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Today, in a symbolic act, Iranians set fire to the flags of Israel and the United States, as well as an obelisk and a statue of Baal—which they described as a symbol of Satan—in various cities across Iran in response to the release of the Epstein documents.

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[–] Armio2@lemmy.ml 21 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They built them to burn them down for this symbolic act

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 10 points 3 weeks ago

That's a level of petty I can get behind! Built specifically to destroy.