From Barry Rosen, one of the American hostages help in Iran back in 1979.
1/ I was held hostage in Iran for 444 days. Forty‑six years later, I can say this with absolute clarity: what is happening in Iran right now is unlike anything I have seen since.
2/ This is not a moment of unrest — it is a breaking point. The Iranian people are acting with the resolve of a nation that has been pushed past its limits.
3/ When people believe they have nothing left to lose, they become impossible to intimidate. That is exactly what we are witnessing: ordinary Iranians confronting armed security forces with extraordinary courage.
4/ But courage must be matched with strategy. Real, lasting change will only come if the opposition can stay united and refuse to be fractured by the regime’s familiar tactics of fear, infiltration, and repression.
5/ The regime is brutal, but the people’s determination is stronger than I have ever seen. Their fight is not symbolic — it is existential. And the outcome will define Iran’s future for generations.