Yes Mr Ayotallah, they're pissed off at the central bank and not you

[baggy1]

Not certain what you want people to post Jacko. Iran are obviously one of the main issues with the Middle East and hopefully the people can overthrow the regime with this uprising. I’m not certain anyone one here has ever supported their actions.

[Borin' Baggie]

Hospitals overwhelmed with dead and injured 'protestors'. Crickets on here.

It took you 6 days to respond to my thread and you decided to complain about the BBC.

[Squid]

The Too Online Right on Twitter are convinced that events in Iran are being underreported, because anyone left of centre is secretly supportive of the Iranian regime. Hence Jacko has come on here to lambast us for our "silence".

[tHEgLASSdOORS]

I saw it was the Daily Mails main beef of the week and it all made sense.

Surely even the more gullible posters on here don’t buy that there’s some mass movement quietly supporting Iran

Personally I hope the revolution comes off and it’s as light on violence as possible

Be interesting to see what Trump does as he usually feels he has to act once he’s made statements like he has on this

[B12Baggie]

Unfortunately seems pretty high on violence and varying death/detention figures, depending on what you read.

Realistically any attempt to overthrow Ayatollah was going to be violent, with or without Trump's involvement. But I think current level of protest and violence has definitely been fuelled by a hope/belief that Trump will get involved.

[Jacko]

Unfortunately seems pretty high on violence and varying death/detention figures, depending on what you read.

Realistically any attempt to overthrow Ayatollah was going to be violent, with or without Trump's involvement. But I think current level of protest and violence has definitely been fuelled by a hope/belief that Trump will get involved.

Absolute bollocks.

[baggy1]

Do you maybe want to give the counter argument Jacko instead of just baseless abuse? B12 has put a reasonable point across, I can’t say how accurate it is but if you disagree highlight the faults or issues with it.

[tHEgLASSdOORS]

Strikes and military action in the next day or so I reckon judging by the overall sentiments being expressed

[HawkingsHalfpint]

The problem with this one is that it’s no cake-walk, unlike Venezuela. The build-up of military support in the Caribbean was steady, calculated and meticulously planned, with (besides a fairly impotent UN watching on) little-to-no collateral to consider; and furthermore with resistance always likely to be extremely limited.

Whereas here, not even Israel could get Khamenei in their sights recently, the IRGC remains fiercely loyal, as do the local militias beneath them; they are unlikely to simply lay down arms and also have latent ‘global south’ sympathies on board. Not to mention that no theological considerations existed in the case of deposing Maduro.

Any long-range strike risks being even more collaterally devastating than the sanctions upon innocents, and its repercussions will affect those Arab nations hosting nearby US-bases. It’s a lot more complicated, to say the least.

So it will be very interesting to see who blinks first, and what actions Trump will take. He has never been a fan of the Iranian regime, but his latest calls of judgement here now compel him to act, somehow. Because - at some point (if that point has already not been reached) - he will be/is already contributing to further atrocity. Simply put, he has to act, or he will either sentence more to death by proxy, or look like a massive pussy. An interesting few hours ahead.

[Protheroe]

At least the Iranian regime have put to bed once and for all any notion that they are anything other than an utterly malign influence in the region and the world. Thank goodness Israel and the US have managed to eradicate their influence in other parts of the Middle East. Ratchet up the sanctions and it's only a matter of time before the regime falls.

Trump is playing an interesting game. In both Venezuela and Iran, China is very much in his crosshairs.