The publication of the IRGC calls Saudi Arabia the ‘Shimr of our time’.
The daily news publication of the IRGC published an article titled ‘Know Your Shimr of Our Time’, discussing Saudi Arabia’s actions against Yemen. It wrote: Although today there is no ruthless and bloodthirsty person like Yazid, there are dozens of corrupt and oppressive people who have made the blood of millions of innocent people permissible.
Since 2015, Saudi Arabia, on behalf of the United States, has launched attacks from the sea, land, and air against the oppressed people of Yemen. According to official statistics, nearly 18,000 people have been martyred directly in this period, including 4,000 children. Although this operation is currently coming to an end with the victory of the oppressed people of Yemen, do not forget the Shimr of our time. Since 2011, Saudi Arabia, along with a massive front of terrorists, has made the blood and lives of innocent Syrian people permissible. Over 10 years, nearly 494,000 people have been martyred, more than 30,000 of whom were children, and 30,000 were women. The sin of the Syrian people was that they chose resistance over surrendering to the Saudi coalition. The publication affiliated with the political department of the IRGC added that if Shimr were alive today, he would commit the same crimes, but now, although the identity has changed, the nature of the criminals remains the same. If people do not recognize the Shimr and Yazid of our time, they cannot help Imam Mahdi (may God hasten his reappearance) and will remain longing to respond to ‘Is there anyone to help me?’ because the enemy’s cognitive war is now such that distinguishing the front of falsehood from truth is much more difficult than before. It is noteworthy that earlier, during the intense nuclear negotiations and after the coming to power of Hassan Rouhani’s government, numerous posters titled ‘Know Your Shimr of Our Time’ were published across the country, which were considered a critique of the negotiations.