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Who Cares about the Iranian People?


(Times of Israel) Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser - While the peoples under the rule of the Islamic regime in Iran are showing unprecedented courage and resolve in their effort to get rid of their oppressor and gain their freedom, Europe ignores them, continuing to support the reactionary and destabilizing Islamic regime. Reuters' report about the killing of 1,500 demonstrators and the injuring and arrests of thousands also made no impression on the EU. How come the liberal democracies, who pretend to hold the moral high ground, are ready to be complicit in this repression? How come there is no outcry from the noble guardians of human rights about the ongoing slaughter of innocent people trying to have their voices heard and their vote count in free and democratic elections? The writer, former head of the Research Division of IDF Military Intelligence, is Director of the Project on Regional Middle East Developments at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
2020-01-17 00:00:00
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