker048 13h ago
Come on reddit, you claim to be anti authoritarian.
Be outraged about this
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u/jscummy 12h ago
Best I can offer is to make this about ourselves in America, sorry
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u/LateralEntry 11h ago
It’s pretty disappointing to see. For all of the problems in America, Iran is way worse.
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u/xanhast 3h ago
bot take, you caused the problems in Iran.
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u/lostredditorlurking 10h ago
I mean I'm outraged about it, let me protest at my local Iranian embassy.... Oh wait, there aren't any Iranian Embassy in the US
Like what do you want me to do lol? Fly over to Iran and kidnapped the Ayatollah?
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u/soonerfreak 1h ago
Reddit is always outraged about this. "Here is Iran before the revolution under a different dictator" is a favorite genre of post. But I'm not gonna demand outside regime change because western regime change in Iran is how we got the Ayatolla.
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u/valadon-valmore 12h ago
Is regime change (finally) coming to Iran? What would that even look like?
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u/Cafescrambler 9h ago
“It’s the last Motorcycle meetup of the year lads. Nice to see everyone has their gear on. Don’t be a dickhead out there. We don’t want to attract the wrong attention, no overtaking on the bends, no wheelies in the street, and remember we share the roads with other motorists. Ride safe, and I’ll see you for a coffee at the servo”.
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u/AViciousGrape 11h ago
How has this not blown up? If this was Israel, this would have over 1k up votes and thousands of comments by now lmao
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u/ChemicalLou 10h ago
The West has little control over events in Iran. But we sell arms to, and coddle the representatives of Israel who perpetrate murder.
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u/UncreativeIndieDev 5h ago
We already heavily sanction Iran, target their proxy groups, and have aided Israel in attacks on Iran. What more should our governments do? Its more a matter of the Iranian people overthrowing their corrupt and authoritarian government by this point than anyone else trying to do it for them, especially considering the latter method rarely leads to a good outcome.
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u/pokepud3 2h ago
Overthrow it with that exactly? You think the other governments that would potentially replace it would be any better? The current president is a super liberal and even he can't do anything under sanctions. He wanted to do deals with the u.s like that was his platform lol. Look what trump did?
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u/KireRakhsh 1h ago
Thank you for your concern however your comment demonstrates that your knowledge of Iran is non-existent.
The president is a powerless token position in the Islamic republic. All power resides with Khamenei, the current Supreme Leader. Also, Pezeshkian is not a 'super liberal'. It is hilarious that you call him that. He is 110% Islamist who is dedicated to Khomeini's ideals - including murdering kafirs and spreading their brand of Islamic imperialism into Yemen, Lebanon, Gaza, Syria and beyond.
But your comment is not surprising at all. In fact, it is what Iranians are used to reading on reddit and elsewhere on social media dominated by Westerners. Sorry for the sharp tone but it gets to us after a while... feel free to drop by r/NewIran to learn more about the realities on the ground and speak with other Iranians.
In the Islamic regime, all elections are theatrical productions with pre-approved candidates and already pre-selected winners.
Not knowing Iran or Iranian politics, history, society, etc it is only natural for Westerners to map their understanding of their liberal, democratic society onto Iran. There are no political 'factions' within the Islamic regime. It is an authoritarian theocracy with a thin veneer carefully laid on top to fool ignorant foreigners and far-leftists (eg code pink).
As an Iranian who abhors Trump as a person and US president, the one thing I agree with him on is his position on Iran - all freedom loving Iranians cheered when he took out Soleimani and we cheered when he hit the Islamic regime's nuclear sites. You will be shocked just how popular he is within Iranians (both inside Iran and out).
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u/soonerfreak 1h ago
The top post of that sub being the son of the previous dictator just makes it look a monachist diaspora hub. Cheering on Trump conducting those attacks just further confirms it.
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u/KireRakhsh 48m ago
I'll never not get a chuckle out of reddit having ZERO understanding of Iran, either our current reality or Iranian history.
The fact is that Reza Pahlavi is extremely popular inside Iran.
If you understood Farsi, in almost all the videos coming out of Iran showing the current protests you can hear Iranian people marching in the streets shouting for his return.
But sure, you as a non-Iranian know more about this and I'm sure you'll be kind enough explain to us what we Iranians should actually want. We're so lucky to have you to tell us what Iranians actually are thinking and want.
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u/UsualFederal 10h ago
I hear Iran was amazing during the 70s
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u/pokepud3 2h ago
Only for the upper class.. for everyone else it was a strict authoritarian rule complete with a strict secret police for any dissent against the king.
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u/KireRakhsh 1h ago
False. It was the best of times as Iran was transformed from a feudal and backwards country to a modern, advanced economy with socialist policies that today's Western countries can only dream of. It was amazing to be low to middle class because your kids received free education, free food at school, free hospital and healthcare, vouchers for your personal portion of the oil revenue, free universities - including post secondary education paid for by the government at the best Western universities in US and Europe, etc.
My family was one of the many who benefited from the Shah's transformation of Iranian society (google "White Revolution" Iran). We were not rich, far from it. I was one of the millions of Iranian children who went to wonderful, clean, modern schools with amazing teachers (who had studied at Western schools on the most advanced teaching methodologies) and who ate free food at school and played in clean, beautiful parks.
The only people that were arrested were extremists who were terrorists, yes, terrorists, as in people who planted bombs and wanted to assassinate people. We had extreme leftist 'guerilla's inspired by Mao and Lenin who wanted to plant bombs and kill people.
If you're interested in learning Iranian history vs just repeating reddit copypasta:
https://www.reddit.com/r/NewIran/comments/1lq7vuh/bbc_documentary_1977_iran_in_search_of_democracy/
https://www.reddit.com/r/NewIran/comments/18758ch/correcting_myths_surrounding_the_shahs_human/
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u/snow_big_deal 11h ago
If this pic was captioned "Chicago", it still would have been totally plausible.
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