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Re:Iran Protest Map by Retz4o4 on Thursday January 08, 2026 @06:25PM (#46547972)
You 5 days ago: “ You are still young so you don't seem to get it yet but history has shown that killing or capturing the leader of a country with outside actors rarely leads to anything good. It usually just leads to more instability.”
Re:Iran Protest Map by random9749832 on Thursday January 08, 2026 @06:27PM (#46548004)
Iran is heading down instability no matter what.
Re:Iran Protest Map by cogman10 on Thursday January 08, 2026 @06:26PM (#46547987)
The only involvement Israel or any nation should have here is arming or protecting the protesters. Anything beyond that would end in disaster. And by protecting protesters, I mean granting them asylum if they need it, not sending in troops.

The last thing we need is Israel or any other nation deciding they want to be the new rulers of Iran. That will work out just as well as the US's involvement in Afghanistan or Iraq.

Re:Iran Protest Map by endtime on Thursday January 08, 2026 @07:25PM (#46548512)
The shah wants to ally with Israel - Google "Cyrus Accords". So there's no reason for Israel to do anything but support his return quietly.
Re:Iran Protest Map by hagbard_c on Thursday January 08, 2026 @06:36PM (#46548076)
While there is no doubt Israel would be glad to be rid of the current regime in Iran it is far more relevant that a large part of the Iranian population seems to want to get rid of the current regime. It is quite risky to partake in protests there but people do it anyway because they - as far as I can see rightly so - are done with their country being held back by the current regime.

Let's hope that any regime change in Iran happens with as little bloodshed as possible and that the new regime actually represents the population instead of only some powerful (domestic or foreign) faction. Khamenei seems to have prepared for a run to Russia [1] together with 20 members of his family so let him climb aboard that plane and leave sooner rather than later.

[1] https://www.iranintl.com/en/202601048903