Not intelligent, wise, or honorable. Yeah that about sums up the Trump admin.
this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2025
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Yeah. At the same time, pot meet kettle
Iran elected a more moderate president. Then Israel bombed the Hamas leader at the presidents inauguration.
Iran's "President" is a figurehead with no real power. Having one be more "moderate" would not change the country's direction, regardless of whether the US bombed it or not.
Their Supreme Leader (chosen by a closed council) is the one who actually sets policy and has effectively full control, then their president follows those policies.
The president did promise to revert many of the more conservative laws and extended an olive branch in exchange for sanction relief. Which was quickly set ablaze.
I'm Iranian. Yes, the president promised that, just like he promised to end Internet censorship yet I still need a VPN to do ANYTHING online. Let me cut the long story short:
- True power is in the hands of the supreme leader and the president is a puppet.
- The Iranian regime does not care about Palestine but all they care about is opposing the west. The regime opposes a two state solution and demands a single state one (Palestine only and they want to turn Palestine into a puppet for the regime).
- Hamas is a proxy of the regime, be careful with it, don't trust it.
On a side note I hate it when foreigners treat the problems of the people of the middle east like it's a sports match or something. Leftist people on the internet seem to have a soft spot for the regime because it opposes western imperialism I guess. What they don't realize is that the regime is trying to build its own empire but it can't. Imperialism is imperialism. People of the middle east are people, not horses in a race to bet on. But I understand that our misery is just entertainment to people in the west, all they want to do is to pick a side like betting on a horse and the fighting on twitter to show how morally good they are for "caring" about people somewhere else on the globe. We are not horses, we are people.
The Iranian President runs the day to day governance. The Grand Ayatollah focuses on the bigger picture.
Go look at the context as he’s saying it makes no sense to negotiate with the guy who tore up the last agreement which Iran was honoring.
While I agree with him in this specific context, I don’t find Khamenei intelligent or honorable either, which is why I said what I said.
For once I agree with the Iranians. Not Wise, Honorable, or Intelligent. Sums Trump up perfectly.
Trump is making people agree with the people we don't like due to their stance on people.
Can this be any worse?
You know it can be with these stupid fucks in charge
When Iran is calling you out for being an idiot, you know you done fucked up.
Yeah, you tell 'em... uh... *checks notes*... Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?
Why would Iran enter into negotiations with a country that failed to honor them the last time?
Because the regime is desperate. Iran is facing many challenges. The economy is fucked, people are VERY unhappy, we don't have enough electricity and face power outages on a daily basis, meat is so expensive compared to the wages of the people that many rarely eat meat because they can't afford. Medicinal shortages are nothing new and if you need meds for illnesses like cancer you have to go to the black market. The regime is corrupt and incompetent and they need the sanctions to stop. Also it's been a couple month that they say the west wants to "snapback the sanctions". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_2231
ya....that's going to be the general theme in foreign affairs. from now on... lots of face palms.
I hate having to agree with this fuck but yeah he ain’t wrong.
Even Iran? What world do we live in?
Unless you're Israel, the US are backstabbers at the best of times.
Welcome to the club.
Save us, Iran. Please.
Khamenei noted that Trump unilaterally withdrew from the earlier nuclear deal under which Iran drastically limited its enrichment of uranium and overall stockpile of the material, in exchange for crushing sanctions being removed.
“The Americans did not uphold their end of the deal,” Khamenei said. “The very person who is in office today tore up the agreement. He said he would, and he did.”
He added: "This is an experience we must learn from. We negotiated, we gave concessions, we compromised— but we did not achieve the results we aimed for. And despite all its flaws, the other side ultimately violated and destroyed the agreement.”
"Con . .se . . whatses??"