Imagine if they'd been made to read your posts as well. Oh the humanity!
Current Affairs Iran
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peteblue
Welcome back Wayne
Yep a real paradise under the Shah
"Writing at the time of the Shah's overthrow, Time magazine on February 19, 1979, described SAVAK as having "long been Iran's most hated and feared institution" which had "tortured and murdered thousands of the Shah's opponents."The Federation of American Scientists also found it guilty of "the torture and execution of thousands of political prisoners" and symbolizing "the Shah's rule from 1963–79." The FAS list of SAVAK torture methods included "electric shock, whipping, beating, inserting broken glass and pouring boiling water into the rectum, tying weights to the testicles, and the extraction of teeth and nails."
Unlike the benevolent regime currently ruling the country…
davids
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...but then he was a friend of the US and obviously they had no idea what he was up to.
peteblue
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...but then he was a friend of the US and obviously they had no idea what he was up to.
It’s a murky world of politics…….
davids
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It is Pete,but the films of pre Ayatollah Iran showing a predominantly western cosy day to day life are far from accurate. I worked there in the early 70s and the truth is it was a very divided nation. Oddly Ukraine then part of the USSR was a very pleasant surprise, welcoming,happy fully employed population,far from the picture of life there that was being portrait by the western press at the time.
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Bit of a shock, this:
www.theguardian.com
Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran presidential election
Victory reflects deep dissatisfaction with direction of country and could bring greater cooperation with west
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Russia sharing nuclear secrets with Iran fuels US-UK worries
The U.S. and U.K. are increasingly concerned that Russia is sharing with Iran secret information and technology
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Iran and its Axis of Resistance continue to pursue expanding cooperation with Russia. Reuters reported that Iran has brokered “secret talks” to transfer Yakhont (P-800 Oniks) anti-ship cruise missiles to the Houthis.[40] Russia has not yet decided whether to send the missiles to the Houthis, according to anonymous Western and regional sources speaking to Reuters. CNN reported in August 2024 that the Kremlin had planned to send missiles to the Houthis but reneged due to international pressure.[41] Yakhont missiles could improve the Houthis’ ability to conduct precision strikes targeting maritime traffic around Yemen. The Houthis could also conceivably learn from Russia’s extensive experience using Yakhont missiles against Ukrainian targets.[42] CTP-ISW has reported extensively on the deepening strategic partnership between Iran and Russia since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.[43]
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Israel Defense Forces (IDF) leadership is signaling to its forces that it will conduct a major ground operation into Lebanon imminently.
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Iran’s Axis of Resistance is conducting a multi-front attack campaign targeting Israeli territory which may be intended to draw Israeli resources and attention away from its campaign in Lebanon. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq—a coalition of Iranian-backed Iraqi militias—launched a one-way attack drone at an unspecified Israeli target in the Golan Heights on September 27.[33] Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree announced on September 27 that the Houthis launched a ballistic missile targeting Tel Aviv and a drone attack targeting Ashkelon.[34] The IDF reported that it shot down a Houthi ballistic missile with the Arrow air defense system outside Israeli borders and that the IDF was not aware of a drone reaching Israel on the night of September 26-27.[35] Members of Iran’s Axis of Resistance have intervened in Israel’s war with Hezbollah, in part, by intensifying attacks on Israel.[36] These groups could calculate that these attacks would strain Israeli air defenses by forcing the air defense systems to track multiple targets from multiple directions simultaneously.
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The IDF is still investigating whether Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah survived the IDF strike that targeted his headquarters in Dahieh, Beirut, on September 27.
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Tennessee Blue Mike
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Not really.Bit of a shock, this:
Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran presidential election
Victory reflects deep dissatisfaction with direction of country and could bring greater cooperation with west
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If the Iranian "protestors" are being supported by genocidal terrorists like this fella, it does an awful lot to undermine their credibility. They are certainly no friends of the West, and no improvement on the existing regime.
It shines a new light on it, and the regime is probably right to in prison them.
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