I’m no fan of American imperialism either but the regime in Iran is actively massacring their civilians on a scale never before seen during protests, I have Iranian friends and they know full well that America and Israel don’t have their best interests at heart, and yet they still want them to intervene because they don’t see any other way for change to happen. My Iranian friends don’t even really like Reza Pahlavi but he’s the most significant figure in these protests and so they’re supporting him purely in solidarity with the people.
It’s a very complicated and nuanced situation and it can’t really be reduced to a meme like this without losing important context.
Don’t misunderstand, I’m not American, I don’t support America, in my personal and professional life I’ve been making every reasonable effort to decouple my life from America (hence why I’m on Lemmy)
I didn’t even say that I support America invading.
The reality of Iran is that every few years since the 1979 revolution the people become discontent enough to start protesting, and every time the government harshly cracks down on those protests, and in both the process and the after math, many people are killed by the government for protesting. That’s an oversimplification but serves to illustrate my point.
My knowledge and understanding is based on my Iranian friends, who fled the country as refugees and left their friends and families behind, because of the oppressive government.
Those same friends do not like America, but they aren’t left with any other options but to support America. Not a day goes by that they don’t complain about the willful ignorance of the European Union and the world at large for being silent, only last week did the EU even decide to label the IRGC as a terrorist group.
The UN and international courts should be the ones trying to intervene and at the very least stop the regime killing tens of thousands of their own people.
They “do not like the US” but they be doing their best to promote the US interests huh. Useful idiots that know they have no public support in their own country.
Your iranian friends are american bruh. Iranian diaspora protesting in the US are americans. If these “well meaning” iranians haven’t learned a thing about US intervention in the region, they’re not “well meaning”. They want their ex-country destroyed out of resentment and pettiness, just like the average miami cuban or venezuelan. These people do not understand “nuance” at all, they’re just full contrarians.
I mean like the entire protest origin is due to financial pressure caused by US sanctions, why are these “well meaning” US citizens iranians not protesting against their US goverment to relief the pressure on their own country and people?
I also have Iranian acquaintances, they’re dumb as shit and haven’t visited the country in their entire lives. They’d rather believe whatever bullshit western media / monarchists tell them to believe because they want to be accepted. Lies upon lies. Have you seen any videos from within Iran? They’re out there, in 2026 you can find videos that aren’t just on the news. I saw videos of terrorists with american weapons shooting into crowds of people, burning down mosques, killing police officers. Is this the fault of Iran? They did the same with every color revolution so far. Fund ideological nazis / wahhabists with billions of dollars in an attempt to overthrow a government. We just saw it with Syria, the playbook is the same.
I’m no fan of American imperialism either but the regime in Iran is actively massacring their civilians on a scale never before seen during protests, I have Iranian friends and they know full well that America and Israel don’t have their best interests at heart, and yet they still want them to intervene because they don’t see any other way for change to happen. My Iranian friends don’t even really like Reza Pahlavi but he’s the most significant figure in these protests and so they’re supporting him purely in solidarity with the people.
It’s a very complicated and nuanced situation and it can’t really be reduced to a meme like this without losing important context.
“My Venezuelan friends are celebrating”
How many countries do you have to destroy before you stop falling for regime change justifications?
Don’t misunderstand, I’m not American, I don’t support America, in my personal and professional life I’ve been making every reasonable effort to decouple my life from America (hence why I’m on Lemmy)
I didn’t even say that I support America invading.
The reality of Iran is that every few years since the 1979 revolution the people become discontent enough to start protesting, and every time the government harshly cracks down on those protests, and in both the process and the after math, many people are killed by the government for protesting. That’s an oversimplification but serves to illustrate my point.
My knowledge and understanding is based on my Iranian friends, who fled the country as refugees and left their friends and families behind, because of the oppressive government.
Those same friends do not like America, but they aren’t left with any other options but to support America. Not a day goes by that they don’t complain about the willful ignorance of the European Union and the world at large for being silent, only last week did the EU even decide to label the IRGC as a terrorist group.
The UN and international courts should be the ones trying to intervene and at the very least stop the regime killing tens of thousands of their own people.
They “do not like the US” but they be doing their best to promote the US interests huh. Useful idiots that know they have no public support in their own country.
Your iranian friends are american bruh. Iranian diaspora protesting in the US are americans. If these “well meaning” iranians haven’t learned a thing about US intervention in the region, they’re not “well meaning”. They want their ex-country destroyed out of resentment and pettiness, just like the average miami cuban or venezuelan. These people do not understand “nuance” at all, they’re just full contrarians.
I mean like the entire protest origin is due to financial pressure caused by US sanctions, why are these “well meaning” US citizens iranians not protesting against their US goverment to relief the pressure on their own country and people?
I also have Iranian acquaintances, they’re dumb as shit and haven’t visited the country in their entire lives. They’d rather believe whatever bullshit western media / monarchists tell them to believe because they want to be accepted. Lies upon lies. Have you seen any videos from within Iran? They’re out there, in 2026 you can find videos that aren’t just on the news. I saw videos of terrorists with american weapons shooting into crowds of people, burning down mosques, killing police officers. Is this the fault of Iran? They did the same with every color revolution so far. Fund ideological nazis / wahhabists with billions of dollars in an attempt to overthrow a government. We just saw it with Syria, the playbook is the same.