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The Number Of Dead Iranian Protesters Keeps Changing Because It's A Fictional Story
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Killing thousands of protesters is pretty disgusting, doesnt matter if its 300, 3000 or 30,000. The only reason to debate the numbers is to muddy the water. This person seems like they put all their efforts into sweeping for authoritarian regimes as long as they're against the US.
Yes, I agree, except I'd say 30,000 would definitely be worse than 300, ngl. But grossly inflating the number of protestors killed simply makes it easier for Trump to justify the indiscriminate bombing of Iran. It's just too convenient. And since when did dropping bombs and wiping out critical infrastructure ever help the people living there? The Iranian regime deserves little sympathy, but the millions of people who live there do. They are suffering even more now, thanks to western "intervention". The reason for posting this was simply to show it as a typical way in which consent for an unjust war is manufactured, similar to the WMDs of the Bush era.
It is interesting that trump claims the usa sent weapons to Iranian dissidents https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/6/trump-says-us-armed-iranian-dissidents-via-kurds-kurdish-groups-deny-claim
It is unclear if this is true, or just more usa blather and zone flooding. If it is though, it does cast the crack down in new light (not saying it's good but obviously most governments start shooting foreign armed rebels pretty readily).