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The tsunamis of February 11 in Iran and Egypt
TEHRAN, Feb.13(MNA) -- Many people believe that most of the important events in history repeat themselves, the first time in a dramatic way and the second time ironically.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution was victorious on February 11, 1979 and 32 years later on the exact same day, the Egyptian people succeeded in toppling the strongest dictatorship and finally attained victory.
Some analysts say that there are not many similarities between Iran’s revolution and Egypt’s revolution, but recent events show that the Egyptians successfully decoded the secrets of their Iranian brothers and sisters.
Over the past 30 years, former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak made the utmost efforts to cut the emotional connection between the two nations of Iran and Egypt, and, relying on Israel and the United States, he carried out many plots against the Islamic Republic of Iran. During Iraq’s imposed war against Iran, which lasted from 1980 to 1988, Mubarak provided every type of military equipment to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
He also did everything in his power to prevent Egypt and all the other Arab countries from increasing the level of their political relations with Iran because Mubarak was concerned about the influence of the Islamic Revolution on the people of the Arab world.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution was a historical necessity and the recent revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt were responses to political and social needs that had to be satisfied from within their societies.
And there is no doubt that the revolutions of Tunisia and Egypt will pave the way for all Arab nations to create value-based and free societies.
Egypt, which has a special place among Arab countries in terms of history, culture, and politics, has always been regarded as a dynamic, young, and conscious society. Institutions such as Al-Azhar University, with its thousand years of history, and respected parties like the Muslim Brotherhood, which has made 82 years of struggle for freedom and democracy, have reinforced the religious and academic aspects of the Egyptian resistance.
The country has witnessed many ups and downs over the past six decades. But eventually Egypt’s train of progress and development was derailed from 1970 to 1981 during President Anwar Sadat’s term in office and also from 1981 to 2011, when Hosni Mubarak was in power.
Egypt was once the leader of the anti-colonial resistance among Arab countries, but when Anwar Sadat signed the infamous Camp David Accords, Egypt lost its position of strategic leadership in the Muslim world. This treaty separated the Egyptian government from the Arab resistance front and made it subservient to the interests of the Zionist regime on the border of occupied Palestine.
By signing the Camp David Accords and travelling to Beit-ul-Moqaddas (Jerusalem), Anwar Sadat betrayed the ideals of the Egyptian nation and later paid a heavy price. He was assassinated by a group of Islamist officers during a military parade in October 1981. It was expected that Hosni Mubarak, who succeeded him, would not oppose the will of the nation and would adopt more balanced stances on domestic, regional, and international issues. But Hosni Mubarak put all his eggs in the basket of the U.S. and Israel and distanced himself from his own people.
The people of Egypt will never forget that when Israel waged war against Gaza from December 2008 to January 2009 and committed numerous atrocities, Mubarak supported Israel. The Israelis tried to massacre the Palestinians and eradicate Hamas.
Various factors such as the siege of Gaza, the crackdown on Egyptians, the enforcement of curfews and emergency laws, the suppression of civil liberties, administrative and financial corruption, and the efforts to alienate the society from religious values, all facilitated the people’s revolution in Egypt.
Until recently, Western intelligence agencies described Egypt as one of the most stable countries in the Arab world. This indicates that the U.S. intelligence apparatus had no idea about the sentiments of the masses in Egypt and other Eastern countries. Since most Western analysts are afraid of making an accurate analysis about the hidden reality of Middle Eastern societies, the people’s revolution in Egypt and Tunisia came as a surprise to them.
The Arab leaders of countries like Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, and Jordan have always tried to exaggerate the danger of so-called Islamic radicalism to blackmail the U.S. and other Western countries and to create a pleasant atmosphere of peace and regional stability.
For more than three decades, Arab nations have suffered due to the United States’ massive support of Arab dictators, and every liberation movement has been suppressed under the pretext of the danger of Islamic radicalism. But the United States’ use of double standards in analyzing regional events in order to maintain the security of Israel has increased the people’s hatred of the Great Satan. Thus, despite all the financial and humanitarian assistance it has provided, the U.S. has been unable to devise a successful strategy to control the Middle East.
Recent developments in the region are the natural result of the United States’ unfair policies toward the people of the Arab world, but now the Arab people are creating a new Middle East based on indigenous criteria. And the new Middle East will be defined based on a new blueprint in which the U.S., Israel, and Arab dictators have no say.
The political tsunami of Tunisia and Egypt will certainly overwhelm all Arab countries of the region in the near future. In this context, the survivors of this tsunami will be the governments that have distanced themselves from the U.S. and Israel and have respected the human rights of their citizens. The next decade will be an era that witnesses the establishment of democratic systems in the new Middle East based on an Islamic foundation, and these systems will distance themselves from the United States, other Western countries, and Israel.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution was victorious on February 11, 1979 and 32 years later on the exact same day, the Egyptian people succeeded in toppling the strongest dictatorship and finally attained victory.
Some analysts say that there are not many similarities between Iran’s revolution and Egypt’s revolution, but recent events show that the Egyptians successfully decoded the secrets of their Iranian brothers and sisters.
Over the past 30 years, former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak made the utmost efforts to cut the emotional connection between the two nations of Iran and Egypt, and, relying on Israel and the United States, he carried out many plots against the Islamic Republic of Iran. During Iraq’s imposed war against Iran, which lasted from 1980 to 1988, Mubarak provided every type of military equipment to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
He also did everything in his power to prevent Egypt and all the other Arab countries from increasing the level of their political relations with Iran because Mubarak was concerned about the influence of the Islamic Revolution on the people of the Arab world.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution was a historical necessity and the recent revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt were responses to political and social needs that had to be satisfied from within their societies.
And there is no doubt that the revolutions of Tunisia and Egypt will pave the way for all Arab nations to create value-based and free societies.
Egypt, which has a special place among Arab countries in terms of history, culture, and politics, has always been regarded as a dynamic, young, and conscious society. Institutions such as Al-Azhar University, with its thousand years of history, and respected parties like the Muslim Brotherhood, which has made 82 years of struggle for freedom and democracy, have reinforced the religious and academic aspects of the Egyptian resistance.
The country has witnessed many ups and downs over the past six decades. But eventually Egypt’s train of progress and development was derailed from 1970 to 1981 during President Anwar Sadat’s term in office and also from 1981 to 2011, when Hosni Mubarak was in power.
Egypt was once the leader of the anti-colonial resistance among Arab countries, but when Anwar Sadat signed the infamous Camp David Accords, Egypt lost its position of strategic leadership in the Muslim world. This treaty separated the Egyptian government from the Arab resistance front and made it subservient to the interests of the Zionist regime on the border of occupied Palestine.
By signing the Camp David Accords and travelling to Beit-ul-Moqaddas (Jerusalem), Anwar Sadat betrayed the ideals of the Egyptian nation and later paid a heavy price. He was assassinated by a group of Islamist officers during a military parade in October 1981. It was expected that Hosni Mubarak, who succeeded him, would not oppose the will of the nation and would adopt more balanced stances on domestic, regional, and international issues. But Hosni Mubarak put all his eggs in the basket of the U.S. and Israel and distanced himself from his own people.
The people of Egypt will never forget that when Israel waged war against Gaza from December 2008 to January 2009 and committed numerous atrocities, Mubarak supported Israel. The Israelis tried to massacre the Palestinians and eradicate Hamas.
Various factors such as the siege of Gaza, the crackdown on Egyptians, the enforcement of curfews and emergency laws, the suppression of civil liberties, administrative and financial corruption, and the efforts to alienate the society from religious values, all facilitated the people’s revolution in Egypt.
Until recently, Western intelligence agencies described Egypt as one of the most stable countries in the Arab world. This indicates that the U.S. intelligence apparatus had no idea about the sentiments of the masses in Egypt and other Eastern countries. Since most Western analysts are afraid of making an accurate analysis about the hidden reality of Middle Eastern societies, the people’s revolution in Egypt and Tunisia came as a surprise to them.
The Arab leaders of countries like Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, and Jordan have always tried to exaggerate the danger of so-called Islamic radicalism to blackmail the U.S. and other Western countries and to create a pleasant atmosphere of peace and regional stability.
For more than three decades, Arab nations have suffered due to the United States’ massive support of Arab dictators, and every liberation movement has been suppressed under the pretext of the danger of Islamic radicalism. But the United States’ use of double standards in analyzing regional events in order to maintain the security of Israel has increased the people’s hatred of the Great Satan. Thus, despite all the financial and humanitarian assistance it has provided, the U.S. has been unable to devise a successful strategy to control the Middle East.
Recent developments in the region are the natural result of the United States’ unfair policies toward the people of the Arab world, but now the Arab people are creating a new Middle East based on indigenous criteria. And the new Middle East will be defined based on a new blueprint in which the U.S., Israel, and Arab dictators have no say.
The political tsunami of Tunisia and Egypt will certainly overwhelm all Arab countries of the region in the near future. In this context, the survivors of this tsunami will be the governments that have distanced themselves from the U.S. and Israel and have respected the human rights of their citizens. The next decade will be an era that witnesses the establishment of democratic systems in the new Middle East based on an Islamic foundation, and these systems will distance themselves from the United States, other Western countries, and Israel.
