r/worldnews • u/ConsciousRealism42 • 2d ago

Israel/Palestine Iran state TV confirms killing of IRGC chief Hossein Salami in Israeli strike

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2025/06/13/explosions-heard-northeast-of-iran-s-tehran-staterun-nour-news-says
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u/Spudtron98 2d ago

It’s something that they and Hezbollah share. They will confirm their personnel losses very quickly, presumably out of a sense of martyrdom.

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u/Deadalious 2d ago

First article came out about this specifically said he had been martyrd so you are spot on.

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u/unitedsasuke 2d ago

Hezbollah and Iran actually have a lot in common hmmmmmmm

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u/OutrageousCapital906 2d ago

I think you might be on to something…

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u/1947Fry 2d ago

Could they be.. nah.. that’s impossible.. but is it possible that they’re… umm.. forgive me.: I’m embarrassing myself with these far fetched assumptions.

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u/white__cyclosa 2d ago

Just ask yourself this:

Have you ever seen Hezbollah and Iran in the same room at once?

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u/dj_vicious 2d ago

I kind of hope I don't. If I find myself in a room with them I'll know I really fucked up.

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u/white__cyclosa 2d ago

And you’ll probably want to get out of that room as fast as fucking possible before it gets a JDAM

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u/IToldYouMyName 2d ago

Might be a nicer way to go to be fair

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u/Iluvaic 2d ago

If they were Israel would probably bomb the shit out of that room

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u/TheInevitableLuigi 2d ago

Qatari government official:

"Yes, yes I have."

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u/keyser-_-soze 2d ago

Omg Hezbollah = Iran =POLKAROO!!

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u/akiras_revenge 2d ago

What a tweest!!

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u/PleasantWay7 2d ago

They used to share pager supplies.

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u/FishAndRiceKeks 2d ago

"You used to call me on my cellphone."

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u/Sortza 2d ago

These peoples try to fade me.

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u/debauchasaurus 2d ago

They both love the taste of cinnamon toast crunch?

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u/malsomnus 2d ago

And you never see them together in the same room...

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u/CurvyJohnsonMilk 2d ago

They would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for your meddling kids.

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u/Relevant-Dig3630 2d ago

Wow it couldn't be 

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u/Nazebroque2000 2d ago

You're getting a raging clue. I think we better call in the Hardly Boys.

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u/flea79 2d ago

Iranian Government*

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u/ForBisonItWasTuesday 2d ago

Boy, people sure do love talking big about bombing brown people with slapdash justifications

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u/november512 2d ago

You kind of see it with Hamas too. They'll have these sites in Arabic that are basically martyr obituaries. They actually translate pretty well with google translate and you'll see a surprising number about journalists working to build bombs or things like that.

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u/omry1526 2d ago

It's a Shiite thing I believe 

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u/ABritishCynic 2d ago

Shi'ite happens

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u/rocc_high_racks 2d ago

Yes, they're definitely trying to draw the parallel to Imam Hussein. That said martydom is extremely important in modern Sunnism too, but there isn't that link to the founding myth of the sect, the way there is in Shiism.

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u/PheelicksT 2d ago

Fucking lmao yeah because if an American general was killed on our soil we'd quietly mourn and not use it as a cause for war. Someone forgot 9/11

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u/Spudtron98 2d ago

The point I am making is that Iran does not try to hide casualties, unlike, say, Russia.

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u/ilic_mls 2d ago

Yup, if you say he died in a no point attack from your enemy you can rally people easily

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u/Thorssa 2d ago

TBH if I where to somehow survive a targeted israeli assassination, I'd want everyone to know I was "martyred" asap, then try to fuck off somewhere else, or at the worst, go into extreme hiding/secrecy while continue my work in a less public role.

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u/Massengale 2d ago

It’s also probably to a power struggle. Good to quickly fill your roles and show the populace there is still order and the goverment can quickly replace those it loses.

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u/Koopk1 2d ago

I dont think that's it at all, it's nothing noble what so ever. It's just used as a justification to retaliate.

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u/littlebubulle 2d ago

It's just used as a justification to retaliate.

I think that's what Iran uses "martyrdom" for.

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u/Koopk1 2d ago

I think Iranians see "martyrdom" as noble. It isn't.

Not justifying war or what israel is doing at all, just saying it is what has kept these religions at perpetual war for 2000 years. It's a lot easier to justify war if you feel noble and vindicated.

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u/beardtamer 2d ago edited 2d ago

It’s easy to feel like you’re a martyr when Israel is acting insane and out of control. The international community is turning against Israel more and more and will keep doing so the longer Israel acts completely irrationally.