The #RightSideOfHistory hashtag has been trending in Iran after Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei sent a letter to students in US universities protesting against the Israeli war on Gaza.
In his letter, Ayatollah Khamenei told protesting students in universities and colleges across the United States that “you stand on the right side of history” in defending Palestinians and demanding an end to Israel’s genocidal war in the besieged Gaza Strip.
‘You stand on right side of history’: Snippets from Leader’s letter to US students https://t.co/zSBXgncnVN
— Press TV 🔻 (@PressTV) May 30, 2024
Protesting students demand, among others, a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, an end to US military assistance to the apartheid regime, and university divestment from companies profiting from the brutal aggression.
Following the letter, the #RightSideOfHistory hashtag has been trending on X in Iran.
Below are just a number of such tweets with this hashtag:
Ayatollah #Khamenei opposes the #GazaGenocide.
— Seyed Mohammad Marandi (@s_m_marandi) May 30, 2024
You and your regime fully support and enable the monsterous genocide.
He's clearly on the #right_side_of_history. https://t.co/v8HVuRBlPu
I Stand on the #Right_Side_Of_History since I support Palestine. https://t.co/tB69VptN1J
— الهام عابدینی (@AbediniElham) May 30, 2024
I Stand on the #Right_Side_Of_History since I am Anti-imperialism. https://t.co/AcKX9Z3sSN pic.twitter.com/oIZdM5wrw0
— M.Mahdi Abbasi (@MMAbbasii) May 30, 2024
I stand on the #Right_Side_of_History because defending the defenseless is the only right thing to do. https://t.co/QM9lI2eih6 pic.twitter.com/udfMKsc3IA
— Hamid Reza (@hamid3663) May 30, 2024
I Mahmod Hesabi
— 🇮🇷پروفسور محمود حسابی🇮🇷 (@pr_hesabi) May 30, 2024
refuse to be among those who remain silent in the face of the brutal atrocities in Rafah.
I am the voice of one among thousands of displaced people in Rafah.
I stand on the #Right_Side_Of_History.#RafahOnFire https://t.co/rvkFOthbKq
We stand on the right side of history..
— سارا رضایی🇮🇷 محدودم(به نوبت فالو می شوید) (@Sarahrezaei1) May 30, 2024
resist that the sunrise is near.✌️#right_side_of_history#letter4u2024 https://t.co/Ix31TCXer0
The Gaza issue is a good criterion for distinguishing right from wrong.
— M. Gholami 🇮🇷 (@Gholami791) May 30, 2024
If you support Gaza, you are definitely on the right side of history#right_side_of_history#letter4u2024https://t.co/kr3y6WkVPShttps://t.co/iV1dZZgFsJ https://t.co/0Vs3KIC2Pm
Dear young students in the United States of America!
— Mahdia Noori (@noori_mahd31042) May 30, 2024
This is our message of sympathy and solidarity with you.
You are now standing on the #right_side_of_history pic.twitter.com/csMUTONsie
Hundreds of students and professors have been suspended or fired for taking part in these popular demonstrations but they have refused to be cowed down or bullied into submission.
Israel launched a brutal genocide against the defenseless people of Gaza, the majority of which are women and children, following Palestinian resistance groups' retaliatory operation on October 7.
Israel has also been enforcing a near-total siege on the coastal territory, which has reduced the flow of foodstuffs, medicine, electricity, and water into the Palestinian territory into a trickle.
The regime has killed over 36,200 people, most of them women, children, and adolescents in Gaza since that October day.