Posted on 01/24/2026 2:08:16 PM PST by Words Matter
Per capita per unit time, suppose around 30,000 Iranians were massacred in just a couple of days. Let’s contrast that with Gazan civilian deaths, which may be of the same order of magnitude relative to population, but spread over two years. Let’s put Gazan deaths at 50,000 (a likely overestimate).
Iran: 167 deaths per million per day
(30,000 of 90 million killed in 2 days)
Gaza: 34 deaths per million per day
(50,000 of 2 million killed in 2 years)
Even this is not a fair comparison. Per-capita rates implicitly treat all 90 million Iranians as equally at risk as all 2 million Gazans. But that plainly isn’t so. In Gaza, a very large fraction of the population was genuinely at risk even while staying at home, precisely because Hamas embedded its military activity within civilian areas. In Iran, by contrast, the killings would be a straightforward massacre concentrated on demonstrators and their immediate surroundings; so long as one avoided the protests, one was almost certainly safe.
So using total population as the denominator already dilutes the intensity of what a 30,000-dead-in-two-days Iran scenario would represent. Adjusting for who was actually exposed would only widen the gap further — astronomically so.
It also isn’t a fair comparison for another reason: the notion of a “civilian” in Gaza is inherently fuzzy. There are large numbers of Hamas supporters among the civilian population — many aiding, abetting, or directly participating in Hamas’ war effort — and their deaths would nevertheless be labeled “civilian.” In Iran, by contrast, every last person killed was a civilian.
And even this understates Iran’s dead. Authoritarian regimes systematically suppress reporting, intimidate families, and conceal bodies. The true toll in Iran would almost certainly be higher than what could ever be reliably counted, whereas Gaza’s deaths are tracked by Hamas itself, who wants to exaggerate, not underreport, the number.
The main moral is this:
If Israel had truly been “genociding” Gazans for two years, as has been claimed since 10/7 itself, the number of deaths per million per day would be orders of magnitude higher. And Israel is more — not less — technologically and militarily capable than the IRGC at doing so.
The numbers are vastly different because the situations are not comparable in the first place. In Iran it was a straight-out massacre, whereas in Gaza the deaths were inadvertent casualties resulting from Hamas fighting from civilian centers.
[Real] numbers don’t lie
Doesn’t make any difference how many the IRG has killed. The deranged demoncrat pawns aren’t going to be ordered to protest the Ayatoilet…..he’s Obama’s friend. ValJar’s friend too.
I was reading and watching non-MSM journalists covering the uprising in Iran for a full solid week before the MSM even began to admit anything was happening. And it is clear by their coverage that they are siding with the regime and wishing the protestors would all just die or go away. How leftists can continue to imagine they are on the side of freedom as they side again and again with genocidal murderers is beyond me.
The numbers are far higher. And contrary to promises made to President Trump, executions have started - in large numbers.
The rulers of Iran want to hold on to power, because as Shiite Moslems, they believe the hidden, infallible, 12th Imam will come back at end of times. And they believe that as the only Shiite government on earth, it is their duty to hold on to power so they can spread the faith.
All of this is to expedite Armageddon and the second coming of the 12th Imam.
To spread the faith, they are funding “Islamic Centers,” university professors, media, paid protesters, sleeper cells, and lobbyists, all over the world (US included).
Iran is being ruled by a death cult. They are a threat to civilization and humanity. And they are spreading like cancer.
Anything that can put the islamists in a bad light is a no no by MSM
Understand this: they are here on US Soil. They are funding Islamic Centers, university professors, professional protesters, media, and thinktanks. Through shell companies, they are lobbying US politicians - mostly Democrat, but they are even creeping into the isolationist wing of the Republican party.
Their children are on US soil, having gained residency, even citizenship. The son of one of the US hostage takers is in LA:
https://www.reddit.com/r/NewIran/comments/1qmkfr0/100s_of_these_sub_humans_have_taken_residence_in/
The daughter of Iranian nuclear negotiator and member of Supreme Security Council (who signed off on the slaughter) was in Emory University as of a week ago:
https://www.emorywheel.com/article/2026/01/emory-no-longer-employs-daughter-of-top-iranian-official
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