Major protests break out across Iran as government seeks rare dialogue with demonstrators

[Polybius]

Source: AOL

Huge protests over Iran’s soaring cost of living boiled over on Tuesday as students joined shopkeepers in daring demonstrations against the regime.

Hundreds of students rallied across four universities in Tehran for a third day of protests, after bazaar merchants took to the streets, chanting slogans and occupying the roads.

Chants could be heard in support of Reza Shah, the late founder of the royal dynasty ousted by the Islamic Revolution.

Some Iranians also took to social media to voice their outrage. One user, Soroosh Dadkhah, said that high prices and corruption had led people “to the point of explosion”.

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[regnaD kciN]

1. I didn't have "calls for the return of the Pahlavi family"...

…on my 2026 bingo card.

Although, I guess it would be predictable, given the way things are going, for Iran to go from the current brutal authoritarian dictatorship straight into their previous brutal authoritarian dictatorship.

[Polybius]

2. It's a HUGE upgrade over the current regime over there though, as at least women had freedom then

Pahlavi is also a lot more liberal than his dad was.

[DavidDvorkin]

3. Shades of the restoration of the monarchy in England

Restored with curbs on the king's power. Perhaps the same thing will happen in Iran.

[GJGCA]

4. Interesting times...

Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last shah of Iran, thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for his “support” of Iranian protesters on Friday.

“President Trump, thank you for your strong leadership and support of my compatriots. This warning you have issued to the criminal leaders of the Islamic Republic gives my people greater strength and hope—hope that, at last, a President of the United States is standing firmly by their side,” Pahlavi said on X.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iran-s-exiled-crown-prince-sends-a-message-to-donald-trump/ar-AA1Tttrv?ocid=BingNewsVerp

[littlemissmartypants]

7. Either...

Reza Pahlavi loves psychopaths, he's a psychopath himself or he doesn't understand that Trump’s a psychopath.

I'm almost endlessly disappointed by people in positions of power all over the world.

Especially by their glaring naivete and stupidity.

[LisaM]

8. Or he's just being pragmatic.

It's like mollifying a child who's acting up in a grocery store. It's not the right policy in the long run, but it's what needs to be done in the moment.

[fujiyamasan]

9. In his perspective the Ayatollah is the biggest psychopath

And if Trump offers support to get rid of the clerics, I’m not sure why he’d refuse.

[littlemissmartypants]

10. Except...

Trump can't be trusted. He's a compulsive liar. A psychopath...

There's always an ulterior motive involved with a psychopath. Nothing that a psychopath does comes without consequences.

Destructive consequences are the terminal objective with the psychopath.

It's exactly why everything he touches dies, ETTD.

It's the nature of any relationship with a psychopath. Chaos will always be the result.

Characteristics of Psychopaths

1. Aggressive, callous, and cunning
2. Complete absence of conscience and empathy
3. Very adept at manipulating others
4. Willingness to engage in immoral, criminal conduct
5. Willingness to take what they want and do as they please, regardless of who is hurt or wronged
6. Deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent
7. Deceptive ability to behave in superficially charming ways to hide purely selfish motives
8. Willingness to use intimidation and violence to control others in order to satisfy their own needs
9. Willingness to intentionally violate the basic inherent human rights of others
10. Complete absence of any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions have caused to others
11. Rationalization of their own immoral behavior
12. Will attempt to lay blame upon someone else for their own conduct
13. Denial, will deny their own wrongdoing outright
14. Utter contemptuousness toward the feelings and desires of their fellow beings
15. Pathological lying, will say anything without any concern for truth to advance their own hidden agendas
16. Ablity to feign [fake] normal human emotions and empathy
17. Distorted sense of the consequences of their actions
18. Total failure to accept any responsibility for their own socially irresponsible ways
19. Strong bellef that they will never be brought to justice for their criminal behavior

[rollin74]

5. wishing the protesters success in their efforts

to oust the mullahs from power

I hope the Iranian government doesn’t respond with mass killings and bloodshed like they have in the past

[littlemissmartypants]

6. "...high prices and corruption..." Sounds familiar.