“For too long, global leaders have deferred decisive action, clinging to the illusion that diplomacy might tame a regime that has shown only contempt for human rights, international law, and regional stability. Iran is not merely Israel’s problem. It is a global exporter of terror, repression, and chaos. Its reach extends from Tehran to Gaza, from assassinations in European cities to the destabilization of global energy markets.
But perhaps its most brutal war is waged at home against its own people, particularly its women. We must remember the name Mahsa Amini, brutalized and killed for uncovering her hair in public. We must remember the thousands imprisoned, tortured, and executed for daring to demand basic freedoms. Women in Iran endure not just systemic inequality, but state-sanctioned violence and the weaponization of law, morality policing and public beatings, all designed to instill fear and enforce silence.
And still, the world waits…”
