Iranian: President Trump is music to our ears. By Siaxares.
Speaking as someone inside Iran who stayed connected through Starlink during the total internet blackout, I want to say this loud and clear:
President Trump’s recent video on Truth Social — showing Iranian protesters writing “President Trump please help” on walls, waving Lion and Sun flags alongside American flags, replaying raw footage of the revolution and saying “I’m with you, I will fight for you and I will win for you” — is music to our ears.
The flames of the Lion and Sun uprising have not died down. They are simply waiting for the right moment to roar again.
It was @realDonaldTrump, alongside @netanyahu and @PahlaviReza, who told us to stay in our homes, stay safe, and wait until help arrives and Operation Epic Fury is complete. That’s exactly what millions of us have been doing.
There is enormous pent-up anger, grief, and anxiety inside Iran right now — but also real hope. All of it is ready to be unleashed the moment the opportunity comes.
The Iranian people are deeply pro-America. We need America’s support to finally envision a free Iran — a nation where values very similar to American ones can flourish once more, just as they did before 1979 and the arrival of this cursed, evil regime. …
We tried to bring this regime down before, but we were mostly unarmed while they were armed to the teeth. Over 40,000 were slaughtered in cold blood, with many more executed, tortured, or thrown in prison. We need help to level the playing field. Then we will rise again—and this time, we will succeed. When we do, we will never forget who stood with us; our debt will be paid in full and more.
Why gun control sucks:
Iranians are more pro-America than many Americans on X, because we have seen American values and said: “Yes, that is what we want too.” That includes the First Amendment — which needs no explanation — and the Second Amendment, which hits especially close to home.
An armed Iranian people could never have been oppressed like this for so long. No one should ever have to surrender their guns, and no one should have to hide like a criminal just for having free internet. I should not be forced to run and conceal myself for simply owning @Starlink
I wonder how true this is? How many Iranians are pro-American? I knew a couple of Iranians, and they certainly were. Iran was conquered by Islam, but how many Persians now want to liberate Iran from Islam?
As for gun control, an armed populace prevents a government from terrorizing its people. Otherwise guns are dangerous, obviously. I’ve come around to the view that the former outweighs the latter — and the Iranian experience only reinforces that view.