Letter by Zack Polanski

Yashar Ali (@ © [Follow Ff @yashar Please remember you are likely to see even anti-war and anti-intervention Iranians celebrate Khamenei’s death (if confirmed) as he has been a source of death, tyranny, destruction, and has held Iran back. 8:04 pm: 28 Feb 2026 - 90.3K Views

Screenshot of tweet <SHRURN. WENN “ ALA ~~» F — mM Elizabeth Tsurkov & @LizHurra - 10h Cf won ¥ ‘ | avoid shaming people on social media, as | don't want to contribute to making this space even more toxic. But | | think there is a need to address this phenomenon of Western leftists who ignore and even shame voices from inside Iran and other countries suffering the blight . of Iran's militias wishing for foreign intervention to free = v themselves of these oppressive forces. 3 Their support for foreign intervention is a result of the - failure of all other means to topple these regimes or uproot these militias: protesting, voting against them ; or negotiating with them. Support for foreign - y intervention is a sign of desperation and the insistence © of the Iranian regime and its militias to impose itself by force on the populations of these countries."

Yashar Ali (@ © [Follow Ff @yashar Please remember you are likely to see even anti-war and anti-intervention Iranians celebrate Khamenei’s death (if confirmed) as he has been a source of death, tyranny, destruction, and has held Iran back. 8:04 pm: 28 Feb 2026 - 90.3K Views

Screenshot of tweet <SHRURN. WENN “ ALA ~~» F — mM Elizabeth Tsurkov & @LizHurra - 10h Cf won ¥ ‘ | avoid shaming people on social media, as | don't want to contribute to making this space even more toxic. But | | think there is a need to address this phenomenon of Western leftists who ignore and even shame voices from inside Iran and other countries suffering the blight . of Iran's militias wishing for foreign intervention to free = v themselves of these oppressive forces. 3 Their support for foreign intervention is a result of the - failure of all other means to topple these regimes or uproot these militias: protesting, voting against them ; or negotiating with them. Support for foreign - y intervention is a sign of desperation and the insistence © of the Iranian regime and its militias to impose itself by force on the populations of these countries."