Opposition to foreign attack, opposition to our friends, relatives, and fellow townspeople being killed under enemy bombardment, opposition to foreign military intervention, and shouting at the foreign enemy have been, are, and will be a shining page of popular response anywhere in history.
Defending the national cause with head held high
If we look more closely at the real picture of the current war, we may realize how valuable a factor time is and why slowness in response can be devastating for Iranians. The following remarks aim to provide an understandable answer to a seemingly complex question:
"What can we really do for Iran?"
Forget the Islamic Republic. What remains is a classic picture that has been repeated many times over the past three thousand years in the history of the land that is today Iran, each time bringing heavy consequences for the general public and future generations: war with a foreign power.
The difference is that in this war, amid the relative silence of the international community, Iran is defending against a full-scale attack; an attack by the established U.S. empire, a military superpower, and its Middle Eastern branch, Israel. As history attests, the continuation of such wars leads to the destruction of resources, the massacre of people, civil war, and secession or territorial partition. Events whose consequences will ensnare each and every one of us Iranians for generations, and will rob us of the greatest asset of any nation, namely the land to which we are territorially bound.
As history and reason dictate, in this arena no foreign force and no foreign puppet has come, nor will come, onto the scene to support the interests of the Iranian people. Therefore, for any Iranian who believes in this territorial covenant, it is imperative to know the forces driving the current war so as to have a real picture of events—one that is not distorted in the crossfire of information wars and does not divert minds from the road ahead.
It is enough to fall for the sleight of hand of the actors in the media war for the magician to suddenly pull secession and civil war out of the hat for you. Imagine it: you who for years have boiled with anger when the Persian Gulf was not called by its full name, wake to the news of the occupation of Sanandaj, the loss of Qeshm and Abu Musa, and Azerbaijani and Turkish soldiers crossing the Aras River into Jolfa.
If the overused word "people" has meaning anywhere, it is the generality of human beings who are faithful to a territorial covenant called Iran, who remain on this side, and who preserve this land. Anyone who does not remain within this circle may be a fellow speaker of the language, but is not a compatriot.
It does not matter with what academic degree and title, in which office or network, behind which account or channel they are active, or how many followers they have; they have stepped outside this territorial covenant, and their data and statements, though in Persian, are not aligned with the interests of the Iranian people.
Such people speak only to blur the natural will for territorial survival among Iranians, hoping to make Iranians lay down their shields.
Look around you. Those who for years have gotten their news and analyses from Iran International, Manoto, and the BBC now resemble bewitched creatures—zombies who no longer have ears to hear and who, like parrots, simultaneously with Iranians dying under bombs, repeat the enemy's narrative.
The picture is clear. The foreign enemy has once again attacked Iran and wants to keep Iran without a shield and defenseless, and to keep the people motionless, silent, or on its side.
The picture is clear. From Khordad 1404 to Esfand 1404 there was a long road that was traversed over two days and nights by the events of Dey.
The fabrication of astronomical figures behind suspicious events, and the Islamic Republic's brutal reaction, are desensitizing public opinion to the number of those killed. Alongside that, a so-called Iranian diaspora campaign has been launched to craft a groomed, one-sided image of Iranian public opinion and to organize a "popular" request for a military attack on Iran.
Now everyone knows from where the order was issued for the pro-Pahlavi current's sudden pivot to verbal violence and the suppression of other opinions. To justify political pressure and the continuation of the military attack on Iran, and to demand the complete surrender of the country, the enemy needed a picture of Iranians as though 90 million people were demanding the bombing of Iran. When no voice is heard except "bombing Iran," it hardly matters what others who sit in silence think.
The United States and Israel will advance as far as they can. You and I have no role in the military dimension of this confrontation. But breaking this silence and letting the roar of all Iranians for Iran be heard can, in a few days, tear up the fabricated images of "Iranians' desire to be bombed."
Do not be silent. Do not be ashamed. Do not be afraid.
Opposition to foreign attack, opposition to our friends, relatives, and fellow townspeople being killed under enemy bombardment, opposition to foreign military intervention, and shouting at the foreign enemy have been, are, and will be a shining page of popular response anywhere in history.
If we are not worthy of having Iran, they will take Iran away.
For Iran.
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