English folklore tells the tale of a guy named Robin Hood who was a good hunter.
Iran War Watch
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Have you seen these laws that make it illegal to collect rainwater?
Being illegal to grow food or hunt are way too common in history.
Not yet. The only law I saw was making it illegal to talk about genocide.
I got my eye on U!
مرگ بر آمریکا
سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی
Not to burst the bubble of the lies you are telling, but aren't the strategic reserves significantly UP since Trump took office? After Obiden emptied them to try an lower gas prices.
Yep, they sure are.
You can resume lying for your empire now...
In Englandstan? It's illegal to criticize Islam or support Christianity.
Are you from the Caliphate?
Did you masters withhold your daily bowl of rice because your tolling was insufficient? Is that why you're throwing a tantrum?
مرگ بر آمریکا
سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی
Western media narrative on Iran is “deeply misleading”
Bushra Shaikh, a British broadcaster known for her political and social commentary, reflects on her recent visit to Iran as part of a delegation of international journalists who traveled to the country to report on the effects of the Israeli–U.S. attack on Iran.
During her tour of war-damaged areas, she offers firsthand observations of the scale of destruction, the humanitarian impact on civilians, and the broader information gap in Western media coverage. She also addresses key questions surrounding civilian infrastructure, casualty reporting, and the narratives shaping international perceptions of the conflict, emphasizing the importance of direct field reporting in understanding the realities on the ground.
"For me, it was the sheer gravitas—the scale of the destruction. It was the rubble, the fact that nothing remains. Entire structures have been reduced to their most basic materials. It was beyond comprehension. Even now, I am still processing some of the scenes I witnessed.
Images present a distorted version of reality. They do not do justice to what is actually on the ground or to the magnitude of the crime that has been committed. It is deeply heart-wrenching to see what were once homes or institutions reduced entirely to rubble. There is nothing left.
This is a very important question, particularly in relation to international audiences—and even international law. If I must identify a single point, I would say there are, in fact, multiple critical aspects being overlooked.
First, we are not being accurately informed about the types of missiles and munitions used, nor about the scale of their destructive power in civilian areas. There is also a lack of transparency regarding casualty figures—particularly how many of the victims are women and how many are children.
As a result, there is a highly distorted image of what these airstrikes actually entail and the extent of their impact. Targeting infrastructure is one issue, but when weapons have an impact radius of up to 20 kilometers, it means that surrounding buildings—and the people inside them—are inevitably affected.
Another key issue is the repeated justification for bombing civilians. We are presented with narratives suggesting that an apartment building was targeted because a military figure was believed to be present. This raises serious legal and moral questions. Yet, the international community has remained largely silent.
We are witnessing the bombing of cultural and historical heritage sites protected under UNESCO. Civilian infrastructure—homes and family dwellings—is being destroyed. Even media institutions, such as the IRIB building, are being targeted. These are facilities meant to inform the public—so how can they be considered legitimate targets?
This issue is complex and far-reaching. It is not limited to a single factor. What I have witnessed, combined with the silence of the international community, is nothing short of a travesty.
It was deeply emotional. We cried for hours. To me, that is part of journalism—you cannot stand in a place where children once learned and played, and where they were killed, without being profoundly affected. I could not even bring myself to describe what may have happened to the bodies of these children. The impact of the strikes—multiple, simultaneous “double” and “triple” hits—was beyond anything that can be adequately expressed in words. It was truly awful.
I believe that labeling such a grave war crime—an act against humanity and the educational system where parents and teachers were killed—as a "mistake" reveals a profound dehumanization. It suggests that these lives are neither equal nor valued. Nothing of this magnitude happens by accident. If it truly were a mistake, it would expose a catastrophic failure in the "strike intelligence" they claim is the best in the world; clearly, it is not.
In reality, we know this was not accidental. It was deliberate. It was a targeted operation carried out intentionally, evidenced by multiple successive strikes. This constitutes psychological warfare, aimed at instilling fear among the Iranian people and making them feel threatened. Essentially, as we understand from statements attributed to Donald Trump, the objective was to push the Iranian population toward rising up against their own government.
There were even allegations that these strikes were carried out by Iran itself. The level of distortion, fabrication, and outright falsehoods, combined with a lack of empathy and humanity, points to one conclusion: there was willingness to commit this act. They were prepared to do it. Why? Because there is a persistent absence of accountability that allows such actions to continue.
The international community has repeatedly failed to take a firm and principled stance when the United States and Israel commit such acts. We have witnessed, in the case of Israel, actions widely described as genocide, with estimates of at least 100,000 women, children, and babies killed, entire families and bloodlines erased. Yet the international community—including the EU and the UK—has been complicit through inaction, effectively allowing it to continue.
In that context, what the United States has done, when compared to the scale of crimes attributed to Israel, may be considered “minor” by their own standards—yet it remains an act of profound brutality.
It is quite striking that some in the West appear largely unaware of how Iran’s infrastructure, ecosystem, and broader cultural system actually function. This is a country that has been under sanctions for 47 years, yet what I witnessed inside Iran tells a very different story.
The Iranian people are remarkable. They have learned to operate under constraints in ways that few other countries could. I would challenge anyone to point to another nation that has endured nearly five decades of sanctions and still achieved what Iran has.
When you look at the infrastructure—the metro system, the organization of daily life, the housing, the food, the culture—it becomes clear that the country continues to function in a highly adaptive and resilient manner. What is particularly impressive is the level of self-sufficiency: indigenous organizations, locally produced pharmaceuticals, and domestic industries that have developed precisely because of restrictions on imports and exports.
The narrative of a “broken” Iran is, in my view, largely rhetorical. It is a constructed storyline designed to persuade external audiences that the country is failing and therefore in need of outside intervention or “liberation.” In reality, the situation is quite the opposite. Iran is performing remarkably well, especially when considered within the context of the pressures it faces.
The most important message I want to take back with me and amplify is the need to humanize Iranians. There has been a clear process of dehumanization, and that needs to be challenged.
Iranians are among the most intelligent, inspiring, and skilled people I have encountered. This is a civilization with a history spanning thousands of years—one that has preserved and passed down its knowledge, culture, and identity across generations.
Equally important is this: the people of Iran have not asked for war. They have not asked for foreign intervention. There is a persistent narrative suggesting that Iranians want the United States or Israel to act on their behalf—this is categorically false. It is a fabrication.
The reality is simple: the people of Iran have never asked to be bombed."