Dying doesn't count, right?

@nathanwei I am unsure how a country can die in this context.

@TimothyBandors Sorry I somehow misread the title as "Khamenei does something unbelievable" so I meant Khamenei dying.

Does blocking the Hormuz strait count?

@mariopasquato No, assuming it's a boring event. Yes if they blow up a bunch of civilian ships already inside at the same time.

@TimothyBandors It is definitely not boring. The whole world will feel that impact

@JannesH It's not 'unbelievable' though, it's almost expected.

@TimothyBandors It is only „expected“ as a last resort. Doing so would nearly guarantee the US joining the war. And hypothetically, if they‘d do it either way, it could lead to more western countries or especially Arabian countries getting involved to defend their interests.

well, that seems pretty direct

@Marnix Seems fake. Source to the original? I can't find it.

@nathanwei I can't find shit, but I also don't speak Farsi

@Marnix

Would a surprising regime collapse count?

Aka revolutionaries in the streets overthrowing the current government?

@rohanvisme No, that would not be enough. If they send in troops and massacre hundreds of people trying to do a regime change, that might count.

Does is need to be something that shown impressive talent on their part? Or can it be something like bringing down a big building with a missile, by sheer luck?

@AhronMaline Sheer luck counts too. Talent is a factor too

Would giving up / pleading for peace / agreeing to restart "give up nukes talks" count?

@markrode no, probably not

@TimothyBandors the AI clarification for this seems to have interpreted this as any de-escalatory action can never be eligible to resolve yes, which I don’t think was your intention

@GleamingRhino I'll add a note in description to ignore AI summaries

Nah Ayatollahs are all hot air

@skibidist

@TimothyBandors

@skibidist I'm not sure how much is hot air vs lack of capability

@AlexanderTheGreater Isn't it the same thing?