'No to War': Iranian opposition abroad pushes back against US-Israeli strikes

'No to War': Iranian opposition abroad pushes back against US-Israeli strikes In the first hours of the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, opponents of the war and critics of the Islamic Republic from across the political spectrum quickly made their divergent voices heard on Farsi social media. While anti-war activists were swift to revive the Farsi hashtag “No to War” on Saturday, pro-monarchy groups and individuals, led by Reza Pahlavi, called for an escalation of attacks on Iran. Pahlavi, the Israel-aligned son of the country’s last shah, has been at the helm of a movement advocating the restoration of the monarchy. Since Israel’s 12-day war on Iran last year, his camp has mounted an aggressive media campaign against rival opposition voices. Rejecting foreign military action on Iran, Panah Farhadbahman, a well-known critic of the Iranian establishment, likened Pahlavi supporters calling for extensive US strikes to those who backed the Islamic Republic during the 1979 revolution. “Remember, this is no longer 1979. Whatever you say and whatever you do will be recorded. Tomorrow you cannot tell your children, future generations, or history that ‘we weren’t there, we didn’t do it, we didn’t see it’,” the journalist wrote on X. Read more: 'No to War': Iranian opposition abroad pushes back against US-Israeli strikes