Behind Iran’s Support For The Hamas War On Israel

Bahrami maintained that Iran is not only an enemy to Israel but also its own people: “The fact that the Iranian regime doesn’t believe in democracy, human rights and other core democratic values is also reflected in the regime’s hegemonic policies outside of Iran, in its exportation of the Islamic revolution, in its nuclear ambitions, and in other destructive policies of this regime during the past 41 years. For example, the external policies of the regime have resulted in the worsening of sectarian conflict, war, and terrorism, thus resulting in destruction and in a destabilizing influence in the Middle East region in particular. It has not escaped the international community’s attention that the Iranian regime openly supplies Hamas, Hezbollah and other similar groups in the region with missiles, drones, and training.”

He also thinks that Iran wants to divert public opinion from bigger issues: “Finally, it is important to highlight that the Islamic Republic is not an island of stability but rather it is the main source of instability and terrorism in the Middle East and elsewhere. Therefore, the current war is yet another proxy war of the Iranian regime against Israel through Hamas and other terrorist groups intended to destabilize the region and to divert attention away from their nuclear program and internal conflicts.”

Sirwan Mansouri, a Kurdish journalist based in the Middle East, believes that Hamas, the Islamic Jihad and other Iran-backed terrorist groups which are equipped by Iran`s regime to target Israel, are not so powerful as to be a real threat for Israel territory.  

“Iran’s regime told them to start launching rockets and other kinds of attacks in order to get an advantage and to bring the Palestine issue to the international arena as we saw recent days and shed crocodile tears to garner the world public opinion behind it, in order to put pressure on Israeli allies especially the US, particularly because the negotiations for rejoining the JCPOA is in progress.”

“The Israel-Palestine conflict is neither related to the past year nor the past decade,” Mansouri proclaimed, but “it got worse when the ideological regime of the Mullahs came into power in Iran. The important thing now is how to stop the Iran-backed terrorist groups once time and for all. The snake head is in Tehran and its tail moves from Gaza to Palestine and Syria and in the region, so Israel and its allies should target the snake head to put an end to this vicious circle.”

Mansouri offered a stark conclusion. “I think it is important for western countries especially the US and Europe not to appease this regime anymore, because in that case, there would be another Nazi regime, whose destruction will be quite costly… we have two clear choices, either to watch and wait till this regime obtains the atomic bomb and in that case, it will be the real threat to the world security, or, to bring down this regime by helping people inside the country to demolish this ideological and religious fundamentalist system and to replace it with a democratic and legitimate (alternative) who stands up for peace and democracy in the world.”