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Re:Iran abolishes controversial morality police by stuaxo on Sunday December 04, 2022 @06:25AM (#33852622)
The UK and US have never been keen on democracy in Iran, let's see if it's allowed to happen.
Re:Iran abolishes controversial morality police by guntherhermann on Sunday December 04, 2022 @06:30AM (#33852657)
For reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9ta...

That was 70 years ago. Are countries, their people, and their policies immutable?

If this was a genuine question and not the snide remark that it appears to be, then a good place to investigate whether or not the UK government has any support for it or not would be to check out BBC Persia. De jure the BBC are not a government entity, but they are de facto.

https://www.bbc.com/persian

Re:Iran abolishes controversial morality police by croes on Sunday December 04, 2022 @06:40AM (#33852722)
Look what a happened in Egypt
Re:Iran abolishes controversial morality police by yywwbbn on Sunday December 04, 2022 @06:59AM (#33852864)
Well they elected religious extremists who weren’t particularly keen about democracy either. I think democracy is more than just majority rule. Of course El-Sisi’s regime is not much better..
Re:Iran abolishes controversial morality police by croes on Sunday December 04, 2022 @07:10AM (#33852944)
So instead of a flawed democracy we rather support a military dictatorship.
Re:Iran abolishes controversial morality police by 0dayz on Sunday December 04, 2022 @07:35AM (#33853112)
If by flawed democracy you mean a dictatorship akin to Gaza, sure.
Re:Iran abolishes controversial morality police by ReptileMan on Sunday December 04, 2022 @08:12AM (#33853394)
Yes democracy is majority rule that complies with the current zeitgeist of the blue checkmarks. Majority rule that doesn't is populism or authoritarianism
Re:Iran abolishes controversial morality police by EGreg on Sunday December 04, 2022 @08:13AM (#33853408)
It’s gonna be Bibi and Sisi again soon!

And Gaza is in the middle, with millions of trapped people.

There are ways to solve these issues but they involve a regional solution where everyone works together. Like approaching Hamas with a roadmap for building up Gaza and replacing them with moderates and free and fair elections. Or like having all Arab countries agree to offer citizenship and equal rights to people of Palestinian descent who were born in the country and so were their parents. And then after that Israel can offer a right of return to them, so they actually have a choice of where to go. Unfortunately that will take another 10 years to materialize.

Re:Iran abolishes controversial morality police by barry-cotter on Sunday December 04, 2022 @08:33AM (#33853556)
Democracy is majority rule. Liberal democracy is the preferred term for people who support democracy until it does something they don’t approve of.
Re:Iran abolishes controversial morality police by bnralt on Sunday December 04, 2022 @08:44AM (#33853648)
It's also strange how people portray Mossadegh's government at the time of his removal as democratic. If you look at the history[1], Mossadegh had a power struggle had a power struggle with parliament. Mossadegh responded with a fraudulent referendum that dissolved parliament and gave him sole power to rule by fiat, his government claimed 99.94% of voters voted in favor of it. He asked the Shah to call new elections, the Shah had him dismissed (which he had constitutional authority to do), Mossadegh refused the dismissal, and he was removed by the military.

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/1953/08/16/archives/mossadegh-terms-...