a “ceasefire” that lasted 17 hours and killed 254 people in lebanon is not a ceasefire and referring to it as one is inaccurate

that's some achievement actually

found more about joe kent in this post than everywhere else

don’t sleep on that

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ok but Iran doesn’t have nuclear weapons in case you didn’t know

we are here

something I can only dream about in my country

well put

meanwhile people can’t even remember what the last two presidents did or didn’t do for the country, so yeah… I wouldn’t bet on that kind of memory

everytime someone put their hands on a keyboard searching for that specific preset sound

undefeated

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Propaganda can be true, it just means disseminating ideas with a certain worldview. Propaganda can be a positive thing if the ideas and worldview are positive and true.

Extra note, Iran has about 90 million people.

Religion:
- ~90% Shia Muslims
- ~5–8% Sunni Muslims
- minorities: Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians

Being the largest Shia-majority country shapes much of Iran’s regional politics.

Even if the Leader were removed, the regime wouldn’t simply collapse, power runs deep in a web of entrenched rulers. Many Iranians feel that, imperfect as the system is, foreign interference has caused far more harm than their own government, and the country’s problems are best solved from within.

Iran has:
-elected institutions (president + parliament)
-Supreme Leader with ultimate authority

It’s often called a theocracy, where religious leaders hold major political power but...

In 1979 people finally said “enough.”. Mass protests overthrew the Shah.

A revolution led by Ruhollah Khomeini replaced the monarchy with an Islamic Republic.

Iran became a political system combining elections with strong religious authority.

After the coup, the Shah ruled for about 25 yrs.

His regime was strongly aligned with the West and pursued rapid modernization, but it was also widely criticized for:

-political repression
-corruption
-growing social inequality
-strong Western influence inside the country

Opposition slowly grew.

The US and UK feared losing economic influence and backed a coup.

CIA and MI6 ran Operation Ajax, overthrew Mossadegh, and put the Shah (Mohammad Reza Pahlavi) back in power.

Many Iranians saw this as democracy being stomped by foreign interests (nothing changed).

In 1953 Iran had a democratically elected prime minister: Mohammad Mossadegh.

One of his main policies was nationalizing Iran’s oil industry, which had been largely controlled by the British company Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.

For many Iranians, this meant economic independence.

In the 1950s, Iran had two centers of power:

- the prime minister, chosen through parliament (closer to a democratic system)
- the Shah, the monarch of Iran

This fragile balance between elected government and monarchy would eventually collapse.

Every time Iran is in the news, it’s framed as “threat” or “rogue state.”

If we want to really get why tensions exist, we got to go back 70+ years, not on the day the recent war started.

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also

2026-Trump and Netanyahu: “We will protect the Iranians from the Iranian regime”

Andor (and the whole Star Wars universe) is basic politics 101 for anyone who says they’re apolitical. just a reminder that occupation gets branded as “order,” and resistance as “terror.”

For me, it was super easy. I had to wait for verification the first time I signed up, but after that everything was smooth. I love how the app handles translations automatically, except the shop, but orher than that it is really straightforward.