I mean, that is the only way to be legally gay there - change your gender so that whatever you’re attracted to now is the opposite gender. No way this increases the number of gender surgeries to be more than it should be, absolutely not!

Perhaps. The same friend is thankful that the US did try to save them from the Taliban, at least.

Literally The Handmaid’s Tale right there

Now is an excellent chance for the world to focus on green alternatives, to wean itself off an addiction that in addition to ruining the planet, primarily benefits terrorist states (yes, this includes the US) and causes war and human suffering.

As an Afghan friend of mine says, it was not the fault of the US. The Afghan people is not ready to form a western-style government, as it’s a land of a hundred tribes where most just think of themselves. This is why the government fell so quickly when the US left. Few are motivated to defend the country, corruption is immense.

In her words, it was totally understandable for them to leave, as they saw this and realized they would be fighting a losing battle for decades by staying.

Have you looked at a map? Do you know how far Hormuz is from Tehran?

Mmm yes rub that lamp harder

What are these tight spaces? Elevators?

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Indeed, the track record is abysmal. And that is worrying.

The Iranians around me say this is their last hope. They have tried reforming the system from inside, they have tried protesting. And the regime has just become more ruthless and violent. Many have actually been calling for foreign interventions - they don’t actually care who.

Iranians in general will not align with the IRGC, they are universally hated. Their recent actions have just made them even more hated.

It is true that US and Israel don’t have the best of the Iranian people in mind. However, many Iranians hope that this may create a chance for the Islamic regime to be replaced.

Here you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iranian_protests

The reason Iran wants people to talk about the war and not the protests, is that they themselves are much better at killing their own citizens, with 10-30k dead and 300k injured during the January protests.

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As stated in the article you linked where you also got this image, this is a satellite photo from 2013, when the building was a part of the military compound. But by 2016, it had been walled off from it and had gotten separate entrances.

why was the school inside the military compound

It wasn’t.

why did the US take the risk of striking it

Due to appalling incompetence which made them think it was part of the military compound. This should be investigated as a war crime, it’s an unacceptable mistake.

This is extremely tragic, and very worrying that the US cannot seem to admit to its mistake officially. It’s also obvious that the Islamic regime is taking this excellent chance to use in their propaganda against the US and Israel, because why shouldn’t they? It also undermines trust and hope that some Iranians have in that this may lead to a regime change.

That said, there is one thing true in what you stated, and that is that there may be some manipulation of the true death toll and other reporting of it, because the only source of it is the Islamic regime and they have an interest in making it appear as barbaric as possible. And as you said, neither side can be trusted, you can expect propaganda from both sides.