George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/02/2026The Iranian regime takes brutality to a whole new level. It will commit any atrocity to maintain its hold on power. The citizens confronting it are among the bravest in the world. 35912154
Vanitarium @vanitarium.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Well our citizens are not very brave at all: UK is being handed over to the Nazis ‼️ 030
SaveTheNHS 💚 🍉 💙 VoteGreenParty @savethenhs.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Framing is off here, George. Plenty of regimes and indeed “democracies” have been *even* more brutal. So it’s not a “whole new level”. Far, far from it. 2160
Vava @amanita-virosa.bsky.social · 17/02/2026The number of bots spaming the same thing in this comment section is insane ... 140
andrewbroadbent.bsky.social @andrewbroadbent.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Its not a 'new level' - say compared with the starvation of 2 million and slaughter of 70,000 in Gaza . Western sanctions collectively punishing the population is also 'brutal', while the regime hangs on. 2231
Cris in Kbh @cris143.bsky.social · 17/02/2026One wonders if they recall the reasons for their climb to power in 1978 110
Cowabunga 1.2 @cowabunga1-2.bsky.social · 17/02/2026The Saudis and emiratis are every bit as bad. It’s just that their people are too terrified to say anything. 140
vickypritchard.bsky.social @vickypritchard.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Totally agree 👍 particularly the women. 010
Micheál @nameless-weevil.bsky.social · 18/02/2026"A whole new level". Oh my Lord. The Egyptian military junta (supported by the West) killed 1000 protesters in one day in 2013. Why are Western liberals so proudly ignorant about brutality by US allies? 110
Bear TK @bear-xiong.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Trump: What!? The best? I'M ThE BeSt! Hold my diet coke... 000
Russell Jon @russjon1.bsky.social · 17/02/2026I wholly agree with you about the courage of Iranians confronting oppression. I’d just hesitate to frame any one regime as uniquely brutal, when comparable suffering is unfolding in Gaza, Darfur, Myanmar …and elsewhere - often with far less attention. 1171
cancelled-by-elon.bsky.social @cancelled-by-elon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026But let's not mention the crippling American sanctions that caused the economic conditions and the initial uprising, nor the Mossad agitators on the ground who co-opted the uprising and armed protestors leading to the deaths of hundreds of cops and security service personnel. 191
Kiwi Kit 🇵🇸 🏳🌈 🏳⚧ @kiwikit.eurosky.social · 17/02/2026In Israeli prisons they have trained dogs to rape Palestinian prisoners. They torture Palestinians on a daily basis. 010
Dee the KittyServant @mixitupdeedee62.bsky.social · 17/02/2026I don't disagree that the current 'regime' is brutal. But George, how did it *get* to this? Did it 'just happen'? Or has it been caused, primarily, by Western hegemonic influences? Is it worsened by Israeli lies and incitement? Is it better or worse with sanctions and blockades? 251
CG @zizeus.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Oh dear nothing can compare the atrocities in Gaza killing babies children slaughtering civilians. For more than 2 years. Islamist and zionist are evil satanic monsters both equals 010
davebristol.bsky.social @davebristol.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Are you trying a bit of manufacturing consent for American aggression? 000
Irked Badger @irkedbadger.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Maybe they will have an inqury after all of this; one that will annonimise & give immunity to the perpatrators if they testify. Maybe no one in Iran knows because their own journalists comply with governmental notices to not report on it. Maybe... I mean it is what we do in the UK right? 051
pistachiosnapper.bsky.social @pistachiosnapper.bsky.social · 17/02/2026More than the IDF? They are all the same. 000
Thomas S. Kønig @thomaskonig.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Does it really? I certainly do not want to defend the Iranian government, but does it really take brutality to “a whole new level”? Does that exist? What comes after attaching a naked, wet and freezing person’s exposed genitalia to an electrical generator with alligator clips for shits and giggles? 4302
continentaldivide.bsky.social @continentaldivide.bsky.social · 17/02/2026The US doesn't approach Iranian excess yet but the three statements above apply to the US as well. 010
mwid70.bsky.social @mwid70.bsky.social · 17/02/2026 damaged or destroyed by Mossad armed "protests": "305 ambulances and buses, 24 gas stations, 700 convenience stores, 300 private homes, 750 banks, 414 government buildings, 749 police stations, 120 Basij centers, 200 schools, 350 mosques, 15 libraries and two Armenian churches". Bravest? 010
McCormack @dowager78.bsky.social · 17/02/2026do we come in second yet? remember 2020? these goons will do anything and the repugs will let them......hang onto your hats, it's gonna be a rocky year. 000
💉💉💉Kumara📎Republic↙️↙️↙️ @kumararepublic.bsky.social · 17/02/2026ICYMI, I wrote a mini-thread about Iran: bsky.app/profile/kuma...💉💉💉Kumara📎Republic↙️↙️↙️@kumararepublic.bsky.socialI want to see the back of the Ayatollah regime, and big ups to the Iranian public fighting for human rights. If they can do a successful Persian Spring, good on them, but they face an uphill battle against a powerful IRGC & clergy. 011
Harry Bowe 🏴 🇮🇪 @harrybowe6.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Though they still barely register compared with the evil of Israel. 030
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