We can only hope Europe's waking up

Freddy Eytan's written about Europe having an awakening now that Iran's seeing a revolution against the ayatollah:

Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Europe has grappled with the question of whether the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is truly a terrorist organization. This dilemma characterizes the philosophical reasoning of Europeans in international affairs. This logical approach to weighing the pros and cons is also debated when classifying Hezbollah or Hamas. Even worse, while Europe does not label Iran a rogue state, some leaders dare to say that the Jewish state is a pariah state that systematically violates international law. Furthermore, Europeans have not demanded sanctions against the Ayatollahs' fervent desire to annihilate the Jewish state by any means necessary, including the atomic bomb.

For many decades, this hypocritical vacillation persisted, and liberal Europe naively believed that diplomatic dialogue with the Islamist regime would be the best way to get the Revolutionary Guards to renounce terror and international terrorism. They were unaware that the Revolutionary Guards are bloodthirsty terrorists responsible for the deaths of numerous French and American citizens, among others. They finance, command, and sow terror in the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. Let us remind those with short memories: Buenos Aires, March 17, 1992, an attack was carried out against the Israeli embassy: 29 dead and 242 wounded. On July 18, 1994, another attack against AMIA, the headquarters of the Jewish community: 85 dead and 250 wounded.

[...] On January 7, 2026, everything changed. Following demonstrations by merchants in Tehran's Grand Bazaar protesting the precipitous fall of the rial (the local currency), the protests spread to several other major cities across the country and transformed into an unprecedented popular movement against the mullahs' regime. The authorities responded forcefully, using all means at their disposal, including sniper fire and automatic weapons attacks on the crowds.

The repression is brutal, cruel, and bloody. The toll is very heavy: 30,000 killed and tens of thousands wounded, according to the opposition.

European reactions are mixed. As usual, strong judgments are avoided. The Iranian government is politely asked to refrain from violence… In the streets of Paris, London, and Rome, the only sporadic demonstrations are from the Iranian diaspora.

No government movement, no political party, no NGO has the courage to organize protests. A scandalous and hypocritical double game persists. The motto is transparent: protests will only be held in the streets against Israelis and in support of Palestinian victims…

The Europeans waited three weeks before finally adding the Iranian Revolutionary Guard to the list of terrorist organizations.

Most likely, Trump's administration was what convinced them to stop dragging their feet on the subject of the Iranian Guard, yet chances are high they only changed their position begrudgingly. We have to hope all can be done to prevent Europe from becoming what Iran hopefully will no longer be by the end of the year, and there's Europeans who definitely owe the oppressed an apology.