Iran is not Iraq. Iran is not Libya. And treating it as though it were is a profound strategic mistake.
In my new article for @Jerusalem_Post , I examine the increasingly common argument that the fall of the Islamic Republic would inevitably produce another failed Middle Eastern state.
Iraq and Libya were 20th-century constructs. Prior to the 20th century, neither existed as a unified nation-state. Applying the Iraq or Libya framework to Iran is therefore not only historically inaccurate, but a severe strategic mistake.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel famously described Iran as the first historical state in the world. Iran is a society with deep institutional memory, national consciousness, and a shared, deeply rooted understanding of sovereignty.
This matters immensely, because durable political transformation depends on historical continuity, not invention.
Iran has lived political modernity before. It does not need to invent it from scratch, it needs to restore it.
Prince Reza Pahlavi embodies this experienced future, directly connecting Iran’s deep historical experience to a Western-aligned, stable tomorrow. This continuity is not merely theoretical, it is visible today in the national unity expressed inside Iran and across its global diaspora.
Different foundations produce different outcomes. Iran’s future should not be judged through the failures of Iraq and Libya.
Read my full article here.
https://t.co/sQ6uDKrhdN
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این جنگ را جمهوری اسلامی به ایران تحمیل کرده، و مسئولیت آن بر عهده همین رژیم و حامیان آشکار و پنهانش است.
کسانی که سالها در برابر فقر، فساد، تبعیض و ویرانی کشور سکوت کردند یا در آن شریک بودند، امروز نمیتوانند با پناه گرفتن پشت نام «ایران»، کارنامه سیاه خود را سپید کنند.
As it signs a Memorandum of Understanding for “peace”, the Islamic Republic just executed two more protesters from January 8th and 9th.
This is the consequence of making a deal with this criminal regime. To do a deal with a regime that murdered more than 40,000 protestors in two days in January is morally wrong and strategically misguided.
Dealing with this regime will fail and we will all face the consequences. The regime’s 47-year war against the Iranian people continues. Just as it has never made peace with its own citizens, it will never truly make peace with the world.
The international community should back the people of Iran’s fight for freedom. Put them center in any negotiations and in their Iran policy. But let me be clear - with or without international support - this regime will fall. The people of Iran will liberate themselves from tyranny.
VP Vance is right: President Trump did not say he wanted to install Prince Reza Pahlavi and that is a good thing. Iranians can choose their leader, they don’t need a US-installed puppet, and millions of them have called Pahlavi’s name.
The United States should not be in the business of installing leaders in other countries for a variety of reasons, specially because Washington has a poor track record. From Iraq and Afghanistan to Venezuela, US-installed leaders have often been corrupt, incompetent, and unpopular.
That is why any US effort to install the IRGC veteran Bagher Ghalibaf or anyone else as Iran’s new dictator would be reckless and harmful.
What Iranians are asking is not for Washington to choose their leader. They are asking the United States not to enrich their murderers.
من عاشق فوتبالم. افسوس که رژیم، فوتبال را هم به سلاحی علیه مردم ایران تبدیل کرده است.
پرچم ملی شیروخورشید🇮🇷 را در ورزشگاهها و هرجا فوتبالدوستان گرد هم میآیند، برافرازید.
یاد آنانی که باید کنار ما میبودند، زنده نگه داریم.
تیم ملی واقعی ایران، مردم ایراناند.
#جایشان_اینجا_بود
جمهوری اسلامی در حمایت از تروریستهای حزبالله لبنان، درگیری نظامی دیگری را آغاز کرد تا ماهیت ناایرانی و ضدایرانی خود را آشکارتر کند. این رژیم، ملت ایران را به گروگان گرفته و جان و مال ایرانیان را ابزاری برای صدور ترور، جنگ و بیثباتی میبیند.
در این درگیری نیز، همچون همیشه، مسئول هرگونه آسیب به زیرساختهای ایران و جان غیرنظامیان بیگناه در هر دو سو، جمهوری اسلامی است.
ملت ایران، که نخستین و بزرگترین قربانی این رژیم بوده است، بهخوبی میداند که تا زمانی که جمهوری اسلامی بر سر کار باشد، ترور، خشونت و بیثباتی بر ایران، منطقه و جهان سایه خواهد افکند. صلح، امنیت و رونق پایدار تنها با پایان این رژیم امکانپذیر است.
راهحل، مذاکره با سپاه پاسداران و تروریستهای اشغالگر ایران نیست؛ راهحل، ایستادن در کنار ملت ایران و حمایت از مبارزه آن برای پایان دادن به جمهوری اسلامی است.
I joined young leaders at some of Silicon Valley’s major tech companies for the “Tech x Future of Iran” summit at Uber HQ in San Francisco.
Iran’s future after the Islamic Republic is very bright, driven by the capabilities of Iranians at home and abroad.
@Ton_Verwer@mariekehoogwout@NOS Ik word blij dat er ook mensen in Europa wonen die hun ogen niet sluiten op de werkelijkheid en kritisch blijven kijken naar de werkelijkheid. Respect voor u!
Whether or not Europe stands with us, whether or not your journalists do their jobs, whether or not your politicians demonstrate the courage to act, I will fight for my people and my country.
@3lGr13g0@UlysseEllian@VVD Linkse woke propaganda om de enige legitieme oppositieleider minder legitiem te maken. Iraniërs hebben hun leider al gekozen en zullen zelf hun lot in handen nemen, niet een paar terroristenaanhangers in Europa die er niets van bakken!
#KingRezaPahlaviForIran
@NAFOBiHNL@AfshinEllian1@PahlaviReza@UlysseEllian Dat is Westerse propaganda! De sjah was een van de meest vreedzame en machtigste leiders van de 20ste eeuw. Alle politieke gevangenen in de SAVAK zijn op de een of andere manier betrokken bij terroristische activiteiten. Het betreft een 2500 jarige dynastie.
@Nassreddin2002 Het Iraanse volk heeft Kroonprins Reza Pahlavi gekozen als de leider van de revolutie. Het is aan het Iraanse volk om hun lot te bepalen niet aan Woke links en de buitenlandse Islamieten. Iran onder Pahlavi zal geen ATM meer zijn voor terroristische groepen en Europese leiders.
@speelmens Het is aan het Iraanse volk om hun lot te bepalen, niet jij en andere woke Ayatollah lovers! De meerderheid van Iraniërs staat achter Kroonprins Reza Pahlavi en dat is niet te ontkennen. Bemoei niet met een onderwerp waar je niets van bakt…
#KingRezaPahlaviForIran
@wol Schaamteloos! Woke links en woke Nederland probeert de Ayatollah’s te steunen! Kroonprins Reza Pahlavi wordt als de oppositieleider door de meerderheid van de Iraanse volk gesteund en is niet te ontkennen. Ik zie geen goede toekomst voor Nederland helaas
#KingRezaPahlaviForIran