Iranians

[pandowo]

I’m rooting for you !!! Anyone else want to show their support ?

Same.

Thank you for this thread OP. Let's hope it stays focused on the people of Iran.

Agree. And if the most I can do is “virtue signal” and show my Iranian friends that they aren’t alone then that‘s what I’ll do ❤️

The US has been involved already and the attacks by Israel and the US weakened the regime and played a part.

I know you hate Trump but the priority is freedom for the Iranian people and if that requires the US intervening then that's what it takes. he has been way more vocal about the situation in Iran than Starmer and has been supporting the people and they being the coward Ayatollah if he continues to kill protesters.

I am all for the US intervening to end the Iranian, Venezuelan, Cuban and Syrian regimes. Decades of diplomatic efforts have done nothing.

Yep. Hear hear.

I'm not Iranian, but I went to a Free Iran protest in my nearest city on Saturday to show my support. I will go again next weekend too.

I hadn’t seen this thread - been glued to the news non stop the last few days, and praying for the incredibly brave people of Iran.

Iranians are wonderful people.
More power to them! 👏👏👏

He’s been advocating for a democratic and secular Iran for years. At one point he was explicitly in support of a constitutional monarchy in Iran (in contrast to the autocratic one of his father), but he’s stepped back from that in recent years.

www.cfr.org/event/conversation-reza-pahlavi

https://www.politico.eu/article/reza-pahlavi-iran-revolution-exiled-prince-plan-regime-change/

He is an intelligent man, and I suspect he has spent a lot of time considering the mistakes that led his family into exile. It’s a very delicate situation, and his approach is a wise one. I hope it is genuine, and that if he does return to Iran after a successful revolution, that he follows through.

I cannot imagine the Shah will return to Iran

But something needs to change

Yes, I hope Iran will be free soon. Brave people!!!

Just wondering as an Iranian right now what I would prefer?

Interested in your answer ?

Lots of people die of hunger-related causes every day but it’s rarely just “not enough food, simple to solve”.

The top places right now for famine/famine risk (IPC): Gaza, Sudan, South Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, Haiti.

All of those are conflict-driven, with Iran a major driver of all but one of those conflicts. Quite a record.

If it’s starvation deaths you care about you really should care about Iran. (Maybe some of those people you find laughable have joined the dots).

Clearly sponsored by by the US and Israel then.

@pandowo what do you think the parents of that protester about to be hanged today want ?

Apoarntlry the white house has a list of command centers for the brutal crackdown they could severely weaken the regime by targeting those command centers remembering the people are unarmed.

Very much so.

Here we go ….

Im sure Iranians would welcome any intervention from anywhere ,perhaps their neighbours are offering support for their brother's and sisters?

I'm sure the regimes in saudi and Qatar etc are all heart broken to witness this ?

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Unarmed civilians (including children) being slaughtered by their own government, and that's your main concern?
You reveal yourself.

No Jews (or white men), no news.

The US and Israel do not care about Iranians. You delude yourself if you think otherwise. Setting up Israel as some sort of saviour is hilarious.

Did you learn nothing after Iraq and Afghanistan?

I am in awe of the incredibly brave people in Iran. Persians, Kurds, Armenians- all the wonderful people who have been suffering under a brutal regime. Especially the women.
By all accounts the streets are running with the blood of unarmed protesters who have been tirelessly risking everything by taking to the streets night after night for two and a half weeks.
Its not the first uprising but it’s by far the biggest.
They absolutely WILL need help to transition to the democracy they want and to rebuild their country. I don’t know what else we can do other than say that, and demand that the regime be proscribed as terrorists by all other countries and go from there.

Agree.
I was listening to a discussion yesterday about why the UK has not proscribed the IRGC. The reason given was that the UK has one one the last (if not the last) remaining western embassies in Tehran. Presumably that would close if we proscribed them.

I don’t think the US getting involved is a good thing personally, we only have to look at history to see what good that does. But I also don’t think Iranians should be left helpless, the regime will end up killing far too many innocent people if something doesn’t happen to step in. So what’s the answer ?

I’m interested to know too from those who are against any help, from the US in particular. Should anyone step in or are they ok with the regime overthrowing people and continuing the violence?

USA, sadly.

There is no perfect answer but the Iranian people have shown they want change and are willing to effect that change by whatever means.

It’s not like Iraq/Afghanistan where widespread uprising wasn’t a thing.