Post #731961

2026-03-01 15:35 UTC

&quot;I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven’t lived in blood and bone. That doesn’t mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it’s not freedom you’re after.” Sahar Delijani #iran https://evergreenreview.com/read/an-interview-with-sahar-delijani/

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@gimulnautti@mastodon.green 2026-03-01 16:04

@sagilca@mastodon.green Of course, the right wing would cringe at the concept of freedom being real anyway. Their world only accepts a narrative that everyone is out for themselves, and that freedom is a lie told by those seeking only power for themselves. Which they do, every damn day.

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@regendans@todon.eu 2026-03-01 16:38

"PK: We have both been anti-war voices (as well as anti-sanctions) and also voices of pro-Palestinian solidarity for ages now. Can you talk about what that means in this moment? SD: I feel that this is happening now—that the war has come to Iran—because we didn’t fight hard enough for Gaza, for Palestine. We didn’t stand tall enough. We didn’t risk enough. And I include myself in that. I didn’t do enough. I didn’t speak loud enough against the utter injustice that is waged against the Palestinian people. That silence—ours and the world’s—has emboldened Israel to act with total impunity. It struck Lebanon, Yemen, Syria. No one said anything. It actively starves people, kills them as they wait for food, and still the international community says nothing. Never has it been clearer to me now: we the people of the MENA region are completely on our own. And we will not survive this hell unless we unite, unless we truly see and hear one another, unless we fight for each other. Not only against war but against every last trace of fascist dictatorial rule that has brought ruin upon us and our lands. No one will bring us salvation. Only we can." #iran #palestine #gaza #lebanon #yemen #syria

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@xs4me2@mastodon.social 2026-03-01 17:09

@sagilca@mastodon.green True...

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@IDoodle@mastodon.social 2026-03-01 18:03

@sagilca@mastodon.green 💯 ✌🏾

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@bonno@mastodon-belgium.be 2026-03-01 18:12

@sagilca@mastodon.green the ayatollah was as innocent as trump

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@JYeo18@mstdn.social 2026-03-01 19:35

@sagilca@mastodon.green #trumpepsteindiversion

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@jb643@mastodon.social 2026-03-01 19:52

@sagilca@mastodon.green If there was any indication at all that Trump and Netanyahu were in this to help the Iranian people in any way, there could be a meaningful conversation about whether the means were justified or appropriate. But that is not why these men are in this fight.

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@guitarx@metalhead.club 2026-03-02 00:41

@sagilca@mastodon.green rooting for the US and Israel means rooting for a different boot upon your neck.

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@yacc143@mastodon.social 2026-03-02 16:32

@sagilca@mastodon.green Well Trump is not consistent here. He ticked off the box in front "war" to get more support at home. At the same time he is arguing that the same war that is supposed to raise support for #Trumpregime is supposed to weaken support for the Iranian regime. While it might weaken it because of the couple of bombs it will almost certainly push all non strict opposition citizens into a more "patriotic" pro regime mood. America the Big Satan. Self introspection is not a core American value

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