[the_af]

Yes, I'm an Iranian secret agent, if you look at my comments history everything I've ever wrote since I joined points to this.

(Pro tip: Islamic Republic propaganda wouldn't point to the rise of their own movement as a bad thing, like I did, so your suspicion is illogical).

From HN guidelines: assume good faith. Are you doing this?

[mighty_donkey]

I'm sure you're a great person and not a secret agent (I mean this lol). But anyone who is even slightly following this situation (or has lived through it), will know that the argument you present is the exact kind of propaganda that is used by authoritarian regimes to make people fearful of change. And so yes, I believe I have every right to state that your comment has a close resemblance to State TV

[cuteboy19]

If you read Lenin, he would describe this situation as a "useful idiot"

[the_af]

In which work by Lenin would I read this? (Hint: it's most likely a misatribution).

Regardless, not wishing for war and collapse is an universal feeling, and it has nothing to do with supporting Iran's theocracy. Just in case, let me state explicitly that I think the current state of Iran is a tragedy and that I wish they lived in a democracy, and that I of course do not support any theocratic dictatorship, Islamic or otherwise. I specifically find the Islamic Republic as a depressing turn of events, when Iran could have been so much better.