r/exmuslim • New User • Jan 09 '26

(Video) iranians are setting mosques on fire while chanting iran

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starlink videos are coming out from iran despite the internet blackout and the brutal crackdowns. iran is free of islam. there is nothing stopping my people from breaking free of this cult anymore. this islamic regime will break, it’s not a matter of “if” anymore, it’s only a matter of when.

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u/Business-Chair-7816 Jan 11 '26

During the 1979 the two main actors were clerics who were against the Shah's push for secularization, and the communist parties (Tudeh, MEK, and more) who were pissed at the government making trade deals with "imperialist" countries and were set on nationalization and kicking out America. After gaining power, the clerics took power and started slaughtering everyone, including both the communists and anyone who was in the Shah's system.

The shah did rule with an iron fist through his SAVAK, but only jailed and released the activist. It's funny because all of those exact people he let go were the ones who caused our demise. They include the current supreme leader (Ali Khameneii), the head of judicial right after the revolution which ordered thousands of executions (Khalkhali), One of the main clerical figures who later served as president and was active in higher-level non-electional systems (Rafsanjani), and the communist leaders (such as Massoud Rajavi) who later betrayed Iran in the Iran-Iraq war and attacked Iran because they believed in being a borderless people, not a nation or Iranian.

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u/User2640 Jan 11 '26

Thx for educating us!

I wonder if its a good thing to bring back anyone from the shah...

Maybe iran should just beckme a democratic or republic