Ayatollah reported killed - not confirmed

[Viviennemary]

Surely this can only be a good thing if that tyrant is no more. However hopefully it won't lead to months/years of fighting and bloodshed

Disgusting. I can’t believe people are celebrating this unprovoked attack on Iran.

“we want to free women, let’s bomb a girl’s school”.

I didn’t see Khomeni mentioned in the Epstein files… oh right he’s not, but he’s an evil tyrant, it’s okay for Trump to be a paedophile and “liberate” the world from evil, alongside Netanyahu, who is a genocidal maniac.

What about ordinary Iranian citizens that want the removal of the regime- are they allowed to celebrate the US military action or not?

It may surprise you to hear bit leaders who lead a regime that beats women to death over a few strands of hair don’t go by being asked nicely. War is brutal, but when psychotic evil dictators refuse to stop their tyranny, they invite war in.

the Islamic regime are not only a threat not to Iranians, who don’t want them, but the rest of the world. This is the right thing to do

More than one thing can be true at once.

What about the ordinary citizens of North Korea? China? Russia?

According to the West - these are all dictatorships, so why not implement a regime change there?

Why Iran?

It’s worth listening to Shiva Mahbobi on how she feels about it. An Iranian women’s rights activist.

It’s always the same lefties who will terrify the living daylights out of Jews with hate marches supposedly in support of Palestine, but kept schtum when Iran slaughter their own people because women sing in the streets. This is the level of hate the have for Israel, the only democracy in the ME - they’d rather Iranians continue to suffer under a brutal regime than seen to be accepting that actually Israel are right

Provide evidence of women being killed for showing their hair.

Are you insinuating these are not dictatorships?

How do you feel about Palestine? Should the U.K. intervene there and help “free” Palestine?

Israel - the only democracy 🤣

Isn’t Netanyahu up for war crimes?

When was the last election in Israel?

You’ve never heard of Masha Amini? She was arrested by the morality police (surely that force in itself should make you furious?) and beaten to death in the police van.

Or do you think her families are liars?

Wait - do you think Iran is a nice place to live for women?

Yes. The only democracy. Unless you can think of another one?

The only place gay people can live and be married legally - in fact Tel Aviv is a HUGE and popular city for gay pride, named one of the friendliest gay cities in the world - the only place in the ME where women have equal rights to men, where people of all faiths and none have the same rights and the only place with basic human rights for all.

2022 was the last election. Why? When did YOU think it was.

I was just listening to Shiva on the radio. She was emotional but here you go, here is her campaigning for some time

https://www.wilpf.org/whilst-the-world-has-not-been-looking-the-iranian-regime-has-increased-execution-this-must-stop/

Tony Blair was a war criminal.
Did you think that the definition of democracy is “Countries where leaders are not ‘up for war crimes’”?

Thats not what it means FYI. Would you like the real definition?

Can somone please explain to a dumdum like me who doesn't really follow politics or watch the news (I have severe OCD and anxiety and I avoid th news and such because it triggers me) what exactly is going on with Iran and eveything? And why is America getting involved. I know I sound thick but I don't understand any of it.

@ButterfliesnWaterfalls you may want to read up on Masih Alinejad who the Islamic Regime tried to assassinate. She fled Iran to the US and spoke out on the human rights violations. She’s had numerous attempts on her life including one caught on her Ring doorbell. There are people in prison over this. And you’re outraged at a regime like this being wiped out?

How about the 16 year old girl they executed recently for the crime of having been raped?

Masha Amini was literally all over the news here for weeks. Not sure how you missed that

Link?

Not saying this didn’t happen, but for those of us who missed this a bit more information would be helpful

@ButterfliesnWaterfallsif you read the link you’ll find out more about how women were treated and why they are celebrating if the regime falls.

I can’t imagine you are ok with what is described by Shiva in the link, are you?

Indeed. This follows numerous executions of young boys who were raped, because they thought children could consent to gay sex.

But apparently Israel is the worst place in the ME 🙄

Me neither.

Pretty shocking people are questioning that this happens.

have they been living under a rock?

You fundamentally misunderstand the Iranian people if you think they'll roll over for this. As many before you have.

A friend with close links with Israel(she was meant to be there now, but postponed visit) text early afternoon and inferred although not explicitly said he was dead.

Hard to put nearly 50 yrs of history in a short manner but

Iran and the United States have been in conflict for decades, ever since the Iranian revolution in 1979 when Iran’s government became a religious authoritarian state. Since then there’s been deep distrust on both sides, with disputes over Iran’s nuclear programme, its support for armed groups in the region, and America’s alliances with Iran’s rivals like Israel. Tensions have flared many times over the yers, including direct US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites in 2025 and proxy fights involving missiles and drones between Iran and Israel last.

In late 2025, Iran went through huge nationwide protests ( one of many over the last 5 decades) because the economy collapsed and prices soared. What began over bread and jobs turned into broader demonstrations against the government. The regime cracked down very violently, killing 50,000 thousand people and shutting down the internet to stop reporting on what was happening.

That internal unrest made the U.S. more publicly critical of Iran’s leadership and essentially started building up military forces in the ME and pushing demands on Iran to not execute people etc. When negotiations and pressure didn’t stop the violence inside Iran or lead to a deal, trump and Israel launched a military offensive in today with the aim of hitting Iranian military and nuclear-linked sites, and targeting top leadership and were successful in killing the leader.

thats the latest gist of it but its much more deeper than that.