When Iranian exiles living in the West celebrate the death of the supreme leader, waving the Israeli and American flags and shouting thank you to Netanyahu and Trump, you know that untangling emotion and political wisdom in struggles for justice is as ever a huge task.
The murdered leader oversaw a system of oppression and ruthlessness that claimed the lives of many Iranians in the last year or so. These systems unfortunately still prevail, be they theocratic or secular, in many other parts of the world. Anyone with a modicum of decency in them will show solidarity for those demanding justice and freedoms under these systems.
The current campaign masquerading as a struggle for democracy, economic and social justice is carried out by an American administration and an Israeli government that themselves violate these principles on a daily basis and have openly showed their disrespect and overt hostility to international law and to the principles of sovereignty and the right of self-determination of other peoples in the world.
Donning yourself with an Israeli flag while demonstrating for freedom in Iran is a travesty: this a flag that today represents a genocidal state led by war criminals. Equally, waving the American flag shows identification with an administration that executes violent policies informed by economic greed, Islamophobia, racism and overt imperialism.
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