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Just an FYI - there’s currently a celebration on the steps of the Victorian parliament celebrating the end of the Ayatollah and the end of the Iranian terrorist regime. Atmosphere is quite electric, Iranian is expats and ally’s celebrating. Come join to celebrate this positive world event
From: https://www.reddit.com/r/aussie/comments/1rhr3zg/melbourne_celebration_for_end_of_the_ayatollah/
So happy for them right now :)
Certainly not shedding a single tear for the regime, but it remains to be seen how positive this will be for the people Iran long-term.
If I'm not mistaken, the current regime was able to take power in the first place on the back of a movement against the Shah, who US/UK installed via coup.
Who knows what would have ended up happening if the US hadn't meddled in the first place, but the point remains that the US shares a large part of the blame for creating the conditions that brought about the current regime.
Fingers crossed there is a silver lining here :/ Hopefully a genuine grassroots/workers movement can seize this opportunity to bring about something positive.
Oh yeah, the US absolutely fucked it up and I feel bad for the Iranians who have had to live with the consequences for so long, I also agree, I wouldn't have liked to have seen this until there was a credible opposition that could move in and quickly settle things
The Basij as well unless we see a large amount of them switch sides could be a HUGE headache
You might like this:
German satire on the USA and the Middle East (subbed)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xBIDUTVBfI