Mr. Pahlavi,
The destiny of a nation is not written in the corridors of Washington. The honor of a country is not entrusted to foreign bombers.
You may disagree with the regime. You may oppose it. You may struggle against it. That is your right. But thanking a foreign power for bombing your own country is a stance that cannot be defended before history regardless of political differences.
Every bomb that falls on Iranian soil falls upon Iran’s dignity. It does not strike merely a regime; it strikes national sovereignty.
To legitimize a foreign military attack under the label of “humanitarian intervention” contradicts any claim to independence. Independence is not achieved through external backing, but through the will of the nation. History offers countless examples of this truth.
A would be leader derives legitimacy from his own people not from expressing gratitude to a foreign president. Calling people to the streets while applauding foreign intervention that harms national sovereignty is not simply a political miscalculation; it is a strategic weakness. Because no matter how strongly a people may criticize their government, they instinctively recoil when their homeland becomes the target of foreign firepower.
True legitimacy is not born in the shadow of bombs, but in the conscience of the nation.
If change is to come, it will be brought about by the Iranian people. Not by missiles from abroad, but by the will rising from within.
A nation’s future cannot be built by leaning on the military power of another state. And if it is built that way, it will not be independent.
Honor reveals itself in difficult times. Independence is preserved not through applause, but through steadfastness.
History does not remember those who thank foreign intervention. It remembers those who defend the sovereignty of their nation.