This doesn't help. The prophet has seen what they did to their own people.
Iran's internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only
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Iran is a democratic republic just like the 'democratic peoples republic' of North Korea is, i.e. not at all. It is remarkable how often entities which use the term 'democratic' do not live up to the concept it refers to
Iran is not called a democratic republic but an Islamic Republic and at that it is the only one of its kind in all of Middle East. Like all republics holds regular elections and referendums.
The fact that you don't like the results does not make it a dictatorship
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A republic with a supreme religious leader who actually decides everything, that fakes elections and has a council of religious leaders that can disqualify any candidate that's without even talking about killing 30,000-40,000 citizens for wanting their rights > It subsidize basic needs of its poorer citizens, such as fuel, bread, housing, education and healthcare. I'd start with supplying basic needs like water and e…
Subsidies are enacted and approved by Parliament and enshrined in the law. IRGC has nothing to do with approval or distribution of subsidies.
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IPs owned by Iranian entities could be blocked straightforwardly by network operators at various levels. They could probably fudge the paperwork via Russian or Chinese entities and obfuscate the routes with cooperation from Russian/Chinese network operators, but that would take time.
They said "tunnel"
If they mean a real proxy, that’s even more involved - you can’t just do that with BGP configurations and will need someone running what is basically a country-wide VPN in Russia or China (which will probably be very identifiable).
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A republic with a supreme religious leader who actually decides everything, that fakes elections and has a council of religious leaders that can disqualify any candidate that's without even talking about killing 30,000-40,000 citizens for wanting their rights > It subsidize basic needs of its poorer citizens, such as fuel, bread, housing, education and healthcare. I'd start with supplying basic needs like water and e…
Do not forget funding widespread proxxy wars and terrorism in the region, although that game has many players: Qatar, UAE, Turkey, Egypt..
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There are a lot of words one could use to describe the Israeli pager attack on Hezbollah, but indiscriminate isn’t one that leaps to mind, particular when compared against other contemporary military strikes
Comparing the lack of humanity of military strikes surely is a slippery slope. Let me remind you that many civilians died, including two children. Don't take my word for it: The following quote can be attributed to Lama Fakih, Middle East and North Africa Director at Human Rights Watch: “Customary international humanitarian law prohibits the use of booby traps – objects that civilians are likely to be attracted to or…
The affected equipment was C2 infrastructure and distributed by Hezbollah itself to its members for use in conducting military operations. Again, if you’re familiar with the use of military force today or really any military history since the invention of artillery, a handful of civilian deaths from an attack on several thousand combatants, while always tragic, does not represent an indiscriminate use of force.
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Khomenei is called the "supreme leader" since 89. His predecessor betrayed his allies by wording a referendum for the abolition of the monarchy weirdly, making it instead about the installation of a theocracy. (i don't want to make it overly political, but once again the historical materialist offshots of the revolutionary groups are the only ones who understood the betrayal and called a boycott of this referendum. P…
It was the same "Marxists" who helped Khomeini gain power so by all means observe Marxists but only to understand where they are trying to lead society so you can be ready to limit the amount of damage they'll do. Lenin is supposed to have called these people 'useful idiots', useful to create societal upheaval because they are so easy to lead and eager to follow but for that same reason they should be neutralised onc…
Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. They were part of the coalition against the Shah, which included Islamists, Democrats and Marxists. Since Marxists are used to be betrayed, it's basically a feature at this point, they were the ones to understand where the betrayal would come from. If the democrats did follow and boycotted the referendum too, maybe Iran wouldn't have a supreme leader and have a democracy. So if you're part of a coalition with Marxists, listen to their paranoia once it's done.
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I get the feeling you don't want to hear it, but there is despicable thing called child soldiers.
Their most dangerous battalion, consisting of 1000 infants, was neutralized by the brave IDF Soldiers.
Can't tell if you're disingenuously joking or ignorantly joking. A 17 year old is technically a child.