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caminanteyesterday at 1:35 AM7 repliesview on HN

The source (Iran International) is backed by Saudi money and has a bias to dunk on Iran.

That said, I'm sure the death count numbers from the Rasht Massacre are staggeringly higher than the initial tallies of 2-5k.


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redwoodyesterday at 1:51 AM

It is a source run by expatriate Iranians of the diaspora.. the fact that so many people just discount their point of view it's pretty frustrating. If you speak to Iranians that you work with it's pretty illuminating

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alexmonamiyesterday at 1:52 AM

There are other sources, like this: https://time.com/7357635/more-than-30000-killed-in-iran-say-...

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sourcegriftyesterday at 1:50 AM

Actually, if anything, that makes it trustworthy because Saudi would like the regime to stay so that they can stay out of the oil markets and keep the prices high.

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xyzzy123yesterday at 1:49 AM

It looks a LOT like a CIA front.

EDIT: Sorry... that is too strong... "state aligned influence media". Note that the headline might be true, or it might not, but that source is quite glowy.

k1myesterday at 1:49 AM

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