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2026-01-16 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran protests show bitter schism among exiled opposition factions

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Posted by trailing wife 2026-01-16 2026-01-16 01:53|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1779 views ] Top

1 IMO, the exiles have nothing, whatsoever, to do with the protests.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-01-16 04:52|| 2026-01-16 04:52|| Front Page Top

2 Grom you think the schism is any more different than the political parties in Israel or in the US?

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-01-16 07:46|| 2026-01-16 07:46|| Front Page Top

3 For some reason, Rudy Giuliani has a hard on for the MEK, despite them being stone-cold Commies?

Posted by Frank G 2026-01-16 07:52|| 2026-01-16 07:52|| Front Page Top

4 P2k My point is that the Exiles are simply irrelevant.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-01-16 09:29|| 2026-01-16 09:29|| Front Page Top

5 We could just nuke them all and let Jesus sort it out. And maybe in a couple of decades when the radiation has died down, the various warring tribes can have another go at being a country. Not advocating, just exploring the solution space.

Posted by SteveS 2026-01-16 09:47|| 2026-01-16 09:47|| Front Page Top

6 I'll take 'natural selection' for $600. Alex.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-01-16 10:00|| 2026-01-16 10:00|| Front Page Top

7 maybe in a couple of decades when the radiation has died down

Life goes on at Chernobyl 35 years after the world’s worst nuclear accident

Posted by Skidmark 2026-01-16 11:08|| 2026-01-16 11:08|| Front Page Top

8 ...and then there is Hiroshima.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-01-16 11:27|| 2026-01-16 11:27|| Front Page Top

9 The few dozen Persians I've interacted with since their uprising, not one supported MEK.

The only people that seem to support MEK are lobbyists and think tanks and united nations. Not the Persian Iranians, not any I found and spoke with.

Posted by mossomo 2026-01-16 12:43|| 2026-01-16 12:43|| Front Page Top

10 Remember they bankrupted Giuliani.
No one is perfect and he has fallen; seems like Giuliani is for sale. One article compared his lobbying firm to the Clinton Foundation. Probably an exaggeration, but. I've read he's taken money from Qatar, Venezuela, and Iranian exiles (MEK) to name a few.

Posted by mossomo 2026-01-16 12:51|| 2026-01-16 12:51|| Front Page Top

11 ^ Likely. I went to Engineering College and worked with quite a few Persian Iranians (mostly Shah-era sent to get western education), and none that I knew were MEK fans

Posted by Frank G 2026-01-16 13:58|| 2026-01-16 13:58|| Front Page Top

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