Yesterday evening, the mother of my child’s classmate, a woman of Pakistani origin, called me. I was surprised, because we don’t have much contact.
When she called, she first asked, “Did you go on a trip to Iran?” And then, with a touch of affection in her voice, she said, “I called to say thank you for being Iranian.”
She used an interesting expression, she said:
I call you to say thank you that you belong to Iran. I wish I belonged to Iran.
She said, “I want to thank you for being from Iran. I wish I was Iranian, because Iran is the only country that really stands behind Palestine and supports it. The only thing I could do was to call and talk to you, who are Iranian. Iran is the only real Islamic country. The rest of the countries are thinking about money, especially Saudi Arabia.”
Sunnis and Shiites sympathize with each other, but wherever America entered, it first suppressed and killed Shiites, then seized power. Then, in the rest of his speech, he referred to Saddam and Osama bin Laden. He said that Saddam persecuted and displaced Shiites, and in the end, America destroyed him.
She had very good historical and current affairs information and said: “I talk to my children every night and inform them of the facts. I told my children that I would not return to Pakistan, but if I were Iranian, I would definitely return to my country. We believe in Imam Mahdi, and we know that someone from Khorasan will help him.”
Until that moment, I had a feeling of pride, but at the same time a sense of shame about why I am not in Iran now, but when he said Imam Mahdi, my anger burst and tears flowed. I told him that the current leader of Iran is also from Khorasan.
We believe that God willing, this war will end with the emergence of Imam Mahdi. He continued, emphasizing: “The truth must be told, at any cost, and if a march is held to defend Iran, I will definitely participate.”