Tomorrow Belongs to US
At this moment, as a new chapter is unfolding in Iran’s history, it is fitting to pause and reflect on the past century.
For 57 years, Iran endured a monarchical dictatorship under Reza Shah and his son, both of whom were installed and sustained in power by Britain and the United States. Nevertheless, the latter, once described as an “island of stability” and designated as the regional gendarme, which wielded a vast apparatus of repression: 600,000 armed forces and the notorious secret policy, SAVAK, was overthrown with the Iranian people’s uprisings. The Shah, like Bashar al-Assad fled.
The Shah’s regime eliminated or imprisoned all genuine democratic leaders and officially declared that there could be only one political party—the Shah’s party. Yet, he left Khomeini and the clerical establishment intact. As a result, they seized power and in effect usurped the Iranian people’s revolution.
Now, after decades of immense suffering endured by the Iranian people—marked by executions, massacres, and even acts of genocide—remnants of the Shah’s regime have seized the opportunity, believing that, as the religious dictatorship nears its end, the mantle of tyranny can be passed back to the monarchy. This is precisely why the Shah’s son is desperately seeking out the regime’s Revolutionary Guards.
In this era, we are confronted with a historical paradox: from the Shah to Sheikh, and now, from the Sheikh back to the Shah.
But the reality is that the march of time does not allow a return to the past. No one goes back to yesterday. That is why tomorrow belongs to us, and we belong to tomorrow.
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