DEBATE: This old black rock is cracked by the modern Iranian ‘woman, life, freedom’-revolution

It is wise to stand with human based rights and dignity as values and a mandatory duty and not to submit to the Islamic Republic’s invitations, demands and conducts. This regime is falling down.

PROTESTS: Iranians protest against the regime which governs the Islamic Republic of Iran. 

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In realm of political psychology of negotiation, it is vital to know who sits at the negotiation table and it is critical to know when to leave this table. At national and international level the scales and the consequences are immense for both sides.

While Iranian revolution of ‘woman, life, freedom’ is in process in Iran, after Mahsa-Jina Amini’s demise, it does not seem that all foreign affairs' approaches support or are align with Iranian people’s intentions and in some instances, the tactics are against this revolution, like the temptation of negotiation with the Islamic Republic.

This Regime attacks universities and schools; they arrest experts, students, protesters and even children; they injure, torture, rape and kill detainees; they burn prisoners in prison; they execute captives; they shoot airliner; they explode mosques, and they poison little schoolgirls.

For 44 long years, based on actual experience, they are known for their powerhunger and suppression, incompetence and corruption, irresponsibility and lack of transparency. There is no limit in their brutality, unjust and inhumane behaviors.

They still make crises, inside and outside of their territory borders

For 44 years, they have not shown any signs of change in their demeanors. They still terrorize, kidnap, take hostage and blackmail. They still make crises, inside and outside of their territory borders. The pattern of manners and attitudes is the same. Their worldviews are fixed, rigid and inflexible; old, cold and dark, like a blind black block.

It is the characteristic of the other side of negotiation table and some foreign affairs, not only to want to sit at this table, but also, naively, expect change from the Islamic Republic. Keeping dialogue, with metaphorically, a black stone! how it depicts the assessment of situation and results, the judgment and mind functionality and even mental status of these foreign affairs executives.

It does not definitely portrait bravery; The brave ones are those Iranian women and men who are standing against this regime by sacrificing their lives. In other case, while Iranian women get beaten, prisoned, raped, wounded, poisoned, and killed for raising their voices against the Islamic Republic to gain back their basic human rights of their bodies against compulsory hijab, some foreign affair officials, wear this very hijab in Iran while this hijab is nothing but a symbol of dominance and control over woman's body..

Maybe some of these foreign affairs officers experience this hijab as an exotic, exciting and temporarily opportunity to feel degraded, controlled and dominated like a fantasy foreplay which just lasts for the travel period. It is so sad that this circumstance has been, real daily life, nonvoluntary, exhaustingly permanent, for every woman who does not believe in hijab and how they are treated in the Islamic Republic for 44 years.

This regime gives a very vivid image of its negotiation style by forcing everyone to comply to its demands while the ideological belief belongs to them and not the counterpart. The Islamic Republic coerces its religious principle to every woman who lives in Iran or passes by, regardless of the other person’s belief system.

Despite of the regime’s intimidation, Iranian women who do not believe in this apparatus of control and repression, never gave up, never gave in, and never obeyed during these 44 dark years.

Iranian people are moving toward building a new political and cultural system

The behaviors of some foreign affairs towards Islamic Republic of Iran indicates the lack of correct evaluation, desperation, passivity and probably, absolute indifference to the pain and hardship that Iranian people are suffering and their endeavors to transform the current situation. The condition in Iran has been changed. Iranian people are moving toward building a new political and cultural system.

The achievements on negotiations with the Islamic Republic on human rights issues are disappointing, and as it appears, has no effect. It demonstrates the inefficiency of negotiations with this regime. To get another result, other methods should be exercised.

It seems as some of the practitioners of foreign affairs live in a fantasy world and behave like The sleeping beauty. They want to 'be in touch' with this regime. At the same time, Iranian activists, like Good fairies, are worried and warn them 'not to touch anything'. Otherwise the consequence of such connection can be losing the moral consciousness,

This old black rock is cracked by the modern Iranian ‘woman, life, freedom’- revolution. It is wise to stand with human based rights and dignity as values and a mandatory duty and not to submit to the Islamic Republic’s invitations, demands and conducts. This regime is falling down. 

• More to read: Iranian women are fighting for their rights as European women did

 

Tags: Iran, Menneskerettigheter, Likestilling By Tabassom Fanaian, lecturer and independent researcher
Published Mar. 21, 2023 4:30 AM - Last modified Mar. 23, 2023 12:42 PM
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