Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal

Post by Maken » Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC

inglor_cz wrote: post #279

jdthedisciple wrote: post #221

Just leaving this here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d'%C3%A9tat

I never understood why some people get so fixated on one event in 1953, as if nothing else mattered after that. Sure, it had a nontrivial effect. But it also happened in a time when Stalin and Churchill were still alive, there were 6 billion people fewer on the planet and the first antibiotics and transistors barely entered production. Korea was poorer than Ghana etc. It is 2026, three generations have passed, and no…

Post by hersko » Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 4:21 PM UTC

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #412

midlander wrote: post #321

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are hundreds of videos of tower blocks being bombed, where people are standing a distance away with cameras set up, ready and waiting, because they’ve been warned and evacuated. These are not the actions of an army trying to target civilians.

No amount of warning will save children from starving if the access roads and relief convoys are blocked. I'm quite frankly quite appalled at the amount of apologists in this thread. Warning civilians is not an excuse to genocide them.

Post by dartharva » Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 4:23 PM UTC

epsters wrote: post #475

sepisoad wrote: post #391

An iranian expat here. I have been following the news closely, mostly getting my data from my friends in Iran before the internet shutdown and after it was (sort of) lifted. The death toll is way above this number, you have to consider the fact that Iran is a big country with many small cities, and in my city alone (which is very small and rarely has any protest going on) many people have died (i don’t have the exact…

Don't know about who exactly are the 'leftists' you are referring to but here's my take : Palestine : Dont send bombs. Send Aid. Lift blockade so Palestinians dont suffer. Iran : Dont send bombs. Send Aid. Lift sanctions so Iranian people dont suffer. Interested to hear your take regarding the same.

Post by ch4s3 » Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 4:23 PM UTC

noah_buddy wrote: post #469

joenot443 wrote: post #445

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think when westerners like myself notice the disparity in response amongst western progressives between the Palestinian and Iranian situations, they're talking more from a social lens than the geopolitical one. A lot of my peers have been incredibly active on social media the last couple years supporting Palestinians. They've been mostly completely silent on Iran, the imbalance is notable.

Again, what am I supposed to do about it? If one lives in one of most western countries, one’s government has sanctioned Iran to the gills. Even the government can do little more, except engage in war. Compare this to Palestine, where direct action and protest is much more tangibly impactful.

Post by andrewchilds » Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 4:23 PM UTC

Maken wrote: post #518

ripped_britches wrote: post #298

Legitimate question - why am I not seeing this in the news? This is horrifying but where is the coverage?

What news are you reading? This is featured in virtually every Western media outlet. Maybe it's not so prominent in public discourse because it's sharing screentime with ICE's raids and NATO's rapid collapse. There is also the issue of not being easy to confirm anything out of Iran right now, which is certainly concerning.