"If you sow the wind, you will reap the whirlwind. That warning, printed in Persian and English on a huge billboard unveiled on Sunday in Enqelab Square in central Tehran, has several intended audiences. The background image shows an aircraft carrier under attack, with the stripes of the United States flag painted in blood in the sea. However, the billboard is not aimed solely at Washington."
"The message to both its loyalists and its foreign enemy is that Iran will respond to any attack; the subtext is the iron determination of a weakened regime to survive, even if doing so requires military retaliation or negotiations with its enemy. All of this comes amid an unprecedented economic crisis and the thousands killed in the repression of the most recent protests against the government: at least 6,221, according to the NGO Hrana; 3,117 by official Iranian figures."
"Those protests were the latest in a series of demonstrations. They have followed a recurring pattern since 2017, whereby every two or three years the anger of a population impoverished by international sanctions and corruption, combined with a lack of freedoms, erupts in the streets. One third of Iran's 92 million people live in poverty, according to the World Bank."
A giant billboard in Tehran displays the warning 'If you sow the wind, you will reap the whirlwind' in Persian and English, showing a blood-streaked U.S. aircraft carrier. The image targets both Washington and domestic supporters, asserting that Iran will respond to any attack and signaling a weakened regime's determination to survive through retaliation or negotiation. The billboard appears amid an unprecedented economic crisis, with food inflation around 80 percent, water and electricity outages, and recurring protests that began on December 28 and have been violently repressed. Casualty counts range from 3,117 official to 6,221 reported by Hrana. One third of 92 million Iranians live in poverty.
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