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The person who started this instance is a persian monarchist, aka a fascist. If you don't know what that means:

The instance's official symbol is a lion-and-sun flag, which was the symbol of the persian empire for centuries until the shah (#iran's former monarch) was overthrown in 1979. This is an empire where the elite were literally importing Black people as slaves into the 20th century. The last shah tried to build a reputation as a "modernizer", which in practice meant turning iran into a petro-state, building up one of the most vicious & violent political police forces ever (SAVAK), & ramping up genocide against the diverse peoples living under the regime by pushing a nationalist, we're-all-iranian identity (that's part of what the frequent use of 'persian' is about - supremacy over kurds, baloch, azerbaijani, turkmen, arabs, & numerous other peoples the empire oppresses). They also play on european racism a lot by shouting "ISLAMIC REPUBLIC" at every opportunity.

Supporting fascists just because they're against the current government is a shit political position to take, don't do it when there are other options.

Some sample posts from the admin:
https://persia.social/@kambiz/109668198238339330
https://persia.social/@kambiz/109666881737483583
https://persia.social/@kambiz/109660013732855467

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