The height of government insolence: Araqchi called the deadly suppression of the national uprising "the blessings of the resistance"

The height of the government's insolence in Araqchi's speech, which called the deadly suppression of Iran's national uprising "the blessings of the resistance," indicates a mockery of the pain and blood of the people who are still under oath.

In one of the most blatant and insulting displays of the regime's contempt for the Iranian people, Abbas Araghchi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic, today, Monday, February 2, 1404, at a ceremony at the mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, called the deadly suppression of the Iranian national uprising "the blessings of the resistance" against America and Israel; words that reveal the depth of indifference, shamelessness, and contempt for the pain of the grieving families in an unprecedented way.

In this speech, Araqchi claimed that “the peak of the people’s protests on January 8, 9, and 10 was the continuation of the 12-day war,” and then, in a formal and emotionless tone, he mentioned the bloody repression and shelling of the protesters as an example of the “blessings of the resistance.” He added: “We will soon see the blessings of this resistance in the field of foreign policy.”

This claim, without the slightest reference to the deaths and injuries of thousands of protesting citizens, including women and children, during the silent and media-controlled protests, is a complete moral and political distortion. Talking about "blessings" comes at a time when families are still mourning their loved ones, and many of them have not even been allowed to hold fortieth or memorial ceremonies for the victims of the repression.

In this pompous speech, Araghchi also claimed that the Islamic Republic "recognizes the people's right to peaceful protest." This is despite the fact that independent human rights reports and international observers have documented that the protests in Iran in January 1404 were met with the brutal use of firearms, direct shooting, torture, and widespread arrests by security and military forces, and thousands of people were killed and injured, especially on January 8-10, when people gathered in various cities to protest economic and political conditions.

In other words, they openly consider the blood of protesters a “blessing” and injustice an honor. In recent decades, the Islamic Republic has repeatedly used the word “resistance” in a melodious and slogan-like manner to justify its political and military discourses, but this time it has used the same word to distort the bitter reality and mock the realities of life of the Iranian people.

These words reveal the true face of a government that has reached a moral emptiness not only in the realm of repression, but also in the realm of narrative creation; where the pain and victims of a national uprising are turned into propaganda tools to continue to make the logic of the system seem meaningful.

Political and human rights observers believe that this type of literature and approach not only does not hide the realities of the killing of protesters and systematic human rights violations, but also deepens the gap between the government and society. When official government spokespeople define the death and blood of the people under terms such as "resistance," nothing remains but a full-fledged legitimacy crisis.

This approach also shows that the Islamic Republic is not only unable to accept and respond to the legitimate demands of the people, but has even turned its official language and literature into a tool to justify repression and disrespect for the mourners. Only in such a context can we understand why popular protests and movements are not only not stifled, but are becoming deeper, wider, and angrier day by day; because the people are no longer receptive to the distortion, suppression, and mockery of the blood of their loved ones.