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This is for those in the West whose only concern about the current war with the regime in Iran is the increase in petrol or food prices.
You think this has nothing to do with you.
After all #Iran is thousands of kilometers away.
Physically yes my country is far away from yours but the regime is already in your countries.
For decades, the regime in Iran has not stayed within its own borders.
– It has built influence abroad in your very countries through lobbying, political networks, and aligned voices.
– It has shaped narratives in parts of the media in ways many people don’t recognize.
– It has influenced academia, to the point that your young minds wrongly champion extremism and brutal dictatorships in the name of “anti-imperialism.”
– It has supported groups and activities far beyond Iran’s borders, including in regions much closer to you than you think.
This is not traditional warfare.
Call it influence, call it soft power, call it a “soft war” but it is deliberate and long-term and already playing out in your countries.
You don’t feel it because bombs and rockets aren’t raining down on your cities.
That doesn’t mean there is no war.
And its been working.
Many people in the West see this regime through a lens that doesn't reflect the lived reality of those who have experienced it for 47 years.
Iranians know what this system is.
We know how it behaves, we are familiar with its tricks and how it extends its influence.
You don’t, because you haven’t had to live under it.
So when you reduce all of this to fuel prices or grocery bills, you’re missing what’s actually at stake;
your safety, your future, and how close this will come to your own doorstep, because what feels far away today won’t stay far away forever.
And yes Western governments are part of this story and carry in my opinion a good portion of the blame.
For decades, they have engaged, negotiated, traded, and made deals with this regime in the misguided hope of I don't know creating stability? This was done despite warnings by the people of Iran that you cannot make deals with this regime.
If this regime comes out of this war, still in power, it will become more aggressive, more confident.
More willing to extend its reach.
And when that reality becomes impossible to ignore, it won’t be about petrol or food prices anymore.
It will be about consequences you didn’t think would ever reach you.
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