The War Goes On: An Attempted personality assassination of Ali Shamkhani by Western circles

Following the failed assassination attempt by the Americans-Israelis against Iranian Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani and Military Advisor to the Supreme Leader in the 12-day US-Israeli war against Iran, they have now set out to assassinate his personality, attempting to deconstruct it. There is no other explanation for the haste of some Western circles to accuse Shamkhani, the reason for talks with the West on Iran’s nuclear program, of “waste” and “hypocrisy” at his daughter’s wedding in a video that was released on Social Media.

In this video, Shamkhani’s newly wed daughter wears a Western-style wedding dress accompanied by her father. These circles argue that the accusation of “hypocrisy” is based on the Western-style wedding dress that “is not consistent with Islamic principles” at a time when Tehran has increased its supervision of the dress code in public places. They also accuse Shamkhani of being among guests who were not wearing a headscarf.

These arguments are unfounded, because these circles deliberately confuse public and private space in the application of the dress code. In Islamic Law, the dress code is mandatory only in public places. In Iran, wedding ceremonies are held in specific private and not public places, where the celebration is held separately for men and women. Therefore, Shamkhani’s daughter had the discretion to choose the type of wedding dress, as she was among only female guests. The rear admiral, as her father, entered the place looking down as is customary and prescribed.

As for the accusation of “waste” due to the high cost of the celebration, this is not prohibited by Islam. Frugality is a desirable virtue but is not mandatory. The socio-economic dimension of the argument that arranged marriage is a challenge for the low-income classes in times of sanctions, let us take into account that this argument supports the same circles that impose sanctions against the Iranian people. At the same time, since the time of Herodotus, it has been known that Iranians like luxury as a means of social recognition. Luxury is, therefore, part of their worldview. And let the capitalist circles that move this communist argument know that Islam does not have this communist view: it promotes the bridging of the gap between rich and poor, but it accepts the distinction between rich and poor natural reality and reflection of the mental capacity of each.

Let these politically motivated moralizers know that before pointing fingers, they should know the culture of the other and, above all, not pretend to present themselves and their (Western) culture as a supposed model, ignoring their own weaknesses and imperfections. Not to judge in order not to be judged…

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