Unlike other revolutions that have taken place in different nations, the Islamic revolution of Iran is not restricted to time and place. It is like fresh water spring that, despite the passage of more than three decades, is still a model for the oppressed nations of the world.
Iran’s Islamic revolution was the uprising of the barefooted. It was not based on mere economic issues and was not staged to just restore the rights of the oppressed trampled by corrupt rulers; it was based on religious and moral values and teachings.
For this reason, the researchers and thinkers who studied the revolution have named it, “A cultural revolution.” It is this very cultural aspect that takes it beyond time and place. The Islamic revolution has international ideals and objectives. Support for the oppressed people of the world, struggle against arrogance and spread of divine values are the great objectives of the Islamic revolution.
The somewhat global arrogance led by the US, the oppressed people of the world, confrontation between justice and oppression and conflict between the deprived and the looters were the words and expressions used by the late Imam khomeini. Support for the oppressed and the deprived, struggle against injustice and bullying and striving for equality were the objectives of Khomeini, which had extended the Islamic revolution beyond the geographical borders of the Islamic Iran and connected it with not only all Islamic movements but all liberating uprisings.
Khomeini said: “We support the oppressed, whoever is oppressed anywhere we support him. The Palestinians are oppressed and the Israelis have oppressed them, so we support them.” Efforts for the formation of a single front of the oppressed were among the basic axes of the political thought of Khomeini.
One of the obvious examples of the oppressed nations is Palestine. Therefore, it is obligatory for everyone to rush to help the oppressed and brave Palestinians and help them reach their high ideal.
In Africa, too, Iran has tried in various political, economic and spiritual ways to support the poor countries for growth and development. It is these supports that led to the deep animosity and hostility of the domineering powers towards Iran. In short, sustaining the oppressed is among the strategic policies Iran considers it obligatory to defend the rights of the downtrodden nations and communities in the world.
By Khamis Mohamed, Nairobi
