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Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is killed in Israeli strike, ending 36-year rule

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It's interesting that they're all flying the flag of the Shah.

The son of a Shah that was deposed by mass protests by well-educated students and intellectuals during the Islamic Revolution, who are now in their 60s. Time is a circle.

sometimes you just have to try Islamism before you decide you don't like it

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America and Israel are lawless countries. Can you imagine other countries assassinating a foreign head of state and not getting immediate blowback?

The EU should do more to move away from being dependent on america . America is a hostile nation and should be treated like Russia and China.

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I have no sympathy for Khamenei, but, if that is allowed we should not be surprised if Denmark prime minister is next?

Weirdly Europe and even Canada seem to be completely onboard with all this..

Having a brutal dictatorial regime that finances international terrorists on your doorstep does that to you.

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I have no sympathy for Khamenei, but, if that is allowed we should not be surprised if Denmark prime minister is next?

Weirdly Europe and even Canada seem to be completely onboard with all this..

Yeah, because killing murderous dictators is helpful, and it doesn't matter that much who does it. In Europe, states aren't sacred – it is the freedom of people, and when people are freed, Europeans are happy even if it includes breaking the sovereignty of some terror state. I'm not saying I like Trump, but when he kills evil dictators, I can't complain. (There was 10k+ protesters killed in Iran recently)

There is huge potential hidden in Iran; it has always had a huge influence over the region and possibly the whole world.

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The Iranian diaspora around the world is celebrating. Here's the scene in Berlin: https://youtu.be/NSbx_0mtk80?si=MJ_Bfvx8gVd1P1mm They've waited a very long time for this moment!

The dispora means little though, the people in the country count as they live 365 days there without the convenient ability to comment from a distance and they are ones who would have to die for a turnover.

You mean the ones who cannot comment because their authoritarian theocratic regime blocked protest and the internet? I hope that changes for them

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I work with and know a lot of Shia (non-Iranian) Muslims and listening to them talk about this assassination I'm convinced that the likelihood of attempted terror attacks against the US has increased significantly. The non-Iranian part is key. Millions of muslims around the world viewed the Iranian theocracy as the only power in the world fighting for Islam. They are devastated.

I was just saying this to someone this morning. Iran’s theocracy was the only one that has withstood the Middle East political wars in Jordan, Syria, Afghanistan, etc. To rephrase it… if The Middle East was the UK, Iran would be British. If the Middle East was the US. Iran would be California.

> The Middle East was the UK, Iran would be British.

Did you mean England perhaps, not "British"?

Re: Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is killed in Israeli strike, ending 36-year rule

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I have no sympathy for Khamenei, but, if that is allowed we should not be surprised if Denmark prime minister is next?

Weirdly Europe and even Canada seem to be completely onboard with all this..

That's not how I am reading this. Here, the reaction seems mostly that Europe doesn't want to touch this mess. Which is weird, as Iran was clearly on our list of bad countries and Israel can do nothing wrong.

Local news publishes articles of Iranians in our countries being happy, political commenters indicating it can go both ways, and not much comments from politicians.

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I have no sympathy for Khamenei, but, if that is allowed we should not be surprised if Denmark prime minister is next?

Weirdly Europe and even Canada seem to be completely onboard with all this..

Also weirdly they only came out in support once they saw that the operation was largely successful. It's almost like they prefer to ride on the coattails the same as they always have.

They don't want to risk their politics.

Re: Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is killed in Israeli strike, ending 36-year rule

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I work with and know a lot of Shia (non-Iranian) Muslims and listening to them talk about this assassination I'm convinced that the likelihood of attempted terror attacks against the US has increased significantly. The non-Iranian part is key. Millions of muslims around the world viewed the Iranian theocracy as the only power in the world fighting for Islam. They are devastated.

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