When you fight with Artificial Intelligence, you may win every battle, but you change nothing in reality. You are defeated regardless of how much you pretend to be intelligent, especially as your people witness firsthand the calamities you have caused. This truth applies to Iran, which is trying to deceive its own citizens, as well as some of its supporters in Arab countries, into believing it is victorious in this war.
In reality, Iran is now searching for a way out that could spare the regime’s surviving leaders from total disgrace after the deaths of most top-level and mid-level officials. Unfortunately, fools do not learn from the lessons of others. The Tehran regime failed to learn from the lesson of Gaza.
On October 7, 2023, Hamas leaders celebrated what they called a victory, ignoring the suffering of the people of Gaza and the thousands of innocent victims. In that war, more than 75,000 people in Gaza were killed, hundreds of thousands were injured, and the Gaza Strip was left in complete devastation. Israel regained control of 53 percent of Gaza’s territory, while nearly two million Palestinians were confined to a small area. Israel has also expanded its presence in the West Bank, making life extremely difficult for Palestinians.
Despite this, the surviving leaders of the Palestinian factions continue to promote what they describe as a divine victory. Can such a tragedy be considered a victory? Isn’t it, instead, the fulfillment of Israel’s strategic goals? Lebanon is a stark example, where 1.1 million Lebanese were forced to flee southern Lebanon, the Bekaa Valley, and Beirut due to Hezbollah’s terrorist actions and its support for Iran.
Most of the southern Lebanese villages and cities have been devastated. What kind of divine victory are they claiming? The bitter reality cannot be ignored. It is a tragedy in every sense for Palestinians, Lebanese, and some Arabs who were blinded by the illusions of the Persian peacock and captivated by its colorful plumage.
The Persian peacock failed to realize that the world would not be deceived by its feathers. It has trapped itself in a predicament that is obvious to everyone. Today, Iran is suffering from thousands of dead and wounded, along with widespread destruction of its infrastructure. During this war, we have seen many fake AI-generated videos, some of them almost comical.
The Iranian regime and its proxies are trying to promote fabricated victories through AI, just as Hezbollah did in Lebanon during the last war. It later became clear that Hezbollah leaders died in underground bunkers, along with approximately five thousand fighters in just a few minutes during what was called Operation Beigers.
Despite this, Hezbollah leaders emerged to claim a divine victory, while the reality is that they had allowed Israel to re-enter Lebanon. This also applies to Iran. Since 1979, the regime in Tehran has claimed it is capable of crushing its enemies, while in reality, its stubbornness has brought defeat after defeat upon the Iranian people. Over five decades, a large percentage of Iranians have lived in poverty and suffered isolation from the world.
This is the natural consequence when folly prevails, and a leader squanders a nation’s wealth, no matter how vast. How could a country like Iran, with an area of 1.6 million square kilometers, a population of approximately 95 million, vast natural resources, and a highly educated elite, stay in such a deplorable state and transform itself into an outcast entity? Today, Iran is devastated due to its regime’s recklessness in dealing with critical challenges.
Nevertheless, Iranian leaders attempt to deceive the world by producing fabricated images and footage. Iran’s situation perfectly fits what the poet Abu alTayyib alMutanabbi described when he said, “For every ailment there is a cure… except for folly, which defies all remedies.”
