Your advocacy is admirable, and I’ve been following your work for a long time. Even more closely since October 7th. As an Israeli, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support at a time when we need it most.
Many Israelis, across the political spectrum, feel a deep solidarity with the Iranian people. We’ve often said we would endure missiles and shelters if it meant seeing Iranians free. And now we do.
There is a growing concern that neither Trump nor Netanyahu views the Iranian people as a priority in the same way we do. Are you afraid that, for them, the Iranian people are merely a geopolitical pawn? If they were to abandon the cause of the Iranian people once their own strategic goals are met, what happens then? Do the people of Iran still have a path to victory against the regime on their own?
Even if the Islamic regime were toppled that would still leave a sizeable percentage of Shia Muslim population in Iran, a hardcore influential zealot part of which although unarmed, still expressing a desire for a theocracy. How would a post regime democratic Iran cope with such people?
Reza Pahlavi commonly gets mentioned as a potential future leader of Iran if the regime were to collapse. Are there any other figures you have in mind who could be a suitable and realistic candidate to lead if not him?
Do you think Iran is ready for democratic elections and what sort of government do you think will be formed if Iranians are able to free themselves from the tyranny of the Islamist regime?
Stalin and Mao sought to erase the rich cultural and historical identity of the people in the nations they controlled. Does the average Iranian citizen have a strong sense of their "Persian" identity or has it been erased by the modern Islamic identity?
Even if Trump is "successful" in the regime change, whatever form that takes - will the IRGC ever actually go away? or will it just hide like the IRA and hamas and keep on with random attacks hoping to get back in power ?
Is President Trump arming the protesters? Otherwise, how exactly are they supposed to not get mowed down in the streets by IRGC and Basij members when the 'taking of the capital' is eventually commanded?
Do the Mullahs, and the IRGC and Basij commanders, genuinely believe the shahadat and clerical ideology they preach and brutally enforce, or are they just another kleptocratic elite protecting their massive wealth, their power, their hypocritical lifestyles, and ultimately their lives? Because that determines whether this regime can be negotiated with or only broken.
Firstly, I applaud your work and dedication to the Iranian people’s cause. I hope my wife and I can visit your place of heritage one day and experience a restored Persian culture.
Your parents had to watch their country be undone by the Islamic Regime. Similarly you, Francis and Konstantin have been seeing your own country be slowly turned inside out by similar people. Does the British in you have the same sense of protection for the UK like you have for your Persian heritage, and if yes, what would you say to the British people in order to prevent what could happen to them like what happened in Iran 47 years ago?
What are the factions of Iranian society that you think are most prepared to take on the Islamic republic after the US and Israeli operations end, and do you fear the end result of this could be a prolonged Civil War like Syria?
Israel and Lebanon aside, when the accelerated societal-westernisation occurred in Iran from the mid-60's through to 1979, as astonishing footage of that period reveals, and in the context of Iran being surrounded (as it continues to be) by relatively conservative societies.
Do you have any sympathies for the elderly and bewildered masses for whom the profound changes must have seemed Sodom and Gomorrah like?
Anti semitism has been on the rise in the UK. What are your thoughts on West Midlands Police and the Maccabi Tel Aviv football match where Israeli fans were banned from attending and the following scandal?
In the West, the focus of Iranian female suffering is often on the burqa or the niqab, but what does life for an Iranian woman actually look like beyond that, that we fail to understand?
Like jews and israelis, the Iranian people recognize the inversion of logic on the streets across europe, canada, australia, the US,. They are one of the very few groups in the world to really experience and understand the sense of abandonment at the progressive liberal alter. Do you think a free Iran aliance with Israel can have any impact on changing the global green red narrative or is it too late?
Your advocacy is admirable, and I’ve been following your work for a long time. Even more closely since October 7th. As an Israeli, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support at a time when we need it most.
Many Israelis, across the political spectrum, feel a deep solidarity with the Iranian people. We’ve often said we would endure missiles and shelters if it meant seeing Iranians free. And now we do.
There is a growing concern that neither Trump nor Netanyahu views the Iranian people as a priority in the same way we do. Are you afraid that, for them, the Iranian people are merely a geopolitical pawn? If they were to abandon the cause of the Iranian people once their own strategic goals are met, what happens then? Do the people of Iran still have a path to victory against the regime on their own?
Even if the Islamic regime were toppled that would still leave a sizeable percentage of Shia Muslim population in Iran, a hardcore influential zealot part of which although unarmed, still expressing a desire for a theocracy. How would a post regime democratic Iran cope with such people?
Reza Pahlavi commonly gets mentioned as a potential future leader of Iran if the regime were to collapse. Are there any other figures you have in mind who could be a suitable and realistic candidate to lead if not him?
Do you think Iran is ready for democratic elections and what sort of government do you think will be formed if Iranians are able to free themselves from the tyranny of the Islamist regime?
Stalin and Mao sought to erase the rich cultural and historical identity of the people in the nations they controlled. Does the average Iranian citizen have a strong sense of their "Persian" identity or has it been erased by the modern Islamic identity?
Even if Trump is "successful" in the regime change, whatever form that takes - will the IRGC ever actually go away? or will it just hide like the IRA and hamas and keep on with random attacks hoping to get back in power ?
Is President Trump arming the protesters? Otherwise, how exactly are they supposed to not get mowed down in the streets by IRGC and Basij members when the 'taking of the capital' is eventually commanded?
Do the Mullahs, and the IRGC and Basij commanders, genuinely believe the shahadat and clerical ideology they preach and brutally enforce, or are they just another kleptocratic elite protecting their massive wealth, their power, their hypocritical lifestyles, and ultimately their lives? Because that determines whether this regime can be negotiated with or only broken.
Hello Elica,
Firstly, I applaud your work and dedication to the Iranian people’s cause. I hope my wife and I can visit your place of heritage one day and experience a restored Persian culture.
Your parents had to watch their country be undone by the Islamic Regime. Similarly you, Francis and Konstantin have been seeing your own country be slowly turned inside out by similar people. Does the British in you have the same sense of protection for the UK like you have for your Persian heritage, and if yes, what would you say to the British people in order to prevent what could happen to them like what happened in Iran 47 years ago?
What are the factions of Iranian society that you think are most prepared to take on the Islamic republic after the US and Israeli operations end, and do you fear the end result of this could be a prolonged Civil War like Syria?
What are her thoughts on the 1953 Iranian coup d'état being a key rationale for Iranian hostility towards the US?
Israel and Lebanon aside, when the accelerated societal-westernisation occurred in Iran from the mid-60's through to 1979, as astonishing footage of that period reveals, and in the context of Iran being surrounded (as it continues to be) by relatively conservative societies.
Do you have any sympathies for the elderly and bewildered masses for whom the profound changes must have seemed Sodom and Gomorrah like?
Anti semitism has been on the rise in the UK. What are your thoughts on West Midlands Police and the Maccabi Tel Aviv football match where Israeli fans were banned from attending and the following scandal?
In the West, the focus of Iranian female suffering is often on the burqa or the niqab, but what does life for an Iranian woman actually look like beyond that, that we fail to understand?
Like jews and israelis, the Iranian people recognize the inversion of logic on the streets across europe, canada, australia, the US,. They are one of the very few groups in the world to really experience and understand the sense of abandonment at the progressive liberal alter. Do you think a free Iran aliance with Israel can have any impact on changing the global green red narrative or is it too late?
How present is Zoroastrian culture in modern Iran. Does it have a capacity to overtake Shia Islam as a new religion and philosophy