Yesterday I learned - from the friend who took me to #Golestan Palace 15 years ago - about the importance of the Battle of #Karbala (680CE) in #Shia Islam, how it is still celebrated every year, and how #Arbaeen has been largest gathering of humanity on the planet at ~20m.

The key message, so deeply ingrained in that culture, is that:

> Humiliation at the hands of a tyrant (aka total surrender) is worse than death.

I fear Israel is manipulating the US into committing genocide in #Iran