Question: Anything you want to say about Iran and the uprising in Iran? Do you see them breaking free in the near future?
Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2022 Webinar for America – The Resurrection of Democracy.
The situation in Iran is encouraging, in the sense that the people are beginning to take a stand for themselves and their freedom that they have not taken before in quite the same way. It is encouraging in the sense that it is mainly driven by women. It is also encouraging in the sense that it is a spontaneous people’s reaction, not really driven by any centralized leadership.
Now, there are commentators in the world who have looked at the situation and said that this movement is not likely to succeed, it is not likely to overthrow the government, because it lacks leadership. There is no clear leadership who could take over if the priesthood had to withdraw. But from an ascended master perspective, what I see is that this is not driven by a rivaling power elite that is seeking to overthrow the established power elite, it is more of a people’s movement. And that is encouraging.
Now, you are asking whether I see this breaking through anytime soon? Well, that depends on how you define “breaking through”. If I see that the current government of Iran will be overthrown and replaced by a more democratic government, well, that is not necessarily the most likely scenario. It is a possibility, but not the most likely scenario—certainly not in the short run. But it is clear that as more and more people take this stand, then the sitting government will eventually have to either fall, or they will have to make concessions and give the people more freedom.
It is again, one of those things where the vast majority of people in Iran know they are being oppressed by the religious leadership. They know the entire country is being held back, they are being held at an artificial level of poverty, because of this restrictive, backward-looking regime. The majority of people want change, but have not really come to the point where they have been willing to stand up for it, stand up for themselves and say: “This is not acceptable to us anymore”. And this is what these women are beginning to do.
Although still, there are many, many things that they could learn—many, many breakthroughs they would have in: What are they really objecting to? What is it they really want? What kind of a nation do they want? The big question, not only in Iran, but many other Muslim countries is: Do we want a secular democracy? Or do we want to continue some form of theocracy dominated by the Muslim religion?
You cannot have an affluent, modern democracy that is dominated by one religion, like Islam is dominating Iran today. It cannot be done. You need to decide, are you ready to break with the Muslim religion in its more conservative, restrictive aspects? It does not mean you have to abandon Islam, but you have to abandon the conservative, backwards looking version of it. Are you ready to do that? Do you want more affluence, freedom and democracy enough that you are willing to abandon the backward-looking aspects of Islam? Same question in most other Muslim nations. There is no way to build an affluent modern country that is restricted by this Sharia law and other backward-looking elements of Islam.
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