I mean, that is the only way to be legally gay there - change your gender so that whatever you’re attracted to now is the opposite gender. No way this increases the number of gender surgeries to be more than it should be, absolutely not!

Perhaps. The same friend is thankful that the US did try to save them from the Taliban, at least.

Literally The Handmaid’s Tale right there

As an Afghan friend of mine says, it was not the fault of the US. The Afghan people is not ready to form a western-style government, as it’s a land of a hundred tribes where most just think of themselves. This is why the government fell so quickly when the US left. Few are motivated to defend the country, corruption is immense.

In her words, it was totally understandable for them to leave, as they saw this and realized they would be fighting a losing battle for decades by staying.

Have you looked at a map? Do you know how far Hormuz is from Tehran?

Mmm yes rub that lamp harder

You must declare taxes even if living abroad

As stated in the article you linked where you also got this image, this is a satellite photo from 2013, when the building was a part of the military compound. But by 2016, it had been walled off from it and had gotten separate entrances.

why was the school inside the military compound

It wasn’t.

why did the US take the risk of striking it

Due to appalling incompetence which made them think it was part of the military compound. This should be investigated as a war crime, it’s an unacceptable mistake.

This is extremely tragic, and very worrying that the US cannot seem to admit to its mistake officially. It’s also obvious that the Islamic regime is taking this excellent chance to use in their propaganda against the US and Israel, because why shouldn’t they? It also undermines trust and hope that some Iranians have in that this may lead to a regime change.

That said, there is one thing true in what you stated, and that is that there may be some manipulation of the true death toll and other reporting of it, because the only source of it is the Islamic regime and they have an interest in making it appear as barbaric as possible. And as you said, neither side can be trusted, you can expect propaganda from both sides.

Thank you! There is a tendency, as you have noted, of some white-passing Iranians who immigrate to the US to claim “we are actually white”. I think it’s problematic and can be seen as racist - does this mean they consider non-white-passing to not be Iranian? Does it mean they think of themselves as better than immigrants that don’t pass as white? Here’s a photo to illustrate different ethnicities in the country:

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Actually, in Iran there is a full blown spectrum, from what in America is considered white, even blonde people, to what you consider black, and everything in between. There’s quite a bit of Asian, specifically Turkic and Mongolic, genes woven into it too.

All these people are considered Iranian.

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