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The United Nations Security Council witnessed a visceral moment this week when Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad pointed directly at Tehran’s envoy and declared, “You have tried to kill me three times.” The bravery of a woman who fled persecution and now confronts her tormentors in full view of the world is as stark as it is shameful for a regime that traffics in murder and intimidation.
This emergency session was convened at the request of the United States amid a brutal crackdown inside Iran that has cost thousands of lives and sparked a global outcry. Washington brought the world’s attention to a carnage that the ayatollahs try to hide with internet blackouts and propaganda; the message from dissidents was clear and unambiguous.
Alinejad didn’t speak in abstractions — she recounted how operatives sent by Tehran stood outside her Brooklyn home, and courts abroad have even convicted men linked to a plot to kill her. That reality underlines the transnational reach of Iran’s repression and exposes the false claim that the regime only targets its own citizens.
Alongside Alinejad, former prisoner Ahmad Batebi described brutal torture and a system that crushes dissent with surgical cruelty, underscoring why the world can no longer treat Tehran like a normal diplomatic partner. The United States wisely invited these witnesses to speak because silence equals complicity when a tyrant’s henchmen carry out extrajudicial hit squads and public massacres.
Washington put the international community on notice that “all options are on the table” — language that should chill anyone who bankrolls or enables the theocracy in Tehran. Predictably, U.N. officials urged caution, but appeasement rhetoric only gives time for more bloodshed; strong words must be matched by unambiguous action.
Thankfully, democratic allies are moving toward tougher measures, with fresh sanctions under consideration and pressure building from the G7 and the EU; economic and diplomatic isolation is the least we can do while Iranian bullets fly. If the free world won’t stand up now, history will judge us for abandoning the brave Iranians who risk everything for liberty.
Masih Alinejad’s confrontation was more than a headline; it was a moral indictment of a regime that murders dissidents and abuses its own people. America must stand with those who seek freedom, not with tyrants who murder in our streets and silence the world with fear. The choice is simple for patriots: back the brave or be remembered as the generation that let evil go unchecked.
