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Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access by kspacewalk2 on Sunday October 25, 2020 @09:37PM (#24891984)
Conducting 'independent surveys' under military occupation in an authoritarian state is a thoroughly nonsensical proposition. In Russia, it is literally a crime (incitement of separatism) to question Crimea's status as rightfully Russian[0].

[0] https://meduza.io/cards/kak-v-rossii-presleduyut-za-prizyvy-...

Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access by 0xy on Sunday October 25, 2020 @10:01PM (#24892135)
I'm more inclined to trust nonpartisan independent Pew Research than your opinion. It's not the only independent survey either. There's also survey evidence from before the occupation.
Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access by kspacewalk2 on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @04:27PM (#24911470)
Polls before occupation were in the range of 40-60%. If that's a good enough metric for conducting drive-by referenda under the watchful eye of heavily armed 'observers', someone tell the Catalonians and the Scots about this option (among many others).