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Lol these protests ain't gonna change shit.
At least 508 protesters have been killed by Iranian forces since the protests began in September, including 69 children. That doesn't sound good at all. RIP. Specially kids should never have to go through this. >

Important point, there are some groups out there who put children directly in harms way to act as human shields or garner sympathy for their greater cause (Hamas, Taliban, etc.) But generally, grassroots uprising of domestic protests doesn't involve that tack. This is how you know the Iranian regime is truly heinous, because these kids are being targeted, considered collateral damage as domestic areas are raided, or caught in crossfire as protests quelled with deadly force. >

Hamas using children as human shields is disgusting, yet somehow you will still find westerners who sympathize with them. Shocks me >

I think very few people sympathize with Hamas.
People simply don't have any faith whatsoever in what Israel would do to the region if there were no Hamas. 
That conflict really is evil vs evil, there is hardly a shred of morality to be found anywhere on either side. >

I think people who will do anything to protect their children versus people who use their children as weapons has a pretty clear moral Victor. >

That's an extremely one sided view of the conflict.
I'd already disagree with the premise "Israel only wants to protect its children". It does many many things which contradict that very statement. >

Israel wants to protect its people.  Look at its tank design, the use of the Iron Dome. >

I'm sure Palestine would do the exact same if they had the option. No one sane wants to kill Jews or use children as a shield for fun.
Not sure why or even how you think Israel having the funds and tech to build up their defenses in another way means anything at all.
Not every conflict with Israel is because people are out to get the jews. It's not a holy land, they aren't perfect. They are just as terrible as all others when they feel the need to be. Israel needs to get over that victim complex they bring out every single time someone has an issue with them. >

I think you'll find that it's actually part of Hamas's strategy to do so from children's TV shows glorifying martyrdom and paying families that do so. >

As I'm sure Israeli tv or schools don't. I bet they teach everyone a very objective view of the conflict. 
I can tell you think Israel are the good guys here. I don't. I think both parties are complete assholes as I said earlier and both parties regularely commit atrocities. >

One of the reasons the protests keep going is because in Iran we commemorate our dead 40 days after their funeral. And now every time someone gets martyred fighting for freedom, their funeral and name is passed on in social media and their 40th day commemoration turns into a protest.
Yesterday there was two big protests, one in Tehran and one in Semirom. The regime knows that the internet and social media is the fuel of the revolution so that’s why they’re trying their hardest to enforce the internet blackout.
One of the biggest things that western countries can do to speed it up, rather than give people guns is to find ways to provide Iranians with internet coverage to bypass the government. While virtually every Iranian uses VPNs to access the internet it’s becoming slower and more difficult as the regime continues to apply measures to make access more difficult. >

I love the regime's logic.  There are two ways to try to stop the protests: stop murdering people or try to block the entire internet. Apparently, not murdering people is too hard so they opted for trying to block the internet. >

they don't stop tho, also putin does something similar aswell, when he tries to shoot its own foot its like they are trying to mimick each other
maybe they are on the end of the rope or just don't care >

Biggest mistake was to kill children during protest, I think this is pretty much over for their "government" >

If someone killed my kid I probably wouldn’t stop until I had my revenge. You don’t get away with shit like that. >

If they are willing to kill your kid they are willing to kill you and the rest of your family. Your choice is between living with your other kids (if you have any) or die, possibly with them. People tend to choose the former. >

Give me liberty or give me death. They kill my kids and I have nothing left to lose. >

Words are wind. >

So are explosions technically. Just really violent wind. >

You know what de-escalates a nation wide popular uprising against a brutal authoritarian regime?  Escalating the brutality and authoritarianism.  Historically speaking, I mean.
/s >

It worked in Syria /s >

That’s a disgrace of the international community failing to step up, and the single biggest failure of the Obama administration. Assad should be dead or in prison right now, and that’s exactly where he would be if Obama hadn’t flinched. I love Obama, but he really shit the bed on that one. >

This is a ridiculous. The “international community” did step up, that’s literally why it became one of the bloodiest civil wars of our time. The Syrian War is an international war.
Rebel groups were armed on a huge scale, even when they became entangled with jihadist factions. Those weapons kept changing hands as different factions warred and merged. ISIS built their caliphate with American weapons. Then the US intervened again to destroy ISIS.
The only way the US could’ve “stepped up” more is direct war like in Iraq or Libya. I’m sure we all agree those turned out great.
And in the end, the only thing that protected Assad was also international intervention, from Russia and Iran. >

And it was Trump who dropped the support for rebels that the US was arming. >

The Syrian Democratic Forces (mostly Kurdish) are not the rebels I’m talking about. They’re not really against the Assad regime, they seek federated governance within Syria. They’ve mainly been fighting against Islamist rebels, including ISIS and Alqaeda, and against Turkey. >

And they're not the only ones Trump stopped supporting either. >

I wish there was something other countries could do to help. >

Providing satellite internet coverage or other bypasses for Iranians to continue using the internet is the key for us. It’s the fuel for the fire of the revolution and the regime is more scared of it than any weapons shipments or anything else any country can provide. >

Hey Elon, wanna get out of the dog house? >

he's already providing starlink coverage to iran. >

Well good.  He's not entirely useless. >

In Turkey, the situation is totally different. People sacrifice themselves to protect hijab and state rule. If you criticize hijab or protest your government and die, Turkish people will name you "infidel animal". Therefore, even opposition groups can't gather for 10 years because of these concerns. Iranian people are giving lesson of democracy to the world. >

You wrote it like all of us like this. More than half of the country is not like that. Ignorent, religious and somehow government connected people are like this. And also of course 'refugees'. >

2022 Iranian revolution in full swing! >

Crazy how that’s still going on. Hope their people pull through >

I really hope the Iranians find a way to overthrow Khameni and the misogynistic assholes in the revolutionary guard. >

Calling the Iranian revolutionary guard misogynist is like calling Ted Bundy a chauvinist. >

I sure hope for a regime change. And with some luck Iran will stop sending kamakazi drones to Russia. >

Airdrop some AK47s and let the revolution begin >

Seems the ayatollahs are finally reaping what they've sown. >

Would be so dope if weapons were airdropped to the revolutionaries. >

Why airdrop them? Just drive them the fuck in, train them how to be used before fucking off away again… I mean that’s basically what america did to make Iran the way it is today… back in the 70’s-80’s >

Problem is if we brazenly supplied these people it be a shit show. All these billionaires could secretly do though. >

It’s being brazenly done in several countries in the world at the moment… it’s like this, the international world really doesn’t care about public opinion… they literally couldn’t give a monkeys, it’s about currency, resources as oil. Iran had all three, of America/Britain didn’t do it, Russia/china would… and the new puppet government installed would be sympathetic to whoever does it. 
I mean what do you think is gonna happen to Saudi / the Middle East / Qatar and the like when the oil money runs out? The west will walk the F out the door, closing it on the way and let that whole part of the world fall over without even looking at it… do you think America (it’s government, not it’s people) care if Iran kills every protestor? Nope… not one bit… once they continue to make their trade agreements/deliveries they won’t life a finger, no matter how much public outcry there is! >

I wonder when they take up arms and storm the Bastille... I mean, there are just two possible outcomes now. Either they grab Khamenei by his turban and chop his head off or they will be crushed by the state force. A peaceful ending of these protest does not seem possible anymore. And I certainly hope this movement will keep its momentum and remove the junta from power. >

Who'd have thought mass executions of protestors was the way to stop this? >

Someone is going to get Gaddafied. >

Hopefully. >

careful protesters, you might get banned on a subreddit for that >

It's almost like killing a bunch of people pissed even more people off, and made them angrier than before. >

I prefer this chant to the ol "Death to Murcah" one >

Though when Rick Steeves was in Iran, the cabby said, "Death to this traffic."  It kind of means "this sucks" not "I'm gonna kill all y'all" in the idiomatic usage.
Not saying I don't agree with you, just there's another slant to the phrase if it's an idiom. >

That's new. >

They shout this at protests all the time. "Death to" is idiomatic and generally means "down with". Like when protesters should "death to America" they're not wishing all Americans would die in a holocaust, but that the antagonistic government (their view) would fall. They're calling for regime change with these "death to Khamenei" chants, not murder. >

I'm sure he would be alive if he were to walk down a bust street alone sure >

Create an angry mob to do your political bidding and enforce your tyrannical regime and sooner or later they turn on said tyrannical regime. >

Where is the shah of Iran when you need him oh wait he got deposed by Khomeini when he cracked down on people wanting freedom right did I miss something here >

Yes indeed - shah was in fact an anglo american puppet. Not as popular as u think, although I would imagine much more popular than the current bunch of murderous thugs. 
Important dynamic to understand as a westerner (I am anyway) is that in some ways we are responsible for the current leaders being in power due to all of the interference in Iran's political system
Here's hoping tho >

Honestly, doesn’t really have the same ring to it as “Death to America.” It’s not the meter, it’s the same number of syllables. Maybe it’s the lack of a hard phoneme at the end? >

Is “death to {insert subject}” a common phrase there? I’m not trying to be funny, but it’s just something we don’t really say in English unless you’re making a joke, so I’m wondering if it’s just like the Iranian equivalent of “fuck America” or “fuck Khameini”, etc? >

It is, but not really something you'd hear your average person saying like in Pakistan. In Iran it's common for supporters of the regime to rally and chant "Death to America" for cameras. Is it mostly staged? Largely yes. But it is fairly common. >

Every theocracy on earth is inherently illegitimate and should be overthrown by any means necessary >

Time to stop chanting and start shooting back. >

I wish the US and other western nations could send them what they need to make that chant a reality. >

We’ve been saying death to khamenei since day one >

Oppression is the mask of fear >

Uh oh, there's no way their govt will allow anything like this. They'll mow them down. >

Mar bar Khamenei! >

POWER TO THE PEOPLE! AN EYE FOR AN EYE! >

When they finally get Khamenei, his head will be a soccer ball for the children. >

Sounds like revolution is inevitable at this point >

Organized religion will be the death of humanity unless humanity sheds religion like old dirty clothing. The greed, lust for power destruction of anyone that is not like them are religions calling cards. Don't get me wrong I do believe in a creative force, divine spirit, source, the Flying Spaghetti Monster or what ever you want to call god. Just do your best to be kind to each other and to the planet. I'll take happy heathens over cold hearted religious people anytime.