
I know how many Iranians want the regime gone, the regime is repressive and authoritarian, but killing the ayatollah doesn’t collapse the regime, and the collapse of the regime could lead to a different dictator or even a terrorist group taking charge like we’ve seen in other American interventions in places like Iraq, Syria, Somalia, etc.
not necessarily, the U.S. has installed Western-friendly dictators before like the Shah in Iran, Armas in Guatemala, Diem in South Vietnam, Soko in Congo, Branco in Brazil, Suharto in Indonesia, Banzer in Bolivia, Pinochet in Chile, the military coup in Argentina, Habre in Chad, Batista in Cuba, the Somozas in Nicaragua, Balaguer in the Dominican Republic, Rhee and Chung-hee and Doo-hwan in South Korea, etc.
if you call severe authoritarian repression, corruption, extreme inequality, and the brutal suppression of dissent by the SAVAK secret police “benevolent” sure, the economic growth greatly benefitted the elites but many average Iranians saw high inflation and rising poverty rates, the SAVAK were known both for torturing prisoners and arbitrary arrests
True, he had an iron grip on political life, but he also advanced literacy, women's rights, and the economy (high inflation but extremely high annual GDP growth, industrial modernization, poverty rates were actually declining, per capita rates tripled, I believe, and the middle class was basically reformed). The IRGC is worse on nearly every single objective metric.
It is fully possible that it was Iran’s, who were actively launching missiles and counter strikes. It’s not uncommon for misfires/tech failures to lead to missiles hitting the wrong target. Let’s wait to point fingers until there’s an investigation. It’s weird to automatically blame the U.S. because Iran said so
You are just choosing to believe these things out of your hate for Trump tho, there is a high chance that Iran bombed them themselves either bc 1. Because they suck and have no skill, and 2. They did it on purpose b. They don’t care about ANY life and know it would get people to turn on the US if we all spread for sure that the U.S. did it. Let’s find out the facts, Iran is the last news source you want to trust