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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
Should have used the green font.
It is interesting how quiet Iran has been lately, but the rhetoric out of Turkey, a former ally of Israel, has been extreme.
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Iran, generally, is not allowing mass demonstrations. In the past, you would have seen huge rallies in Iran, many encouraged and even aided by the government.
Throughout 2019 to now, demonstrations in Iran, that have started over relatively minor things like gasoline prices, have turned into anti-government riots. Typically, the sentiment turns from grievances about economic conditions towards protest against the luxuries that the elite in Iran are enjoying. It's not a huge leap in logic to make a negative association between the elite and the lack of action in Israel/Palestine. All it would take is for the Iranian forces to kill one pro-Palestinian protestor to set off a powder keg.