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  Killing people has never stopped a dictatorship from falling, just makes people more vengeful after it crumbles
context: Iran has basically made it clear they'll be murdering literally ANYONE who goes against the state. >
  
  Also anyone who doesn't go against the state.
  Remember that this whole thing started when Mahsa Amini was killed, and it is reported that Mahsa was not interested in politics and didn't really care to go against the regime. Yet they killed her because the morality police had a bad day that day. >
  
  The morality police are nothing more than serial rapists given carte blanche to do as they please with women of any age. >
  
  Exactly, she likely resisted their assaults and paid for it with her life. >
  
  Yeah.  Most of the females murdered by them show signs of gang rape. >
  
  It's worse: They can't kill virgins or some other lame reason, so they rape them first to be sure, only then they are allowed to kill. >
  
  What the actual fuck. >
  
  Its a culture that stalled in the 12th century. >
  
  I'm under the impression that they were more civilized back then. >
  
  Well it'd be hard to be less civilized. >
  
  imagine killing your best citizens because you can't handle seeing a woman's head >
  
  I’ve noticed that more than half the people posted on r/NewIran who have been killed by the Iranian regime were talented in some way. They were either athletes or artists. 
  Sports people seem to be the number one target. >
  
  These people killed are admirable. The regime thinks that if people have noone to admire they will submit blindly to whatever bullshit they want to push across. The literally want iranians to stay illiterate, with no ties to the outside world, just like mindless androids who follow blindly the ass backwards beliefs. >
  
  They want to be North Korea so bad. >
  
  Reminds me of Cambodia/Khmer Rouge tbh. Not quite there yet, but on the track. >
  
  
  Reminds me of Cambodia/Khmer Rouge tbh. Not quite there yet
  
  Well that's an understatement. 
  Yeah, Iran is not at the point of swinging kids by their feet to smash their heads against a tree just so they can save ammo. >
  
  Yeah, Cambodia definitely went next level under pol pot. Didn’t he kill like a third of the country? I remember watching the Killing fields documentary about Tuol Sleng (sp?) >
  
  Yeah, the highest percentage of a population killing itself in known history. And what happened at Tuol Sleng is insane. Literally a forced confession / execution factory. 
  I'll never get that shit out of my head after reading about it. >
  
  I went the holocaust museum in DC, and that left a lasting impact. But honestly, even just reading about the Khmer Rouge and seeing the pictures was even more traumatic and heart-breaking. For as horrible as Nazism was, something like the Khmer Rouge was somehow even worse. Like not even waging war against a race but humanity itself. But an ideological black hole, this emotional sucking void that sought to erase the very light of the human soul. I am not a religious person, but I don't know how else to say it. >
  
  It’s all rooted in the same cause; a blatant disdain for people who don’t fit the mold of what you want them to be. >
  
  All of these people have families, neighbors, loved ones. At what point do people say they have had enough?
  I assume the general population knows who is responsible and where they live.
  I don't consider myself a violent man. Kill my children and that may change. >
  
  They've already had enough and the revolution has morphed into something else. Instead of protesting in the streets, partisan groups have been formed and are targeting officials. I wish there was an English resource I could share with you. Recently a very high level judge who was responsible for so many death sentences for political prisoners was assassinated. The regime has denied it so far but that just made people more sure that it has happened. I guess we'll see in a few days.
  Edit: for those asking for sources in Farsi, they are mainly Twitter accounts that have proven to be credible over time. Jupiter, Vaazh and Hashshaashin mostly share the news about the assassinations of officials. 1500Tasvir and VahidOnline are the most credible sources covering the revolution.
  Of course there are other accounts as well but these are the ones people trust most. The r/NewIran shares some of the news here on Reddit.
  Also, thank you kind stranger for the award. >
  
  Share anything even non-English. I’d love to read up on this, and Google translate will at least give me a sense >
  
  Sadly its just twitter accounts & telegram pages that have built a reputation through time >
  
  Instagram has a pretty decent translate tool. I've been following Masih Alinejad's page  to see some first hand accounts. >
  
  Really hope they overthrow these fuckers soon >
  
  They can’t since they don’t have weapons >
  
  Keep making martyrs and see what happens. Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it >
  
  Agreed. 25 men can't hold a good nation down forever. People just want to live free. The nation knows what must be done to the 25 men. >
  
  25 and the army they have. >
  
  Large armies are always able to deal with insurgencies, right? >
  
  Iran is an extremely disarmed country, idk where the populace would find the resources for an insurgency. >
  
  Bald Eagle screech can be heard in the distance
  Who wants weapons now?? >
  
  Yeah there is absolutely no public support for another war in the middle east. >
  
  When has that ever made a difference when there money on the line? >
  
  Didn’t Pol Pot do the same thing? Executed the educated and talented. >
  
  Pol Pot did it in a much larger scale. He basically rounded up all the educated and talented, whether they spoke out or not. >
  
  Like literally having glasses would get you killed >
  
  What? Why. >
  
  Glasses = Smart nerd
  Duh >
  
  Most glasses are nearsighted too. All I would be able to do without glasses is read ffs.
  Im a much better laborer with glasses. >
  
  
  Most glasses are nearsighted too. All I would be able to do without glasses is read ffs.
  
  Yea but most people couldn't read unless you were educated. >
  
  Islamic Republic is delusional if they think we can go back to what they consider normal. I talk with friends and family back in Iran, everyone says they’re afraid but attitudes have changed drastically. Everyone has decided it’s time for the regime to go. Many cities are in martial law like state, the economy is crumbling and kangaroo courts everywhere. Government goons constantly whining on social media about how they are the true victims because everyone hates them. >
  
  I saw someone post a rumour like 12 hours ago on r/NewIran saying that their execution was imminent and to call representatives in the EU and US to put pressure on the regime to stop it. 
  And then the executions actually happened like a few hours later with no notice from the government. Made me feel like shit because I kind of blew it off as just another rumour. >
  
  I saw that too! I can’t believe it happened less than 2 hours after. RIP. They were two good young men. >
  
  So get cought protesting gets you the same punishment as planting a bomb under one of their "leaders" car? >
  
  Pretty soon civilians will happily join the revolution knowing punishment is the same >
  
  When the punishment for protesting is the same as the punishment for violent revolution… >
  
  I still can't believe that people have had the audacity to tell me that the Western World's sanctions against Iran are unreasonable and that "Iran is no worse than any Western Country" >
  
  That is the Islamic republics minion argument. They are pros at deflecting. They kill their own citizens because “the west is bad”. The world needs to stand up, earth would be a way better place without the Islamic republic of hell. >
  
  I'm Iranian in the diaspora. If anyone wants to help, here's what you can do:
  
  
  1) Spread information about what is happening in Iran on social media. This is the one social movement where social media is activism. It saves lives and is one of the only tools everyday people can use to have a true and significant impact. Use the appropriate hashtags- #iranrevolution, #stopexecutionsiniran, #mahsaamini, #womelifefreedom 
  
  
  2) Talk to your family and friends in your life and let them know about the revolution and the Islamic Republic’s corruption. This movement is almost 4 months old and I encounter new people almost every week who have no idea about it. Don’t assume people know, spread the word. 
  
  
  3) Contact your congressional/parliamentary representatives and demand they and the government cut all diplomatic ties with the Islamic Republic. We need to cutoff their legitimacy and severing diplomatic ties are a way to do that.
  
  
  Furthermore, encourage these representatives to sanction individual members of the regime and their family members. Freeze their accounts and seize their assets the way they did Russian oligarchs after the Ukraine war. Rescind their green cards and visas and send them back to Iran. They should not benefit from western freedoms while denying their own people such rights. 
  
  
  4) Due to sanctions, it is not possible to send any money to Iran. However, you can donate to some diaspora organizations who are using that money to buy billboards and ad-space to reach those in other countries. I can vouch for @iraniandiasporacollective and anything supported by activists Nazanin Nour, Tara Grammy, and Nazanin Boniadi  
  
  
  5) For up to date and accurate info on Iran, Instagram is the best resource, as well as the subreddit r/NewIran. 
  
  People to follow: Nazanin Boniadi, Yashar Ali, Tara Grammy, Nazanin Nour, Nasim Pedrad, Samira Mohyeddin, Nicole Najafi, Masih Alinejad
  Instagrams accounts to follow: @1500tasvir (mostly all in Farsi but the best account to see videos coming out of Iran), @diasporaforiran, @middleeastmatters, @collectiveforblackiranians, @en.hrana, @from_iran
  
  Honestly, I know many of us have joked about how much can a hashtag help, but in this case, it might be the biggest yet easiest thing you can do. 
  I’ve seen this movement grow from just a few of my aunties and uncles posting about it in the days after Mahsa Jina Amini died and small protests with a 100 people to a massive movement that has the likes of Harry Styles, Viola Davis, Jon Stewart, Lizzo, and Juliette Binoche to name a few all come out in support of Iran and Iranian women. And there are protests every single weekend with some having tens of thousands of attendees. 
  The hashtags mean something. Posting on your Instagram stories mean something. Time and time again, the call from Iran is the same, “Be Our Voice”.  
  This regime only knows escalation. They are becoming more and more brutal in hopes the people will back down. 
  But goddamn are Iranians fierce and brave as hell. They fight and die and more join in. In and out of Iran, we are done with this regime. We will not be silenced any longer. 
  Our battle cry is thus: Zan Zendegi Azadi - Women Life Freedom
  If you have any more questions or want me to elaborate more about anything, let me know! >
  
  Thank you. I’ve been wondering what can I do?  Power to the people. ✊🏽 May all people be free.