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Botany

(76,439 posts) Mon Jan 12, 2026, 09:01 AM 17 hrs ago

One simple idea on the problems inside of Iran.

And it is stay the hell out of it.

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One simple idea on the problems inside of Iran. (Original Post) Botany 17 hrs ago OP

Yep. Stay the fuck away dalton99a 17 hrs ago #1

I agree karynnj 17 hrs ago #2

dalton99a

(92,226 posts)

1. Yep. Stay the fuck away

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Mon Jan 12, 2026, 09:03 AM

17 hrs ago

karynnj

(60,798 posts)

2. I agree

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Mon Jan 12, 2026, 09:11 AM

17 hrs ago

This same thing, though far less intense, came up in Obama's first term and some on the right blamed him for not supporting the protesters. The reason given was that foreign outsiders, especially the US or Israel, supporting the protesters would be used to discredit the protesters and rally others behind the leader.

One other thing to remember is that the son of the Shah likely has not been in Iran since Jimmy Carter was President. Iran is currently under a very repressive government, but the Shah is also remembered as repressive. In fact, many in the protests that led to his fall were young people wanting a democracy. Is his association with the protests a positive?

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