OCTOBER 31, 2024
VOLUME 63 / ISSUE 3
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Khamenei’s End and Iranian Liberation Nearer Than We Thought? By Anonymous
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The Israel-Hamas war has intensified in the last few weeks. After much blood-filled flirtation, the war has now expanded into one that can potentially involve Lebanon and now Iran. With Israel behind the explosive pager operation in the capital of Lebanon that sent missiles into Lebanese sovereign territory and ground military operations causing civilian casualties, tensions may have potentially reached a point of no return. Israel has undergone an operation to assassinate key top officials in the terrorist organization Hezbollah located in Lebanon. One of the most important leaders who was recently assassinated was Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who had friendly relations and support from Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. For context, the Iranian government funds terrorist organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah. In retaliation, on October 2nd, Iran launched over 180 ballistic missiles headed to Tel Aviv, which were mostly successfully intercepted thanks to collaboration with American intelligence. However, this series of events has made the war much more serious in the Middle Eastern region. During his most recent speech, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu stated, “The vast majority of Iranians know their regime doesn’t care a whit about them. [...] Iran’s tyrants don’t care about your future, but you do. When Iran is finally free, and that moment will come a lot sooner than people think, everything will be different. Our two ancient people, the Jewish people and the Persian people,
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will finally be at peace. Our two countries, Israel and Iran, will be at peace. [...] Iran will thrive as never before: global investment, massive tourism, brilliant technological innovation, the tremendous talents that exists inside Iran... Doesn’t that sound better than endless poverty, oppression, and war? You deserve better. [...] The people of Iran should know—Israel stands with you. May we know a future of prosperity and peace.” (IsraeliPM 0:562:57) This is important because he is indicating a determination to defeat the religious regime, which would pave the way to restore Iran to how it was before religious rule—a modern Persian country that was free and ready to thrive. To many, the thought of Israeli war expansion into Iran is stressful because of the possible destruction, danger and displacement it would
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cause to family members still living there. But at the same time, to an equal many, the idea of an external power wanting to overthrow the religious totalitarian Iranian regime is great news many didn’t think would happen anytime soon or even within their lifetime. It was always known that Iran had few paths to liberation and the freedom it once had. Many scholars and Iranian nationals living abroad hypothesized the religious regime could be toppled by the successes of either a carefully planned coup/revolution. An external power interfering and defeating Khamenei and his religious regime, or poor political organization and state weakness after the Supreme Leader Khamenei has died. But so far, he has become old and sick with not much progress towards being six feet under. With the U.S. possessing suf
ficient military power but showing no intention of intervening, few options remained beyond hoping for Khamenei’s swift departure. Now, Israel (especially at this time) may not have been the expected external power to potentially go to war with Iran. But for many Iranian parents and grandparents living abroad, this piece of news brings a small hope, a hope that they one day may be able to return to the Iran they love and used to call home—an Iran with personal and political freedoms, an Iran free to embrace Pars culture, a cosmopolitan Iran—before the tyranny and terror in the times of the Sha and current religious regime. War is never good, but if Israel has the boldness and power to pull the trigger against the Islamic regime, it might be the only good thing that comes from the war. The Iranian government and military have everything to fear with potentially escalating the already hostile tensions with Israel. With anticipated military responses from Israel and Iran in retaliation for the ballistic missile launches and the assassinations of Hezbollah leaders, they are bound to get bloody. But Iran’s defensive and military technology cannot compete with the power of Israeli military intelligence, and they are not as militarily powerful as Israel. So, my fellow Persian friends, classmates, and Persian food lovers, I would get my passport renewed because something tells me that soon, those of us who call Iran home will be able to go back, leaving fear forever behind the door and in the past.
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