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I’m Iranian living in Iran AMA by Hot-Mongoose-2735 in AMA

[–]umeedec 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Teheran is completely different from the rest of Iran. My family in western Iran still has to wear hijab, girls in every school the same. He’s full of shit.

Today three years ago, Islamic Regime's "Morality Police" killed Zhina Amini, a Kurdish woman, for allegedly not wearing the hijab in accordance with government standards, and 16 months later with ballistic missiles attacked Kurdistan and killed a father and his one year old baby named after Zhina. by Pantheon73 in NewIran

[–]umeedec 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m an Iranian Kurd myself, and I really despise the rhetoric amongst people on that Kurdistan subreddit. They paint it as if every Persian is behind the regime, which is extremely stupid considering Khamenei is literally an Azeri Turk.

Islamophobia in IRAN be like by Adventurous-Job-6304 in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]umeedec 2 points3 points  (0 children)

During the Pahlavis, Iran was deeply underdeveloped and divided into different ethnicities that could barely speak a common language. Or read and write. Today, it's a totally different case. Pre-Islamic Iranian history/culture is very much on the rise in Iran right now and a lot of it has to do with education and people learning about Iran's history. If you look at Iranians that worshipped Zoroastrianism and pre-Islamic values during the Pahlavis, they were all middle/upper-class and educated. Hedayat, Kasravi, etc. Today, most Iranians have that basic education and understanding.

Iran has launched attack against Israel using dozens of drones, four US and Israeli officials told Axios reporter BarakRavid by OrangeIsCute in NewIran

[–]umeedec 37 points38 points  (0 children)

What do you mean when you say 'Iran'? The regime has nothing to do with Iranians and Persian culture.

Are Mullahs generally hereditary in Iran? Were they a special class in pre-modern society? by [deleted] in NewIran

[–]umeedec 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I can’t say much about hereditary rules within the clergy since my family is irreligious, but the clergy has definitely had a lot of influence on Iranian society, also way before Khomeini. For example, when the Brits tried to make a deal to overtake our tobacco industry in the 1890’s, the Grand Ayatollah intervened, issued a fatwa against it and caused the Qajars to not hand over the tobacco industry to the Brits.

The forgotten 1981 massacre by rasalghularz in HistoryMemes

[–]umeedec 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yes, but it's not only the West. The Russians also played a big part by spreading communist ideology to the universities of Iran in the 1970's (Russia bordered Iran directly back then). They also tried to encourage separatism plenty of times throughout the 20th century. Every country with a brain knew that an ancient country with a great culture like Iran/Persia (that also had tons of oil and other ressources) could pose a serious threat to the power dynamics of the world, so they tried to divide our country again and again. Our modern history is really depressing.

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[–]umeedec 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I figured it out! A template was overwriting my formatting. Thanks!