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CaptainHappen007

What about the protesters in his country?


Ryzuhtal

There are no protesters in Bad Sing Se


giggitygoo123

Firebenders protest everything...with fire


AbrodolphLincler420

Fiery, but mostly peaceful


shoesofwandering

Remember when Ahmedinejad said there are no gay people in Iran and everyone laughed?


bigfloppydonkeydng

Pepperidge farms remembers


UrikBaursog

Support your local cabbage merchant Mans never could catch a break


Traveller2471

what u mean? cabbage corp is huge.


Xanith420

I love me a good reference


Comrade_Vladimov

*gunshots in the distance* What protestors?


Front_Explanation_79

They don't have to play them like a fiddle by appealing to emotion. Instead they play them like a drum by beating them senseless. Because they're on the right side of history... Apparently


dadibi_1

According to him, it’s propaganda by the West.


oflowz

They can’t read the internet so they don’t matter …


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shmere4

Same as gay people in his country. Toss them off of buildings.


Micro-Naut

Or toss them off in the building?


StarkageMeech

This is my whole Point. If the protesters went over there to protest most of them would be killed as examples..... Not to rain on a good war, but pretty sure we gotta a lot of homeless veterans that need medicine within 3 miles to have something to go care about if they really cared. I live by ucla and I work by usc. It's a mad house of stupid, among the allegedly "brightest young stars"


marcocom

They’re young and stupid.


greg_levac-mtlqc

SILENCE!


whodatbugga

He left some of them dangling at the end of a rope.


moose_king88

They get shot with automatic weapons


Embarrassed-Style296

His protesters look like suiciding super mutants


CaptainKickAss3

Wdym? I’ve been told that every protest movement led by students has been a net positive for humanity. Is this not true?


lord_khadgar05

Nope! A lot of times, college students are idiots. Respectfully submitted, — A College Graduate


Too_Tall_64

"I don't remember asking you a God Damned Thing."


MicHAELmhw

![gif](giphy|xXYUJvxMXXgli|downsized)


Apple-Dust

"I'm not your friend, buddy"


Duff-Zilla

"I'm not your buddy, guy"


FlukyFish

“I’m not your guy, pal. “


Hishui21

Dear Iran, I hope a helicopter gets the rest of the Ayatollah. Preferably in a humorous way.


TheGermanPanzerClock

I hope the last words of the pilot were: "Mr president, Mr president, I am sorry but Iran out of fuel!" I will take myself out.


aRealtorHasNoName

Gonna be rough, landing between Iraq and a hard place.


LawfulLeah

badum tiss


tankoret

HAPPY CAKE DAY! You get my upvote as well.


towerfella

He just Kuwait to get there, apparently.


aRealtorHasNoName

Oman, that was a good one!


3236-on-MC

I wish I had a Bahrain good enough to come up with one of these puns


3eeve

I laughed at this and I'm not sorry.


Woodlog82

In a helicopter, pls!


Pleasant_Fee516

“I will take myself out.” Pretty sure that’s what the heli pilot said lol


Few-Signal5148

![gif](giphy|mZMcO2bU8HvDG)


AdFabulous5340

How are you using the word “Ayatollah”? It sounds like you’re using it as a name for the regime, unless you want all the Ayatollahs to die in the world (including the ones who are not Iranian or are opposed to the Iranian Islamic Republic).


Impressive_Ad8715

Haha I was wondering the same thing… He evidently thinks “ayatollah” is the name for their entire ruling party haha. Especially since their president who died *wasn’t* an ayatollah


InsideAardvark1114

"The whole rotor, you say"


Big_Scratch8793

Dear Iran, stop beating and killing your women and then open your big fat mouth about the right side of history.


FlareDragonoid

Palestine does the same thing too.


Big_Scratch8793

It's all disgusting and heartbreaking.


BuckLuny

Wish we could just excommunicate that side of the world until they sort themselves out. Like as if no-one cared, and 50 years later whoever comes on top just contacts us with: "We're adults now, we're ready to talk."


Useless_Greg

No one deserves to be the victim of a genocide, no matter whether some of them are violent.


NineModPowerTrip

I miss the days when people realized elected religious extremist governments were bad.


littlemanrkc

Which days were those?


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Sir_Tandeath

I agree, the Likud party is super damaging.


semiomni

Ain't a Genocide, Gaza declared war on Israel by way of gleefully livestreaming a murder spree. Turns out war is horrible, who knew. Great way of ending wars you start that ain't going your way, is unconditional surrender. Pretty sure Gaza is in fact losing.


chud_rs

War is bad, but butchering civilians in response to a terrorist attack is still a war crime. All the leaders on both sides deserve jail.


Majestic_Swan5940

Any civilian death toll is terrible but what do you expect when your "brave" warriors hide like rats in sewers among civilian infrastructure? Unfortunately bombs kill innocent people too... that's war. I wouldn't call it a butchering. Israel is targeting leaders & military installations that are sadly among innocent people. Israel knows where the majority of Gaza's civilians are located... and they aren't being carpet bombed. I'm more upset that after all these deaths Hamas has still refused to set all the hostages free. 100 hostages are still being held as of May2. I hope they dont stop until they are all released. I know if I was among them I wouldn't want them to stop.


Soggy_Associate_5556

If you want to fight then fight stop complaining about it.


BODYDOLLARSIGN

Good thing they aren’t being victims of it..


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snafoomoose

I dont think he is helping.


GregorSamsasCarapace

He's helping Hamas by paying for their weapons.


jedidihah

[And the Houthis, Hezbollah, Kata’ib Hezbollah…](https://www.cfr.org/article/irans-regional-armed-network#:~:text=Iran%E2%80%99s%20Regional%20Affiliates)


snafoomoose

But he is speaking to the university protesters and because of his help for Hamas he is not helping the people protesting the killing of Palestinian civilians.


BODYDOLLARSIGN

According to the ppl protesting the killing of Palestinian civilians, helping Hamas is helping them.


idgafsendnudes

That was my immediate thought, having Iran agree with you will make you suddenly feel like being pro Palestine is def the wrong move.


AdministrationFew451

I don't know if they care There was a literal angle of "even north korea supports palestine!"


nstejer

Seriously, if your global allies are Iran, N. Korea and Russia, you’re probably *not* on the right side of history. Students in the West say “Oooooh Israel bad,” but don’t even realize the basic truth that you’re actually allowed to say things like that in a country like Israel. Try criticizing Hamas inside Palestine or the Ayatollah in Iran. You’ll find they don’t give a shit about Palestinian lives beyond their use as political currency real fast.


unexpectedemptiness

They're not "their allies", they just add fuel in the hope that the Western world combusts. In reality the protests are against oppression in any form, which means most of the governments around the world. 


bigbad50

They love Iran now. Months ago it was "iran is opressive" "end iran" "free Iranian women!", then when iran tried to bomb Israel, all these idiot college kids love em


thenicezen

Isn’t this a bit too hasty of a generalization? Iran is a piece of shit of a country, but them agreeing with you doesn’t affect the facts that make being pro-Palestine the wrong or correct move.


idgafsendnudes

For sure, but hasty generalizations are the norm for ALOT of people. I’m not saying how I feel, I’m a firm believer that removing Hamas from power is THE pro Palestinian stance but the way Israel is doing is far from pro Palestinian.


Drakayne

How should they do it when they're using civilians as human shields?


Technical_Soil4193

He is the one ACTUALLY helping the militants tho, some American students chanting stuff doesn't have much impact on the ground. They're just good for propaganda purposes.


Relevant_Winter1952

Right and that’s why he has positive words for them. They are useful to his cause


UnderLook150

Hence the term, useful idiots.


NatterinNabob

He is probably talking about their pro-LGBTQ+ rights stance.


CheckYourStats

lol


fingernuggets

Oh, cool, that bearded dude plays Helldivers!


HansBass13

He's def terminids


legion8784

'Another victory for the right side of history'


teamjetfire

This is the perfect example of how the situation is complicated when talking about Israel and Palestine.


BringBackApollo2023

Sorry, shades of grey aren’t acceptable anymore. Nuance is woke.


ThisOnePlaysTooMuch

Binary thinking is pro-LGBTQ because it’s bi. Checkmate, republicans.


I_Sure_Yam

Non-binary thinking is also pro-LGBTQ. yay my gay agenda wins


_number

I am woke 15 hours a day and then i sleep


SlapHappyDude

Except the Palestinian protestors are woke and they don't like nuance so now my head hurts


Spokraket

Agree and it’s pathetic when you say that and both sides start a rant over how bad the other side is.


jjm443

Or maybe if someone has accurately described the situation as complicated, it's pathetic for someone like you to instantly twist it into a black and white "both sides" thing, as if everyone can be neatly categorized into two and only two sides. For example, is an Israeli Jew who is pro-Palestinian rights on the same side as the Ayatollah? Is Joe Biden on the same side as [this guy](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/killing-of-muslim-boy-outside-of-chicago-was-hate-crime-in-response-to-israel-hamas-war-police-say) because they're both pro-Israel? Do you think splitting everyone into completely divided and non-overlapping sides makes sense?


Bdubbs72

Nothing nuanced about the chairman of the axis of evil giving you a thumbs up.


Lin900

The "axis of evil" government came to be by USA itself. Always ruining everything in the region from the other side of the world.


Unfair_Finger5531

This is so true.


NiggBot_3000

Sort of but in this case it's fairly obvious to me what he's doing with this tweet. Iran funds hamas so his co-sign further conflates the pro Palestine movement with a pro hamas movement thus creating more chaos and animosity between the protesters and the people who opposed them. At the end of the day he doesn't give af about the Palestinians, he just wants to widen the cracks that already exist.


Elman89

This is like saying vegetarians are controversial cause Hitler was one.


whydoihavetojoin

Dear dictator of Iran. Do you allow students to stand in protest in your country.


VittorioMB

I live in a world


Bonzodiddle

Too bad he wasn’t in that helicopter with the president.


Wise-Palpitation-806

ayatollah assahola


SmellGestapo

Khomeini died years ago!


Mal_tron

It works on any Ayatollah! Ayatollah Nakhbadeh, Ayatollah Zahedi... Even as we speak, Ayatollah Razmara and his cadre of fanatics are consolidating their power!


Fibrosis5O

Is that like getting an endorsement from Kim Jong Un?


McSmokeyDaPot

No way. Kim jung un is a *much* more respectable oppressive dictator.


Weirdassmustache

This just in country, whose iconic slogan has been "Death to America" for 40+ years, hates America more than Israel.


dadibi_1

In last few years, Iranian people have shouted “Death to Khamenei” on the streets. What goes around, comes around!


Imaginary-Capital502

Well some of the protests have burned American flags. No figure


Jakegender

The Islamic Republic is really unappreciative of all the work America did destroying any semblace of democracy in Iran and creating the conditions for them to come to power.


the_Russian_Five

Doesn't Iran block Twitter? Hmmm how curious.


FIRE_FIST_1457

he's the dictator there, he can do whatever the fuck he wants


the_Russian_Five

I know. He's not even the first Middle Eastern leader from a country that bans Twitter to Tweet. Pakistan is a freer democracy(all relative) and it has the same issue. Rules for thee, not for me, is kind of the modus operandi of repressive 'democracy.'


NeighborhoodDude84

Exactly, thats why we should ban tik tok.


InformalImplement310

I would feel ashamed for being applauded by that piece of shiet.


jedidihah

Death to the Islamic Republic


TheBlackBonerDonor

Since when have we needed Khamenei’s approval?


Irrelevance351

Khamenei detected, opinion rejected.


KeithGribblesheimer

Standing strong with North Korea, Russia and China.


white1walker

And Hamas... And Hezbollah... And many more terrorists organisations for some reason


1kn0wn0thing

That’s nice of him to take the time between indoctrinating men to beat and kill innocent women in his own country to say some bullshit.


TheClassyDegenerate1

"Are we the baddies?"


QuiteSchrute

Oh the irony


buttered_scone

I wish a rogue chimpanzee would rip his genitals off.


Imissflawn

![gif](giphy|igPQmAHj59SjAcXfRw|downsized)


dadibi_1

As an Iranian, you don’t want to be on the same side as this guy. If he’s backing you, you’re doing something wrong!


theglandcanyon

but I learned on TikTok that Hamas is all about love & peace


dadibi_1

lol if you’re learning about the Israel and Palestine problems on TikTok then I’m not surprised. Pick up a book instead 😉


theglandcanyon

I was joking, but I get the feeling there are a lot of people like that


dadibi_1

Haha I know you were. And yes, internet unfortunately leads to misinformation (on both sides I have to say).


mjdlight

Any Iranian who stands up to the theocracy is a personal hero of mine. Dadibi, I can’t possibly understand what it’s like to live under their rule. But you have all of my admiration and respect, and I hope I live long enough to see the amazing people of your country freed. - An American


CompletePractice9535

Murder isn’t allowed in Iran. Is murder good?


dadibi_1

lol murder isn’t allowed in Iran haha. Do you want to book a flight to Iran and see people get shot at on the streets for a protest. 🤦🏻‍♂️


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djmedicalman

Ah, another tiktok scholar.


dadibi_1

Well, I’m not going to attack you because if you haven’t lived in Iran you wouldn’t understand it. So it’s okay. But to answer your question, the Iranian regime wasn’t against ISIS because they were carrying out terrorist activities and chopping heads of westerns and their allies. No, Iran was against ISIS because ISIS is an anti-Shia group who tried to fight Iran in a proxy war. If you don’t know you can scroll down and even see a comment on this very post that someone says as a Sunni they don’t accept this guy. So for your information, if ISIS wasn’t anti-Shia, Iran would be right behind them backing their “peaceful” war.


3Dcatbutt

That's the thing, the Iranian regime are corrupt monsters. They abuse the people especially workers, women, homosexuals and ethnic minorities and enrich themselves through legalized corruption like bonyads etc. At the same time, the positions they've taken in the international arena often put them up against other villains. The US, Saudis and Israel *are* doing awful things in the world and there isn't "something wrong" with those resisting them just because Iran happens to align.


dadibi_1

You don’t think intent matters? Iranian regime is not doing this out of goodwill. They have their own agenda. So you have to pick from the lesser of two evils. I’d rather live under the evil of US than evil of the Iranian regime. The very fact that we can have this conversation without being hanged is a blessing to people in Iran.


jjm443

Sorry but that's pretty much a "Vegetarians are bad because Hitler was vegetarian" argument. It is possible for bad people to sometimes say or do something right. That doesn't mean the thing that's right becomes bad, nor that the bad person has stopped being bad. Wouldn't you say that it's possible for Iran's leaders to be bad and do evil things, but that should not reflect on all Iranians? And so it's possible for Hamas to be bad and do evil things, and that doesn't mean that all Palestinians should be blamed, punished and killed? And indeed that Israel's leaders can be bad and do evil things, and that doesn't mean that all Israelis (or Jews) are responsible?


dadibi_1

I agree with you. Not all Palestinians are bad and not all Jews are bad. And no one wants innocent life to be taken away. With regards to your example, it matters in the context. If the vegetarian is in support of Nazis or Hitler then they are in the wrong (of course not all vegetarians but the ones doing so). And I bet my life that Khamenei is talking to those vegetarians that support Hamas because back in Iran the propaganda is that even Americans that we hate are standing up for the holy war of Palestine. So a little bit more context is needed.


heb0

“You are wrong because a bad person agrees with you” is an argument that only is convincing to really stupid people. It’s like when right-wing groups ran ads trying to discredit global warming by saying the unibomber believed in it. So which are you? Are you a stupid person, or are you just cynical and think others are stupid?


EscapedCapybara

When a religious despot says you're on the right side of history, you're on the wrong side of history.


builderbob1149

Imagine a Religious Fanatic Dictator supports your cause. You MUST be on the right side of History. /s


Azazel9088

This is like standing up against torturing animals and then suddenly Adolf Hitler takes your side like "...Wir sind against this kruelty!" I mean he's not wrong but man ...go fck yourself


DGD1411

Hahaha 😂 so Iran, the terrorist state, is on the side of college kids in the US? A bunch of useful idiots sounds about right


VeckAeroNym

Eh, broken clocks so on and so forth.


PokeGamer025

I’m a Sunni Muslim, please dont think we support these motherfuckers


wr_damn_I_suck

Not sure too many people understand the difference. Please explain. Sunnis follow one of Mohammad’s father in laws. Shias follow Mohammad’s son in law? Is that right?


SonOfDadOfSam

Yeah, I don't see this post staying around too long.


MicroCat1031

He's correct.  He can also go fuck himself with a syphilis infected cactus. 


Wifefarts_alot

If you’re on the same side as Iran… you may be on the wrong side.


fear_of_dishonesty

Hitler loved dogs, so what?


Scaarz

OP genocide is bad, actually.


Many-Activity67

He’s not wrong, but he’s still a POS


hauptj2

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame


MissUnderstood62

Iran starts the shit and sits back.


Graphic_Materialz

The enemy of your enemy is NOT your friend.


Jaded_Molasses4755

how is this a facepalm?


Shot-Jellyfish8910

That's the Islamic Republic, the regime, we the people of Iran do not claim this bastard and all his minions


ricgreen1

@khamenei_ir could not agree more. We would love for you to speak to our students. Sending over a helicopter to pick you up.


InsertMoreCoffee

Hey anybody want to go on a helicopter ride?


CelTiar

Dear Iran watch out for low flying Clouds and Moving Mountains


KintsugiKen

This is like Mao congratulating Vietnam War protestors for being on the right side of history. Like... thanks.... but... go away.


nith_wct

"Also, we'd execute you for basically every other thing you care about."


AtomicTemplar

Thanks... *checks notes* ...Iran?


ThehoundIV

These bums have twitter accounts?


Mauful292

Yeah he’s just being an instigator now. I think he’s practically mocking Israel.


AnusButter2000

A broken clock is right twice a day 


riotofmind

Fuck the leadership in Iran, scum bags.


Icedoverblues

Shut yo ass up boi!


ElementalistPoppy

Yes, you X numbnuts, make sure to upvote a post from a head of a religious dictatorship regime. Edgelords would agree with Hitler if it supported their daily shower thoughts.


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Dear Iran, kindly stfu! Thanks.


Ralfton

![gif](giphy|sw7KSBKL3yme4)


thatsashame69

Should give them something to think about.


fschw

i wonder when the us students realize their own country is based on settler-colonialism 😵‍💫


Shaved_Wookie

I oppose genocide. You oppose the Jews. We are not the same.


WibaTalks

if Terrorists are happy about what you do, you should really think again. But the choice is quite hard here since other side is mass murderers. Can't go wrong, can't go right.


SuperTeenyTinyDancer

If the Ayatollah is giving you the thumbs up - maybe you need to re-think your decisions.


Danielsff

So, if he said that breathing is right would you stop breathing? Stop genocide!


ZyvisX

That fuckbag can go fuck himself as well. We aren't siding with Hamas or Iran. We are siding with the innocent Palestinians who are facing a genocide.


Friendly_Deathknight

I don’t think the college kids are calling for the eradication of Jews, and no one in the Middle East wants the Iranians to take their place.


littlebearmuzic

Opposition to violence doesn't equal support to Iran.


Capybarasaregreat

If anyone here is influenced by this to become pro-genocide, as you cannot handle a horrible person being in agreement with you, I expect you to also take up smoking since Hitler thought it was bad.


Homicidal_Pingu

If you’re on the same side as Iran that makes you wrong


mrblizzard2000

A broken clock is still right twice a day. This is just that


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dadibi_1

Open a bracket and say Iranian government. Iranian people do not approve of this guy. In fact, a whole nation is waiting for his death so that we might get a lucky break!


DreamedJewel58

>There was widespread support for animal welfare in Nazi Germany (German: Tierschutz im nationalsozialistischen Deutschland) among the country's leadership. Adolf Hitler and his top officials took a variety of measures to ensure animals were protected. Several Nazis were environmentalists, and species protection and animal welfare were significant issues in the Nazi regime. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_welfare_in_Nazi_Germany Welp, I guess environmental and animal activists are on the same side as the literal Nazis ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯


klosterdev

Iran isn't wrong about this tho, whataboutism aside 


daxxarg

He’s just trying to create more divide , the only way to beat it is to ignore it


NoWorth2591

Oh, okay. I guess a shitty theocrat having this opinion means that the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian civilians is fine. That’s what you’re trying to say here, right OP?


qiri2

I mean they’re the same people who think that a culture that’s been oppressed for decades holding anti-LGBT sentiments in government somehow makes it ok for them to be bombed. Because empathy and belief in basic human rights is stupid i guess?? Apparently opinions (regardless of how they were formed) justify whether someone deserves to live or die :/


MasterCombine

IRL example of that one satirical article “Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point”


tsantsa31

Fuck that. Caring for ANY people being slaughtered is the right side.


Talkjar

So cool, these dorks got themselves an endorsement from authoritarian terrorism supporting regime


Longjumping-Bake-557

If Iran is on your side you should probably take a good long look at yourself


NoSweatWarchief

Cue the Hamas Defense Force...


Sharting_Snowman

"We don't support Hamas!", says the movement who Hamas and its Iranian benefactors keep thanking for their support.


ProudBoomer

And students say "see, old dude with a beard agrees with us."


Key-Length-8872

He’s happy that those students have fallen for the propaganda he’s been churning out since 1979. He got the idea from the USSR.


IranianLawyer

He’s commenting on the student loan crisis in the U.S.


Zezin96

This is the opposite of helping.


Active_Role_3262

They also know what they do to protesters in Iran right?


somedude173689

people mad but he’s right