It turns out that many Iranians actually hated Soleimani and thought he was a murderer, and they are coming out to protest the Iranian dictatorship after they admitting shooting down that passenger airliner.
“Soleimani was a murderer, his Leader is also a murderer!”
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) January 11, 2020
“Soleimani was a murderer, his Leader is also a murderer!”
“Soleimani was a murderer, his Leader is also a murderer!”
“Soleimani was a murderer, his Leader is also a murderer!”
Bravest people in the world. pic.twitter.com/xjCav4reQi
To his credit, Jake Tapper has been tweeting about this all day long. Most of the mainstream news will ignore it because they know it helps Trump’s case.
https://twitter.com/RudiBakhtiar/status/1216113247490732032#BREAKING: Special Pasdaran Unit of #Iran's Islamic Regime Police is now brutally attacking & suppressing #AmirKabir university students who are protesting against #Iran's Islamic Regime over shot-down of Flight #PS752 of #Ukraine International Airlines by #IRGC|ASF's Tor-M1. https://t.co/thbww0v3tl pic.twitter.com/qAznP4KFEM
— Babak Taghvaee - Μπάπακ Τακβαίε - بابک تقوایی (@BabakTaghvaee) January 11, 2020
Protests happening in Tehran. Among other things, Iranian protestors reportedly chanting: "The regime told us our enemy is the US. But actually, our enemy is right here" (referencing the regime itself). https://t.co/4i2JQym0pY
— Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived (@PressSec45) January 11, 2020
#BREAKING: Reports: British ambassador in Tehran arrested tonight while photographing the protests against the downing of the Ukrainian plane
— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) January 11, 2020
It turns out plenty of Iranians loathed Soleimani, opposed the terrorism he spread, and don’t like the regime lying to them about shooting down a passenger plane. And they’re risking quite a bit by protesting publicly — https://t.co/c5P2VmLyHB
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 11, 2020
Another round of #IranProtests ; in front of Tehran polytechnic university; “Death to the Islamic republic, down with @Khamenei_fa “ pic.twitter.com/9XUvLmZfbU
— Ali Hamedani (@BBCHamedani) January 11, 2020
#IranPlaneCrash #IranProtests
— Farnaz Fassihi (@farnazfassihi) January 11, 2020
Protestors screaming for Khamenei to resign.
Chants, "All these years of crimes, Death to the Supreme Leader." pic.twitter.com/uL9DM6Xu75
And check this out:
Translated from Persian: To the brave, long-suffering people of Iran: I've stood with you since the beginning of my Presidency, and my Administration will continue to stand with you. We are following your protests closely, and are inspired by your courage. https://t.co/zCgAIhyZ0c
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 11, 2020
Wow.
One thing that few people are talking about. There is a new political landscape in the Middle East and we can thank fracking for that. This innovation has completely upended the dominance in oil production they used to have, and that allows the U.S. to make more moves than in previous decades. Very few people want to admit that….