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Iranian people fear being dragged into regime's war
As tensions rise between the Iranian regime and Israel, the Iranian people blame the regime's reliance on and support of its proxies for creating enmity among its neighbors.
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By Emran |
Fears of an escalation of regional tensions are mounting after the Iranian regime has vowed to respond to two killings last month blamed on Israel.
An Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs July 30 killed top Hizbullah commander Fuad Shukr a day before an attack in Tehran blamed on Israel killed Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh.
While the killing of Haniyeh in Tehran was particularly embarrassing for the Iranian regime and prompted criticism of its security and intelligence apparatus, the Iranian people fear being dragged into a wider war.
"We do not want to be victims of others' wars," said Javad, 38, a resident of Isfahan who asked to withhold his last name. "The dispute is between the Iranian government, Hamas and Hizbullah with Israel -- not the Iranian nation."
"The Islamic Republic has no right to drag Iran into a dangerous war. This war, instead of harming the Islamic Republic, will harm the Iranian people more," Javad said.
Iraj, 35, another resident of Isfahan, said that if Iran attacks Israel, there will be a reciprocal response that he fears will plunge his country into a devastating war for which the Iranian people will pay the price.
"The Iranian nation is a peace-loving people," he said. "It is the Islamic Republic that, by supporting its proxy groups, has made many countries enemies of Iran."
Draining the Iranian economy
"Due to the [regime's] destructive policies ... and sending people's money to proxy groups in the region, the tables of the Iranian people are becoming emptier and their stomachs hungrier day after day," Iraj said.
"Our government is leading the country towards destruction, and the main victims of this war will be the people of Iran," he warned.
For years, the Iranian regime avoided direct confrontation with Israel, instead waging war through its proxy groups. However, after Haniyeh's death in Tehran and the humiliation of Iran's security apparatus, the regime is considering ways to save face, said Kamran Shaheen, an Iranian international affairs analyst based in Austria.
"An Iranian attack on Israel will be met with a severe reaction from Israel and its allies. There is a serious concern that the war could spill over into Iranian territory, which would be disastrous for the Iranian people," he said.
The Islamic Republic has invested "billions of dollars" over the years in its proxy groups in the region, including Hizbullah, the Houthis, Hamas and militia groups in Iraq, "but these groups have ultimately failed," he said.
"Proxy groups can no longer fulfill the demands of the Iranian regime," Shaheen said, adding, "Iran's proxy groups are the main cause of unrest and tension in the Middle East."
Look, you haven't seen or heard Iran's power yet. This time, they’ll do something incredible. God wanted it to go this way so that Israel gets uprooted. God willing, you’ll see it for yourself in a few days.
You yourself are afraid of war, the enemy of God, but you call us incompetent. Iran is the lion of the world, and our leader is a brave, knowledgeable and competent jurist who is a Shia following Ali, peace be upon him. We will absolutely obey whatever they say, all of us including workers, businessmen, employees, the rich and the poor, we are honorable Muslim people. No Muslim would accept oppression or humiliation for any of their own or any other Muslim. With the help of God almighty, they are always proud and victorious.
I will never prefer honor to humiliation. If we are truly the nation of Imam Hossein, we should not be afraid of anyone and stand against oppression with our lives.
Right now, we are living, we are fighting from morning to night to survive, not to live, we have not tasted the pleasure of living. Oh, we are busy with war and other misfortunes. May God have mercy, out of his grace for Imam Hossein’s pure blood, on these young men and women who have a thousand dreams 72505
Is there anyone in the world except the Muslims, that is, we Shiites, who thinks and talks so much of fighting and wars? No one will have anything to do with us if we don't put our fingers in the bees' nest; all that the Islamic Republic cares about is Gaza, but our own people are hungry, and no one listens!!
The war should not be dragged into the country. The money and dollars you spend on these issues should be used to organize the people of Iran, dear Dr Pezeshkian and other officials.
In my opinion as a worker that has a hard time feeding my wife and children, if God forbid, there is a war, we poor people with empty pockets will be the first to be hit. Those who have money and savings are well off, but me with not even 100,000 Tomans saving would be hopeless. It is good that our government supports the weak, but please also think about the empty table of people like me in the villages.
God willing, our economic problems will be solved, but Israel should not be allowed to do anything on our soil, and we still haven't retaliated for the killing of Iranian scientists.
I am fighting for those families who were dragged to the ground by blood, who were left homeless in their hometown. I wish I could. God, I will fight until the end of my life, just for the dignity of human beings and humanity. God, God, God, I wish I could go there, just...
Hail to him. What a fair and right and simultaneously wise and reasonable judgment and expert prediction devoid of claims and political bluffs and bullying and demagogic statements.
As long as this regime and other Islamic groups keep breathing, not only the nation of Iran, but also the world will not find themselves in comfort and peace because this school of thought - from the day of its inception until now, regardless of Shia or Sunni- has had nothing but war, looting and violence for humanity and will never have anything except that. The most trivial example of religious practice is veil and hijab, and if those unbelievers had not created electric power, the religious would have been living naked. They had no service to human society.
Defending the oppressed people of Palestine against the aggressions of the Zionists is the duty of every single free person around the world. Now the Islamic Republic of Iran alone bears this heavy burden. It stands alone against the arrogance of the West and the cancerous tumor of Israel. A clear example of this is the loneliness of a lion in front of a large number of bulls or buffaloes.
It's completely correct.
As far as I know, all of these conflicts, according to Nasreddin Hodja, is over nothing at all to fool others. And so it is easy for a host to spend generously, like Hatim al-Tai, when the guests, themselves, are going to pay for all the expenses.
The Gaza war is not more urgent than border (refugee) children. The hell with them all.
Yes, that's correct.
To be fair and honest, it’s skillfully presented as the opposite … this does not come from an ordinary citizen; Mossad officials are involved. Shahin, instead of supporting the honor of Iran and Iranians to pretend he is worried about people’s lives, takes advantage of the naive minds.