• belastend@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    19 hours ago

    Iran has 82 million inhabitants.

    The amount of people willing to die for this regime is much much smaller. 16% are Azerí, 10% Kurds and 2% Balochi, all groups who would rather die than fight for the IRI. Not that this would stop the IRI from pressing 15 year olds into service, but there wouldn’t be many volunteers.

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      5 hours ago

      You are delusional that most iranians won’t defend their country just because the regime is evil

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        5 hours ago

        Just listed you 3 major groups who do not see themselves as Iranian, because the country doesn’t do that either.

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          5 hours ago

          Yes sure they will side with Israel literally indiscriminately killing Iranians regardless on how they feel about the Iranian nationality . This is so stupid

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            4 hours ago

            This isn’t about siding with anyone. You’re putting words in my mouth. I never said the majority would not take up arms, I said there are groups who are ikely not to pick up arms.

            There is no Iranian nationality, there is a core of Persian Iranians, who are considered the only Iranians and then there are peripheral groups. Those groups neither feel Iranian, nor do they like the central government.

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      11 hours ago

      They don’t have to like the Iranian government to want to fight against Israel attacking them

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      17 hours ago

      By comparison, a large amount of Israelis are ultra-religious nutjobs that refuse to join their army. And of course many of them have european and american passports and houses in the west to flee to. Colonialism pays. Iran has the right on their side, their people will certainly put their backs into it to a greater degree than Israel.