This phrase was said by the US president to supporters who raised mobile phones with the inscription “Freedom of Iran”.
President Joe Biden on Thursday said to his “we will liberate Iran”supporters after calling attention to the protests that have spread across the country. This is reported by the Associated Press.
“Don't worry, we will liberate Iran,” Biden told supporters during a campaign rally for Democrat Mike Levin. – They will be released soon enough.”
Biden uttered this phrase as supporters in the crowd held up mobile phones with the inscription “Freedom of Iran”.
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The Biden administration has faced criticism from Iranian-American activists, who are calling on the White House to abandon the idea of reviving the Iran nuclear deal amid protests in the country.
The reason for mass protests in Iran was the death of 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, Gina Mahsa. Amini, who was arrested by the so-called morality police because her hair was visible from under her hijab. The woman died in police custody on September 16. After her death, thousands of people demonstrated against the repressive course and the Islamic system of government. Later a 16-year-old Iranian girl, Niki Shakarami, was the victim of Iranian security forces.
Protests quickly spread across Iran and were met with a harsh crackdown by the government, including beatings, arrests, and killings of demonstrators. The United States and other democratic countries condemned the suppression of the protests and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that the riots were organized by “Iran's sworn enemies and their allies” – the United States and Israel.
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Currently in power in Iran is an ultra-conservative group of the political class associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). or Pasdaran. The KIR can be compared to the troops of Stalin's NKVD, reinforced by aviation, tanks and naval forces. Will these protests be the beginning of dramatic changes in the country, or will they lead to the fall of the regime? Read about it in Ihor Semivolos' article “Protests in Iran: what is happening and will the regime fall?“
