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Updated news report state that the government of Iran is yet again opening fire at the people attending the funeral of Mahsa Amini. Mahsa Amini was the young lady that got beaten up by the states secular police because she apparently wasn’t wearing a head covering correctly, to their liking.
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Since her death there has been many shootings of many people who have tried to protest over the reason of her death. The protests are continuing unabated – as are the state shootings that have resulted of over 30 deaths alone, that have been children.
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Each death be it child or adult, is causing further unrest within Iran. In the long run, the Iranian government is sowing the seeds of its eventual defeat. There are already growing groups within Iran that are arming themselves to more challenge the religious based government. This could lead to another proxy war between the USA and Russia. This in turn puts everyone at risk.
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How? For a start, Russia has a lot fewer friends that the Western world powers. Granted that some states are openly neutral and some are quietly aiding Russia – but they are in minority numbers when compared to many other states that back the USA in various ways, for various reasons (most of them to do with market economy and mineral advantages).
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Iran is a location of many things including oil, coal, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromium, barite (world’s sixth largest producer), salt, gypsum, molybdenum, strontium, silica, uranium, and gold. Iran has a huge mineral endowment and is among the 15 largest mineral-rich countries with more than 68 types of minerals. It’s called “Geo-politics”.
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For obvious reason, Western states and those that oppose them, are all after these elements. Just like the Ukraine state that is one of the 6 top states in the world for the finding of “Rare Earth” mineral, Iran and African states (see the documentary on the UnitedPeople page on this) are also places where conflicting world governments would each like to gain more influence in order to then gain more mineral access. It’s primarily all about money, not just about gaining military strategy location, something many people think comes first! Where the world’s bulk of oil is found, google the location of foreign USA installed bases! Prepare for a possible eye-opening information shock.
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Back to Iran. Russia tends to back Iran – no surprise there – for obvious reason. Yes, they too are after those mineral access abilities. Like Western states, Russia (and others including Irish governments) turns a blind eye to many of the states crimes or plays a meek game of empty condemnations – then gets back to business of mineral/business wealth grab.
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If the Iranian government falls, there is a very good chance that whoever takes over, will most likely be backed by USA covert support. Did you know that U.S. governments has engaged in 64 covert and six overt attempts at regime change just since the “Cold War” years back? They have actually been a lot more involved in regime change prior to this – and are still at it elsewhere, to this very day. Russia likewise, has been involved in other regime change too. They are not innocent too.
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If the government of Iran falls, USA and Russia will, though backing of proxy sides, will be facing off again. So what? Iran is a serious nuclear weapon state now. Think about that. Not only can nuclear weapons go falling into the hands of questionable others, but there’s also the equal risk that nuclear material would partly go ‘missing’, taken/covert bought by terrorists who would attempt to make “Dirty bombs”. They have tried to make them in the past (media hushed-up) – but that’s another article for another time.
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As in the Ukraine right now, as in African states right now, as in some South American states right now, Iran is still a location for an ongoing USA/Russia proxy war. A war that’s military quiet for now – but that might change if the Iran government falls in time. The current actions of the Iranian government, the killing of protesting civilians, is not just criminally murderous – it’s also criminally stupid! They more they kill, the more they cause further funerals – which in turn leads to more seeds of protest and growing hatred of a murderous government.
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The current government of Iran is dooming itself. Meanwhile, Western states, along with Russia and others, are waiting on the side-lines, to pick up the pieces later. Mineral pieces and all!
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Here in Ireland, much of this goes #RTEcensored.