Ingveig Tveranger

Iran has been another yet another blackout for more than 100 hours now & People outside #Iran keep asking if we are afraid. Let me tell you the truth from inside iran through my weak unstable connection . During the first blackout in January, when the regime cut the internet during the uprising, that was when our hearts were truly breaking. We were blind. We didn’t know how many of our friends and children had been slaughtered while the world heard nothing. That was the real terror. Now the internet is being cut again as the sky shakes with explosions. But our spirits are different this time. Many of us do not see this as a war. We see it as a rescue mission. The Islamic Regime occupying Iran is not a government. It is a mafia militia in turbans that seized our country and has ruled it through terror, torture, and repression for 47 years. Look at the record. Their missiles have struck country after country across the region, including Iraq, Syria, turkey, and Gulf states such as Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE and Kuwait. In the current conflict alone, Iran has launched hundreds of missiles and drones across multiple countries in the Middle East. In fact, data shows they have fired far more missiles and drones toward neighboring countries than toward Israel itself. This is not a normal state defending itself. This is a regime exporting violence across the region while terrorizing its own people. Yes, war is frightening. The explosions are frightening. But for most of us inside Iran, the only thing truly frightening is the possibility that after all this blood and sacrifice, the Islamic Republic somehow survives. Because we have already seen what happens when it does. #IranWar