I would like to dedicate the final sentence above from the Marquis de Condorcet, in these bitter and dark days, to all my compatriots and brothers and sisters in Iran and Afghanistan.

Today I read that Ahmad Massoud, son of the courageous hero of the Panjshir Valley, has taken up his father’s banner and called upon those who are unwilling to live under fear and servitude to struggle and join the resistance.

The path he has entered will not be defeated. Even if the alliance of corrupt powers and their followers defeats him, he will still have defeated history, and those who defeat history cannot finally be defeated, because the truth beside which they stand will eventually overcome all darkness.

Aydin Areta