From westernjournalism.com
As pro-Hamas, anti-Israel protesters run roughshod over college campuses from New York to Los Angeles, don’t think that America’s enemies aren’t paying attention.
One in particular seems especially enamored with America’s ill-behaved, oft anti-Semitic well-heeled college youth: Iran.
For the second time in less than a week, a prominent academic at a university in the theocratic state is going viral with a report from the Middle East Media Research Institute alleging he went on state TV and called the campus demonstrators “our people.”
Foad Izadi, a professor at Tehran University, reportedly made the comments April 26 on Iran’s Ofogh TV, saying this should just be the start of a sustained attack against America using “Hezbollah-style groups” in the United States to turn it into a version of war-torn Lebanon.
“Sooner or later, this kind of support for the Zionist regime by the American regime will diminish,” Izadi said, according to MEMRI.
“It might not stop completely, but its diminishing is important. This is why the demonstrations [in U.S. campuses] are important,” he said. “What we in the Islamic Republic should do is …We are watching the demonstrations and we like what we see, but it should not end with this.”
The professor went on to claim that “if not for the Islamic Republic [of Iran], the case of the Palestinian idea would have been closed years ago.”
“The idea of resistance belongs to Iran, but on the operational level, when it comes to recruiting connections and building networks, the [Iranian] state has not been involved in sufficient level,” Izadi said, according to the report.
“These [American students] are our people. If tensions between America and Iran rise tomorrow or the day after, these are the peoples who will have to take to the streets to support Iran,” he continued.
And, as for the future, Izadi saw something resembling the strife Iran had sewn in Lebanon through the state-sponsored terror group Hezbollah, also a not-infrequent attacker of Israel.
“Personally, I think that the potential to repeat in the U.S. what Iran did in Lebanon is much higher,” he said.
“Our Hezbollah-style groups in America are much larger than what we have in Lebanon. America is the Great Satan and our enemy, but we have hope in these areas.”
On Wednesday, Iran’s state-run English outlet, PressTV, reported that Shiraz University head Mohammad Moazzeni “expressed readiness to grant scholarships to the students expelled for pro-Palestine demonstrations in the United States and Europe.”
“He said what is taking place in Gaza reveals the nature of Western civilization and the truthfulness of the message of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, one of the great causes of which was supporting Palestine,” PressTV reported.
“They exert a lot of violence in order to contain this raging movement and have even threatened to expel the students from universities and hinder their employment in the future, and such autocratic methods show the decline of global arrogance,” Moazzeni said of the “harsh treatment” students were facing — a rather rich comparison considering Iran’s history of violent crackdowns on any student protests against the regime.
Of course, there is a bit of a cultural disconnect here, as one commenter noted:
Whether both sides really are as gullible as to believe the other represents their interests, or whether both are cynical enough to use the other to get what they want — or some combination of both — is anybody’s guess.
I highly doubt our purple-haired “xhe/xir” pronouns-in-bio types will be attending Shiraz University or taking up residence in Rafah to find out, nor do I think either side is serious about inviting these agitators onto their soil and into their institutions.
However, if they are sincere, by all means, let’s have a summit between the spoilt Columbia protesters, the queers and drag queens for Hamas, and the Iranian clerisy and academic elite.
The Iranians would learn the exact nature of those “Hezbollah-style groups” on college campuses, the student protesters would learn that they’re being used by America’s enemies, or — fingers crossed — both.
Until then, however, this should serve as a wake-up call to all the soi-disant revolutionaries who believe they’re anything more than pawns in a brutal Middle Eastern power struggle, and they’re being played by the side of evil. source
“It’s rather hard to picture the demon/man all tucked in for the night, isn’t it? I wonder if his horns ever get caught up in the covers….” Hahaha!!! Oh dear!
I rather thought that Islamic countries, especially Iran, would be taking careful note of all this, so it is jolly interesting to hear some of their thoughts. These people simply have no real idea of who or what they are actually playing with…
It IS jolly interesting! I love you, Tiffy!!!
There is a small cafe/ grocery store not far from me, owned by a couple whose parents came to the US to escape when the Shah was deposed. They refuse to be called Iranian- they are proud Persians. They represent a large number of Persians who despise the regime there, and want their country back. These are intelligent, reasonable, likable people, who were friendly and accepting of Jewish people. For centuries, even at the time of Esther, Jews lived with, traded with Persia. The hostile takeover in 1979 changed all of that. The Persians prior to 1979 were very western, & liked Americans. The women were often fashionably dressed, not covered in depressing black shrouds. They long for the old days. I think many still do in Iran. It is a horrible, repressive regime. I pray for the decent people ruled by the insane, satanic despots around the globe.
If the Iranian academia want to give these pro- Hamas types scholarships- I say yes! They can pay for a one way ticket for them straight to Iran!
Bank in the 80’s, I was going to a Baptist church that I really loved. A woman name ‘Sudi’ started to attend. We became great friends. She was Persian. She got saved and baptized at our church! She loved the Jewish people! We always joked that I was the token Jew at church, and she was the token Persian!! We lost touch and I cannot find her!! 🙁 🙁
Isn’t it comforting to know you will see her again- soon!
What joy awaits us all. My only concern are those that miss the boat.
Yes…….I agree with all you said 🙂