Iranian streets are erupting in what looks like a genuine, country-wide uprising — crowds chanting “this is the final battle” and dragging down the regime’s symbols as statues and banners are defaced across multiple cities. Images and eyewitness reports show protesters tearing down portraits of clerical martyrs and burning flags, a raw repudiation of four decades of tyranny that should stir every freedom-loving American to attention.
Goldie Ghamari, an Iranian-born human rights advocate now active on Western platforms, has been sounding the alarm and telling conservative media that this moment is unlike anything she has seen — a hopeful, determined popular revolt against the ayatollahs. Ghamari’s voice matters because she fled theocratic oppression and now uses her platform to amplify the brave Iranians risking everything for liberty; her reports from the ground and on social media underscore how visceral and widespread the uprising has become.
President Trump has publicly signaled that Washington “stands ready to help” and has gathered his team to weigh options — everything from crippling sanctions and cyber tools to kinetic responses should the regime massacre more civilians. That blunt, no-nonsense posture is precisely the kind of leadership the world needs right now; weakness invites carnage and emboldens Tehran’s thugs.
Conservatives should be unapologetic in urging the president to back the Iranian people, not to indulge the tired appeasement of the swamp. If freedom fighters in Tehran see the United States as a guardian of liberty, we owe them clear support — not hesitant speeches from diplomats who prefer the status quo of dictators and oil deals. Public displays of admiration for Trump on the streets of Iran show that leadership matters and that decisive American power can tip the scales.
Make no mistake: this is dangerous, and the regime’s response has already been brutal, with reports of mass arrests, dead protesters, and a nationwide internet blackout meant to conceal the slaughter. That’s why the administration must use every lawful tool to protect civilians and pressure the Revolutionary Guard and the clerical hierarchy; token condemnations won’t save lives or hasten the day of liberation.
This moment in Iran could be one of those rare historical inflection points where courage and a clear policy converge to finish what generations of Iranians have wanted — a secular, free nation in place of a religious tyranny. Americans who love liberty should stand proud and loud: aid dissidents, pressure enemies of freedom, and make clear that the United States will not stand by while a murderous regime crushes its people.
President Trump now faces a choice that will define his legacy and America’s role in the world: act decisively for freedom, or allow another generation to be ground under clerical boots while the West clucks and prays. Our duty is simple and moral — stand with the oppressed, back the brave, and use American strength to give liberty a fighting chance in Tehran.
