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> Iran's missiles are used as a terror weapon against civilian population They've also sucessfuly been used against energy and military infrastructure.
Those were mostly UAVs, you can see the abysmal aiming ability in Israel, where they have largely stopped aiming at facilities and moved to cluster warheads to maximize civilian hit ratio in large metropolis
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Well, if US takes down their democracy and downs their domestic passenger jets, fight a proxy war with chemical weapons through Saddam Hussein that alone kills 20~30 thousand, no country is going to respond to that with flowers in their hair. In Iran's defence, in spite of being attacked repeatedly with chemical weapons, not once have they retaliated with chemical weapons. This is in line with their beliefs which was…
Have you ever been in Iran? Do you know any Iranians and have you talked to them recently? Do you know what Khomeini did to his fellow leftist who toppled the Shah?
As complete strangers they were invited into their homes to share dinner with family, with much post dinner merriment and singing and dancing. Note, my people were complete strangers to them, foreigners too. Some of my people were young men, they giggle and blush telling stories they were approached openly by women, no burqa in sight. These people still try to stay in occasional touch to this day.
Yes (many).
Yes. Also what US planted Shah's SAVAK did to his political opponents.
So what was your point again that you were presumably making, if any at all.
Ah I see. You took a random shot hoping it would stick and silence. Tsk tsk.
Maybe you are new here, those things don't work so well around here.
All Iranians reading this on HN, thank you for your generosity and hospitality. No one can top yours, seriously. Americans are generally friendly people, but Iranians really hit hospitality and show of heart out of the park.
Question: could this lead to much more expensive war risk insurance for all ships transiting the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean? That’s a lot of traffic
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> it’s clear the new regime no longer feels bound by that restriction.. Wait a minute... Are you implying the dude who just got his dad, wife, brother, son and many other relatives killed by their arch enemies is not bending the knee? Who could have predicted that?
That guy is dead or dying. He’s not in control of anything. There’s been no audio or video of him since the opening strike.
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I'd appreciate if you didn't spam the same link all over my comments, once is enough. And as for "forensic architecture", please visit their website and go over who these people are - especially the Palestinians from Ramallah and self proclaimed "activists". This is by no means an unbiased organization.
Then don't go asking for a report in all of your comments on this page where you have, once is enough. Forensic Architecture is one of the most reputed organizations for this line of work. Their reports are read with great deal of respect here on HN and they cover more than this conflict. If they don't count as credible and competent, nothing will satisfy you -- the moral equivalent of covering one's eyes and ears. S…
He's in there as well, truly unapologetic Zionist.
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Holy shit what rock are you living under? Israel is villifying itself just fine.
I argue that anyone saying this is watching too many TikTok videos and not really familiar with what's going on. Without going into too much detail, my position and line of work means that I have to keep very informed on the middle east and so far I've seen a lot of hatred, and very little factual basis. In fact every single person I personally talked to was very uninformed on these matters which is fine, as long as…
If Israel doesn't want people to form "extreme opinions" about them then maybe they should stop oppressing and murdering poeple with a compete disregard for human life.
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> Any credible source for this? For tens of thousands? No. That’s the upper end of estimates. For the brutality? Yes. Wikipedia is a good start.
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No, you can’t. One, it exceeds Iran’s population. Two, no known method of estimation produces a reasonable guess at those levels.
> there is no credible source in this scenario
There are. There aren’t if you assume ex ante they don’t exist, or if you’re committed to ignoring them.
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> Reaping what they sow Israel and Iran somewhat independently came to the conclusion that they’re the regional hegemon, and that protecting that position is worth any cost.
I would see this war as the end of a string of wars initiated by Iran through Hamas in October 7. This left Israel similar to the USA post 9/11 or Peal Harbor. On a streak to make it never happen again in a very decisive/brutal way. Hegemony wasn't the moving factor for Israel, at least until very late in the war, and due to the same reasons
Locally, yes. Iran not condemning those attacks was a fuckup.
More broadly, this is the Levant versus Persia, a power contest as old as civilization.
As NATO has thus far neglected to get involved, this seems like an incredibly dumb move by Iran. Making Europe feel threatened will not turn things in their favor.
US and Israel sneak attacked Iran during negotiations that presumably were going very well.
Iran is attacking only the countries that were involved in the attacks.
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Then don't go asking for a report in all of your comments on this page where you have, once is enough. Forensic Architecture is one of the most reputed organizations for this line of work. Their reports are read with great deal of respect here on HN and they cover more than this conflict. If they don't count as credible and competent, nothing will satisfy you -- the moral equivalent of covering one's eyes and ears. S…
>For HN audience, the report was discussed on HN here He's in there as well, truly unapologetic Zionist.
Sadly, my country does this too, pay shills to promote their party line on Whatsapp.