In the Name of God,
Greetings and Blessings,
Today, April 5th, we honor the International Day of Conscience. This day was designated by the United Nations General Assembly [and first observed] in 2020 with a steadfast mission: to promote a global culture of peace, rooted in Eshgh/love and conscience.
The beating heart of this day is to serve as a stark reminder: humanity must interact based on conscience, ethics, and peace. Its primary mandate is to compel both individuals and governments to establish peaceful relations, uphold human rights, and resolve conflicts through dialogue rather than the path of violence.
In this spirit, the United Nations maintains that for sustainable development and global peace to flourish, laws alone are not enough. Rather, every individual must be bound by an internal oath—anchored in their own conscience—to respect others and uphold human dignity.
I offer my sincerest felicitations on this Easter Sunday to all Christians, especially my fellow Christian compatriots. Easter, or the Feast of the Resurrection, stands as the “Feast of Feasts” in the Christian faith and is observed on a Sunday between March 22nd and April 25th. This sacred occasion, commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ following his crucifixion, is observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon (the Paschal Full Moon) following the vernal equinox. In this year, 2026, Easter Sunday falls on April 5th (16 Farvardin). Preceding this Sunday is Good Friday, a solemn day of remembrance when Christians mourn the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
However, it is imperative to remember that we honor this day at a time when the peace-seeking and humanitarian slogans of the United Nations appear profoundly farcical. To those harboring dreams of absolute power, these declarations are viewed as a mere jest, useful only for filling a void or bringing a cynical smile to their lips. We mark this day while the Iranian nation is being targeted, with threats to destroy our infrastructure pushing the people of this land to the verge of a vast humanitarian catastrophe. The very slogans of support and defence for the Iranian people have transformed into actions aimed at their devastation—threatening to thrust them back into the Stone Age and forcing a great, deeply rooted nation to beg for their daily bread. It has been clear to me from the beginning, and I have declared it repeatedly in various ways: that freedom will never be the fruit of foreign intervention. Instead, it will bring only greater poverty and misery to our people. The recovery from such destruction would require at least fifty years—and even then, only on the condition that the immense budget for such a reconstruction is fully secured. (Yet, we know this will not be the case; even if the nation were to see any revenue, the plundering of our land and the onslaught of the “political zombies”—wolves already visible on the horizon—would leave nothing for rebuilding or for the welfare of the people.)
Therefore, I seize this opportunity once more to declare my resolute opposition to any form of foreign intervention in the internal affairs of my homeland.
It is self-evident that the full historical responsibility for the destruction of Iran rests upon all those who, in their utter naivety and ignorance of the consequences—believing that a total transformation could be achieved in a mere three days—beat the drums of war. Driven by their own transparent interests, they welcomed and thanked foreign powers. (This truth will soon be vindicated, and I can only hope that when that day arrives, they do not once again retreat into justifications—claiming that “Iran had nothing left to lose.”)
Mohammad Ali Taheri
Founder of the Taheri Peace Organization & the Erfan Keyhani Halgheh School
Toronto: April 05, 2026 (Corresponding to Farvardin 16, 1405 SH)
