A bombshell new report from CBS News suggests that the Iranian Government has murdered between 12,000 and 20,000 protesters since the ongoing, national revolt against it began.

“Information trickling out of Iran on Tuesday suggests that a crackdown by authorities to end more than two weeks of widespread anti-government protests has likely been far more deadly than activists outside the country have reported,”

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[–] 127 points 8 months ago (16 children)

CBS is currently beholden to the Nazi's and I don't know if I trust their reporting. It would be in the US' best interest to show Iranian instability as well as how violent "real" protesting is to try and dissuade domestic ideas.

That said. If Iran is murdering 10k citizens a week, their government won't last through the end of the month. One can only hope.

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  • [–] 49 points 8 months ago* (9 children)

    Agreed.
    Need an aljazeera link.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 8 months ago (8 children)

    Al jazeera is literally the Qatari state media.

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  • [–] 24 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    So? Is iran controlling Qatar?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Just weird to say "I don't trust reporting from a state-influenced source. I'll wait until I hear reporting from media owned by a different state with an even more vested interest."

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago*

    Exposing yourself to propaganda, if you understand it's propaganda, is just another piece of data to anyone seriously trying to understand the situation. Propaganda exposes desire. Knowing that Al Jazeera is Qatari state media, one could want to hear what Qatar wants people to think is happening, and compare that to what western media wants you to think is happening, and compare that to other sources etc etc. Comparing propaganda against trusted and vetted sources exposes lies.

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago

    Everything is owned by someone. Al Jazeera leans left, and yes they're a state run media organization, but they're more factual than not according to ground news. Perhaps the reason Al Jazeera hasn't published the death toll is because they can't verify it and their journalistic integrity prevents them from echoing unverifiable rumors.

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