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A note by Arash Sadeghi :

“If war were to bring freedom, the Middle East would be the freest place in the world. Now that the people of this land—having faced the killing of their dearest children by the regime in November 2019—stand on the brink of an all-encompassing war, why should we not speak of the calamities of war? An all-encompassing war that could be extensively protracted, with destructive effects lasting for generations.

Since war, by its very nature, can awaken and employ the darkest evils, and as history testifies, the immediate consequence of any war is the loss of countless innocent lives; for this reason, war must be viewed through the lens of human rights. Through our deeply pained historical intuition, we have all realized that the ambition of war has never been able to nourish the ideals of freedom, equality, and human rights. War, in its first step, nullifies the agency of the people. In the absence of “the people” as the greatest vehicle of “politics,” speaking of freedom, equality, and human rights lacks meaning.

This is why we must speak of the miseries of war without hesitation, even though the frantic enthusiasm of some, aided by media tricks, presents a caricatured and less-than-horrifying image of war to a desperate and suffering people.

If war were to bring freedom, the Middle East would be the freest place in the world.

From this point, we must set aside one misunderstanding: Today, our issue is not “pacifism.” The issue is not defending peace as a moral ideal or a dream. The matter is much simpler and yet more fundamental:

We do not want #war.

This statement is neither an ideological manifesto nor a romantic stance! It is a defense of the most obvious human right: the right to not want death.

The right to life is the prerequisite for any political change. Any future that begins from the heart of an imposed death has already lost a part of its humanity.”

#NoToWar #iran #ArashSadeghi

#هم_آوا برای #ایران

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Update: It's now day 41 of #Iran's internet blackout, with the regime's ban on access to global networks continuing past 960 hours.
So this is the so-called “humanitarian intervention” that was promised to you;
an intervention that did nothing to help the Iranian people and has only destroyed Iran.

One of the most important forms of support for the Iranian people is to provide free access to the internet;
a vital tool for communication, information, safety, and making people’s voices heard.

But instead, many were sold the idea that
dropping bombs on people, universities, historical sites, railways, and Iran’s infrastructure
could somehow be called a “humanitarian intervention.”

This is neither help nor humanitarianism.
It is destruction.

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به‌روزرسانی: اکنون چهل‌ویکمین روزِ قطع اینترنت در ایران است و ممنوعیت دسترسی به شبکه‌های جهانی از سوی حکومت از ۹۶۰ ساعت گذشته است.
@netblocks

این همان «مداخله بشردوستانه‌ای» است که به شما وعده داده شد؛
مداخله‌ای که هیچ کمکی به ملت ایران نکرد و تنها به ویرانی ایران انجامید.

یکی از مهم‌ترین کمک‌ها به مردم ایران، فراهم کردن دسترسی آزاد به اینترنت است؛
امکانی برای ارتباط، آگاهی، امنیت و رساندن صدای مردم.

اما به بخش بزرگی از مردم این‌گونه فروختند که
ریختن بمب بر سر مردم، دانشگاه‌ها، بناهای تاریخی، راه‌آهن و زیرساخت‌های ایران،
نامش «مداخله بشردوستانه» است.

این نه کمک است، نه انسان‌دوستی.
این ویرانی است.

Voilà donc la prétendue « intervention humanitaire » qui vous avait été promise ;
une intervention qui n’a apporté aucune aide au peuple iranien et n’a fait que détruire l’Iran.

L’une des aides les plus importantes que l’on puisse apporter au peuple iranien est de lui garantir un accès libre à Internet ;
un accès essentiel pour communiquer, s’informer, se protéger et faire entendre sa voix.

Mais à une grande partie de l’opinion, on a vendu l’idée que
bombarder des civils, des universités, des monuments historiques, le chemin de fer et les infrastructures de l’Iran
relèverait d’une « intervention humanitaire ».

Ce n’est ni une aide, ni un acte humanitaire.
C’est une destruction.
#هم_آوا برای ایران

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هانا نیومن:
در مذاکرات فعلی #ایران #آمریکا، حتی یک مورد هم در مورد مردم #ایران مطرح نیست - واضح است که #اتحادیه_اروپا باید به #اعدام‌ها_را_متوقف_کنید، به #خاموشی_دیجیتال_ایران_پایان_دهید و حق ایرانیان برای تصمیم گیری در مورد نحوه و حکومتشان بپردازد.

@hneumannmep 👏
In current #Iran #USA negotiations, not a single item is about the people of #Iran - it is clear that #EU needs to address #StopExecutions end to #DigitalBlackoutIran and right of Iranians to decide how they want to be governed and by whom

#هم_آوا برای ایران