47 years ago, I stood at a window in Tehran... Today, I am watching smoke rise over the same city — but this time the smoke is not the end of Iran. It is, God willing, the beginning of her resurrection.

x.com ^ | 2/28/2026 | Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD

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Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD  

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Board Certified MD Ophthalmologist & PhD research scientist. Biotech entrepreneur. Medicine/science author & commentator. Dad of 2. Opinions my own

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Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD
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🇮🇷 47 years ago, I stood at a window in Tehran as a 3-year-old boy, smelling burning tires and hearing the chants that would steal my country. I didn’t have words for what was happening. Today, I am watching smoke rise over the same city — but this time the smoke is not the end of Iran. It is, God willing, the beginning of her resurrection.

Several weeks ago I wrote in that the fever of 1979 was finally breaking. I never imagined I would wake up to see that fever confronted so directly. Israel — with the clear support of the United States — has launched a preemptive strike deep into Tehran and against the regime’s military machinery. Explosions in the capital. Military targets hit. The IRGC’s aura of invincibility, already cracked, is shattering in real time.

I do not celebrate war. No decent person does. What I celebrate — what millions of Iranians inside the country and in the diaspora have prayed for in secret for decades — is the possibility that a regime which has no right to exist may finally be forced to go.

This is the same regime that:
- Armed and cheered the October 7 massacre against Israel for no reason other than pure genocidal hatred.
- Murdered tens of thousands of its own sons and daughters who dared to walk peacefully in the streets demanding the most basic freedoms.
- Gouges out the eyes of young women for the “crime” of wearing makeup.
- Hangs teenagers from cranes for posting a tweet.
- Exports terror, poverty, and darkness to every corner it can reach including the U.S.

No nation, no people, should have to live under that. Not Israelis. Not Americans. Not Lebanese. Not Syrians. And certainly not Iranians.

I am a physician who has spent his life trying to heal bodies and a son of Iran who has spent his life mourning a stolen homeland. What we are witnessing is not aggression — it is surgery. Painful, necessary surgery to remove a tumor that has metastasized for 47 years. The tumor is the Islamic Republic that has hijacked Iran.

To the brave pilots and special operators of the Israeli Air Force and the men and women of the United States military now carrying out this mission: I pray for you with everything I have.

May God shield you from harm. May every missile find its target and every soldier return home safely to the families who love them. You are not invaders. You are the answer to the prayers of millions who have whispered “enough” in the dark since 1979. You are giving our friends the chance to breathe free air again. The entire region will owe you a peace we have not known in my lifetime.

To my fellow Iranians watching from inside the country right now, heart pounding, maybe hiding in basements or on rooftops: Hold on. The end is clearer than it has ever been. The regime’s fear is real. Their eyes — those same eyes that once stared down at us with absolute power — now show something they haven’t shown in decades: panic. The math has changed. The window of 1979 is finally closing.

To the little three-year-old boy I once was — and to every little boy and girl in Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, and Tabriz today who hears explosions instead of lullabies: This time the sounds are not the closing of a door. They are the opening of one.

The road ahead will not be easy. Transitions never are. But the direction is unmistakable. A secular, prosperous, free Iran is no longer a dream — it is becoming an inevitability.

I have lived the stolen life so that others might not have to. Today, for the first time in 47 years, I allow myself to believe that the stealing is almost over.

Thank you, Israel. Thank you, America. The Iranian people — the real Iran — will never forget.

The fever is breaking.
The dawn of 2026 is here.
And this time, the light wins.

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[RightOnTheBorder]

A little brief for an opus don’t you think?

[Bigg Red]

Beautiful! Thank you for posting this.

[Nateman]

What is happening to Iran is historic. Never before has an Islamic country had a revolt against Islam itself. The only time Islam has lost territory has been when outside forces have been victorious.  This could be the war that eventually burns down the whole merciless Islamic Colonization Mafia. Are we witnessing the beginning of the end of this cancerous 14 century long plague of ruthless evil ?

[Nateman]

Lost your way from Democrat Underground? How I miss the days when Free Republic use to Zot members like you!

[Eli Kopter]

Why do you think the moderators took down your post about the effects on China? I thought it was a good post.

[dfwgator]

Now it’s up to the people of Iran. We did our job, not it’s up to you.

[tet68]

“It's not Kamaine , it's shake n Bake...an I helped !

[Jumper]

The French provided sancutary during the Shaw’s rule for the spiritual leader of Iran. He came from Paris to Terran.

Coups are nasty business. When imposed by outside forces the inhabitants of said countries suffer, and those creating the situation always have borh a financial motive and a tolerance for the cycle of violence wrought, and do not value lives affected.

You can thump your chest but you should consider no amount of American strength can prevent a determined adversary from doing the same to America as we have, are, and continue to do at the expense of destroying Internation law and order as we see fit.

We have choosen a path which requires America always impose or dictate to the rest of the world kest we become peers harshly repaid when we weaken, and with no legimate defense or claim to protections under International Law that we ignore for expediency by choice, and not due to extenstantial threats.

[Nateman]

America owes payback against Iran . Today they are getting a feast of just desserts. The problem with your argument is that they don’t need any reason to hate us. The Quran makes hate for Infidels automatic. They hate America for merely existing.

[Nachoman]

Sadly, I have no confidence the Iranian people will rise up and take control of their country. I hope I’m wrong.

[Jumper]

I agree we have scorces to settle. I think we have done irreparable damage to the reputation and trust in the USA for most of the world.

[Jumper]

I agree we have scorces to settle. I think we have done irreparable damage to the reputation and trust in the USA for most of the world.

Also, GROCK AI gave a brief two sided approach to the question. Grock AI answered based on publicallt available information.

I like the fact these new AIs assemble the different sides people take. AI is going to destroy the liberal MSM ploy of half truths!

[doc maverick]

Dang, Cletus! Maybe Val Jar was visiting Iran and went boom!