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Iran - full evacuation of Tehran?

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Fitasafiddle1 · 17/06/2025 04:18

Genuinely finding it hard to sleep now having seen the news that Tehran - a population of 10 million are being urgently advised to leave. Is anyone else feeling very concerned (and nervous) watching what is now taking place in the ME? It is being reported that Israel have ‘full ariel control’ of Iran?

www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israel-has-full-control-of-tehrans-airspace-over-100-missile-launchers-destroyed-idf-says/

www.euronews.com/2025/06/17/trump-hints-at-major-israeli-offensive-as-he-urges-all-of-tehran-to-evacuate-immediately

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/liveblog/2025/6/17/live-israel-iran-trade-attacks-trump-orders-residents-of-tehran-to-flee

Blasts rock Tehran, Tel Aviv; Iran warns Israel of ‘devastating’ attacks

Blasts rock Tehran and sirens blare in Tel Aviv as hostilities between Iran and Israel continue for a fifth day.

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/liveblog/2025/6/17/live-israel-iran-trade-attacks-trump-orders-residents-of-tehran-to-flee

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Golden407 · 20/06/2025 09:17

SarfLondonLad · 19/06/2025 18:42

The Shah don't seem so bad now, does he.

He was certainly better from the perspective of the west. The Iranian people, not so much, he sold natural resources at below market value to cater to his puppet masters in the west and kept the peace by terrorising his people into silence with the secret police.
Hundreds of thousands of People were murdered and subject to medieval style torture, including having you’re eyes gouged out and being skinned alive.

CleverButScatty · 20/06/2025 09:34

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EasternStandard · 20/06/2025 09:47

AnnaBalfour · 20/06/2025 09:10

American intel reported Iran have not been actively pursuing nuclear weapon capability and would be at least 3 years away from being able to do so. Of course Trump decided to ignore the intel and join Netanyahu on this suddenly very urgent mission.

if you know, you know and can cut through all the BS

Tbf waiting so they get closer seems bad too. May as well re route them somehow. Not sure if they will manage that.

Twiglets1 · 20/06/2025 10:06

AnnaBalfour · 20/06/2025 09:10

American intel reported Iran have not been actively pursuing nuclear weapon capability and would be at least 3 years away from being able to do so. Of course Trump decided to ignore the intel and join Netanyahu on this suddenly very urgent mission.

if you know, you know and can cut through all the BS

Different sources suggest different things. You don't mention the source of your "American intel" but in this article Reuters are getting their information from IAEA - the International Atomic Energy Agency. They note that estimates of how long Iran would need for weaponization generally vary between months and about a year.

The exact timescale is hard to estimate as it is not clear how much knowledge Iran has.

"Certainly it was not for tomorrow... I don't think it was a matter of years," IAEA chief Rafael Grossi told CNN on Tuesday when asked how long it would have taken Iran to produce a bomb.

www.reuters.com/world/china/how-close-is-iran-having-nuclear-weapons-2025-06-18/

Xenia · 20/06/2025 10:10

Perhaps unlike most people on the thread, I have been to Iran twice on business (which is quite rare for a business woman from the UK) although not for the last 10 years. I have nothing against the people but the regime is appalling. I am not saying the late Shah's son (the heir in exile) should ascend the throne although that plus parliamentary democracy would be very good for the people of Iran, but regime change would be wonderful. At present Iran is a pariah state for loads of good reasons and it does not do its people any good to be such.

I certainly hope we can help Iranians in the Uk go back to help their nation at its time of crisis if they want to do so. There are about 114k of them (42k of whom were born Iran) and some will want to go back and others not.

Any MN thread where people with very different views come together even if they don't agree is a good idea so we can test out facts and positions. That is much better than sitting in isolated silo echo chambers only hearing the same views. (I support Israel and regard Iran as an arch enemy of the UK but obviously people have all kinds of different views on these issues - although if we were in Iran we would not be allowed to express them of course.......)

Dangermoo · 20/06/2025 10:11

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Ironic.

HerNeighbourTotoro · 20/06/2025 10:13

User37482 · 17/06/2025 04:41

I really hope this turns out well for the Iranian.

History taught us this is a very unlikely outcome.

HarrietPierce · 20/06/2025 13:41

AnnaBalfour · Today 09:10
"American intel reported Iran have not been actively pursuing nuclear weapon capability and would be at least 3 years away from being able to do so"

Netanyahoo has been claiming Iran are building nuclear weapons for decades.

https://x.com/abu_obaida_710/status/1935970876060832049

https://x.com/abu_obaida_710/status/1935970876060832049

Letstheriveranswer · 20/06/2025 18:10

My goodness, you are actually using Wikipedia as a "reputable source"?

This would be laughable if it wasn't so serious.

I'm out.

Dangermoo · 20/06/2025 18:12

Letstheriveranswer · 20/06/2025 18:10

My goodness, you are actually using Wikipedia as a "reputable source"?

This would be laughable if it wasn't so serious.

I'm out.

Yet, they say we are brainwashed!

devourfeculence · 20/06/2025 18:29

HarrietPierce · 20/06/2025 13:41

AnnaBalfour · Today 09:10
"American intel reported Iran have not been actively pursuing nuclear weapon capability and would be at least 3 years away from being able to do so"

Netanyahoo has been claiming Iran are building nuclear weapons for decades.

https://x.com/abu_obaida_710/status/1935970876060832049

Dear God that twitter account is sickening.

CleverButScatty · 20/06/2025 19:01

Dangermoo · 20/06/2025 18:12

Yet, they say we are brainwashed!

'they' and 'we'.
Interesting....

Could you elaborate who 'they' are and who 'we' are?

Dangermoo · 20/06/2025 19:04

CleverButScatty · 20/06/2025 19:01

'they' and 'we'.
Interesting....

Could you elaborate who 'they' are and who 'we' are?

Scroll up the thread.

CleverButScatty · 20/06/2025 19:05

Dangermoo · 20/06/2025 19:04

Scroll up the thread.

Spell it out my love...

Stirabout · 20/06/2025 19:06

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The news today reported that the Israeli Govn do not allow full reporting on the War in Israel
So yes.
Any news in or coming out of Israel is biased

Dangermoo · 20/06/2025 19:06

CleverButScatty · 20/06/2025 19:05

Spell it out my love...

Try not being lazy love.

HarrietPierce · 20/06/2025 19:07

Sickening because it shows how long Netanyahoo has been spouting this crap for 3 decades? At least Iran allow IAEA inspectors in unlike Israel.

CleverButScatty · 20/06/2025 19:08

Dangermoo · 20/06/2025 19:06

Try not being lazy love.

Dodging the question...

Dangermoo · 20/06/2025 19:14

CleverButScatty · 20/06/2025 19:08

Dodging the question...

I do believe I answered you. You can go and look or not. Up to you.

CleverButScatty · 20/06/2025 19:18

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Dangermoo · 20/06/2025 19:25

HarrietPierce · 20/06/2025 19:07

Sickening because it shows how long Netanyahoo has been spouting this crap for 3 decades? At least Iran allow IAEA inspectors in unlike Israel.

So that automatically makes Iran trustworthy!

devourfeculence · 20/06/2025 19:33

HarrietPierce · 20/06/2025 19:07

Sickening because it shows how long Netanyahoo has been spouting this crap for 3 decades? At least Iran allow IAEA inspectors in unlike Israel.

Sickening because of all the praise for Hamas and October 7th, as well as various dictators.

CleverButScatty · 20/06/2025 19:35

devourfeculence · 20/06/2025 19:33

Sickening because of all the praise for Hamas and October 7th, as well as various dictators.

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By whom?

Dangermoo · 20/06/2025 19:37

devourfeculence · 20/06/2025 19:33

Sickening because of all the praise for Hamas and October 7th, as well as various dictators.

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Even more sickening that a country which carries out barbaric executions, is trusted to keep their word on the handling of nukes!

Dangermoo · 20/06/2025 19:37

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DFOD.