Revolution in Iran

[frostbite]

Iran to chair the UN Human Rights Council Social Forum!

No, it's not a joke.

(Or perhaps the UN has become a joke. )

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[TwoSheds]

Bonkers.

 

[RedDevilQuebecois]

feck the UN. I think I would echo the voices of many here when I say that I wish that useless shite disappears in its current form.

 

[Kaos]

Yeah it's utterly ridiculous. Saudis held the chair some years ago too IIRC.

 

[Hanks]

This was an amazing 3-hour podcast like extremely high-level conversation between Patrick Bet-David and Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi this weekend.
Very interesting watch if you're into Middle East, Mossadegh, Shah's White (Socialist-ish) revolution, Political Prisoners / SAVAK under Shah, the 1979 Islamic revolution, role of Carter administration and KGB, what the future could hold, etc.
Patrick himself is half-Iranian and had left Iran a few years after the terrorists took over, so he's extremely passionate about this subject.

I think you'll find this fascinating to watch @2cents

This is the interview trailer:

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[2cents]

This was an amazing 3-hour podcast like extremely high-level conversation between Patrick Bet-David and Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi this weekend.
Very interesting watch if you're into Middle East, Mossadegh, Shah's White (Socialist-ish) revolution, Political Prisoners / SAVAK under Shah, the 1979 Islamic revolution, role of Carter administration and KGB, what the future could hold, etc.
Patrick himself is half-Iranian and had left Iran a few years after the terrorists took over, so he's extremely passionate about this subject.

I think you'll find this fascinating to watch @2cents

This is the interview trailer:

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And this is the full 3-hour discussion:

Sorry @Hanks only seeing this now, will have a look when I get a chance, thanks!

 

[frostbite]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67675851

Teenage children of jailed Narges Mohammadi accept her Nobel Peace Prize

10th December 2023

The teenage twins of jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi have accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf.

Ms Mohammadi - who is serving a 10-year jail term in Tehran - won this year's prize for her work fighting against the oppression of women in Iran.

In a speech smuggled from prison and read out by her children, she denounced Iran's "tyrannical" government.

 

[frostbite]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68840881

Secret document says Iran security forces molested and killed teen protester


An Iranian teenager was sexually assaulted and killed by three men working for Iran's security forces, a leaked document understood to have been written by those forces says.

It has let us map what happened to 16-year-old Nika Shakarami who vanished from an anti-regime protest in 2022.

Her body was found nine days later. The government claimed she killed herself.

We put the report's allegations to Iran's government and its Revolutionary Guards. They did not respond.

 

[utdalltheway]

Read that report earlier. Very sad. How could those guys do that to a 16 year old girl?
They must feel quite insecure if a girl like that is a threat to the system.

 

[Desert Eagle]

Scumbag bastards. Hope they don't have kids of their own.

 

[Solius]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68840881

Secret document says Iran security forces molested and killed teen protester


An Iranian teenager was sexually assaulted and killed by three men working for Iran's security forces, a leaked document understood to have been written by those forces says.

It has let us map what happened to 16-year-old Nika Shakarami who vanished from an anti-regime protest in 2022.

Her body was found nine days later. The government claimed she killed herself.

We put the report's allegations to Iran's government and its Revolutionary Guards. They did not respond.

Read that this morning. Disgusting and feels all too common.

 

[calodo2003]

Respect the culture.

 

[africanspur]

A truly vile regime. Really really awful, as is always inevitably the case once religion comes into politics in any way.

 

[Kaos]

Disgusting doesn't even begin to describe it. I suppose I won't be holding my breath for the perpetrators being put to justice the same swift way they punish dissidents or student protestors.

 

[calodo2003]

A truly vile regime. Really really awful, as is always inevitably the case once religion comes into politics in any way.

This case is even worse as politics grew out of the religion.

 

[The United]

Respect the culture.

Nah. They need nuclear weapons to earn respect or something.

 

[RedDevilQuebecois]

A truly vile regime. Really really awful, as is always inevitably the case once religion comes into politics in any way.

Yep. Feck religion.

 

[Irwin99]

Iran (or Persia's) history is just absolutely mind-blowing in its depth and antiquity and i read recently that younger people are looking towards the very far past for their national identity rather than religion. I feel for them stuck under this oppressive regime.

 

[nimic]

Iran (or Persia's) history is just absolutely mind-blowing in its depth and antiquity and i read recently that younger people are looking towards the very far past for their national identity rather than religion. I feel for them stuck under this oppressive regime.

Arguably the country with the most complex, fascinating, "great" history on the planet. Such a shame the people have to suffer under this bullshit regime.

 

[Hanks]

Rumours of Helicopter carrying “President” Raisi having crashed all over the net.
Being reported on state media too , but they are coy on if he’s okay or survived.

For once, I hope luck is our side and this butcher is dead. He’s not the ultimate head of snake (Khamenei) , but every little bit helps

 

[Don't Kill Bill]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news

Report him dead and the foreign minister too.

 

[TwoSheds]

So is it a whodunnit or is it just bad weather and good luck that got him? And is this ultimately good, bad or indifferent for the majority of the people in Iran?

 

[Wibble]

No hint of anything other than a crash in bad weather so far.

 

[Shez]

Guess God does exist after all

Now can the same also please happen to bibi and his cabinet

 

[littlepeasoup]

Hard landing > Hard line