RE: Good entry point.25 Mar 2026 18:01
Let get the facts correct.
- Iran was sanctioned by the US since 1979 so it made living and economic conditions difficult in Iran for it's people. No different to like Cuba but trade embargos since1962.
- The recent unrest in Iran refers to a wave of anti-government protests that began in late December 2025 and escalated dramatically in January 2026.
- The riots was caused by the US strategy in engineering a currency collapse. In a Congressional hearing and subsequent interviews, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent explicitly described the US strategy. He stated that the Treasury Department created a "dollar shortage" in Iran, which came to a "grand culmination in December" when the Iranian currency went into freefall and "the Iranian people went out on the street."
- This was the result of the "maximum pressure" campaign ordered by President Trump, which targeted Iran's oil exports and its access to the international financial system.
- The riots deaths: Three source estimated death Toll: Iranian Government = 3,000 people, Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) = 6,500 to 7,000 people, Iran International (A London-based news outlet ) = 36,500 people. Note: It is important to note that none of the figures from human rights groups can be independently verified due to the severe restrictions on information flow out of Iran.
- The U.S. Government secretly smuggled approximately 6,000 Starlink terminals into Iran. National Endowment for Democracy (NED) publicly admitted to supporting the deployment and operation of about 200 Starlink devices in Iran. Iranian security forces reported intercepting multiple weapons shipments during the January 2026 unrest, with the largest seizure being 60,000 firearms in southern Iran. Note: It is important to note that these weapons reports come primarily from Iranian government sources and have not been independently verified.
- Form January 8th onwards, the Iran riots took a using "firearms and bladed weapons" in operations with "terrorist characteristics". The people who died or got injured were Protesters, Government-Affiliated Personnel, Children and Civilian Non-Protesters. It certainly reminds me of the Feb 2014 Maiden Coup in Ukraine which the US admitted funding and fermenting these violent riots. Worth a watch: Ukraine on Fire (film) - Directed by Igor Lopatonok with Oliver Stone. Also worth looking a the videos captured by the public of the riots.
As much as you hate the Iranian regime, what goes around come around. All these wars and civil unrest engineered by the west in the Middle East and Africa only leads to one outcome which is an explosion of political and economic refugees flooding Europe and the UK. All that meddling by USA and Israel and its certain we the UK and Europe will be burden with this problem again.