I watched and cheered during the #IranElection phase on Twitter. The brave young people almost pulled it off. They exposed the stolen election and it looked like they would prevail. Until the foreign techs came in and used technology to hunt them down. Many were imprisoned and a large number were killed.
I admire Persians. Have know a number of them. Here in the Us most of them don't choose to be described as Iranian.
In my opinion:
Totalitarianism in all forms is evil. Progressive Socialist Marxist Fascist Communist Dictator Islamist Bureaucrat. Freedom works.
I assume you are in the US and represent Iran in some fashion here.
The conviction of the Mullahs to destroy Israel at any cost is absolutely sickening. Such hate. It's the reason for their obsession with obtaining Nukes. And Obama & Kerry have done all they can to accomidate that desire.
The division between Shia & Sunni are currently being blurred in Iraq. By stealth with commanders. Not with the will of the people (a foreign concept in Iran).
I think we may be closer than it seems.
I am not Persian or Iranian, but was in Iran before tge Revolution and stay in contact with exile Iranians in the West (they call themselves Persians in front of Americans, but among themselves they always call it Irani.)
My sympathies go to all decent Persians/Iranians, Kurds and Christians. I greatly admire Zoroastrian thought and the ancient culture of Iranic peoples (Persians, Kurds, Armenians)... ideally they all would abandon Islam forced on them by Arab invaders and return to Zoroaster or turn to Christ.
As to current events there... I am very pragmatic and realistic about the conflicts in the region.
I have no illusions about the (recognizable) motives and strategies by all sides involved.
Our real great enemy is Sunni Salafi Islamism sponsored by the Saudis. Whoever fights Sunni Salafi islamist jihadis has some of my sympathy. That includes Assad and Iran.
If it were up to me Assad, the Kurds, the Christians, Iran and Shia Iraq would come to terms (perhaps under Russian auspices) and peacefully create a future for the region.
Erdogan’s Turkey and the Sunni Arabs can either come to terms with this or pound sand.
Unfortunately there are so many (large and petty) interests involved on all sides that sow discord between parties that ought to have more common ground than reason for conflict.