Letter

In response to Iran retaliating against US inevitable as window for diplomacy narrows: analysts

Iranians may be guided by Ferdowsi on Fordow

I note the article by Tom Hussain on Iran’s options. Will Iranians be guided by their tenth century epic poet Hakim Ferdowsi, who wrote:

“چو ایران مباشد تن من مباد

بدین بوم و بر زنده یک تن مباد

اگر سر به سر تن به کشتن دهیم

ازآن به که کشور به دشمن دهیم

“If there is no Iran, let my body not be;

If only one live body is in this world, let it be me.

If we put head to head and body to slaughter,

Let it be to protect our homeland from the enemy.”

Let us hope it doesn’t come to that, despite our national government, the Opposition, Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu and a highly trained lawyer like Sir Keir Starmer consigning international law and the UN Charter to the dustbin of history.

As an aside, Penny Wong has had nearly 52,500 letters or emails on Gaza, an FOI request reveals.

[Ferdowsi’s poem courtesy of profarsi.com]

— Geoff Taylor from Borlu (Perth)