Today, Iran lost one of its true giants. Bahram Beyzayi was not just a filmmaker or a playwright — he was a national conscience. A man who carried the weight of history, myth, and truth on his shoulders, and never set it down, no matter the cost. “Bashu, the Little Stranger” remains one of the most humane films ever made in this land. Created in the middle of the Iran–Iraq war, it refused the language of hatred and destruction. Instead, it spoke for children, for the displaced, for those whose lives are shattered by war. It was a brave, clear cry for peace at a time when silence was safer. Beyzayi never bowed to power. He did not compromise, he did not flatter, and he did not submit to censorship. For that courage, he paid with years of exclusion and exile. In the final decades of his life, far from home, he continued his work and research at Stanford University, carrying Iran’s stories, myths, and wounds with him wherever he went. He lived with dignity, and he created with responsibility. He taught us that art is not decoration — it is memory, resistance, and truth. Today, we mourn not only an artist, but a guardian of Iranian culture. A national hero whose voice will never fade. Rest in peace, Bahram Beyzayi. Iran remembers.

Beautifully said. Beyzayi always asked us to look past the expendable and hold on to what truly matters even when it was costly.

This chart isn’t “economic misfortune.” It’s theft. In the 1970s, before the Islamic Revolution, 1 USD bought ~7 Iranian rials. Today it buys 1,300,000+. That collapse wasn’t an accident. It was designed. They printed. They stole. They lied. You paid. A state–clerical mafia took control of the money and used it to fund itself: endless proxy wars, patronage networks, repression, and corruption so deep it burned the future of an entire generation. While young people lost opportunity, mobility, and hope, the regime exported inflation and imported violence. This is how it works: Print money to fund power Debase savings to hide failure Push the cost onto citizens Wrap it in ideology You worked → they debased. You saved → they inflated. You stayed → they robbed you slowly. This isn’t unique to Iran. This is fiat money behaving exactly as designed when captured by unchecked power. Opt out. #Bitcoin exists. No slogans needed — just facts: fixed supply, no central printer, no permission, no insiders. You hold it yourself or not at all. No cleric, general, or bureaucrat can dilute it to pay for their wars. #Bitcoin doesn’t fix corrupt states. It cuts them off from their favorite weapon: the value of your labor. If your money can be printed, it will be stolen. #bitcoin isn’t an investment. It’s an exit.

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