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A volunteer member of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was killed in a western province during widening demonstrations sparked by the Islamic Republic's ailing economy, authorities said Thursday, marking the first fatality among security forces during the protests.

Spontaneous protests, driven by dissatisfaction at Iran's economic stagnation, began on Sunday in Tehran's largest mobile phone market, where shopkeepers shuttered their businesses, and have since drawn in students across the country.

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

One of the worst fascist regimes on the planet falling would be a promising start for 2026. One can hope.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

As long as it doesn't fall to a civil war or just because another american and israeli puppet state

[–] Mihies@programming.dev -4 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

obvious whataboutism is obvious

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It says Iran in the title.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fun fact. Iran was a decent democracy back in the time, then US staged a coup and the rest is history.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Britain played a major role in that coup too, they were trying to get back at Mossadegh for nationalizing Anglo-iranian oil, now known as British Petroleum.

CIA 🤝 MI6 Fucking things up since the invention of the cold war.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world -5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Spontaneous protests

Western sanctions causing economic hardship against those trying to escape their colonialism, and then using their created economic hardship to stage color revolutions. The playbook is at it again.