Khamenei's death confirmed by Irans state-controlled media (www.abc.net.au)
from Eyekaytee@aussie.zone to world@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 02:12
https://aussie.zone/post/30152643

Video verified by AP shows Iranians taking to Tehran’s streets in large numbers to celebrate the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

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xenomor@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 02:20 next collapse

When you say things like “state controlled media” you need to clarify if you’re referring to Iran or the US.

tidderuuf@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 02:23 next collapse

Oh come on that’s not fair… Ellison who now owns CNN, CBS, TimeWarner HBO… Whelp nvm.

[deleted] on 01 Mar 02:30 next collapse
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marcos@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 02:53 next collapse

The US has too many of them to use a generic description like that.

AmidFuror@fedia.io on 01 Mar 03:07 next collapse

Har, har. False equivalence let's us pretend there is no difference between Hitler and Churchill.

Keeponstalin@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 03:44 next collapse

Trump and Netanyahu are Hitler in this situation

Maeve@kbin.earth on 01 Mar 04:17 next collapse

There weren't.

AmidFuror@fedia.io on 01 Mar 04:25 collapse

You didn't disappoint.

chakli@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 04:18 collapse
Aqarius@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 08:04 collapse

I remember once seeing the BBC referred to as “UK state media” and boy were people angry

greyfrog@sh.itjust.works on 01 Mar 08:15 collapse

Huh? No one is angry about that. It is state media. But it’s independent even if the Tories did try and make it less so.

The issue is that most people associate “state media” with it being controlled by the state.

etuomaala@sopuli.xyz on 01 Mar 02:57 next collapse

Donald Trump tells the truth. I didn’t think he had it in him.

pHr34kY@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 07:35 collapse

I was so doubtful when he said it before Iran confirmed it.

etuomaala@sopuli.xyz on 01 Mar 03:10 next collapse

Also, how are Trump, Starmer, and others still trying to make this about nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons are state insurance. Their only use is to prevent a foreign power from using force to destroy or control a state. Kind of like what Trump is doing to Iran right now. This latest foreign intervention will only encourage whoever takes over to develop nuclear weapons faster, to avoid exactly this scenario in the future.

Eyekaytee@aussie.zone on 01 Mar 03:12 collapse

What makes you think all evil regimes that Lemmy loves like North Korea etc aren’t doing this already?

El_guapazo@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 04:04 next collapse

This never would have happened if Iran had nuclear weapons

Eyekaytee@aussie.zone on 01 Mar 04:08 next collapse

It’s a good thing they don’t have nuclear weapons then yeah?

Railcar8095@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 07:32 collapse

Are yo saying it’s good they don’t have because that way US could attack or because they didn’t use them to retaliate?

I understand you mean the former.

avidamoeba@lemmy.ca on 01 Mar 04:13 next collapse

They shoulda gotten them a long time ago. And Ukraine shouldn’t have given up theirs when the US pressured them to.

Triasha@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 14:16 collapse

Ukraine had physical possession of nukes but no ability to use them. The Russians never let them have the launch codes.

Ukrainian officials knew they weren’t getting anything worthwhile in the Budapest memorandum because they weren’t giving anything up besides a headache.

South Africa gave up their nukes and decommissioned their nuclear program. Ukraine just formalized what was already true, the nukes were not usable for them.

napkin2020@sh.itjust.works on 01 Mar 04:59 next collapse

Which is nice given that even without nukes they showed that they’re more than happy to kill thousands of protesters and, well, generally make everyone’s life miserable.

Xorg_Broke_Again@sh.itjust.works on 01 Mar 06:09 collapse

more than happy to kill thousands of protesters

Stop falling for ameriKKKan propaganda.

napkin2020@sh.itjust.works on 01 Mar 07:09 collapse

Ah yes, AmeriKKKan propaganda, made by Iranian officials

apnews.com/…/iran-protests-araghchi-trump-threat-…

WoodScientist@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 07:49 collapse

The US brutally represses protests just like the Iranians. US police just have more money for less lethal weapons.

massive_bereavement@fedia.io on 01 Mar 08:57 collapse

figure A. Whataboutism.

gnutrino@programming.dev on 01 Mar 09:39 collapse

This is a dumb take, this happened in part because Iran was pursuing nuclear weapons. Not just giving the US and Israel a casus belli but also the amount of resources pumped into the program was a major contributor to the economic issues behind the protests.

pHr34kY@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 07:33 collapse

There are literal street parties that have broken out in my city. It’s mostly Iranian flags, but there’s a few US and Israeli flags in the crowd. They are all friends tonight.

Eyekaytee@aussie.zone on 01 Mar 07:39 collapse

Yeah! Sadly Lemmy users are downvoting Iranians being happy, for them this is a sign that America did something right which is wrong and can’t be allowed to be seen

lemmy.world/post/43709323

Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works on 01 Mar 08:25 next collapse

They killed 85 children

Eyekaytee@aussie.zone on 01 Mar 08:26 collapse

Iranian government killed thousands last month

PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk on 01 Mar 09:44 collapse

TENs of thousands

Klear@quokk.au on 01 Mar 08:27 collapse

Tankies are out in force, most other people don’t seem to care.