I recognize the propaganda the Islamic Republic brought to the UN. Its version of “our people” leaves out protesters, dissidents, and women punished for demanding basic freedoms.
The distinction you draw between Iran, the Iranian people, and the Islamic Republic is essential.
A government can speak internationally in the name of a country without every use of “we” necessarily representing the views or political choices of its entire population. At the same time, Iranian civilians who are killed or harmed by external military action remain victims regardless of their relationship with the government.
That is where the distinction becomes important: defending the Iranian people is not necessarily the same thing as defending the political system that governs them. And recognizing the suffering caused by external attacks does not require erasing the grievances of Iranians who have challenged their own government.
What have you to say about admissions by Trump, and on "israeli" TV, that USA and "israel" both armed Kurdish groups in Iran and well as protest leaders and agitators to engage Iranian security services?
Have you seen the videos of Iranian cops hacked to death?
Husain, yes, yes, and yes to what you say. Well put. Necessary.
The distinction you draw between Iran, the Iranian people, and the Islamic Republic is essential.
A government can speak internationally in the name of a country without every use of “we” necessarily representing the views or political choices of its entire population. At the same time, Iranian civilians who are killed or harmed by external military action remain victims regardless of their relationship with the government.
That is where the distinction becomes important: defending the Iranian people is not necessarily the same thing as defending the political system that governs them. And recognizing the suffering caused by external attacks does not require erasing the grievances of Iranians who have challenged their own government.
Both realities can exist at the same time.
What have you to say about admissions by Trump, and on "israeli" TV, that USA and "israel" both armed Kurdish groups in Iran and well as protest leaders and agitators to engage Iranian security services?
Have you seen the videos of Iranian cops hacked to death?