Posted on 06/18/2025 1:54:17 AM PDT by Libloather
Cries of “death to Khamenei” filled the night air in Tehran on June 15, rising above the thunder of Israeli airstrikes.
The same defiant chorus had echoed through the city the night before, as if the people were rehearsing for the fall of the very system they were raised to fear.
After five inconclusive rounds of talks between Iran and the United States, Israel launched its military campaign against the Islamic Republic’s leadership last week — and ordinary Iranians are not rallying around the regime.
Instead, many are now mocking Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s fundamental miscalculation when he declared during President Donald Trump’s first term, “There will be no war, nor will we negotiate!”
Neither prediction held true.
A review of Persian-language outlets based outside Iran, which have broadcast a stream of comments and video updates from Iran residents in recent days, indicates that the conflict is widely seen as a war between Khamenei’s regime and Israel, not as an attack on the populace.
Many of the callers are blaming Khamenei for “dragging the people into a pointless war.”
“Ordinary Iranians are falling victim to the decision of one person: Ali Khamenei,” railed Farshid, who phoned in from Tehran.
“We are not compatriots with those who execute our kids,” exclaimed Artemis, who called Iran International — a London-based satellite channel popular among the Iranian diaspora — to voice her frustration with the regime’s attempts to exploit Iranians’ deeply held sense of patriotism and use it against Israel.
The Islamic Republic has long been hostile to Iranian nationalism, criminalizing the observance of ancient Persian holidays and preventing people from visiting the tomb of Cyrus the Great.
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Its no secret that the vast majority of Iranians hate the current theocratic regime.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjJec0wv1EUomjrBNt1xCTA
The “wrong side of history” phrase gets misused and abused a lot, but in this case the pacifists among us are going to truly be on the wrong side of history. I’m not talking about those with reasonable concerns or who want to see the U.S. pull back from all of the misguided world policing and nation building of the last few decades (we all want that). I’m talking about those out there at the moment who clearly think there is never a valid reason for the U.S. to use military force beyond its borders. Those people have taken it too far and have become delusional.
So, how come the NY comPost can get it right and call Iran a republic, but they call these United States a democracy?
YES THIS TIME IT’S GONNA BE DIFFERENT AND A MORE HORRIFIC, THEOCRATIC REGIME WONT TAKE OVER..like Iraq, Syria, Libya, etc, etc,etc
People here never learn.
THIS TIME!!
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
Crush the nuclear facilities and get the #### out.
School girls dancing/happy too...is it “burn your hijabs” next?
https://x.com/realMaalouf/status/1935182415124660459
Of course, there are no absolute guarantees as to what will happen if the current Iranian government is deposed. But let's not be quite so pessimistic.
If yo had told me 20 years ago that Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan and the UAE would be assisting Israel( albeit covertly in some cases), I would have laughed out loud. Yet, here we are.
Some regime change outcomes are positive. Compare present day Germany, Italy and Japan to their WWII antecedents.
[YES THIS TIME IT’S GONNA BE DIFFERENT AND A MORE HORRIFIC, THEOCRATIC REGIME WONT TAKE OVER..like Iraq, Syria, Libya, etc, etc,etc
People here never learn.
THIS TIME!!
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
Crush the nuclear facilities and get the #### out.]
If the Persian empire that is Iran breaks up again, this might actually be a good thing for many of its subject peoples. But the key benefit, as with the others, is a weaker Iran less able to threaten its neighbors.
Ya drop 15 tons
Whadda ya get
A dead Islamic thug
And we ain't done yet
Oh Donald don't you stop
Just drop another M O P
Until all of those weasels
Go POP POP POP!
(16 Tons Parody)
“and have become delusional.”
I think you are an experts in that, correct?
Pretty good. Got a second verse?
Bkmk
These things don't sprout spontaneously. It's been waiting in the wings. Prepped by the CIA, perhaps with assistance from Mossad.
Even if you support it, it's still a CIA color revolution.
Pro democracy lovers have been wondering if Iran people will be able to take back their country. Good to see this report on how the people feel
LOVE IT!
Dancing won’t get rid of tyrants.
Problem is these are the same people dancing in the streets when shah was deposed, freedom isn’t so easy even here
Problem is these are the same people dancing in the streets when shah was deposed, freedom isn’t so easy even here.
In five years will they want their theocracy back🤔
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