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Mr. Trump, You Owe the Iranian People (Times of Israel - 2 Feb 2026)
For decades, hundreds of thousands of Iranians have yearned for the end of IRGC rule. Beneath the slogans imposed by the regime and the images projected abroad, there exists a population that is culturally Western-oriented, globally connected, and deeply aware of what life looks like beyond repression. These Iranians want what, in the Western world, is considered normal: personal freedom, economic opportunity, dignity, and the right to shape their own future.
I understand that President Trump’s priority is the United States. That is both natural and expected. In the calculus of international relations, Iran, and often the Iranian people themselves, becomes a variable within a larger variable, embedded within an even greater geopolitical equation. The global chessboard includes Russia, China, energy markets, Israel, Arab states, alliances, deterrence, and domestic political realities. This is how great powers think.
But there is a line that, once crossed, transforms strategy into moral obligation.
That line is crossed when a desperate population is directly addressed and encouraged to escalate its resistance; when people already risking their lives are told to do more, to push harder, because “help is on the way.” Those words are not abstract. They are not symbolic. To those on the streets, they mean one thing: risk everything, we have your back.
At that moment, a serious responsibility is assumed.
Help did not come.
Thousands of Iranian protesters were killed. Many more were imprisoned, tortured, or disappeared. It is almost certain that the death toll was higher precisely because hope was offered, because people believed they were not alone, because they believed that the world’s most powerful nation would not allow them to be crushed once they had stood up.
Mr. Trump, this matters. You owe the Iranian people, deeply.
This is not about partisan politics, nor is it about hindsight perfection. It is about accountability. When words spoken from a position of immense power lead ordinary people to take extraordinary risks, those words carry consequences. Silence afterward is not neutral; it compounds the damage.
I do not pretend to know whether negotiation with the Iranian regime or its defeat through open war is the correct course. Each path carries enormous costs, risks, and uncertainties. History offers no clean solutions. But the minimum required to amend a broken promise is not ambiguity, it is effort. A sustained, credible, and visible commitment to dismantling the machinery of repression and creating the conditions for a democratic Iran is the least that justice demands.
Today, the usual strategic variables remain, but their hierarchy has changed. Yes, there is the regime. Yes, there is Israel. Yes, there are Russia, China, Arab governments, nuclear calculations, and global stability. But there is now another variable that cannot be ignored or relegated to footnotes: the thousands of Iranians who believed in a promise and were slaughtered for it.
They are no longer theoretical. They are a moral constant.
I am not Iranian. I do not claim to speak on behalf of the Iranian people. My only direct connection to this equation is Israel, as I am a Jew. Yet morality does not require citizenship, proximity, or self-interest. It requires honesty. And the honest truth is that a promise was made, expectations were raised, and lives were lost as a result.
It is in the best interest of the United States that its commander-in-chief keeps his word. Power without credibility erodes influence. Leadership without accountability breeds cynicism. Allies watch closely, not only what America does, but whether it stands behind those it encourages to stand up.
As the saying goes, every crisis may conceal a blessing. Perhaps telling Iranians that “help is on the way” was not, in itself, a mistake. Perhaps the real failure lies in allowing that help to stall indefinitely. Perhaps it is still on its way.
History has a way of narrowing options. Sometimes leaders discover, often unintentionally, that their words have already drawn the path ahead. By speaking to the Iranian people as if liberation were imminent, a moral commitment was forged, whether intended or not.
Maybe everything unfolds with purpose. Maybe, without realizing it, the options have been reduced to one unavoidable objective: helping to end the Iranian regime as soon as it is realistically possible.
Doing so would not only restore faith in American promises. It would send a broader message, that leadership requires courage, that instinct matters, and that when the goal is clear, hesitation becomes the true failure.
The path is drawn. The goal is set. Focus. And move forward.
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/mr-trump-you-owe-the-iranian-people/
( Por: Yehudi Sabbagh , 01/02/2026 )
