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Massacres against Palestinian civilians in Gaza are still being carried out by Israel. Just minutes ago, another massacre occurred in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood.

I was called a traitor by my own community for asking a single question. I grew up in a Shah supporting family. Upper class Iranians who left after the revolution. I was raised a monarchist. I believed all of it. What turned me wasn't propaganda or the regime. The moment I started asking questions on the issue of foreign policy and wether the Shah should have power. That's all it took. Suddenly I was a traitor, an Islamist, a hezbollaists, a regime supporter. From people I grew up with. That's when I realized this movement isn't about Iran. It's about a fantasy. A version of Iran that only exists in the heads of people who left 45 years ago and never updated their understanding. That's why when you ask them questions you're an Islamist, show them data and it's fake, disagree and you don't care about Iranians. Because their beliefs don't hold up to scrutiny, it's built on lies. Any movement that can't survive a single question isn't a movement. It's a cult. Iranians deserve better than a regime that kills them AND better than a diaspora that would sell them out for a photo op with a flag and a vacation. You can't claim to love Iran while cheering on the people who want to bomb it. You can't claim to speak for Iranians while attacking every Iranian who disagrees with you. And you definitely can't claim to want freedom while demanding everyone falls in line or gets called a traitor.