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Conflict in the Middle East

Iran authorities demand large amounts of money for return of bodies

43 replies

CircleSquared · 15/01/2026 22:39

I desperately hope the people of Iran will be free soon.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g5md1n1yxo

OP posts:
SisterTeatime · 18/01/2026 08:47

LadyGreySpillsTheTea · 17/01/2026 11:29

Hamas and the Iranian and current Israeli governments are all doing some pretty unpalatable things that are clear human rights violations. This is very much not the case that one side being evil makes the other side ‘good’.

When people criticize the actions of the Israeli government and armed forces it’s because many thousands of innocent lives have been deliberately lost in the process, in a manner that makes it clear there is a deliberate genocidal policy by Israel.

The horrendous brutality of Hamas, which I abhor, is likely to be a response to the brutality experienced by Palestinians for 70 years.

To get back to the actual topic: not just the Iranians but also the significant numbers of Afghan refugees in Iran (who are treated like scum) deserve better than this. I just hope when the regime finally falls that it’s replaced by a stable, just government and not complete societal breakdown.

Never change, anti-Israel posters!

A thread about Iran must have criticism of Israel shoehorned into it.

If Israel goes to war, it’s deliberate genocide. If Hamas slaughters civilians, including its own, it’s Israel’s fault.

SharonEllis · 18/01/2026 08:55

explanationplease · 18/01/2026 08:40

So very distasteful, unpleasant and crafty to use the shocking situation in Iran as a weapon in your war against the poor Palestinians.

Who here is waging war against Palestinians?

Twiglets1 · 18/01/2026 10:10

explanationplease · 18/01/2026 08:40

So very distasteful, unpleasant and crafty to use the shocking situation in Iran as a weapon in your war against the poor Palestinians.

Don’t be ridiculous. Absolutely nobody on MN is fighting a verbal war against the poor Palestinians. Only the ones that are Hamas or Hamas supporters.

inamarina · 18/01/2026 10:16

SisterTeatime · 18/01/2026 08:47

Never change, anti-Israel posters!

A thread about Iran must have criticism of Israel shoehorned into it.

If Israel goes to war, it’s deliberate genocide. If Hamas slaughters civilians, including its own, it’s Israel’s fault.

Yes, the use of language in this conflict has been quite interesting.
Hamas attacking Israel and indiscriminately killing 1200 in one day = “resistance”, Israel retaliating = “collective punishment” and later = “genocide”.

HeadyLamarr · 18/01/2026 10:21

Anti Semitism is rife. OP starts a thread about the disgusting acts of the Iranian regime and within half a dozen posts it's turned into another thread about Israel.

Iran's regime is evil, vicious and deadly. The sooner it is brought down the better.

hihelenhi · 18/01/2026 10:27

This thread is meant to be on the topic of IRAN, no? And the Iranian people? Remember them? And the absolute brutality of the current Islamic regime in their repression of the people trying to overthrow their dictatorship.

Perhaps worth getting back on topic without two fucking pages of anti Israel rhetoric & the usual back and forth on that with pretty much no mention of Iran or Iranians and what they're going through at all.

I sincerely hope the Ayatollah's regime's days are numbered. But am beyond gutted at the failure of the Western so-called "progressives" to apparently give the smallest shit and essentially allowing this to happen.

Kingscallops · 18/01/2026 11:17

@twiglets am I right in recalling a young Iranian woman burning a photo of the Ayatollah? I hope she's safe. Very brave lady.

garnacha · 18/01/2026 11:32

KatiePricesKnickers · 18/01/2026 08:35

Don’t believe all the pro-pal lies like genocide, famine etc. Sad.

Let me guess, you can provide plenty of "alternative facts". LOL.

KatiePricesKnickers · 18/01/2026 11:33

explanationplease · 18/01/2026 08:40

So very distasteful, unpleasant and crafty to use the shocking situation in Iran as a weapon in your war against the poor Palestinians.

No one in this thread is in the IDF or at war with the Palestinians.
The war is against Hamas.

hihelenhi · 18/01/2026 16:54

Kingscallops · 18/01/2026 11:17

@twiglets am I right in recalling a young Iranian woman burning a photo of the Ayatollah? I hope she's safe. Very brave lady.

I have a feeling she's actually an Iranian in Canada (I hope I'm right, as she'll be safe if so. Wouldn't fancy her chances if not). The people protesting in Iran though have been very brave.

Even if some idiots who claim to care about human rights don't give a damn about them.

hihelenhi · 18/01/2026 16:55

garnacha · 18/01/2026 11:32

Let me guess, you can provide plenty of "alternative facts". LOL.

What has your post got to do with the Iranian protests and Iranian people?

Give it a rest, please.

Kingscallops · 18/01/2026 16:57

hihelenhi · 18/01/2026 16:54

I have a feeling she's actually an Iranian in Canada (I hope I'm right, as she'll be safe if so. Wouldn't fancy her chances if not). The people protesting in Iran though have been very brave.

Even if some idiots who claim to care about human rights don't give a damn about them.

OK, thanks for clarifying x

SharonEllis · 18/01/2026 16:58

hihelenhi · 18/01/2026 16:54

I have a feeling she's actually an Iranian in Canada (I hope I'm right, as she'll be safe if so. Wouldn't fancy her chances if not). The people protesting in Iran though have been very brave.

Even if some idiots who claim to care about human rights don't give a damn about them.

There are loads of pictures of different Iranian women across social media doing this.

Kingscallops · 18/01/2026 17:17

SharonEllis · 18/01/2026 16:58

There are loads of pictures of different Iranian women across social media doing this.

Gosh Sharon, this should be the wake up call for Western women not knowing how lucky we are.

cupfinalchaos · 18/01/2026 17:24

ExerciseIsGoodForYou · 17/01/2026 23:45

Quite. Those ‘genocidal’ Israelis who have done more than any other military in history to minimise civilian deaths, losing thousands of their own soldiers in the process. A massively superior and technologically advanced military force who dropped the equivalent of 3 nuclear bombs or 6 Hiroshimas on a densely populated urban 27 mile long strip of land but only managed to kill less than 1.75% of the civilian population despite those civilians being used as human shields as a warfare strategy by their own Government and being afforded absolutely zero protection in the form of safe refuge by non hostile neighbouring countries! Israel could have just carpet bombed the place in a few days, saved a lot of military expenditure and mort importantly, saved their soldiers. They wouldn’t have been viewed any differently by the anti-Israel contingent on here if they had.

This. Unfortunately though, your accurate appraisal won’t fit the rhetoric of many on here.

SugarandSpiceandAllThingsNaice · 18/01/2026 21:53

Kingscallops · 17/01/2026 11:16

I recall Hamas playing similar tricks with dead bodies. I hope you recoiled in horror, then. Is Hamas distguinshed from Iran?

Yes I am aware of the numerous countries that use this vile practice. Why else would I mention that is is a common practice in the region?

climbintheback · 29/01/2026 18:29

Are the children and grandchildren of the regime living the life of Riley in cities all over the world being detained or at the very least their assets frozen

delna · 29/01/2026 22:23

There is a lot of talk coming out of Iran now saying that the regine are keeping the bodies back as they are gearing a US or Israel attack and will then present the bodies as their doing🤢

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