🧵The 1979 Iranian Revolution didn’t just start in Tehran. It started in a sleepy French village. Croissants, cassette tapes, shishas & wine. Khomeini plotting from France—the land of liberté—helped build the first modern Islamic theocracy. And they’re still protecting it.
In 1978, as Iran erupted in chaos, Ayatollah Khomeini wasn’t leading from a mosque—he was running the revolution from a cozy garden villa outside Paris. Recording studios. Press ops. Phone lines buzzing. Western media treated it like pilgrimage. The theocracy was Made in France.
France helped Khomeini flood Iran w/ cassette sermons, coordinated by phones, amplified by Western media. Why? To “stick it to America.” Result? Iran became a brutal theocracy. Purges. Floggings. Cranes. France didn’t just host Khomeini—they installed him.Vive la révolution?
After helping install Iran’s theocracy, did France regret it? Nope. They chased oil deals, laundered Tehran’s money & pushed for weak Iran nuclear deal terms. Why? France wanted Iran as its Middle East pawn vs. the US & Saudis. They weren’t duped. They signed up.
Fast forward to today: Iran’s regime is collapsing. Israeli strikes are shattering it. Iranians are done. Who’s still fluffing the cushions for the Ayatollahs? Emmanuel Macron—now warning that “regime change” would be a grave mistake. France is trying to protect its investment.
The country that taught the world secularism helped install the world’s most dangerous theocracy—and they’re still protecting it. As Iranians scream for freedom, French officials sip wine & keep the regime’s seat warm.
Liberté, égalité, fraternité? Hypocrisie, duplicité, complicité.
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