John (Amir) Azarvan

Orthodox Christian. Political science professor. Youngstown-born. Views are my own.

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@hicasamadim There are multiple correct answers, one of which is 24.

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@Heather65793 @Persianserene1 100 freaking percent.

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@AzadehKhatibiMD Part 4: As for the "holes in the story," tens of thousands of guns were confiscated, according to state media. I assume you don't accept the legitimacy of pro-regime sources (I have a hard time trusting anything), it will be difficult to prove this, at least to your satisf'n.

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@AzadehKhatibiMD Part 3: But to peddle the story that there was without providing the necessary evidence is to promote a "fake massacre story." In short, it's possible for there to be a "fake massacre story" about a real, yet unsubstantiated, massacre.

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@GuntherEagleman LOL and this guy calls himself a Christian.

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@AaronBastani @Robbie_Render @visegrad24 Aaron: does it not also seem strange to you what they're wearing? I get that they wish to disguise themselves, but they seem to resemble Salafi militants.

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@mehdirhasan The videos I've seen DO show them firing guns. But it's not clear WHOM they are firing (protestors or armed gunmen) at (OFC, I haven't seen everything). And I'm sure many were hospitalized for gunshot wounds, but that, in itself, doesn't establish the perpetrators' identity.

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@JimJatras If I were forced to guess, I'd say it's the latter (Iranians are slow to trust, it seems to me). But if it was the former, then yes - that would have been quite stupid.

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@JimJatras Yes, I agree. It's just when you say stupidER, it implies that that they're ALREADY thought to be stupid. Maybe I'm just being too nationalistic. ;)

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@TurkOrthodox Yashasin Iranimiz! Thanks for sharing.

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@jointandseveral @iribnews_irib Azerbaijani-Turkish.

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@jacksonhinkle What is the response to the claim (e.g., by Amnesty International) that he confessed under torture?

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@AzadehKhatibiMD @MarkChangizi My fear, though, is that many will come to wish in vain to go back to the very recent past. I've always tried to remind fellow Iranians that, regardless of how much they might loathe the regime, many of them (or their parents) also despised the Shah. Things could always be worse.

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@MarkChangizi @AzadehKhatibiMD I have no idea what the third category even means, but I'd place myself in the fourth: people who aren't convinced that the war will actually produce the desired outcomes due to the aggressors' past record and stated motives.

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@ChrisHelali @voice_kurd Biji Iran! Yashasin Iran!

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@AzadehKhatibiMD @iAmHaks I agree with so much of this. Intermarriage is quite common. I’m an Azerbaijani-Turk and am married to a Persian. It doesn’t even really feel like a “mixed marriage”, to be honest. My cousin is married to a Kurd, and my family adores her.