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Comments: I suppose it is like Covid. It could vary based on how you look at the dead. Either way, one million or 8 is a disaster that could have been prevented.
Comments: I remember vividly the 8 million figure from Iranian sources. I'll keep looking.
Comments: Here is what Google says:
Estimates of the total number of people who died in the eight-year Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988) vary widely, but generally range from 450,000 to over a million people, with some sources estimating up to two million.
Comments: I thought it was over a million. I might be wrong
Comments: Isn't that the official statistics?
Comments: “8 million died”! You might have gone a bit too far 🤭
Comments: Here is how I would rank that: 1. British for starving half of our population for oil 2. USA for arming saddam and encouraging him to start a war with Iran. 8 million died 3. Saddam housain, not Iraq, for the war 4. Israel
Comments: And of course this! Iran: Over 1,000 people executed as authorities step up horrifying assault on right to life Iranian authorities have executed over 1,000 people thus far in 2025, the highest number of yearly executions in Iran that the organization has recorded in at least 15 years, said Amnesty International. The organization is calling on the Iranian authorities to establish an immediate moratorium on executions as a first step, and issuing an urgent plea on other states to immediately intervene to pressure the Iranian authorities to halt all planned executions.
Comments: My bad! Over a 1,000 dead and 4,000+ injured.
Comments: Also, please remember 4,000 Iranians dying during the “12 day war”!
Comments: “Here is one for you, which country killed more Iranian citizens than any other country?” I have a hint on this as well! Whomever planned, executed and supported (weapons (traditional & chemical), intelligence, …) the Iraq/Iran war. You can figure that out using AI or just simply read history. I, personally, lost 2 friends and one family member during that war. More than half a million Iranian died, a 3rd were civilians.
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Comments: Faramarz, If there was a REAL data about all the people dying from wars, famine, executions, assassinations, … then we could have an actual discussion about the list! Iran would make the top 10 as far as killing its own citizens. They would not make the top 50 as far as killing people from other countries. Almost every war in the past 40-50 years was instigated by major powers and their “noches”! Israel has assassinated more people around the world in the name of “protecting themselves” than any other country.
Comments: True when it comes to Iranian citizens! How about “other countries”? The news was about international assassination of diplomats /citizens/reporters of “other” countries! Who wins that honor?
Comments: lol I also used AI and it brought up a reported accusation of the jewish lobby in the US about Iran after the accusation, coming from themselves , that Iran is planning to kill Israel's ambassador to Mexico. I think this is all about AIPAC damage control after trump considering lifting of iranian sanctions.
Comments: I actually am not sure whether you used AI or not. But AI, very much acts like people in the sense of bias. AI is trained with the information that is available to it. This means that if there is bias in input, you will get a biased answer--exactly like people (case in point: Trump supporters).
In this domain, there is a huge bias because everything that IRI does is hugely broadcasted but everything that the west (including israel) does is hugely filtered out through a number of mechanisms (blackmail, firing, murder, ...). Here is how I would rank the countries that most fit that statement: 1. USA because it globally implements this to control all countries. They have an offensive approach to this. 2. Israel because although it is focused on itself, it tries to do this on a global scale 3. UK: anicdotal evidence but having seen what they have and continue to do in the middle east, they too have a global implementation on this. I am sure that other countries also do these things. IRI, Russia, and famously SA killing that reporter in their own embassy in turkey. But because so many do this, you really need to rank them rather than list one. Where IRI, Russia, China, SA, etc. rank on this list really needs actual data rather than propaganda. Listing IRI as the top country, only shows the bias in the source rather than saying much about IRI.
Comments: Here Zinsky I give it a try. I confess I cheated, had to ask AI :) "This is just the latest in a long history of Islamic Republic global lethal targeting of diplomats, journalists, dissidents, and anyone who disagrees with them, something that should deeply worry every country where there is an IRGC presence," the official reportedly added. ... Hint: Which country has killed/assassinated more journalists /dissidents/leaders of other countries in the past 20-30 years? Islamic Republic of Iran ... Here is one for you, which country killed more Iranian citizens than any other country?
Comments: عظمت تاریخی یعنی همین دقیقا... یعنی کسانی هم که همیشه تاریخ باستان رو خوار شمردند و نادیده گرفتند، آخر مجبورند شخصیتی متعلق به همون تاریخ (شاهپور ساسانی) رو با کمال احترام ــ در این فقره دقیقاً «با سلام و صلوات» ــ بگذارند وسط میدون اصلی پایتخت و بابت رونمایی از این قهرمان جشن بگیرند. تاریخ ایران اینجوری هر جریانی رو تسلیم خودش میکنه.
Comments: According to Tehran’s regional water authorities, Mamlou Dam holds just 18 million cubic meters—about 7% full, down from 13% at the same point last year; Latian is in even worse shape; Lar has 14 million cubic meters; and Amirkabir (Karaj) has plunged. On November 2, Behzad Parsa, head of the Tehran Regional Water Company, said only 14 million cubic meters remained behind Karaj—roughly two weeks of drinking water for the capital. The supply shock is compounded by a historic dry spell. Mohsen Ardakani, managing director of Tehran’s Water and Wastewater Company, said on November 7 that no rainfall has been recorded in Tehran so far this water year—the sixth consecutive drought—and that last year was the driest in a century. National data between late September and October 25 show an average of 2.3 millimeters of precipitation, with 21 of 31 provinces recording no rain during that 33-day span. The severity is visible: a video posted November 4 shows an Iranian swimmer walking on the exposed bed of the Karaj reservoir. Research officials reach the same conclusion. On November 7, Mohammadreza Kavianpour, head of the Water Research Institute, said there had been no autumn rain in Tehran and forecasts suggest dryness through the end of the season. He urged authorities not to “gamble” on the weather, noting last year’s 152 millimeters of rainfall—about 40% below the 57-year average—and estimating a ~42% year-over-year fall in river inflows. If rains fail in December, formal rationing appears likely; if dryness persists, buffers will thin dangerously. Hospitals, clinics, and industry would face operational strain; households already rationing at night would confront longer and more unpredictable outages; and the economic spillovers—from equipment damage to higher operating costs—could add friction to an already fragile environment. In this climate, communications discipline becomes policy: warn, but not too much; deny, but ration at night; and above all, keep a lid on public anger. Decades of corruption, neglect, and politicized mismanagement have made this outcome predictable. With no transparent plan beyond asking households to shave off another slice of demand, the government is signaling it will manage scarcity—not fix it—because it fears the reaction that prolonged outages could unleash. The subtext is survival: a ruling system that long prioritized patronage projects and short-term optics over maintenance and planning now worries that water, of all things, could become the spark.
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