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What is going on in Iran? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago by VoxAliorum@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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In the past I didn't really catch that the people were rebelling against the government and suddenly there is great violence against protestors.

I think I missed this completely. I am aware that the beginning was spiralling costs. Is this connected to international sanctions?

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[–] ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Because Iran is the biggest threat to israel and the US interests in the middle east, so the claims are that the mossad are instigating, escalating, and inciting violence in the streets to topple the current regime in order to put a zionist puppet in the government, just like they have in all the arab countries, the latest example is the newly appointed Syrian president who was a wanted extremist terrorist by the same government that appointed him. Can you guess which government? This is just a brief explanation, you can do your further research.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Iran is a threat to the settler colonial power Israel but not to the USA

[–] ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

US interests (mainly oil) and all it's military bases in the area.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

American elite interests only not the population and the military bases make the USA a threat to Iran not the opposite

[–] ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Exactly, the people, all people, are victims of their governments and get microscopic crumbs from what they devour. And not just a threat to iran but the whole region.