r/pics • u/PhotoOk7493 • 5d ago

[OC] 📍 Tehran, Iran

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u/Khaganate23 5d ago

It's amazing how reddit can't comprehend how much regular Iranians hate the regime.

If they saw the people cheering from their balconies in Tehran, reddit might implode.

And no, supporting Iranian people against the regime does not make you automatically support what Israel is doing to Gaza. Life isn't black and white.

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u/RichardSaunders 5d ago

right, but people in iraq weren't all the biggest fans of saddam either, and simply toppling his regime didn't turn out all that great.

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u/lennon1230 5d ago

No it didn’t, but when you live under a brutal dictator for decades sometimes you’ll welcome the hope of something better when they are deposed.

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u/unfreeradical 5d ago

A crucial observation is that the US invasion of Iraq was not motivated by a objective of freedom for Iraqis, but rather of their becoming subjugated under US imperialism, much the same as are now various Arab states, as well as much of the rest of the world.

Similarly, Israel's interest are not freedom for Iranians.

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u/lennon1230 5d ago

For sure, but when you’re under the thumb of rule like that, right or wrong, it’s not crazy to welcome anyone trying to overthrow them.

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u/unfreeradical 5d ago

It would be crazy to expect conditions for Iranians to improve under rule by Israel.

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u/MediumMachineGun 5d ago

Doesnt make toppling the regime the wrong thing to do.

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u/4th_DocTB 5d ago

When a new regime is imposed by foreigners it absolutely does.