Iranian Perspective on Hezbollah and Lebanon
Zusammenfassung
In r/Lebanon, an Iranian contributor shares personal experiences of state repression and explains how the Iranian regime views Hezbollah as part of its ideological project. The post also describes Iran’s economic hardship, protests, and violent crackdowns, offering context for discussion about the region and Lebanon’s complex history.
Hezb Thoughts From Iranian
Hi. I apologize if outsiders are not wanted here, but I just wanted to share. First, I want to say that I’m deeply sorry for what your beautiful culture and people are going through. I live in the U.S. now, but most of my family is still in Iran, so the fear and uncertainty in Iran and the wider region has been hell. I also want to be clear abt my full respect of Lebanon and humility of my lack of knowledge on your complex history.
But what I do understand very well is the ideology and system that created Hezbollah. The Iranian regime sees Hezbollah as a part of their ideological project that they want to export to the world. They would tell us that patriotism itself is the enemy of Islam.
Khomeini repeatedly said we don’t need patriots, only Islam bc patriotism is the enemy of Islam. Persian history and civilization were mocked.
At like 5 yrs old in school, I’d have to chant “death to America” and “death to Israel”. I saw public hangings and also feared death everyday in school in case I was found out to be a religious minority that was particularly hated by the regime. The clerics incessantly invoked shahids lost during Iran-Iraq war (the war that actually allowed them to consolidate power) and foreign enemies to bully, harass, and force you into submission. They’d brand people zionists for anything, even if idk it was just someone who thought something they were doing was not moral or even truly Islamic. And if you really pissed them off, you were an Israeli spy and you were cooked.
Iran is a country with huge resources and a highly educated population, but after decades of funneling $ to proxy groups across the region & other nonsense, our currency became worthless & millions of Iranians protested. The regime shut off the internet and killed tens of thousands of people in the streets, imprisoned thousands more get hanged later, charged parents $ to get their kids bullet ridden corpses back. They even sent foreign militias in to kill too. And I barely even covered all the fucking evil shit they did in...
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