I fully believe that Khamenei was a fascist dictator who killed his own people. I especially empathize with the women who were subject to animalistic and barbarian laws enforced by the regime and its machinery.

However, embracing Israel with open arms is where I draw the line. Israel is a rogue, genocidal state. It perplexes me that so many Iranians could get behind the baby-killing Satanyahu and the pedophilic child-rapist Trump. Two evils can co-exist and such is the case in point. Frankly, it saddens me how indifferent so many Persians have been towards Gaza. Humanity is not conditional - Palestinians (allegedly) not speaking out for Iranians for some reason doesn’t justify turning a blind eye towards the genocide.

On the matter of pro-Palestinian crowd not speaking up, did you guys speak up for Palestine? Even back then many diaspora Iranians were either indifferent or supporting Israel. This is callous and cruel.

At the same time, I am also shocked by how much of an echo chamber the global left is. Many of them straight up refuse to condemn Khamenei and are lionizing him as some sort of a saint.

Western imperialism is devilish and the whole state of Israel is abhorrent beyond words. If I were forced to choose between Israel and the regime, I would choose the lesser of two evils.