Orchestrated crowds cannot build strength and threats aimed at neighbors cannot help a country win a war. The crowds we saw in Iran at Khamenei’s funeral are merely a cosmetic attempt to beautify an ugly face of the regime, which will not benefit from displaying false power.
The past few months exposed how weak this regime is. Here, I remember Adolf Hitler, who adopted the Nazi project from the moment he came to power in Germany, relying on an unrealistic vision. The situation is quite similar to what is happening in Iran. It seems that the shared Aryan race between Germans and Persians carries the genes of delusions of grandeur. Both followed the same path, with Hitler allying with the fascists and establishing proxies in several European countries. When Hitler invaded Poland, his plan began to unravel, resulting in the death of about 70 million people and the devastation of the entire European continent. The countries that allied with Hitler ended with the same fate and shared his crushing defeat that culminated in the Führer’s suicide and the hanging of the Italian Il Duce, along with other leaders who pursued genocide.
Racist states, regardless of their form or nature, carry within them the seeds of their own destruction. The world does not accept racial supremacy, which invariably leads to war. Therefore, what transpired during the six years of World War II was sufficient to alter the world’s perception of Germany, which continued to pay compensation until recently for Hitler’s crimes against humanity. The same should apply to Iran for the atrocities committed by its regime against humanity.
According to figures circulating in reliable reports, the victims of repression, in addition to the human losses in the Iran-Iraq War, reached about 1.1 million people as of last year. This number does not include the victims who fell during Iran’s intervention in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria and Yemen, and the terrorist crimes perpetrated by the proxies of Iran around the world.
Hence, it is imperative to hold the Iranian regime accountable for what it inflicted upon the world and its own people. The massive turnout at Ali Khamenei’s funeral, in which the proxies attended, dressed in black and the crying Hezbollah and Houthi delegations, along with leaders of Iraqi factions, do not reflect their love for Khamenei. Rather, they express their feelings about what awaits these figures in the coming months. The upcoming months are likely to see a declared dispute over power, especially given the absence of key figures from the mourning ceremonies. If western reports are accurate regarding the reason behind Mojtaba Khamenei’s absence from the funeral of his father, it clearly indicates that the regime is terrified of the moment the truth is revealed.
Undoubtedly, defeated nations pay the price for the crimes they commit. Thus, countries that suffered from Iranian aggression must demand compensation. One of the signs confirming the weakness of the Iranian regime is its desperate appeal for mass demonstrations to prove its continuous strength. It has become essential to compel the Iranian regime to pay compensation to neighboring countries to prevent it from committing further terrorist crimes, driven by delusions of a false triumph. Hitler indeed committed suicide as an expression of his project’s defeat. However, the fate of the pillars of the Iranian regime will be far more difficult, given public accountability.
Perhaps senior Iranian officials will meet a fate similar to that of Benito Mussolini, who allied himself with the Nazis against his own country and Europe. What the Tehran regime is experiencing today is merely a mirage from which it will soon wake up to face the bitter reality.
