He added that physical and psychological damages “inflicted on each individual of the Iranian nation in the 2nd and 3rd imposed wars, from child killings and war crimes in Minab and Lamerd to attacks on medical centres, is each a legal file that must be pursued in both domestic and international courts.”

He further stated that from the “murder” of newborns and the elderly to the assassination of his father and predecessor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, “each is a file among thousands of major legal cases that must be earnestly pursued in domestic and international courts”.

“What is definite is that these criminals must be seized by the collar and brought to justice for their criminal deeds,” he asserted.

Never in my life could I have expected to agree with the Iranian government. But, on this specific issue? I do. There needs to be accountability for this.

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    I agree, but you should also pay for killing women for not wearing hijab.

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      I’m against that too, but not wearing hijab is not a capital offense in Iran.

      The famous case of Masa Amini was a case of resisting arrest gone wrong and she died from police brutality. Saying she was killed for not wearing hijab is like saying Eric Garner was killed for not paying taxes; it’s an incomplete story.

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      The western leaders should be tried for crimes against humanity at the Hague. Don’t you think indiscriminate bombing, genocide, and child sex trafficking are a bigger problem?

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      Among other crimes against humanity, yes. But when focusing on the US, also for all the crimes against humanity and all the other war crimes.

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      Yup. Not a bad message, but a terrible messenger. His father is responsible for the massacre of thousands of protestors, and he was by all accounts part of that.

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        We literally admitted to arming those protesters. At that point, they’re not protesters but CIA lapdogs trying to turn Iran into another Libya.

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      People hate whataboutism until it’s used to cast shade on the enemies of America’s oligarchs.

      I don’t get how people can hate billionaires, then spout rhetoric that directly helps their genocidal programs. Iran is the lesser evil in this fight, and in fact one of the only countries standing up to the world’s biggest threat- American/western imperialism. You don’t have to like them, but you also don’t have to carry water for the oppressors.

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          If every time Iran calls out the warcrimes and genocide of the US, you answer with a criticism of Iran, all you are doing is saying that the US is right to do warcrimes. That it’s justified because Iran mistreats some of its citizens.

          Iran is literally fighting to stop its schoolgirls from being bombed, and you’re out here saying, “Maybe if you hadn’t forced the little girls to wear burkas they’d still be alive.”

          Again, you don’t have to like them, but maybe just shut up about it for a second so we can all focus on the bigger issue. It’s called critical support.

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            They both suck but you’re right that Iran is more right about this than the US. It doesn’t make them good though.

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            If it was not his intention, why would he start with I agree? He could have only kept the whataboutsim part. Can you consider he may be against both, or is that too far fetched for your intention guessing ability?

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                No, the same energy would be:

                ~ I agree with these antiracist actions, but I would rather not have it come from someone who committed racist crimes.

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      This absolves the USA of responsibility for waging illegal imperial war for profit and committing war crimes and funding and arming zionist genocide in Palestine.

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        I agree the whataboutism is lame as fuck, but idk about “absolves the USA of responsibility”. The US didn’t really even pretend this was about “bringing democracy” or whatever. The Trump admin waffled between “Israel made us do it :(” and “WOOWW LOOK AT ALL THIS OIL”

        The US-Israeli propaganda machine is totally broken since Gaza. They knew there was no point in even trying to play a humanitarian angle.