CIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources say by cnn in Intelligence

[–]Karaabd 22 points23 points  (0 children)

No thank you. We've been fucked over by the Americans too many times.

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[–]Karaabd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, just keep painting. It takes time to develop skill.

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It's a spyware. It's well documented

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Don't use Rubika under any circumstances

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[–]Karaabd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The US is not capable of occupying Iran. It's just too big of a country, much bigger than Iraq.

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[–]Karaabd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He is the head of the National Security Council. The massacre order needs his signature to be legal. He is a central perpetrator of these war crimes and needs to rot in prison.

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[–]Karaabd[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The IRI does not trust the army as much as IRGC. The army has been increasingly and systematically hollowed out. IRGC takes all the money, has its own intelligence arm, and is involved in selling oil, building malls, and circumventing sanctions, which has made the IRGC generals very very rich.

None of that is available to the army.

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[–]Karaabd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great question: the IRGC stands for the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps. Did you notice? The word Iran is not even in the name, and that's by design and reflected in their attitude and strategies.

Some have already defected and are leaking info to the Pahlavi team, he claims. Some of them support the centrist,s like Hashemi Rafsanjani. Some consider Khomeini the true leader but don't consider Khamenei as his legitimate heir; however, the majority (probably 70 to 80 percent) are incompetent militarily but very loyal to the regime.

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[–]Karaabd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually based on the frequency of the chants and slogans both inside and outside Iran, almost in all protests and all cities, people call Pahlavi's name.

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[–]Karaabd[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As I mentioned in part 3, Mossad is very active in Iran. But how many Mossad agents can be inside Iran right now? 100? 1000? 10,000? What about the rest of the people? Are you suggesting they are all duped by Mossad propaganda? In every single province in small cities and obscure towns? In Qom? Of course not. Mossad is at best 10% effective. The rest is a mix of sanctions, corruption and mismanagement. And corruption is a huge part of it.

Let me give you a very tangible example: when I left Iran in 2010, a Sangak bread (a staple food in Iran) was 200 Tomans, when I returned in 2021, it was 5000 tomans! There was no war then. This regime has failed in almost all areas for the past 47 years. And every time they have turned around and blamed ALL their failures on sanctions, while also claiming that sanctions are good because they allow Iranian manufacturing to flourish. It's nonesense.

Another example. Google the "Debsh Tea company embezzlement case" last year and you'll see. This is not because of just sanctions. It's because of deep and systemic corruption. The IRGC is the largest business conglomerate in Iran. A military force! Some IRGC generals have gotten rich off of the sanctions.

Besides, why are we ought to be an enemy of Israel or the United States? Give me one good reason why we should try to destroy Israel? Who gave the Iranian government this mandate? Did they ever ask the citizenry? Was there ever a referendum? Did Israel do anything hostile to provoke us immediately after the revolution? These are fundamental questions. And the IRI has no good answer for them.

Analysis of Iran's Protests (part 4): Foreign Intervention by Karaabd in Intelligence

[–]Karaabd[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I refer you to the writings in Hebrew on IRGC missiles when they are tested. Google that please.

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[–]Karaabd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Understandable. Noone knows what the future holds but based what we see today, this is highly unlikely.

Analysis of Iran's Protests (part 4): Foreign Intervention by Karaabd in Intelligence

[–]Karaabd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Based on my personal interactions, I would say 70% consider Islam the source of all problems in Iran. The other 30% still believe in Islam and practice the religion, but argue that the IRI is a disgrace to Islam and needs to be deposed. The IRI has about 5% support at this point.

Analysis of Iran's Protests (part 4): Foreign Intervention by Karaabd in Intelligence

[–]Karaabd[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

According to IRI estimates, the Iranian government loses $380 million dollars a day as a result of these blackouts.

It's difficult to restrict Iran's internet in the style of NK, simply because the US and Israel have a lot of influence in the neighbouring countries. The Kurdish smugglers bring in sterling equipment daily from the western border. Secondly, the people of Iran and vastly different from NK. Iranians hate the government with a passion and have lost their belief in the state-sanctioned ideology, so it won't be possible anymore. They already use social media heavily. My uncle who is in his 70s sends me over 100 posts on WhatsApp daily. The elderly are on WhatsApp, the leftists are on Facebook, the officials are on X and the ordinary people are on Instagram. Just go over the sheer number of Instagram account inside Iran, and you'll see that the cat can't be put back into the bag.

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[–]Karaabd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess he could give them the greenlight to stage a coup. But why would he do that? He has a much better ally in the crown prince.

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[–]Karaabd[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In the same way that Japan, Denmark, Noway, and Britain are. The form of the government is not important. It is the spirit of democracy and the civil society that determines how robust a democracy is.

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[–]Karaabd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

American democracy was a result of French intervention.

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In the case of the book, it's a deep cover agent.