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Why world hates Iran?

petre 4y ago
Probably because their leadership radicalizes and sponsors people who put bombs on planes, in theatres, kill journalists who draw mocking cartoons of their prophet and drive trucks into crowds. You see, the world likes a good laugh but they don't like being blown up while enjoying a concert. I know regular Iranians can be quite nice. We have an Iranian acquaintance. Aside from some cultural oddities he's okay. But their leadership and the Revolutionary Guards aren't anything like that.
- MichaelCollins 4y ago
  > kill journalists who draw mocking cartoons of their prophet You're speaking of the Charlie Hebdo attack right? I'm looking over the wikipedia pages for it and I don't see any links to Iran. The two were ethnic Algerians born in France. One of them got arrested while trying to travel to Syria, presumably to fight for al-Queda in Iraq. Mentored in prison by an Algerian terrorist who had been radicalized by Jordanian and Egyptian preachers. Arrested again for recruiting fighters for a Jordanian jihadis. Trained with al-Qaeda in Arabia (AQAP, a Sunni group.) Where is the Iran/Shia connection? When I search for "charlie hebdo attack Iran" I find articles about Iran denouncing both the cartoons and the attack. Denouncing the cartoons doesn't make Iran culpable for the attack; free speech cuts both ways. The cartoons are free speech and so is denouncing the cartoons.
  - petre 4y ago
    You are right, it was the other group of jihadists, the one fighting against another Iranian backed group. That time Iran's leadership basically implied the attack was somewhow okay, without literally saying it. https://old.iranintl.com/en/world/irans-khamenei-calls-publication-prophet-muhammad-cartoons-unforgivable-sin https://old.iranintl.com/en/world/irans-khamenei-calls-publi...
- unmole 4y ago
  But somehow Saudi Arabia, which is worse in every way is fine.
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2OEH8eoCRo0 4y ago
Ask Salman Rushdie.

Probably because their leadership radicalizes and sponsors people who put bombs on planes, in theatres, kill journalists who draw mocking cartoons of their prophet and drive trucks into crowds. You see, the world likes a good laugh but they don't like being blown up while enjoying a concert. I know regular Iranians can be quite nice. We have an Iranian acquaintance. Aside from some cultural oddities he's okay. But their leadership and the Revolutionary Guards aren't anything like that.

MichaelCollins 4y ago
> kill journalists who draw mocking cartoons of their prophet You're speaking of the Charlie Hebdo attack right? I'm looking over the wikipedia pages for it and I don't see any links to Iran. The two were ethnic Algerians born in France. One of them got arrested while trying to travel to Syria, presumably to fight for al-Queda in Iraq. Mentored in prison by an Algerian terrorist who had been radicalized by Jordanian and Egyptian preachers. Arrested again for recruiting fighters for a Jordanian jihadis. Trained with al-Qaeda in Arabia (AQAP, a Sunni group.) Where is the Iran/Shia connection? When I search for "charlie hebdo attack Iran" I find articles about Iran denouncing both the cartoons and the attack. Denouncing the cartoons doesn't make Iran culpable for the attack; free speech cuts both ways. The cartoons are free speech and so is denouncing the cartoons.
- petre 4y ago
  You are right, it was the other group of jihadists, the one fighting against another Iranian backed group. That time Iran's leadership basically implied the attack was somewhow okay, without literally saying it. https://old.iranintl.com/en/world/irans-khamenei-calls-publication-prophet-muhammad-cartoons-unforgivable-sin https://old.iranintl.com/en/world/irans-khamenei-calls-publi...
unmole 4y ago
But somehow Saudi Arabia, which is worse in every way is fine.
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2OEH8eoCRo0 4y ago

Ask Salman Rushdie.