@DavidJHarrisJr As an Iranian, I don’t fear Islam. I know and feel it every day what that religion and ideology has done to my life and my countrymen!
So no I don’t fear it but dislike it because it is mainly about political takeover rather than spirituality.
It is more about death than life.
Erfan Esfandiari is not the only person hanged for helping wounded protesters. Two more have been sentenced to death by the Islamic regime in Iran.
“Iran Human Rights (IHR NGO) reported that Mojtaba Dehbandi, 23, and Kianoush Hamzehei Kazerouni, 27, were handed death sentences by the Shiraz Revolutionary Court on charges of “moharebeh” (enmity against God) for setting fire to public places and burning the Quran, as well as acting against national security by harbouring protesters.
An informed source told Iran Human Rights that Dehbandi worked alongside his brother in the curtain shop business, while Hamzehei worked in the wholesale grocery trade. During the protests, they brought several injured protesters into their workplace to provide medical care.
The source added that security forces identified the two men using footage from shop surveillance cameras and arrested both at their homes eight days later.”
Before attacking a community, politicians need to look at the actual data. Here is the reality of the Iranian American population:
📌 Nearly two-thirds (65%) of Iranian Americans hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
📌 About 35% of the community possesses an advanced degree.
📌 They are recognized as one of the most highly educated ethnic groups in the United States.
📌 The median family income of Iranian Americans is 20 percent higher than the national average.
📌 Iranian Americans contribute substantially to the U.S. economy.
📌 Many individuals of Iranian descent hold senior leadership positions at major U.S. corporations.
Yet, J.D. Vance at the Joe Rogan show looked at a nation of 90 million people, who are fighting bare-handed against the world's biggest terrorist regime, and called US a threat. This is absolutely disgusting.
The Iranian people are not terrorists. We are the ones paying in blood to dismantle the terrorism you are so afraid of. To insult a nation risking everything for freedom shows a pathetic level of ignorance.
And let’s get one thing straight about where mass migration actually comes from. The real wave of refugees happens when politicians bow to the Qatari lobby and prevent a murderous, terrorist regime from collapsing (exactly like what Putin did with Bashar al-Assad). A U.S. President encouraged the Iranian people to take to the streets for regime change, only to throw them under the bus. Now, as our people are being arrested and executed, Washington suddenly claims regime change was never the goal.
Obviously, when you kill all hope for change and betray a captive nation, this massive betrayal creates a wave of despair and forces people to flee. But even in that scenario, the Iranian people are not terrorists; they are the victims of your disastrous appeasement.
What makes this rhetoric even more baffling is the political suicide behind it. Iranian Americans rallied all around the country to show immense respect and support for President Trump. We all witnessed that the biggest rallies all around the U.S. were happening from the Iranian nation. But right before the mid-term elections, J.D. Vance is inexplicably trying to anger and alienate the very supporters of President Trump who stood by him.
The damage is there. No Iranian around me is gonna vote for this anymore. You cannot conflate a highly educated, freedom-loving diaspora and a captive nation fighting for its life with the very terrorists holding them hostage, and still expect their political support.
J.D. Vance, you owe the Iranian American community, and the brave people of Iran, an immediate and public apology.