ICYMI: Iran's President publicly defends the Pope from Dumpf's disrespect

[Pluvious]

Below is the translation of the original tweet's Spanish text

Quite a lot of interesting discussion in the thread too...

Link to tweet

Translation:

🚨 GLOBAL SHOCKWAVES:

Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has just stunned the world with a public defense of the Pope — and suddenly, a controversy that started as political outrage is turning into something far bigger than anyone anticipated.

“On behalf of Iran, I condemn this disgrace,” Pezeshkian declared in a statement that’s now exploding across international media.

“Insulting His Excellency and desecrating Jesus — the prophet of peace — is something no free human being should tolerate. May Allah grant him honor.”

The reaction was immediate.

Catholics. Muslims. Religious leaders. Even historic political rivals ended up voicing the same outrage at the same time — a rare and deeply uncomfortable convergence that no one saw coming.

For decades, global politics has thrived on division.

Different religions. Different ideologies. Different worlds clashing without finding common ground.

But now?

One single controversy might have achieved the impossible.

Instead of dividing religions, it seems to have united millions under a shared sentiment of outrage over what many are describing as an irresponsible attack on faith itself.

The symbolism alone is staggering.

An Iranian president publicly defending the Pope.

Muslim voices invoking respect for Jesus.

Catholic communities thanking Islamic leaders for standing by their side.

And social media erupting with the same question repeated across thousands of posts:

“How did we get here?”

Behind closed doors, political analysts would be scrambling to grasp the scale of the reaction now forming worldwide.

Because this is no longer just another political spat.

It’s become a cultural storm touching on religion, dignity, respect, and the dangerous fallout from rhetoric that many believe crossed a line no public figure should ever approach.

And perhaps the most staggering part of all?

The reaction isn’t coming from just one side anymore.

It’s coming from everywhere.

Edit to add this one quote someone tweeted:

John Lennon: “Working class people around the world have no innate desire to go to war with each other. They have to be conned into it by the sociopaths who will profit from it.”

[Jim__]

1. Just about the whole world comes together to denounce Donald Trump.

It's extremely unfortunate that Trump represents the United States.

[Srkdqltr]

2. In this connected world maybe they are figuring out that if your enemy is a target you can be too.

[BaronChocula]

3. Jesus (Isa) is a major prophet in Islam

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I'll bet his model is followed more closely among Muslims of the world (in general) than it is among maga-types.

[OGBuzz]

4. Maybe the world's religions are finally realizing that he walks among us.

Whether it's Dajjal, Armilus, Kali, Mara, Ahriman, or the Antichrist, it is here and its name is Trump.

[Uncle Joe]

5. Kicked and recommended

Thanks for the thread Pluvious

[3catwoman3]

6. This is bringing tears to my agnostic eyes.

Shame, shame, shame on POS Donald Trump.

[dalton99a]

7. Kick

[multigraincracker]

8. Seems most religions teach one to

Treat others as you would like to be treated.

[Beartracks]

9. What is this all a reaction to? What is the "one single controversy" the article refers to?

I assume it was something Trump said or did?

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[COL Mustard]

10. See? Trump really is a uniter!

Not only do most of us despise him, but now so does much of the rest of the world!

[EX500rider]

11. Before anybody gets all misty-eyed over the Iranian president

Ask him what the penalty should be for converting from Islam to Christianity and I believe the answer would be execution also ask him the penalty for being gay and I believe the answer is the same.

[multigraincracker]

12. They had a pretty liberal democratic

government and system until the 1950s, we the USA and Britain along with two large oil companies overthrew it and installed the repressive Shah and his secret police and stole the oil. About the only choice for them was to replace it with a religious government and that included Shia Law.
We need a mirror.

[EX500rider]

14. I don't agree their only choice was a religious dictatorship

They could have just gone with democracy.
And we didn't "install" the Shah, he was already their basically King, who was overthrown was the Prime Minister, giving the king/Shah more power

[EX500rider]

15. Also PM Mosaddegh was not the shinning beacon of democracy people seem to think

Iran was a constitutional monarchy under Mosaddegh
Mohammad Mosaddegh was just the Prime Minister.

Since his support was mostly urban he tried to put illiterate voters were into a separate category from literate voters and which would have increased the representation of the urban population.

He also ending the 1952 election before rural votes could be fully counted.
According to historian Ervand Abrahamian: "Realizing that the opposition would take the vast majority of the provincial seats, Mosaddegh stopped the voting as soon as 79 deputies—just enough to form a parliamentary quorum—had been elected.

He also introduced a single-clause bill to parliament to grant him emergency "dictatorial decree" powers for six months to pass "any law he felt necessary for obtaining not only financial solvency, but also electoral, judicial, and educational reforms.
In January 1953, successfully pressing Parliament to extend his emergency powers for another 12 months.

Mosaddegh attempted to abolish Iran's centuries-old feudal agriculture sector by replacing it with a system of collective farming and government land ownership, which also centralized power in his government.

A large part of his support was the Tudeh Party, a Iranian Marxist-Leninist communist party supporting Moscow's aims, not a popular move in the west during the Cold War.