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Iran claims ownership over Antarctica and plans military base there (www.washingtonexaminer.com)
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Iranian navy Rear Adm. Shahram Irani declared that his country has “property rights” in Antarctica, particularly the South Pole, in a newly surfaced video.

“With regard to the South Pole, we have property rights there, and they belong to the public,” Irani said in the video of a television broadcast from last fall.

He added, “Our plan is to raise the flag there, inshallah. It is not only military work but also scientific work that needs to be carried out.”

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[–] [email protected] 81 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is now my favorite potential cause of WW3.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Who the hell had "Iran colonizes Antarctica" on their bingo board?!

[–] Archer 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: [email protected]

[–] Archer 2 points 10 months ago

I always forget the syntax. Good bot!

[–] clif 80 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Inshallah is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence.

[–] Dozzi92 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I remember before going to Morocco with the military being taught some customs. Inshallah was a funny one to us, because it was suggested its use had a bit of a double meaning. Kinda like "Are you going to get out there and tackle the weeds today? You said you'd do it yesterday.". And the appropriate response would be "Inshallah," which essentially meant yeah, but probably no.

[–] Archer 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It sounds like that's implicitly "Well if God literally comes down and personally commands me (if God wills) then yeah, but if not then probably no"

[–] kofe 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm wondering if he actually said the rest in English or if the author didn't want to translate the one word because it's so heavily associated with Islam? I'm leaning towards the latter and it's weirding me out halp

[–] afraid_of_zombies 9 points 10 months ago

God willing has a different hit in english. I have heard people leave it untranslated.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Inshallah 🙏

[–] Carighan 53 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Military base in -80°. Uh huh.

[–] mods_are_assholes 3 points 10 months ago

By the time the treaty lapses global warming will 'help' with that

[–] cosmictrickster 43 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Hahahahahahahahahaha!

(Wipes eyes)

(takes breath)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago

"Inshallah, the Antarctic Treaty will 'expire' in 2042. Might as well take a free claim now to hopefully make it permanent by then.

[–] MataVatnik 19 points 10 months ago

I hope they overlap with Argentinas claim so they can do Falklands but with Iran.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I declare ownership!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

I mean, it works for bankruptcy right?

[–] SuckMyWang 1 points 10 months ago

Iran are going to be so pissed when they find out

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Is that real or did he smonk too many leaves? Wth...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Maybe they got the idea from Putin when he said Russia still has ownership of Alaska

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Lol my guess is Rear Adm. Shahram is trolling and want to trigger the imperialists. Whenever I see the partitioning of Antarctica I think "what the fuck"

If Iran wants to do a scientific mission that's great.

[–] guacupado 4 points 10 months ago

Bless your heart, sweet summer child.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But do you have a flag?

[–] DontTreadOnBigfoot 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well, if you don't have a flag, then you can't have a country. Those are the rules... that I just made up!

[–] GladiusB 3 points 10 months ago

Cake or death!

[–] afraid_of_zombies 8 points 10 months ago

Ok

[–] Agent641 4 points 10 months ago

Do they know its cold there?