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That's not their problem. Their problem is an oppressive government and people who can't get organized enough to make a difference, very similar to the US.

No one outside of Iran can solve their problems for them, just like no one outside of the US can solve US problems.

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> Their problem is an oppressive government and people who can't get organized enough to make a difference, very similar to the US.

Thanks for bringing the parallels in the US to my attention. Really, I had no idea that the US was so similar to Iran. You are doing this this topic a great service by not using hyperbole.

Suppose that there was an American handball player who was incarcerated unfairly, say, for bringing Schedule 1 drugs for personal use into the United States, how exactly would/should anyone outside of the United States apply public pressure to secure their release?

>incarcerated unfairly

Yea, I don’t know what I would think about that. Perhaps if the scenario was someone bringing illegal drugs into a country, knowingly violating that countries laws, having been to that country before and been told what was illegal, and then to top it off that person had publicly mocked and criticized the free country they had come from previously - I‘m not sure I could muster the will to care if they are released or not.

I wouldn’t have empathy for someone knowingly breaking any foreign country laws with arrogance.

> people who can't get organized enough to make a difference

In large part due to the aforementioned censorship and surveillance.

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