Ramin HonaryAnonymous Iranian person comments on the war <p>Social media influencer Cyrus Janssen <a href="https://twitter.com/thecyrusjanssen/status/1936939653879439617" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">shared a comment on Twitter</a> he received on his YouTube channel from an anonymous Iranian person which was probably pretty representative of what most Iranians are feeling right now (copy-pasted below).</p><p>It is clear to me that Iranians <strong>want regime change to come from within,</strong> not because it is forced by some foreign empire, and especially not to give more control of their natural resources to the foreign empire.</p><p>I should also say, as an American, I too want to see regime change in the US, and to see the un-elected institutions of our country abolished, and I too want it to happen from within. Solidarity with Iran.</p><p>(Begin quote)</p> <blockquote><p>As an Iranian, I can tell you the situation is no longer just political – it’s existential. We are trapped between two collapsing structures: one internal, one external. On one hand, we face a deeply dysfunctional government, led by the Supreme Leader and the Islamic Republic’s unelected institutions.</p><p>Decades of economic mismanagement, suppression of dissent, and brutal ideological control have alienated multiple generations. No one believes in reform anymore – because every attempt has either been co-opted or crushed.</p><p>But here’s the paradox: We are also terrified of regime collapse – because we’ve watched the aftermath of Western intervention in countries like Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Afghanistan.</p><p>Each was promised freedom; each descended into chaos, civil war, or foreign occupation. So no, we don’t trust the U.S. or Israel. Not because we support our regime – but because we know how imperial powers treat ‘liberated’ nations in the Middle East.</p><p>Freedom, in their language, often means vacuum, fire, and permanent instability. Right now, many Iranians live with three truths at once: The Islamic Republic is morally and politically bankrupt. The alternatives offered by foreign actors are not liberation—they’re collapse. A bad government is survivable. No government is not. We are not silent because we agree.</p><p>We are cautious because we’ve learned – too well – what happens when superpowers decide to “help.” In a sentence: Iran is a nation held hostage by its own regime, but haunted by the fate of its neighbors. We are stuck in a house we hate, surrounded by fires we fear more.</p></blockquote><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/war" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#war</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/iran" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Iran</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/israel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/iranisrael" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IranIsrael</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/usisrael" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USIsrael</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/ww3" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WW3</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/worldwar3" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldWar3</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/regimechange" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RegimeChange</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/trump" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/netanyahu" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Netanyahu</a></p>