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upvoteby y-c-o-m-b7 hours ago|
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As an Iranian-American that's familiar with the regime, I would take that with a grain of salt. I saw this being reported from the Iranian regime themselves and they know how to manipulate optics and media really well. It's possible, but needs verification. I would also not put it past Iran to build their military infrastructure around schools intentionally (similar to Hamas with hospitals) in the hopes that it has this exact effect. Of course that does nothing to take away from the tragedy of innocent people dying and I'm not trying to negate that in any way, just something to point out.
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upvoteby shykes5 hours ago|
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100%. In another comment [1] I drew a parallel with the Al-Ahli hospital incident in Gaza. Once you understand basic information warfare tactics, they're easy to spot. Why newsrooms still fall for it so easily is the real mystery...

I bet this story is a fabrication as well.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47199047

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upvoteby amrrs4 hours ago|
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Why are you religiously defending Israel?

And you already bet this story is a fabrication as well.

This is exactly who media takes advantage of not the one who waits for investigation and acts rationally.

If going by your recent comments, I can say I bet you're just an Israeli propagandist. Would you be happy with that assesment?

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upvoteby yoavm2 hours ago|
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Iran tends to lie about these things while Israel usually says the truth, at least after running an investigation. It's pretty simple: one is a dictatorship without free media, and the other one isn't. It's easy to lie when you can tell the newspapers what to write, and it's much harder when they're doing their job. You want an example? Khamenei. Iran says he's safe and wasn't hurt. Israel says he's dead. Let's see.
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upvoteby sirfz4 hours ago|
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You being Iranian-american bares no weight on your opinion
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upvoteby cheema332 hours ago|
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The idea is that criticism of Iran from an Iranian-American would have more merit. However, we have no way to confirm the validity of this claim. It could very well be someone pretending to be an Iranian-American.
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upvoteby muzani1 hours ago|
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In my experience, I find people who are "former ABC-ian" to actually be very heavily biased, if not outright lying about ABC. Mentally, I'd say it's worth less weight than someone with no information.

They left because they were unhappy with things. The former British folks are enraged about human rights abuses and societal collapse in Britain. The ex-Christians will rarely praise the Bible.

Not that there's zero weight, it's still a perspective to consider. But it has to be fact checked thoroughly.

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upvoteby PsylentKnight1 hours ago|
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You don't think someone from a country might know a bit more about it than the average person on HN?
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upvoteby throwaway9823234 hours ago|
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why should it not?
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upvoteby HaloZero9 hours ago|
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Easy, it was Israel that probably did it and it's been shown time and time again that they can do this without political fallout under the guise that the target was a hiding spot for the military assets of Iran (or Hamas in the case of Palestine bombing).
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upvoteby lelanthran5 hours ago|
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> Easy, it was Israel that probably did it and it's been shown time and time again that they can do this without political fallout under the guise that the target was a hiding spot for the military assets of Iran (or Hamas in the case of Palestine bombing).

Are you claiming that Iran (or Hamas) site their military bases away from schools (or hospitals)?

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upvoteby sirfz4 hours ago|
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No he's saying that israel intentionally bomb schools and hospitals
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upvoteby jraby39 hours ago|
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It's been shown time and time again that the world will eat up any propaganda against Israel without waiting to hear any facts at all.
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upvoteby hightrix8 hours ago|
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Those videos of Israeli soldiers raping prisoners, beating prisoners, spitting on or beating people just walking in the streets.

Yeah, so much propaganda. We can see it with our own eyes.

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upvoteby nullocator8 hours ago|
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It's been shown time and time again that some people will eat up Israeli propaganda and completely ignore facts and abject reality.
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upvoteby consumer4511 hours ago|
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Why would you believe this statement any more than a statement from Putin, Likud, Trump... or anyone like that? The Iranian regime recently admitted to shooting thousands of their own people who were protesting.

Without some confirmation, everything is propaganda, isn't it? Jeez... there is no greater force that that to have one's bias confirmed, is there. That is going to destroy us.

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upvoteby Rover22247 minutes ago|
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congrats on parroting the propaganda of the Iranian regime
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upvoteby nonethewiser5 hours ago|
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> Iranian media
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upvoteby nailer4 hours ago|
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Iran regime launched a missile during their last ditch attack on every country in the middle east and it fell on a school.
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upvoteby coffinbirth10 hours ago|
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UPDATE: Reports now say that over 80 school children between the age of 7 and 12 were killed in Minab.

How is the Epstein Regime going to survive this politically? How is the Senate (Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, etc.) going to survive this politically?

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upvoteby derwiki9 hours ago|
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I think you forgot /s to your last two points
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upvoteby vkou6 hours ago|
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He could drop a bomb on a school in Ohio, and still enjoy 40% support. There is no red line for these people.
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upvoteby braincat314151 hours ago|
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You are mistaken. Just don't assume that diminishing support for Trump will result in increased support for the democratic party. I find both equally disgusting.
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upvoteby Aerbil3138 hours ago|
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No need to worry. They have extensively stress-tested the American public over the past few years and the conclusion is clear: Americans are never going to revolt no matter what you do to them.
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upvoteby lopatamd9 hours ago|
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You really believe that news that comes from Iran media at this point?
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upvoteby Rover2229 hours ago|
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And the tens of thousands of Iranians murdered for protesting? Did you care about them?
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upvoteby ozgrakkurt9 hours ago|
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Can you explain how this relates to that?

Some people are getting killed so more people should be killed?

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upvoteby MagicMoonlight6 hours ago|
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10s of thousands of women and children were killed by the regime… so they have no right to complain that these pretend attacks have killed children
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upvoteby tredre35 hours ago|
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> these pretend attacks

Feel free to disagree with the death tolls and the demographics of the victims, but the bombings are very much real...

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upvoteby reliabilityguy9 hours ago|
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Did Israelis kill them? No. So, why would anyone care?

Did you see non-stop coverage about it from NYT, WaPo or others? No.

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upvoteby za3faran7 hours ago|
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It's baffling to see the lengths people will go to justify israeli crimes.
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upvoteby reliabilityguy6 hours ago|
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It's baffling to see the lengths people will go to ignore crimes in general unless they are can be somewhat tied to Israel.
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upvoteby za3faran2 hours ago|
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That's not the case at all. Some of us don't take our news from biased US sources.
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