Mosab Hassan Yousef
@MosabHasanYOSEF
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Pahlavists keep peddling this fairy tale to the West: “Most Iranians want the Shah back!” Total lie.
Reality? You’ve got the IRGC, Basij—one million armed fanatics—regime loyalists, families of protesters craving revenge, Khamenei diehards ready to settle scores. Add Kurds, Baloch, Azeris, Arabs—all eyeing independence or autonomy—and the street’s already boiling.
Trump’s out here saying “keep hitting until peace,” like the Iranian people will just storm buildings, take over, and boom, regime change. That’s not a plan. That’s a recipe for disaster.
He’s throwing the burden on a public that’s not one, not unified—deeply divided, armed with blood feuds that can’t be reconciled. Some want revenge, some want power, some want guns, some want out. No leadership. No glue.
Topple the regime? You create a vacuum. And when that beast’s out of the bottle, it’s civil war—most certainly. A country of 90 million drowning in darkness. The future of Iran would be a lot worse than Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, and the entire Middle East will keep bleeding. The regime killing tens of thousands of Iranians wasn’t a good sign—it was a serious warning. That was the moment I changed my view on the situation.
My take: Ayatollah got punished for funding Hezbollah, Hamas, proxies, missiles on civilians. Let his successor learn the lesson.
Dismantle nuclear, ballistic missiles, navy—grind them to zero. But stay out of regime change. Sanctions after, until they agree to real, transparent democracy. Then lift.
Anything else? You’re just serving the devil.
History’s clear: no one wins when you bomb a country into “freedom.” Just ask Iraq. Just ask Libya. Don’t repeat it.
