#newiran — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #newiran, aggregated by home.social.
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der #Economist sieht nicht, daß der #Iran den Übergang auch nur halbwegs friedlich hinbekommen kann… momentan kämpfen sie mit Messern gegen Sturmgewehre… 🫡
“There's just so much more anger and so much more venom and fury and hatred. A sense of despair that protest itself isn't going to really deliver a #newIran and that it's only going to be through force that change is going to come about.
… this is a powder keg and in one way or another it will be lit.”https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1449631195?i=1000747164120&r=323&t=276
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Mass shootings and state violence getting closer to being confirmed here, with the BBC speaking to doctors talking about hundreds of injuries including gunshots: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9rengvnp9o
Reminder that Trump has stated that the US will intervene if Iran starts killing protestors.
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Broader context here: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/01/iran-revolution-protests-collapse/685578/?gift=y-oC1QlmgLOUZVvlEoH847vnfrodzrQ7ZoqhCcYxvjA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Economy and currency in freefall, inflation ranging from 50% to above 80% across different sectors, a ruling elite detached from reality intent on waging proxy wars abroad, their militant anti-Israel axis largely defanged, and the humiliation of Trump's srikes.
I'm mildly sceptical the country will liberalise overnight, but I'm hopeful.
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Unconfirmed reports here of hundreds of protestors being shot in the #NewIran protests: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/10/iran-protesters-tell-of-brutal-police-response-deaths-and-forced-confessions
Some of the other footage is incredible, including mosques on fire.
Lots of early attempts to frame it as aligning to one particular political slant or another, some even suggesting this is an uprising aginst Islam itself rather than just the theocratic regime.
Trump's threats aside, everyone keen to see now if this goes like Egypt, Syria, or something new.
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All 6 Iranian female Chess Grandmasters have now defected.
https://www.reddit.com/r/NewIran/comments/1015r0h/all_6_iranian_female_chess_grandmasters_have_now/
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Iran Hangs 'Child Bride' For Murder Of Husband
https://www.barrons.com/news/iran-hangs-child-bride-for-murder-of-husband-rights-groups-89229103
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Iranian soccer fans boo through minute's silence for slain IRGC commander https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/skkzg9egc #goodnews #newiran #exmuslim
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