“Sam Brownback”: Iran’s Government’s Shelf Life Has Expired

“Sam Brownback” announced in an interview that Iran’s government’s shelf life has expired and we are approaching a boiling point.

Sam Brownback, chairman of the World Summit on Religious Freedom and former U.S. ambassador, said in an interview about religious freedom in the world, particularly in Iran, and regarding freedom of speech, economics, and shaking the foundations of the Islamic Republic’s government: “The energy, diversity, and people who have come from all over the world, along with a number of high-ranking officials from all countries of the world, all show how successfully this movement is progressing.

The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives spoke at our council session, and a former Vice President of the United States will also be present at the council session. This movement is growing in terms of power, energy, and momentum, and eventually we reach a point where people say we no longer accept this situation. Eighty percent of the world’s people have some form of religious belief, and 80 percent of the world’s people live in countries where strict religious restrictions exist. All these restrictions must be removed. In my opinion, a main movement is being formed and we are all witnessing a forward-moving motion.

The situation for the Iranian people is very bad and tragic. Bahai communities, Christians, and almost anyone outside of the dominant clerical mainstream are persecuted and harassed. Sunni Muslims are witnessing the same situation, asking themselves why? A people of such greatness and goodness with a history of such antiquity, yet now you are witnessing people rising up, more and more protests forming in Iran, and this momentum continuing.

In my opinion, the shelf life of the rulers in Iran has expired, and you can see that these rulers are concerned with the rest of the Middle Eastern people but pay no attention to their own people, and their people have run out of patience. All this money they spend on Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, and they do nothing for the Iranian people. In my opinion, we are approaching a boiling point inside Iran.

I think the discussion of religious freedom was previously something superficial and decorative, but now people are understanding the details and have realized that if you want to stop genocide, nine out of ten genocides are directed at religious minorities. You must end all persecution and harassment based on religious belief there, and this will cause the genocide process to stop. If you want to expand your economy, we have a diverse world, and people must be able to have their religion and beliefs so they can find and know themselves, and you must open up space for them.

If you want to have security, people must be able to have security in the realm of worship and belief. In my opinion, people have ultimately come to the conclusion that all these pieces lead to the same path, so let’s fix this one and improve the human rights situation, then we can have economic development and peace and prevent genocide. This is one of the fundamental issues that we must establish properly and have not yet done so for a long time.”