US/Israel conduct airstrikes on Iran again

Do you not believe that casualty figures are being weaponised by both sides?

Interesting you take that position now, but you swallowed Hamas propaganda wholesale because it suited your world view. I guess we need someone on RTE from the Iranian regime to give 'balance' eh?

https://www.euronews.com/2026/01/27/iran-protests-death-toll-could-surpass-more-than-30000-reports-claim

I am opposed to the killing of any civilians regardless of who kills them.

Yet you seem quite strident in your defence of the Iranian regime who have already admitted in killing over 3,100 civilians, and with more reports coming out it could be as high as 30,000

Odd that isnt it?

It seems the death of an Iranian protester is not worth that much to you.

So, you are shown evidence of a woman beaten to death over refusing to wear a Hijab and your reaction is:

• Argue a technicality about how many 'strands' of hair were shown
• Refuse to accept the evidence given
• Post links about deaths in the West to counter
• Dont accept any wrongdoing in Iran that lead to the death of Masha Amini

In all you will defend the Iranian regimes to the hilt regardless of what evidence of Human Rights abuses is show to you. Your favourite counter is whataboutism.

I haven’t defended anyone being killed.

First this and then followed with..

Was Masha Amini executed for displaying a single hair as the poster claimed Homelander? Do you agree that that is true?

..this obtuse argument.

You are defending her death by going down this rabbit hole of technicalities over strands of hair on display. For someone who is so concerned about human rights and civilians, you have not shown one bit of it here.

You claimed Saudi Arabia assembled the force not hosted it. If you go to IKEA, purchase some flat pack furniture and put it together in my house would you claim that I assembled the furniture?

You are still presenting your opinion as fact Mark.
You are arguing that Irans military today is a “nothing army” less powerful than the Iranian army of nearly 5 decades ago by claiming that their technology today is decades old??

Then you argue that Iran’s military was bigger in 1985 and bizarrely use the example of Russia where a big army can make little headway against a smaller army. Tanks in the Russian invasion of Ukraine have proved ineffective due to drone technology. Iran is one of the most prolific producers of military drones. Iran helped change western military doctrine from small numbers of high end expensive drones to single use drones used in swarms.
1980s armour is readily destroyed by modern era drones and missiles.
During the 12 day war Iran bombed Tel Aviv, Haifa, Petah Tikva, Beersheba, Ashdod, Safed amongst others. Despite American troops being stationed in Israel operating THAAD batteries and US, UK, French and other forces defending Israel from Iranian missiles. Do you believe Iran could have struck Israel in this way in 1985?

Confusion

Obtuse? You are being totally disingenuous.

The poster claimed that she was “executed” for displaying a single hair. If you believe that is true then there is no point attempting to have a genuine discussion with you.

You are a big boy Mark. Why don’t you answer the question.
Was Masha Amini executed? Please show any civil rights or human rights organization that claims she was.
Go on.

Marco Rubio told Congress that because they had sailed a carrier group strike force within range of Iranian missiles in order to strike Iran, they may have to pre emptively strike Iran to protect their carrier group task force. Perfect circular logic.

Please show us the link to the Iranian regime admitting to killing 3,100 civilians.
Go on Mark.
Back up your claim.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202601255198

Was it only 3,100? Maybe you are leaving out the ones shot dead in their hospital beds.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/17/middleeast/iran-supreme-leader-khamenei-protests-criminal-trump-intl-latam

"Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, acknowledged Saturday that thousands of Iranians were killed during more than two weeks of unrest in the country."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/17/irans-khamenei-says-us-israel-links-behind-thousands-killed-in-protests

"Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says actors linked to the United States and Israel were responsible for killing “several thousands” of people during weeks of antigovernment protests in the country."

How many have to be killed to meet your definition of genocide? Is it all Israel's fault?

Do Iranian backed militias not count? Not as if Iran is in a position so it's not a good comparison. Would you trust that regime with the power of the USA?

Not many mohawks left in North America now. They were genocided by European colonialists, their land and wealth stolen, just like what is happening to Palestinians.

Wildgreen that sounds like a clever take but in my experience when you study history it’s absolutely what humans have been doing all throughout history just frequently on smaller scale. The humans with better technology often coming out on top. In our modern comfort world it’s impossible to justify this behaviour because it’s so obviously wrong to us.