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Originally Posted by octothorp
Those facts add up to in emigration pattern that does not match with my concept of ethnic cleansing. A difficult life in a totalitarian state? yes. A campaign of violence aimed at producing a homogenous ethnography? Far from it.
Look at, by comparison, Iran's campaigns against homosexuality. That is an example of a cleansing campaign, and a vicious and ugly one at that. Even the treatment of Baha'is is awful (though not quite cleansing).
Feel free to dispute any of the points above, or bring other facts that you feel make this an ethnic cleansing situation. Reading this post now, I think that it's tone might sound patronizing, which isn't my intent; I genuinely welcome further discussion on it.
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My definition is more focussed on the end result. A country without minorities. The Iranian government has been focused on making the country e with Persian dominance.
Whether they use dramatic acts of violence or a slow and steady campaign to force people out, the end result is the same. The methods may be different, but the end result is no Jews (or in this case, so far only 10% of Jews).