How Iran’s Middle Class Got Wiped Out | AB Explained
Small merchants and the clergy helped overthrow the Iranian Shah. Today, the merchants are turning against the regime ruled by the clergy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyuy_3BfrHw
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Could This REALLY Be True?
Iran slaughtered its people. Thousands are dead. Maybe over 30k murdered. Maybe more.
Iran used Iraqi Shite militias to help kill Iranians.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdmyl0xr7Sg
Why the Protests in Iran Failed
Iran brutally slaughtered its protestors. Up to 20,000 were killed.
Iran’s revolutionary guards are stronger than its regular military and they are loyal to the supreme leader.
Trump literally said that “help is on its way”, and many protesters said they expected Trump to help. When he didn’t, the ones that were still alive, felt betrayed.
A US intervention would likely cause a retaliatory strike, and the US wasn’t prepared for such attacks because it was using resources around Venezuela.
Local partner countries warned against a US intervention, fearing a regional conflict.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bt6K0Jo0xo
Iranians Risking Everything for Freedom
One reason the Iranian protests were so big, was because Trump called for protest and said he would help. So far, he has left them hanging.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Pjm6HdVbA
Now or Never: US Preps Iran Strikes
Masked agents of the state killing people and the leaders calling the killed: terrorists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7oWkPBn6MA
Iran’s Unprecedented Crackdown
Iran appears to be massacring its people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grs_vJofF-k
Maduro Was the Easy Part | Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Venezuela is a direct security threat to the United States because they cooperate militarily with countries like Iran who considered giving missiles to Venezuela that can hit the US.
Because the Maduro regime is still in charge in Venezuela, it seems likely that these military ties will continue, even if they take a temporary pause.
Venezuela isn’t simply ruled by a dictator or a military junta, but by criminals who are in criminal enterprises to get rich. That makes it harder to negotiate away the rulers because the government is actually run by criminals who want to maintain their criminal enterprises.
Venezuela is a more homogenous country than Iraq, and it has a history of democracy before the authoritarian socialists took over.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prmIf9UMzFI
After the Iran Strikes: Major Threat Remains
After the Iran Strikes: Major Threat Remains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw2_7b5IA2U
Global Shock!
Trump sanctioned a Chinese port for accepting Iranian oil. China put a tax on U.S. ships.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qri0lqnvmAY&t=628s
Hundreds of Iranians held on US immigration charges will be deported to Iran, Tehran official says
It sounds like Trump is helping Iran’s theocracy round up its dissidents.
“In the lead up to and after Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, a large number of Iranians fled to the U.S. In the decades since, the U.S. had been sensitive in allowing those fleeing from Iran over religious, sexual or political persecution to seek residency.
In the 2024 fiscal year, for instance, the U.S. deported only 20 Iranians, according to statistics from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Iran has criticized Washington for hosting dissidents and others in the past. U.S. federal prosecutors have accused Iran of hiring hitmen to target dissidents as well in America.
It’s unclear exactly what has changed now in American policy. However, since returning to the White House, Trump has cracked down on those living in the U.S. illegally.
Noushabadi said that American authorities unilaterally made the decision without consultations with Iran.
But The New York Times said Tuesday, citing anonymous Iranian officials, that the deportations were “the culmination of months of discussions between the two countries.””
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/30/iran-deported-us-immigration-00586374