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| Iran is burning |
That sentiment captures how I am watching events unfold in
Iran: with hope, prayer, and deep trepidation.
Iran is experiencing its largest uprising since the 1979
Islamic Revolution—the revolution that brought radical Islamists to power and
imposed a brutal theocratic regime that still rules with a deadly iron fist.
Dissent is not tolerated. Violations of Sharia law can carry the death penalty,
as tragically demonstrated when a couple of years ago a woman was executed for refusing to wear a
hijab.
For 46 years, Iranians have lived under a government
supported by the devout and feared by every other Iranian yearning to be free.
Brave protesters have risen before, only to be crushed—often executed. That is
how the regime has survived.
Iran’s tyranny has not been confined to its own borders. Its
openly declared goal is the establishment of an Islamic caliphate, beginning
with the destruction of Israel. It labels the United States the ‘Great Satan’
for defending the ‘Littler Satan’. Israel. And they have relentlessly pursued
nuclear weapons to that end.
After years of sanctions, in 2015 the Obama administration
bet on a deal that would remove sanctions in exchange for delaying nuclear
development for 10 years. A deal that allowed Iran to continue funding and
arming terror proxies like Hamas, Hezbollah, and militias in Yemen, Syria, and
Iraq. All aimed at Israel. Naively assuming the regime would mellow in the
interim. That illusion ended when the
new US administration scrapped the deal and harsh sanctions were reinstated.
That uneasy status quo collapsed on October 7, 2023, when
Hamas invaded Israel, brutally massacred over1,200 innocent civilians, and
abducted over 250 more.
That day changed everything...
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