213. The real issue is the evil personified
In Minab, southern Iran, schoolbags and textbooks are being pulled from the debris as the death toll from a missile strike on a girls’ school has risen to 150, with 95 others critically wounded and some not expected to survive.
If you watch the video footage closely, you can hear screams in the background. The eerie silence of parents moving through the debris, followed by their sudden crying, is devastating.
It was the worst mass-casualty event in the US-Israeli-led bombing campaign against Iran so far.
At all other locations where Iran has attacked, structures are destroyed, but the number of casualties is in single digits.
I feel numb as I watch the scene, becoming detached from what is happening around us.
The Iranian supreme leader was evil personified to others, yet to his religion, he was dedicated, and to his followers, he was a deity. Views may differ, but killing him cannot be justified.
A video shows girls throwing their hijabs in the air and dancing on the street after the announcement of the supreme leader’s death, offering a different perspective on the Iranian people. The footage symbolizes bravery and a longing for greater personal freedom, but I am concerned about the potential consequences for those beautiful, happy, and courageous girls involved.
My concern comes from instinct, as I find it hard to believe that Ali Hosseini Khamenei is dead. He might be hiding somewhere, possibly in Russia. Wherever he is, he was evil, and history will remember him as such.
The problem is that we have so many characters ruling countries, and they are evil personified.
Whatever the outcome of this, America’s supremacy must be crushed. It is the main villain. That is possible only if the dollar loses its supremacy in financial markets.
The world is already divided into different blocks, so that makes the job easier.
And the initiative should come from the BRICS countries, which are no longer a group of just five: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates have officially joined the bloc, and many are in the queue.
These countries can diminish the dollar's power within months. Russia and China are two major countries, leaving the rest of the world in a minority if financial transactions are taken into account.
That would also teach Trump a lesson and take the air out of his threat of tariffs.
And why only America and Trump? Why leave out the prime minister of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, who makes bold statements, yet he is the most unreliable person in West Asia?
My analysis suggests that the events in Iran are the result of Salman successfully persuading Trump and Netanyahu to initiate an attack on Iran.
He is too smart to be visible, but his actions show it all. Recall November 2017, when he placed 200 wealthy businessmen under house arrest at The Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, along with some high-ranking officers.
To justify his actions, he said he had launched an anti-corruption campaign, but the real motive was to eliminate those who could challenge him.
In a bold move, he accused Saudi prince and billionaire Al-Waleed bin Talal—who was a major investor in Citi, News Corp, and Twitter—of corruption and money laundering. The allegations also targeted over 40 princes and government ministers, including Prince Mutaib bin Abdullah, head of the Saudi Arabian National Guard; Minister of Economy and Planning Adel Fakeih; and Admiral Abdullah bin Sultan bin Mohammed Al-Sultan, commander of the Royal Saudi Navy. They were beaten and tied to walls in stress positions as part of torture.
The purge facilitated the concentration of political power in bin Salman's control and weakened the previous consensus-based governance among Saudi elites. Now he has become the most modern ruler in West Asia.
One day, time will prove that Mohammed bin Salman is the main culprit behind what is happening in Iran now. History reminds us that evil minds start their dirty work this way.
In October 2018, he eliminated one of his key critics, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who disappeared after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, where he was initially tortured and then murdered.
In 2022, The Economist reported that Mohammed once severely beat his wife, Sara, requiring medical attention. Sara is his first cousin, the daughter of his paternal uncle, and the couple has five children.
Israel possesses its own form of evil. And the list is endless.
Thus, whatever we are watching around us is not the issue facing the world; rather, the real issue is the evils roaming around us.
They are responsible for the world's unrest. Tame them, and the world will be a beautiful place to live.