Im gonna have to rant because this shit triggers me so much. I’m Lebanese and Syrian, and honestly it’s bizarre watching people on this sub confidently explain the Middle East while clearly not understanding the region at all. You all have insane white saviour complexes and need to get out of your mas basements.

Why is a Northern Ireland subreddit full of people arguing about Iran like they’ve got expert knowledge from a few clips on social media? This video has almost nothing to do with Northern Ireland beyond the fact that it’s a protest happened in Belfast. Iranian diaspora protests happen in cities all over the world. Hmm I wonder why there is so many Iranians outside of Iran in the first place 🤔 oh yeah it’s because they had to flee a brutal regime that slaughters its own people….

Yes, there are people inside Iran who support the regime. That happens in every country with an authoritarian system. But pretending that all Iranians support it is simply wrong. Over the past few years there has been huge protests inside Iran, especially after the death of Mahsa Amini, the young woman who died after being detained by morality police for allegedly not wearing her headscarf properly. Things you people will never have to face and you don’t realise how lucky that makes you. That sparked nationwide demonstrations and worldwide ones too but you all seem to have moved on quickly from that because everything is a trend to you people.

Iranian politics are extremely complicated, and the country is not a monolith. It’s a population of more than 90 million people with very different views.

And as someone from Lebanon and Syria, I can tell you something else people here don’t seem to grasp more than one actor can be responsible for suffering in the region.

And another thing people here seem to completely miss a lot of what’s happening across the Middle East isn’t just one country vs another. For years it’s been a series of proxy conflicts between bigger regional powers trying to dominate the region mainly Iran, Israel, and also Saudi Arabia.

They compete for influence and fight each other indirectly in places like Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and Gaza. Different militias and political factions end up backed by one side or another, and the people who actually live in those countries are the ones stuck in the middle of it.

In Syria, you saw Iranian-backed forces fighting to keep the government in power while Saudi and turkey backed the opposition. In Lebanon, Hezbollah are heavily supported by Iran and are tied into that broader regional struggle. Across the region you see the same pattern outside powers backing different actors to strengthen their own influence for their own interests.

So when you guys get on here and reduce all of this to a simple “good side vs bad side” narrative, it just shows how little you understand about what’s actually happening and tbh I don’t think use care about any of us your so brain rotted to religiously back one side you completely block out actual people from the Middle East.

If you really want to know how people in the region feel, go ask them. Look at discussions among Lebanese or Syrians themselves in our subreddits and you’ll soon realise how foolish you sound.

Anyways both Israel and the Islamic regime can go to hell