The topic of “Iran” is currently trending due to significant developments in the country related to ongoing protests and heightened international concerns. Recent reports indicate that over 2,400 protesters have been killed, prompting attention from various global leaders, including former U.S. President Donald Trump, who has issued warnings against potential executions of protesters. This surge in fatalities, alongside international criticisms, has escalated public interest and concern regarding the humanitarian situation in Iran.
Additionally, Iran’s decision to close its airspace to all flights has intensified search interest. This action is seen as a response to both the unrest within the country and external pressures, including warnings issued by foreign officials regarding travel safety in the region, particularly concerning Israel. Such measures contribute to a climate of uncertainty and instability, drawing further attention from people seeking real-time updates and information on the evolving situation.
The combination of alarming death tolls among protesters and restrictive government actions, such as airspace closures, has generated a high volume of searches as individuals seek to understand the implications of these developments. The focus on human rights issues in Iran and the international community’s stance contribute to the urgent need for information, factoring into the increased search interest on this topic.
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Friday after market close has been the pattern so far.
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In this case, they may not be able to time the markets
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Hold on to your cash until the crash lol
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Not even gonna try, anymore. I did that when he got elected and the things I pulled money out of jumped in price and never came back down.
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All eyes on Iran . All the pieces are in place and the conflict might start anytime . Embassies of various countries have gave warnings to its citizens to leave Iran with whatever means available. Netanyahu has reached Greece in his plane something which happened before during the previous conflict. US is evacuating it’s nearby millitary bases , also a similar move during the previous bombing of Iran . This time it looks US may go all the way against the clerical rule of Iran , which means it would be a do or die for the IRGC and they would go all out as well .
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Stupid Question, why Greece?
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It’s the closest non-Muslim country to Israel with a clear flight path.
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Closest non muslim would be Cyprus, but then with Northern Cyprus there might be a bit of a security issue as it’s basically a Turkish occupational extention.
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Lots of Russian oligarchs have decided Cyprus is a great place to get their EU passports from, too.
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It’s because you get a passport for buying property.
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Is that true?
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They made it a bit more complicated in the recent years, you get permanent residence for buying property and wait 7 years for passeport.
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Thanks for the answer.
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Yes, although now it takes a few years. It costs around 400k eur in total, which isn’t a lot for an oligarch. Having an EU passport opens a lot of borders.
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Does he not trust the iron dome or something?
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The Iron Dome intercept rate is in the low 90s, and gets worse as more munitions are lobbed at it. It’s a fantastic system, but it’s not perfect. Iran could still done some serious damage if they decide they have nothing left to lose and fires off everything they have left. Netanyahu has the option to not take that chance at all, even if the odds are in his favor.
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Iron Dome also works for rockets. Won’t do *shit* against ICBMs. Ballistic missiles come from such a height at such a speed with so much *physics* behind them, your best hope is to intercept them on their way up. Once they’re on the way down things get exponentially harder.
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Because Iron Dome isnt meant for ballistics. Thats what the Arrow series is for.
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Iran’s missiles are ballistic but they aren’t ICBMs. ICBMs are on a whole different level, and many also have multiple entry vehicles, making interception exceptionally hard.
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Feels too Ted Cruze like
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Iron dome is not meant for the stuff Iran uses. It is meant for the random slower rockets.
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While Israel has fantastic air defense, there’s only so much you can do against ballistic missiles like Iran has. We saw last summer that, while a majority of their ballistic missiles get shot down, a few manage to get through.
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There’s also the simple fact that Iron Dome is for the local terrorists (Hamas, Hezbollah) shooting rockets. It can’t intercept ballistic missiles. Israel has a couple of other systems for that, the main one being the Arrow, complemented by THAAD and special naval American interceptors. These cost A HELL OF A LOT MORE and so they have limited stockpiles of them – they won’t intercept everything even if they could, because they don’t want to run out of interceptors in 5 days.
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Maybe he wants it to be known he is outside the country so Iran is less tempted to throw everything it has at Jerusalem if they know their doomed.
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They probably hate Israel enough even without Netanyahu in it to do that.
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I was gonna say, Iran has hated Israel long before Bibi ever became PM.
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Jerusalem is the sticking point i think here. If they know they cant get a big scalp in Netanyahu, they may focus on Tel Aviv more. Jerusalem does hold significance after all to Islam same as Judaism and Christianity.
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Precisely. In the war last June Iran targeted Tel Aviv and Haifa. Jerusalem is *too* sacred to target.
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Isn’t Cyprus closer?
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Yes. But half of Cyprus is ostensibly controlled by Turkey.
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More than ostensibly
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Ottomanly
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It’s very much ruled by Turkey lol
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Northern Cyprus is Turkish occupied, possible security concern.
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Friendly country, part of NATO , safe territory away from direct threat , not too away , close enough to Israel . Might be some other reasons as well .
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Tzatziki
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I’d take a Gyros right now tbh.
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Souvlaki
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They won’t arrest him per ICJ requests.
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ICC, ICJ is for countries ICC for individual
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Straight hop across the med without having to overfly any other nation.
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Greece and Israel have very close relations with strong mutual support amongst the populace.
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Greece has longstanding tense territorial disputes with a neighboring Islamic country, so they’re historically more sympathetic toward Israel than most European countries, though even their relations have been strained recently. It’s similar to how India tends to generally be more pro-Israel due to their border with Pakistan.
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Closest safe country for him?
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Netanyahu has reached Greece in his plane something which happened before during the previous conflict. Correction. They sent the presidential jet there. I doubt Netanyahu is on it. In the previous conflict, he was still in Israel given that he was on site after missiles landed in some Iranian cities. My concern is my ancestral country Lebanon right now. People are currently pretty much engrossed in what is happening inside Lebanon, and less with how things are escalating across the entire region. I am also worried that unlike the 12 Day War, Iran may lob missiles haphazardly and unlike Syria ,Jordan and Israel, Lebanon does not have American air defense systems protecting the country and Khamenei and the ayatollahs will definitely not care even if they land in Shia parts of Lebanon. They will go out violently. I fear that the violence will lead to Lebanon catching strays.
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Lets hope the best for all the innocent people in the crossfire.
M
A messy collapse of Iran has the possibility to snowball across the whole region. You groups emboldened in other totalitarian countries for one thing. And if the ethnic separatist groups in Iran try to go independent it could spread to other countries. The Kurds, Azeri, and Balochi could try to make their own country. (Or join with Azerbaijan in the case of the Azeri). Which could spur groups of the same ethnicity in Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Pakistan.
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Letting them draw their own borders for once might be good long term. They live in carved up ottoman states.
T
True. It also has the possibility of plunging that region into endless war as now the political divisions of the region aren’t diverse enough and “Let’s kill all the $Race/$Ethnicity/etc” becomes as easy as “Let’s launch a war against $Country.”
Additional Sources:
CNN – Live updates: More than 2,400 protesters killed in Iran as Trump warns against executions
Fox News – Iran shuts down airspace; foreign officials warn against travel to Israel
