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Not in our name — an Iranian response to war, from within the diaspora

Daily Maverick · · 1067 words · By Amir Bagherioromi
Iranian Sovereignty Anti-Imperialism Global South Solidarity
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15 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Zionist-linked organisations have sought to cultivate Iranian support for anti-Iran activities.”
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The provided evidence defines Zionism and Zionists but contains no information regarding organizations recruiting Iranians for anti-Iran activities.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jew refers to a person who practices the religion of Judaism, while Zionist refers to a person who supports the establishment and preservation of a Jewish state in the historic land of Israel.
https://thisvsthat.io/jew-vs-zionist
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 16, 2022 · There is no one way to be a Zionist. We unpack six schools of thought and the range of Zionist ideas that continue to shape the conversation today.
https://unpacked.media/theres-no-one-way-to-be-a-zionist-six…
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web search NEUTRAL — Religious Zionism is a variant that combines secular nationalism and religious conservatism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism
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“Under the Shah, a US-backed monarch, Iran had Savak torture chambers, massive inequality and total subservience to American oil interests.”
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Wikipedia confirms SAVAK was the secret police of the Imperial State of Iran. Other sources mention torture and the influence of foreign oil interests during the Pahlavi era.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Relations between Iran and the United States in modern-day are unsettled and have a troubled history. They began in the mid-to-late 19th century, when Iran was known to the Western world as Qajar Pers…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–United_States_relations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Imperial State of Iran, officially known in the Western world as the Imperial State of Persia until 1935 and commonly referred to as Pahlavi Iran, was the Iranian state under the rule of the Pahla…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pahlavi_Iran
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Bureau for Intelligence and Security of the State (Persian: سازمان اطلاعات و امنیت کشور, romanized: Sâzmân-e Ettelâ'ât va Amniyyat-e Kešvar), shortened to SAVAK (Persian: ساواک) or S.A.V.A.K. (Per…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAVAK
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“the West immediately pivoted to supporting Saddam Hussein’s eight-year war of aggression against Iran, using chemical weapons with Western-supplied precursors.”
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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and web search results, confirm Western support (US and UK) for Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq War, specifically mentioning the provision of chemical weapon precursors.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Iran–Iraq War began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran in September 1980. After eight years of conflict, both countries accepted a ceasefire deal brokered by the United Nations, which became effectiv…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Iraq_War
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003 during the United States-led…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The deposed president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein was tried by the Iraqi Interim Government for crimes against humanity during his time in office. The Coalition Provisional Authority voted to create the I…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Saddam_Hussein
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“Iran has achieved: One of the highest STEM graduation rates in the world.”
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Only one TikTok search result mentions 'Iran's high STEM graduation rates'; other results are generic STEM definitions or unrelated scholarships.
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran.STEM programs have been implemented in some Arizona schools. They implement higher cognitive skills for students and enable them to inquire and use techniques used by professionals in the STEM fi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science,_technology,_engineeri…
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web search NEUTRAL — Discover the irony of Iran's high STEM graduation rates and the struggle with unemployment. Explore how freedom could change futures.
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/study-how-iranian-students-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — Current college students who pursue careers in STEM have hundreds of scholarships they can apply for. Undergraduate and graduate students should apply for scholarships to reduce the cost of their tuit…
https://bold.org/scholarships/by-major/stem-scholarships/
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“Iran has achieved: A domestic drone and missile industry that is entirely indigenous.”
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Wikipedia and other sources confirm Iran has a significant domestic ballistic missile and drone industry, though the claim of it being 'entirely indigenous' is a point of frequent official boast rather than a strictly verified technical fact in the evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — Besides, Iran’s missile industry is well-funded and well-publicized, and Iranian officials commonly boast about advances in missile technologies, which suggests that they are not trying to conceal the…
https://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2022/jun/03/explainer-irans…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran's ballistic missile and space program is an internationally hot political topic over which it has consistently refused to negotiate.Main articles: Defense industry of Iran and List of military eq…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed…
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web search NEUTRAL — Like the Abqaiq attack by Iran, using drones and cruise missiles in September 2019, another complex drone attack has taken place in the region. Tehran is using the Houthis and militias in Iraq, as wel…
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/could-the-iran-d…
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“Iran has achieved: Expansion of healthcare to remote villages.”
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The evidence includes a video about rural life in Iran and articles about riots, but no specific evidence confirming a government program or achievement regarding the expansion of healthcare to remote villages.
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web search NEUTRAL — Rural life in the Mountains We live in a village near the border of Iran and Turkey. Our village is located i...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3W4FsYr3V4
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web search NEUTRAL — “The government has finalised the necessary measures in detail for all scenarios. No threat is beyond our preparedness and intelligence.” Earlier on X, Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, said: “More…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/israel-warns-i…
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web search NEUTRAL — As deadly riots burn Iranian cities, Western media ignores the shocking wave of violence, turning instead to US government-funded NGOs for data. The one-sided portrayal has helped push Trump to the br…
https://thegrayzone.com/2026/01/12/western-media-riots-iran-…
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“Life expectancy rising from 55 to above 76 years.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of generic definitions of 'life' and general information about Iran, but contains no statistical data on life expectancy changes.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, historically known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Iranian opposition consists of various political groups, movements and people who oppose the government of the Islamic Republic and its system of theocratic clerical rule based on the doctrine of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_opposition
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The practice of selling one's kidney for profit in Iran is legal and regulated by the government. In any given year, it is estimated that 1400 Iranians sell one of their kidneys to a recipient who was…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney_trade_in_Iran
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“A space programme and nuclear technology for medicine and energy.”
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Wikipedia and other sources confirm Iran's existence of a space program and nuclear activities, though the specific focus on 'medicine and energy' is the stated purpose of such programs.
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web search NEUTRAL — With a population of over 92 million, Iran ranks 17th globally in both geographic size and population. It is divided into five regions with 31 provinces. Tehran is the nation's capital and largest cit…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago · President Trump threatened Iran again Sunday as the shaky ceasefire between the two countries continues. "For Iran, the Clock is Ticking, and they better get moving, FAST, or there won't …
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-strait-o…
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · Iran is a mountainous, arid, and ethnically diverse country of southwestern Asia. The heart of the Persian empire of antiquity, Iran has long played an important role in the region as an i…
https://www.britannica.com/place/Iran
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“The US and Israel have no UN Security Council authorisation for an attack on Iran.”
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While the provided Wikipedia snippets describe US-Israel relations, it is a matter of public record and international law that UN Security Council authorization is required for legal military intervention; no such authorization for an attack on Iran exists in the provided or known records.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the so…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since the 1960s, the relationship between Israel and the United States has grown into a close alliance in economic, strategic and military aspects. The U.S. has provided strong support for Israel; it …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–United_States_relations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Following the October 7 attacks and the outbreak of the Gaza war, the United States has provided extensive military, diplomatic, and financial support to Israel. This included rapid deployment of wars…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_support_for_Isra…
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“Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza (ICJ provisional ruling, South Africa’s own case)”
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Wikipedia explicitly confirms that South Africa brought a case against Israel to the ICJ and that the ICJ has issued rulings/proceedings regarding the genocide allegations in Gaza.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza genocide is the ongoing, intentional, and systematic destruction of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip carried out by Israel during the Gaza war. It encompasses mass killings, deliberat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_genocide
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since October 2023, the government of Israel has been accused of committing genocide against the Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip by several states across the world. The government of South Af…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_genocide_recognition
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) is an ongoing case that was brought before the International Cour…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa's_genocide_case_a…
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“The US has bombed hospitals, schools, weddings, and funeral processions across seven Muslim-majority countries.”
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“the US labelled Nelson Mandela a terrorist until 2008.”
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“In South Africa, there are more than 2,000 Iranians.”
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“The Iraq war... killed more than a million Iraqis.”
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“South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).”
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