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Iran vows regime will "not back down" as web blackout continues
- inglor_cz 10mo agoBut their Foreign Minister took his entire family and flew to Beirut. Doesn't look like a routine visit.
- dkindler 10mo agoSource?
- inglor_cz 10mo agoThis is what I found. https://x.com/Osint613/status/2009405639869526236 https://x.com/Osint613/status/2009405639869526236 Maybe someone in Lebanon can chime in.
- breppp 10mo agoThat story is based on rumors and denied by the minister himself. However, French media reports the Iranian elites are trying to get french visas https://www.iranintl.com/en/202601089494 https://www.iranintl.com/en/202601089494 Other unconfirmed rumors currently circulating is that last night under the cover of the internet blackouts there has been a major massacre of protestors https://x.com/IliaHashemicom/status/2009594128284205077 https://x.com/IliaHashemicom/status/2009594128284205077
- bamboozled 10mo agoOther unconfirmed rumors currently circulating is that last night under the cover of the internet blackouts there has been a major massacre of protestors Really, really hope it's a rumor.
- inglor_cz 10mo agoThis video indicates that there were some dead last night: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewIran/comments/1q7x4vv/caution_disturbing_islamic_republic_security_has/ https://www.reddit.com/r/NewIran/comments/1q7x4vv/caution_di...
- perihelions 10mo agoThat would unfortunately repeat the playbook of their 2019 internet blackout, which was likewise a cover to the government massacring "as many as 1,500 protestors". > "To block the sharing of information regarding the protests and the deaths of hundreds of protesters on social media platforms, the government shut down the Internet nationwide, resulting in a near-total internet blackout of around six days.[25][26][27] In an effort to crush the protests, the Iranian government (according to Amnesty International) shot protesters dead from rooftops, helicopters, and at close range with machine gun fire. In an effort to mask the scale and casualty count of the protests, it hauled away large numbers of bodies of the dead protesters,[24] and threatened families of slain protesters not to speak to the media or hold funerals.[28]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019–2020_Iranian_protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019–2020_Iranian_protests
- xenospn 10mo agoIf things calm down back home, he can say this was a routine work trip. If not, it doesn’t matter.
- greenaccountlol 10mo ago[flagged]
- jvanderbot 10mo agoMaybe. But if the people are free at the end of this, it doesn't really matter who or why it began. It's long overdue.
- whatshisface 10mo agoIran was not free under the Shah, just UK-aligned. It depends on what they're doing.
- lm28469 10mo agoStill better than turbo islamists on virtually all fronts
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- onemoresoop 10mo agoSure, but better for who? Most likely for the West I'd say. It's pretty bad for Persians as well but who knows what other leader would have done to them. If the regime falls I'd say good riddance but it's no guarantee for a better life or stability in the region.
- breppp 10mo agobetter for these guys: https://www.gettyimages.com/search/2/image?phrase=public+hanging+iran https://www.gettyimages.com/search/2/image?phrase=public+han...
- whatshisface 10mo ago
- NooneAtAll3 10mo ago[flagged]
- internationalis 10mo agoIt’s classic: the government killing protesters in the streets, and Western government-backed opposition groups trying to hijack the protests to seize power. Western governments support a person whose published plan for a 24-to-36-month (extendable) “transitional period” puts himself in charge as the absolute leader, with some advisory institutions whose members he personally “appoints.” Then, after 24 to 36 months, they promise elections—just like what the former al-Qaeda–linked Sharia is doing in Syria.
- breppp 10mo agoThe US only supported jawlani in the last year after he took control and shown himself as relatively pragmatic so I don't think this take aligns with reality. Up until 2024 he had a 10 million reward on his head and it would be very plausible he will end up assassinated by a US UAV https://2017-2021.state.gov/rewards-for-justice-reward-offer-for-information-on-al-nusrah-front-leader-muhammad-al-jawlani/ https://2017-2021.state.gov/rewards-for-justice-reward-offer... Edit: can't reply to your flagged post, Turkey may be a NATO ally but does not qualify as western. Its interests were not aligned with US interests in Syria. US supported the Kurds which are Turkey's long time enemies, while Turkey supported an Al Qaeda offshoot, which the US was not enthusiastic about
- internationalis 10mo ago[dead]
- mhb 10mo agoAnd the heads of the rest of the world's developed but militarily impotent countries who are so eager to weigh in on the various foreign policy issues du jour are painfully silent. Why aren't they standing with Trump in supporting the Iranian people? Pathetic.
- whatshisface 10mo agoIt's kind of funny to see some people downplaying the US-Shah connection while others use it as a fulcrum.
- geremiiah 10mo agohttps://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/01/09/eu-rejects-violence-against-protesters-in-iran-backs-legitimate-aspiration-for-change https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/01/09/eu-rejects-vio... > The crackdown on protesters in Iran has prompted an outcry among European leaders, with High Representative Kaja Kallas denouncing Tehran for its "disproportionate" and "heavy-handed" response. > The European Union has sharply condemned the crackdown on protesters in Iran who have taken to the streets to show their discontent over the Islamic Republic.
- mhb 10mo agoSo a tepid EU sound bite? What have Starmer, Macron or Martin said? Starmer: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/03/keir-starmer-silence-on-iran-is-shocking-middle-east-labour/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/03/keir-starmer-sil...
- ndsipa_pomu 10mo agoThe Telegraph (aka Torygraph) is a well known source of misinformation - they're approaching the Daily Mail (aka Daily Heil) in terms of just making up shit. However, I certainly don't want to be seen as supporting Starmer - he does seem to have remained silent on Iran or the MSM is not interested in reporting it.
- Zigurd 10mo ago
- geremiiah 10mo agoThe article says basically nothing besides, "people are protesting in Iran". I found this survey, no endorsement because I have no idea about the source, but it gives a better picture of where the Iranian people stand: https://gamaan.org/2025/08/20/analytical-report-on-iranians-political-preferences-in-2024/ https://gamaan.org/2025/08/20/analytical-report-on-iranians-...
- foolinaround 10mo agoIs Musk's Starlink capable of filling the gap for this large population?
- vorpalhex 10mo agoIran cracked down on personal satellite internet ownership because it had been used to bypass censorship attempts. So right now there is almost no starlink hardware in the country.
- irishcoffee 10mo ago> "Even Starlink, which has been the main line of communication for some activists in different parts of the country, has been jammed," Bahari said, referring to the satellite communication system run by Elon Musk. It's right there in the article. Just click the link!
- hersko 10mo agoThese type of issues always bring me back to the phenomenal essay "I Can Tolerate Anything Except The Outgroup"[1]. People can cheer on the worst despots as long as their local "outgroup" is aligning with the other side. Trump/Israel bad > Trump/Israel is anti Iranian regime > Iranian regime must not be so bad (or actually be good!) [1] https://www.slatestarcodexabridged.com/I-Can-Tolerate-Anything-Except-The-Outgroup https://www.slatestarcodexabridged.com/I-Can-Tolerate-Anythi...
- xenospn 10mo agoApplicable to Hamas/houthis as well.
- rich_sasha 10mo agoI'm well aware that the Iranian regime is genuinely disliked and in many ways very bad, but it gives me the heebie-jeebies that it happens just after Venezuela. Will a protector come and save the Iranians, again?
- tim333 10mo agoTrump said if they start shooting protestors he'll intervene but it remains to be seen if anything happens. They were shooting last night apparently.
- cosmicgadget 10mo agoSeems like a different enough situation to be a coincidence and/or a delayed result of the Israeli strikes. And immediate result of a water shortage. A theocracy masquerading as a democracy can't really expect to not have uprisings now and again.
- dismalaf 10mo agoSyria, Hamas, Hezbollah, Venezuela, Iran. All Russian allies. All in trouble/falling within a year. Probably a sign Russia's failing and/or the US actively working against them.
- linhns 10mo agoFlagging on HN has taken a new level.
- _DeadFred_ 10mo agoFrom the last Iran thread it seems like the pro-Gaza people are really upset at the potential loss of a theocratic Iranian benefactor. It was the wildest thread I've seen on HN.
- Sabinus 10mo agoWhich thread is that?