[Irl Drama] Massive protests in Iran

95  2017-12-30 by CummyBot-1999

So there have been massive protests in Iran against the government.

The Islamic republic of Iran is a pseudo democracy and a de facto theocracy (the name might give a hint). The president is elected by the people, while the supreme leader is chosen by a council of experts (basically old conservative clerics). The supreme leader weilds all the power and can veto off any of the president's decisions. The current president, Hasan Rouhani is a """moderate""" while the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is a massive asshole. Now the reason why I said Iran is a pseudo democracy is because the parties that are contesting in elections are monitored by the clerics and only those candidates who the clerics say ok to are allowed to stand in the elections [ see mousavi]. This results in the people being in power supporting conservative Islamism.

Now if you have ever met an Iranian, you'll know that most of them are pretty apolitical and moderate people. Given the oppressive nature of the clerical rule, there is no surprise in knowing that the IR is quite unpopular.

There were protests in Iran back in 2009 due to election issues and now again, this time there are even in Qom (a very religious city, they even have a world renowned seminary cleric factory). This time the protestors have nothing unifying them, some take to streets for other economic issues while some others are protesting because of lack of civil liberties.

BBC

Senpai has noticed !

Now the government replied in kind See this

There have been videos floating around on Instagram and Telegram (Iranian people tend to use these social media a lot) but have been unverified which show things getting messy due to fighting between the supporters of the regime and the protestors. Some protestors are even seen chanting slogans supporting the deposed Shah.

Apparently the basij have come to play in Tehran. They got their hands dirty during the 2009 protests, let's hope there won't be any bloodshed this time.

Related r/Iran threads (I don't browse that sub so I don't know the stances of the users)

American here, can anyone explain to an outsider how and why these protests seem to appear out of nowhere?

Demonstrations in Ahvaz and Qom and Rasht today

Seriously, just visit r/Iran and see the drama between secularists who support the dead Shah, secularists who don't support the dead Shah and the Islamists.

u/felinebeeline, the hands of you and your fellow moderators must've been full these days

And sorry for any language mistakes, English isn't my native tongue.

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1  aliceunknown 2017-12-30

Oh look, angry kebabs are rioting.

1  SAC-Lawn_Gnome 2017-12-30

Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed today.

1  Ed_ButteredToast 2017-12-30

haystack*

1  Going_up_the_Country 2017-12-30

Do... do Jews sleep on haystacks? Is that some weird stereotype I'm unfamiliar with?

1  aliceunknown 2017-12-30

No, we sleep on high end king size mattresses. You’re probably thinking of impoverished kebabs.

1  Going_up_the_Country 2017-12-30

Nice try, Shlomo. I know your kind sleeps on big piles of gold.

1  aliceunknown 2017-12-30

No, that's too obvious a place to hide our shekels.

1  Going_up_the_Country 2017-12-30

Oh right, I confused Jews with dragons again.

1  Going_up_the_Country 2017-12-30

You're the fuckers that killed Bilbo and Jesus, right?

1  Going_up_the_Country 2017-12-30

(((Someone.)))

1  Anthropist_ 2017-12-30

I'm sure we can expect her to have perfectly unbiased opinions regarding Iran

1  AlohaWarrior34 2017-12-30

Show us yer ASKHENAZI HOOTERS.

1  aliceunknown 2017-12-30

$250 USD

1  icefourthirtythree 2017-12-30

I'll give you 1 shekel.

1  OnionBits 2017-12-30

What's the shekel to USD conversion rate?

1  ragazzo_soup 2017-12-30

1 USD = about 3.5 shekels IIRC

1  AnnoysTheGoys 2017-12-30

One hundred dollars? What do you need twenty dollars for? Fine, here's !redditsilver

1  RedditSilverRobot 2017-12-30

Here's your Reddit Silver, aliceunknown!

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1  peropeles 2017-12-30

Sephardy Snatch more like it, nothing Ashkenazi there

1  scatmunchies 2017-12-30

Speaking of kebabs - and I mean this completely unironically - nobody does grilled meat as well as the Iranians. Lamb, chicken, beef - doesn’t matter, it’s delicious.

1  trjb 2017-12-30

Have you ever had Palestinian chicken tho?

1  scatmunchies 2017-12-30

Do you know that Iran backs Hezbollah? It’s not a coincidence.

1  CummyBot-1999 2017-12-30

Iran backs Hamas too, Hamas is the Palestinian one, Hezbollah is the Lebanese one

1  CummyBot-1999 2017-12-30

This tbqh

1  kanadskiy 2017-12-30

Moroccan Lamb was the best meat I've ever tasted. Idk what they did to it, but it was the tenderest, most flavourful thing I've ever eaten.

Besides snally's ass, ofc

1  CummyBot-1999 2017-12-30

But these people are rightful being angry

1  Going_up_the_Country 2017-12-30

The only rightfully angry people are white western women.

1  icefourthirtythree 2017-12-30

FUCK DRUMF!

1  Strictlybutters 2017-12-30

Also white people angry at buzzfeed bait and their collective inability to season food correctly.

1  aliceunknown 2017-12-30

I know. I’m hoping they kill the ayatollah next. 😊

1  icefourthirtythree 2017-12-30

Bibi's next.

1  aliceunknown 2017-12-30

Are you a stinky kebab too? Bc I'm getting a stinky kebab vibe from you. 😠

1  icefourthirtythree 2017-12-30

I am unfortunately.

1  cervixassassination 2017-12-30

How does this help lower the white population?

1  Ed_ButteredToast 2017-12-30

Asking the important questions.

اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَر

1  SAC-Lawn_Gnome 2017-12-30

Aren't Iranians considered to be white by some definitions?

1  scatmunchies 2017-12-30

They’re literally Aryans.

1  hlary 2017-12-30

WE

1  Think_Once 2017-12-30

https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-05.pdf

"According to OMB, “White” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa."

1  cervixassassination 2017-12-30

TIL.

Let the Iranian games begin.

1  Jac983 2017-12-30

"north africa" "the middle east"

good goyim,keep believing those jew lies

1  Think_Once 2017-12-30

Without this definition Jews wouldn't be considered white in the US.

1  Imgur_Lurker 2017-12-30

Have

Have you guys never asked Jews what race they are

1  cheers_grills 2017-12-30

Now I don't think mayocide is such a good idea.

1  CummyBot-1999 2017-12-30

Asking the right questions....

1  comebepc 2017-12-30

Iranians are technically mayos

1  cervixassassination 2017-12-30

So like sand mayo? Gritty brown cumskin?

1  Yiin 2017-12-30

Basically. Throughout ancient and classical history Iranian empires were giving 'Western' empires a run for their money. That all ended when the SUPERBARBARIANS appeared.

1  Alexlincoln2 2017-12-30

Superbarbarians being Turks or mongols?

1  Yiin 2017-12-30

The Arab conquests didn't do as much damage as some people might think, they kept the machinery of state intact.

It was the Mongols who really fucked shit up. Iranian leaders were getting ready to gun for Islamic supremacy just before this.

1  PatternsInMyLife 2017-12-30

https://target.scene7.com/is/image/Target/12946054?wid=1560&hei=1560&fmt=pjpeg

1  IvankaTrumpIsMyWaifu 2017-12-30

THIS SHOULD END TOTALLY PEACEFULLY AND WITHOUT BLOODSHED

If there is one thing Kebab's can do it's protest peacefully. If there is one thing Kebab governments can do it's sit back and not stamp out a protest in their own country.

1  elsiedeez 2017-12-30

In Iran they usually do, actually.

1  Chicup 2017-12-30

Arrest the leaders and put them in prison seems to be the common method.

1  A7thStone 2017-12-30

YOu haVe an oPinIon? ThAt'S aDorAblE

1  CummyBot-1999 2017-12-30

The clerics have always been sure to stamp out all opposition, since the days Khomeini

1  Country-asshole 2017-12-30

This is all very interesting, but what does this have to with incels and bitter TrollX uggos?

1  CummyBot-1999 2017-12-30

The clerics are basically angsty incels

1  NeV3RMinD 2017-12-30

Have you seen how many wives they have?

1  aef823 2017-12-30

Do goats count for inceldom tho?

1  Ennui2778 2017-12-30

If they don't, then you're just being volcel, tbh.

1  Eternal_Mr_Bones 2017-12-30

its squandering of the nation’s wealth to fund terrorism abroad.

I'm 100% sure that's why the people are rioting.

1  CummyBot-1999 2017-12-30

As a matter of fact, some people indeed want the government to stop poking noses into Arab conflict

1  Redactor0 2017-12-30

There's a lot of resentment about how much money is being wasted on helping Arabs fight their wars, just like there is in America.

1  error404brain 2017-12-30

I am only posting here to see the drama tommorow when I wake up.

Also, I have decided to stop being a godless atheist and start helping people.

Tought and prayers.

1  CucksLoveTrump 2017-12-30

What? It's like 9 am.

1  _narrows 2017-12-30

Not in whatever backwards heathen hellhole this person is in

1  CucksLoveTrump 2017-12-30

I didn't realize there was internet outside of the good ol USA

1  glmox 2017-12-30

unfortunately there is

1  SPAMRAAM_ 2017-12-30

Inshalla brother

1  Anthropist_ 2017-12-30

The only time I've ever been fetishised for my race was by an Iranian girl. So, uh, I hope the good guys win so that can happen some more.

1  icefourthirtythree 2017-12-30

WHITE FRAGILITY

1  NardDogAndy 2017-12-30

Notice me, Senpai

1  HyundaiElantra 2017-12-30

Syrian war part 2

1  CummyBot-1999 2017-12-30

Eh it will definitely not escalate into Syrian civil war levels

1  youcanteatbullets 2017-12-30

That's what people said about Syria before the civil war started

1  Time_to_Drink 2017-12-30

Iran is a lot more ethnically and religiously coherent than Syria. Iran has essentially been a coherent nation/ political entity for thousands of years, whereas Syria is just something dreamed up by the French and British last century. There is no such thing as a “Syrian”.

1  HyundaiElantra 2017-12-30

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1  elsiedeez 2017-12-30

Inc color revolution?

1  TheGoldenHour- 2017-12-30

You can also visit, /r/syriancivilwar if you want to see a place that thinks no one ever expresses anger at a government unless theyre American sponsored terrorists.

1  CummyBot-1999 2017-12-30

It is very common rhetoric for the Iranian hardliners to accuse all critics as zionist, American or monarchist shills

1  Going_up_the_Country 2017-12-30

To be fair, Iran has a pretty good reason to worry about American political violence.

1  wololololow 2017-12-30

Basij and IRGC will probably put them down

1  CummyBot-1999 2017-12-30

I did mention that, no ? The basiji are already active in Tehran apparently

1  fayeDragon 2017-12-30

Day of Zoroaster when

1  Strictlybutters 2017-12-30

Unless this is another example of 7th dimensional space dick backgammom the eastiest way to shoa a popular uprising in the Islamic world is for daddy to cosign it.

1  RestoreFear 2017-12-30

What a bunch of Islamaphobes.

1  Koolin123 2017-12-30

They're not protesting against Islam, you goof. It's mostly about economic issues and the government's interventionist foreign policy.

1  NardDogAndy 2017-12-30

So you're saying George Soros is responsible.

1  shallowm 2017-12-30

Thanks for making this post, I was seeing a lot about it on social media, but hadn't got around to reading up on it yet.

American here, can anyone explain to an outsider how and why these protests seem to appear out of nowhere?

Demonstrations in Ahvaz and Qom and Rasht today

Please un-NPify the above links (or at least take off the www) in your post.

Protestors taking down banners of Khamenei

Protestors clashing with police

Stuff getting burned

Video where you can hear shots being fired/people (shot?) being carried

Tear gas being used on protestors

Protestors surrounding a military vehicle

Protestors chasing a fleeing police car

Protestors taking over a government building

1  CummyBot-1999 2017-12-30

Apparently there have been some lives lost now

1  CaliggyJack 2017-12-30

Conspiracy theory in me thinks that this is a foreign agent pulling what Russia did in USA to Iran.

/u/peropeles

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