Tehran – In a precedent that did not witness the history of the modern Tehran, the Israeli aggression led Iran To a rapprochement between the opposition and the authorities and their agreement on the hostility of Tel Aviv, as voices came out of the Evin prison cells and the rooms of the home embargo and Western exiles to announce its loyalty to the homeland despite its historical hostility to the regime.
The comprehensive Israeli attack on Iran, at dawn of June 13, did not eliminate a number of leaders of the first row from the military and did not destroy Nuclear facilities But, it also created an earthquake in the Iranian political scene, with the raising of the most prominent opponents of the regime abroad and its critics inside the slogan “The homeland is in danger” despite their radical differences with it.
After a few hours and days of the attacks, the positions of the most prominent Iranian opponents at home and abroad turned into platforms to defend “mother Iran” by declaring solidarity with the country and the people on the one hand, and condemning the “brutal Israeli attack” on the other hand.
Cunning
In a stinging statement bearing deep symbolic connotations, the Sheikh’s reformist politician condemned Mehdi Karroubi -One of the most prominent faces Green movement Which has been under house arrest since 2009 before the restrictions of it last March- the Israeli attack, describing it as “the heinous crime added by the Zionist entity, the children of the children, to its black record.”
In his statement, Karroubi affirmed that the Israeli aggression “is not just a violation of Iran’s sovereignty, but rather a declaration of war on the entire Islamic nation,” calling for a response from the Islamic Republic, as he called for “national unity” by saying that “the distinction today is a weapon that we offer to our enemies on a plate of gold. Our unity is our only shield.”
As for the icon of the feminist movement in Iran, Zahra Hahrord, the wife of the leader of the Green Movement, the former Prime Minister Mir Hussein MousaviFrom the inside of the domestic embargo imposed on 14 years ago, I launched a resounding cry against the Israeli aggression, describing the attack as stemming from the will of the Israeli Prime Minister. Benjamin NetanyahuWhat is required for war crimes in Gaza, “which violated all international conventions.”
She emphasized that women are the first civilian victims due to the aggression of “Netanyahu, the criminal who is famous for killing women and children all over the world. Gaza To Iran.
These symbols joined political prisoners – currently and formerly – to integrate the critical discourse in the defense of sovereignty and national identity.
Iranian singer, Farzana Khorshid, opposed to the Iranian regime, who lives in Canada, was not satisfied with wearing the national dress, but rather chanted the anthem of the revolution. Islamic that she opposes ..
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Dad condemnation
For his part, the prominent political prisoner Mustafa Taj Zadeh, from his cell in Evin Prison, launched a sharp condemnation of the Israeli aggression supporters of Iran, describing the support of “aggression by a foreign army and under the guidance of a war crime in the Hague Court” as “a act without political or moral justification.”
In his statement, Taj Zadeh called for a “immediate ceasefire” as a maximum priority, warning that “the war in the Middle East is no longer a solution but rather part of the problem,” he stressed that the real victims are defenseless civilians, calling on all political forces to work to prevent the expansion of the war, and to isolate America from supporting Israel.
As for the former political prisoner, lawyer and university professor Mohsen Burhani, he “launched a cry that shook the conscience of the Iranian opposition abroad, according to observers, as he said in a publication that” my heart beats to Iran … and accepted the hands of its defenders, “describing the support of the aggression as” a stigma that does not chase the honorable. “
In turn, Ali Qali Zadeh, a former political prisoner who was exposed to repeated and prevented arrests from studying and employing, wrote words in which he reduced the tragedy of his country, saying, “Despite my criticism of the regime, I stand behind the leaders of the defense of the homeland,” stressing – in his publication – that “my side is Iran.”
Support the homeland
Outside the country, Nasrallah Moeen – the famous Iranian artist residing in Los Angeles – considered “the homeland is the only legacy that is not spent, guided or sold”, and described the suffering of the Iranian land by saying, “Its pain weighs our hearts, and we are awaiting its salvation from this accurate torment.”
His statements were accompanied by a new song about the Israeli war on his country, to be an expression of his adherence to his homeland despite all the circumstances, in which he said, “If Iran is nothing but a house of destruction, then I love this house, because the love of the country goes beyond all destruction,” stressing that his association with his country remains higher than that conflicts are erased.
As for Abdul Karim Srush – the Iranian thinker and philosopher the 1979 revolution that overthrew the Shah’s regime before defected from it and resides in the United States and Britain after his call to separate religion from the state – he attacked the “Israeli aggression against the sovereignty of the Iranian people”, and described the celebration of some of the opposition as “the Israeli enemy” as “the most painful thing.”
He said in a video circulating that “the stranger does not compensate the national,” warning that “relying on the invading forces is a fleeting delusion”, stressing that the national affiliation goes beyond all differences, and concluded by saying, “We condemn these massacres and genocide, and we comfort the people of Iran with its martyrs, and we are proud of everyone who defends the homeland with valor.”
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While very large names in opposing exile took similar steps to stand by the homeland despite their fundamental difference with the Islamic Republic, observers ask whether these positions stem from the Iranian culture opposing all forms of foreign invasion, or about their belief in the ability of the Iranian regime to withstand and defend its sovereignty, even if it is alone?
And after the Iranian president went Masoud BouchakianYesterday, Wednesday, to thank all the segments of the Iranian people, as the political prisoners and critics of the Islamic regime are mentioned for their standing alongside and defending national sovereignty, observers in Tehran ask whether the Israeli aggression will establish national reconciliation, or is these positions just a temporary truce in an ideological war that has not subsided for decades?