Netanyahu, Addressing Iranian People, Calls for “A Free Iran”

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Prime Minister Netanyahu, in his second address in six weeks to the people of Iran, outlined a vision of “a free Iran” in which “Israelis and Iranians will build together a future of prosperity and peace.”

In a video address released November 12 with Farsi subtitles on a special “@israelipm_farsi” account on X, Netanyahu spoke directly to the people of Iran, as he had done on September 30. 

“I want you to imagine, just imagine how your life could be different if Iran was free. You could speak your mind without fear. You could make a joke without wondering if you’d be carted off to Evin Prison,” Netanyahu said. “Imagine how your childrens’ lives would look if billions of dollars were invested in them instead of being wasted on wars that can’t be won.”

The Israeli premier said that millions of Iranians had watched his first address, delivered on September 30, and that afterward, many of them had reached out to Israel. Since then, the Iranian regime unleashed an October 1 missile attack on Israel.

“I wonder, did he tell you how much that attack cost?” Netanyahu asked. “Well, I’m not guessing. It’s $2.3 billion. That’s how much of your precious money they wasted on futile attacks, $2.3 billion. The missiles did marginal damage to Israel, but what damage did they do you?….That sum could have added billions to your transportation budget. It could have added billions to your education budget. But instead Khamenei exposed the regime’s brutality and turned the world against your country. He robbed you of money that should have been yours.”

Netanyahu described a better Iran, with “beautiful roads, advanced hospitals, clean water,” that he said would be possible without the Iranian regime. “They obsess about destroying Israel rather than about building Iran,” he said.

“Another attack on Israel would simply cripple Iran’s economy. It would rob you of many more billions of dollars,” he said.

“There is one force putting your family in grave danger, the tyrants of Tehran,” he said.

“But there is also good news. Every day that regime gets weaker. Every day Israel gets stronger. The world has seen but a fraction of our power. Yet there is one thing Khameini’s regime fears more than Israel. You know what it is? It’s you, the people of Iran. That’s why they spend so much time and money trying to crush your hopes and curb your dreams,” he said, urging the Iranians, “Don’t let your dreams die.”