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What is it with the "Iran has killed thousands of protestors" atrocity propaganda? (hexbear.net)
submitted 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) by GamersOfTheWorld@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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I'd first like to state for the record that I do not believe it, but at the same time, I've seen very, very little discussion of these claims from both the few times I've browsed the news mega (which, to be fair, I haven't done a lot of and I need to do more of) and from using the search bar.

I am curious about this, but the combination of brain fog, trying to sort through the muddled, tangled mess that is the output of most modern search engines, and just a sort of unwillingness to entertain the constant stream of western sources has left me with almost nothing.

I know very little about it, and I want to be better equipped to deal with these claims I know are most likely at bare minimum highly exaggerated.

Thank you all in advance.

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[–] spectre@hexbear.net 11 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

I don't have evidence organized, but I wouldn't be quicjnto dismiss this as a compete lie.

There were protests against the government, there was repression, there was an internet blackout.

The protests were not calling for American intervention, but they certainly took the opportunity to use the situation for atrocity propaganda.

Any death toll in the tens of thousands was made up by CBS/ Bari Weiss. My impression is that it was in the thousands at most, but I haven't seen enough information about the sequence of events to feel confident in that number.

I am interested in learning more about the protest situation, but I think it would be a leap to suggest that there were no protests or repression in recent weeks leading up to the conflict.

I may return with better sources later to start putting a picture together.

Edit: started looking up some reporting like this AJ Article

Iran claims 3700 killed, US NGO claims they can account for 7000 dead with more to investigate. Details about who when and where remain unavailable (last month when the article was written, but I imagine we won't see more information for quite some time bow that the war is going on).

[–] GamersOfTheWorld@hexbear.net 11 points 7 hours ago

From the first article:

The second were “passerby” civilians, he said. “Wherever this bullet [that killed them] may have come from, this incident occurred in the enemy’s sedition, and they are martyrs”.

“The third group are those who were deceived, who acted naively, who were inexperienced and went along with the seditionists,” Khamenei said, adding, “We ask forgiveness for them; they made mistakes”.

Something you'd never see any western leader say. RIP Khamenei.