Legitimate question - why am I not seeing this in the news? This is horrifying but where is the coverage?
The BBC have been covering it in the UK. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cjnwl8q4ggwt
Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal
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#352Earlier quoted context omitted.
> IHR is CIA-backed Can you provide us with any evidence of that?
According to this right-leaning source ( Revealed: The CIA-Backed NGOs Fueling the Iran Protests - https://ronpaulinstitute.org/revealed-the-cia-backed-ngos-fu... ): Most of the human rights organisation in Iran, cited heavily by western media, are backed by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), which some countries (and some right-wing political organisations) believe is used by the CIA (if not funded and a fr…
According to their website NED is based in washington dc. The CIA hq is not in fairfax, it is in Langley. Even if they were in the same city that is an incredibly weak argument. Custom ink (the shirt company) is also in fairfax. Are they a cia front too?
Re: Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal
#353It seems protesting a dictatorship, of whatever kind, is pointless and dangerous.
Meaning, the people should be able to defend themselves against the violence directed to them.
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#354That article does not explain how the alleged data was acquired.
Re: Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal
#355Earlier quoted context omitted.
According to this right-leaning source ( Revealed: The CIA-Backed NGOs Fueling the Iran Protests - https://ronpaulinstitute.org/revealed-the-cia-backed-ngos-fu... ): Most of the human rights organisation in Iran, cited heavily by western media, are backed by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), which some countries (and some right-wing political organisations) believe is used by the CIA (if not funded and a fr…
According to their website NED is based in washington dc. The CIA hq is not in fairfax, it is in Langley. Even if they were in the same city that is an incredibly weak argument. Custom ink (the shirt company) is also in fairfax. Are they a cia front too?
Either way the question has to be:
a) HOW was the data acquired? b) WHO obtained the data?
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#356Re: Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal
#357The source (Iran International) is backed by Saudi money and has a bias to dunk on Iran. That said, I'm sure the death count numbers from the Rasht Massacre are staggeringly higher than the initial tallies of 2-5k.
It is a source run by expatriate Iranians of the diaspora.. the fact that so many people just discount their point of view it's pretty frustrating. If you speak to Iranians that you work with it's pretty illuminating
"It is a source run by expatriate Iranians of the diaspora.. the fact that so many people just discount their point of view it's pretty frustrating. If you speak to Iranians that you work with it's pretty illuminating"
Well - the data they publish can be correct; or it can be a made-up lie. We simply don't know.
So why should we assume the data they publish should be correct? How did they reach that number? And why is that number more precise than earlier reported numbers? And, why is that number so different to the other numbers told before?
What if they say tomorrow it is 50.000 suddenly?
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#359Re: Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal
#360Earlier quoted context omitted.
> IHR is CIA-backed Can you provide us with any evidence of that?
According to this right-leaning source ( Revealed: The CIA-Backed NGOs Fueling the Iran Protests - https://ronpaulinstitute.org/revealed-the-cia-backed-ngos-fu... ): Most of the human rights organisation in Iran, cited heavily by western media, are backed by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), which some countries (and some right-wing political organisations) believe is used by the CIA (if not funded and a fr…
This is in line with decades of behavior of cia et al on all fronts in all parts of the world.