If it is perceived in the region that a deal with Iran allows the regime to survive and become more powerful over time, we will have poured gasoline on the conflicts in Lebanon and Iraq.
A deal that is perceived to allow Iran to survive and possess the ability to control the Strait in the future will put Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Shia militias in Iraq on steroids.
What is saddest to me about this is Trump betraying the Iranian people.
Trump told them if they rose up, we’d have their backs. They did, 40,000 were slaughtered by their own government.
Now, Trump folded and they’ll be sent to the torture dungeons and hanging gallows.
I am deeply concerned about what we are hearing about an Iran “deal,” being pushed by some voices in the administration.
President Trump’s decision to strike Iran was the most consequential decision of his second term. He was right to do so, and we achieved extraordinary military results—including destroying all of their missiles & drones and sinking their entire navy.
If the result of all that is to be an Iranian regime—still run by Islamists who chant “death to America”—now receiving billions of dollars, being able to enrich uranium & develop nuclear weapons, and having effective control over the Strait of Hormuz, then that outcome would be a disastrous mistake.
The details are still coming out—and I pray the early reports are wrong—but the fact that Biden’s Rob Malley is praising the deal is not encouraging.
President Trump believes in peace through strength, and his strong leadership has already made America much safer. He should continue to hold the line, defend America & enforce the red lines he has repeatedly drawn.
Regardless of any agreement, the Iranian people will have the last word. They paid the heaviest price and they will ultimately determine their destiny.
As for the US, our reputation is on the line. Biden’s Afghanistan disaster will be a footnote compared to the damage to our national interests from a weak deal with the regime.
The Iranian regime is deeply unpopular with the people of Iran. We must be doing more to help the Opposition rise up and take back their country, like providing communications equipment, money, and weapons.
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@LindseyGrahamSC An Islamist Nazi Doomsday Terrorist Cult will never cease its pursue for terror & world domination.
If president Trump doesn't stay the course and finish the job by eliminating the Islamic Republic, there won't be another chance.
Only way to ensure safety is regime change.
The inflammatory use of language like the “destruction of a civilization” even if mere rhetorical tactic is morally wrong, illegal and counterproductive..The Iranian regime’s sole goal is its own survival. The Iranian people are fighting to keep and revive their civilization.
Alireza was only 11.
A child, not a soldier.
He should have been playing, learning, living, not standing at a checkpoint, not becoming a target.
Using children as soldiers is not just wrong, it is a brutal violation of their most basic rights. No child, anywhere, should ever be sacrificed for belief systems they did not choose.
Amirhossein Hatami is 18.
Arrested during protests.
Held in solitary for 40 days.
No contact with his family.
No access to an independent lawyer.
Now he’s been sentenced to death.
This is not justice. This is a system killing its youth.
Imagine you're an only child who left your country behind. Imagine your parents are old, fragile and alone. Imagine you built a small life abroad, while your whole family stayed back home.
Now imagine there is war in your country and the government shuts down the internet.
No calls.
No messages.
No "I'm safe."
Just silence.
For 633 hours, Iranians abroad have been cut off from their families. 633 hours of not knowing if the people you love are alive. This is not just an internet blackout. This is emotional torture.
Iranians need access to the internet.
#DigitalBlackoutIran
90 million people silenced.
Not because they have nothing to say,
but because they’re not allowed to be heard.
There is NO CONNECTION in Iran, it’s been near 1 month!
#DigitalBlackoutIran
❌Today marks Day 27 of the Islamic Republic’s total internet blackout in Iran.❌
This is not a “technical issue.”
This is a deliberate act of repression a regime cutting off 90 million people from the world to silence, control, and erase their voices.
No internet. No communication. No witnesses.
When a government shuts down the internet, it’s because it has something to hide and people to crush.
27 days of silence is not normal. It’s a crime.
And the world’s silence is complicity.
#DigitalBlackOutIran
For past 27 days internet is completely shut off for all Iranians. But a selected regime backed group granted access via “white SIM cards” just to spread propaganda.
It’s only fair if X shuts down their accounts, or at least labels them as state media or propaganda.
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Bahareh Golchin, a 17-year-old from Mashhad, was arrested on February 14 while handing out flyers for the 40-day memorial of those killed.
More than 40 days have passed, and her family still has no information about her whereabouts or condition. They are deeply worried.
She is legally still a minor a child who has now been separated from her family for over 40 days, with no clarity about her physical or mental state.
Be the voice of detained children.
#DigitalBlackoutIran