Obviously this isn’t an excuse for the US’s imperialistic aggression, but God, what an awful government.
This is probably a response to it.
Fucking horrific, but it probably wouldn’t have been so swift without US interference. Who orchestrated and manipulated the people into protesting…
Every day there was some post on fucking Reddit egging it all on to iirc.
What the fuck?
Huh? The mullah regime was killing protesters on the streets and even inside hospitals by the thousands months ago.
Iranians have agency and have tried to change this government for decades. Many were cheering on US and Israeli air strikes.
Have you ever talked to an Iranian?
Yeah, I could’ve worded it better.
People knew and were very much aware of what you said was happening.
Trump lulled many into a false sense of security encouraging them to stand up. Many who otherwise may have had been silent or ‘less vocal’ because they were so aware, MAYBE thought that they would be backed by the U.S.
??? They’ve been protesting and dying way before the turnip took office. This has been going on for years.
And the United States didn’t hold trial for blowing up an elementary school. Nor will those who did it be held accountable, at this rate.
Bad Iran, fucking despicable American leadership.
Geeeeeez, just reflecting for a minute on the fact that things like this are still happening in 2026 leaves me feeling hollowed out.
I want to empathize with them, and appreciate what they must be going through in this photo. Waiting to die. Waiting to die for doing the right thing.
It is so galling, so gut-wrenching, any successful empathy is painful, I want to move on to other things.
But I’m sitting here just reading about it, on the internet, safe in my home. The very least I can do is sit with this and try to imagine how they must be feeling. My passing discomfort is not even a fraction, not even in the same equation, as what these fellows are going through for doing the right thing.
But then I also have to reflect on the trajectory of my country and ask myself honestly, am I ready to wait to die for doing the right thing?
I hope that I am.
