Well I’d say there is a difference between opposing war and sanctions against the Iranian people and supporting them internationally, of course. I think any sensible person-even a liberal-opposes these things.
But I certainly don’t support, say, Iran’s full influence in Iraq (most Iraqis-including Shia-hate both Iranian and US meddling-hence why Sadr’s populist message of Iraqi sovereignty is so popular), I support(ed) the Jina Ahmini protests and the Kurdish liberation movement in Iran, support the linguistic + cultural rights of the Balochi, etc etc.
This, of course, is IMO the moral way to go forward alongside acknowledging + insisting that western interference cannot and will not make things better for Iranians of any stripe because it is simply not in the logic of states within the capitalist world-system to interfere here or there purely for the good of humanity.
Well I’d say there is a difference between opposing war and sanctions against the Iranian people and supporting them internationally, of course. I think any sensible person-even a liberal-opposes these things.
But I certainly don’t support, say, Iran’s full influence in Iraq (most Iraqis-including Shia-hate both Iranian and US meddling-hence why Sadr’s populist message of Iraqi sovereignty is so popular), I support(ed) the Jina Ahmini protests and the Kurdish liberation movement in Iran, support the linguistic + cultural rights of the Balochi, etc etc.
This, of course, is IMO the moral way to go forward alongside acknowledging + insisting that western interference cannot and will not make things better for Iranians of any stripe because it is simply not in the logic of states within the capitalist world-system to interfere here or there purely for the good of humanity.