In Iran, Israel’s attack has shattered any trust in the west – even for those with no love of the state | Hossein Hamdieh

A The ceasefire has stopped, which has become the familiar sounds of explosions on Tehran. It was born in 1988, a year before the end of the Iraqi war. For my generation, the war was something that belongs to the past – an impossible event, until this summer.

For 12 days, we used to live in the capital in light of the ongoing Israeli attacks, and what we saw had changed for good: the dead neighbors, the buildings accusations and anxiety-endless anxiety and deep-on the faces of people.

There is a comfort in talking about the “Iranian people” as if we were one unified bloc. But like most societies, Iranians carry different views. When the fighting erupted for the first time, there were happy people with a foreign power seeing the great copper of the Islamic Guard, which he did not like on a large scale (IRGC), at least in the beginning. But others – although the dissidents themselves – resented the idea of ​​foreign invasion. Some militants saw that this war is a Christian task that is transferred to the bitter end; Others were anesthetic to what was happening.

But with news full of civilian losses, the attacks began more cruel and less targeted, and the various social factions began in the union about the idea WatanWatan. Patriotism has gained a new currency, and patriotism was on most lips. Solidarity scenes – whether it is still a list that must be seen – many: the owners abolish the rent in the light of the crisis; People outside Tehran host those who flee from the capital; No rush to grocery stores, no chaos, no panic.

In my opinion, the way European countries responded to the attack of Israel is a major role in this shift. E3, along with other silent countries throughout the continent, Backed Israeli strikes, using all the usual justifications, from Iran Nuclear program for him Support terrorismWhile the American president drew a pink picture of the supposed greatness of Iran “today after” On the social truth. But those in the Middle East know the best. Pictures of fresh destruction appear in Gaza daily, and we remember chaos in Libya, the civil war in Syria, two decades of occupation in Iraq and the renewal of the Taliban in Afghanistan. There was no promise in these conflicts – no seeds of democracy.

Certainly, the naked reality of the Israeli aggression will record the same forces that condemned the right of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – so that another war does not crush the region again. Certainly, these attacks – brutal, unjustified, deliberate – should have been met with a flood of condemnation and anger when ignoring the United Nations Charter. But no one came.

Silence was deaf to prayer. Remembering that Iranian life is clearly carrying a lower value than those in others. For many of us, this was the main fast food of the support that Western countries extended to Israel. The war was on Iran, but it was justified through the same old playing book: racism. Indifference and the failure of those who have the ability to intervene; The negative tone of the media when referring to non -white losses; The usual ignorance of their suffering; Blase’s position towards land attacks outside the western orbit – with the German advisor even Saying: “This is a dirty act that Israel does for all of us.”

Many Iranians are angry at this injustice – to the extent that the idea of ​​building a nuclear weapon is once confined to the radical margin of politics, now gaining traction among ordinary people. As a user said X: “No one seems concerned about the human rights situation in North Korea,” which means that nuclear warheads remain a reliable deterrent against aggression.

It will be stupid to trust in Israel about the ceasefire. The country has a busy record in violating agreements with impunity. This means that the Saif of Damoclian is still commenting on Tehran, even when the sound of explosions fade. From afar, this city, which number more than 10 million, may seem to have returned to its usual hustle. But uncertainty is still suspended in the air, and what makes it worse is the absence of any reliable broker capable of ending the war. For many here, the implicit participation in the West, explicit or active in the conflict requires it from any role as a goodwill negotiation.

In terms of standing, again, feelings of lack of confidence towards Europe It is bed in. Building and infrastructure repair will be rebuilt. But what might be damaged beyond reform – perhaps unorganized – is the moral fabric on which Europe stands to preach to others. Double standards. Hypocrisy. Injustice of everything. Empire – which is still clear and healthy – is now a long shadow about how Europe realizes. Not only for the Iranians, as I think, but for many people all over the world south.

These are difficult times to live in. Whether the Islamic Republic has survived from this moment, a deal cools, or continues on its current way of revenge, I do not know. But what is certain is that whoever rules Iran in the future will not forget what happened here.

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