Trying to be humane.

"Days before the sinking of IRIS Dena by a US submarine South of Sri Lanka, India was approached by Iran to take in another Iranian ship, IRIS Lavan, which was also in the region for the International Fleet Review. According to government sources, India gave permission to safely dock at the Kochi port on March 1 and accommodated the 183 crew members at the facility there." TOI. As the Iran International's Editorial Board can confirm that more than 36,500 Iranian protesters were killed by security forces "after reviewing newly obtained classified documents, field reports, and accounts from medical staff, witnesses and victims' families." Verified photos of brutally massacred protesters show unarmed young people, couples and peaceful gatherings. BBC. Do any of these Iranian sailors that we are so lovingly sheltering took part in the mass murder? "So for us, when this ship wanted to come in, and that too in difficulties, I think it was the humane thing to do. And I think we were guided by that principle," said Minister of External Affairs, S Jaishankar. Makes you feel all warm and gooey inside, doesn't it? Pity, this "humane thing" did not protect Princess Latifa, a helpless lone woman who was kidnapped by 12 to 15 Indian commandos, two of whom sat on her and forcibly injected her with tranquilizers, and then dumped her back in Dubai in 2018. All she wanted was asylum from a forced marriage. The Telegraph. Dear Leader's principles are so inspiring. US President Donald Trump said, "There will be no deal with Iran except Unconditional Surrender. After that, and the selection of a Great & Acceptable Leader(s),..will work tirelessly to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction, making it bigger, better, and stronger than ever before." BBC. In response, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said that "demand by the United States for an unconditional surrender is a 'dream they should take to their graves'." He apologized for attacks on neighbors and promised to halt them. ET. Either he lied or, more possibly, he has no command over the inhuman Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and the Basij militia who were seen by eyewitnesses deliberately shooting live rounds into unarmed protesters (BBC). This morning, Gulf countries the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain have been activating their missile interceptors and a Pakistani taxi driver was killed in Dubai by falling debris from an intercepted missile. TOI. Iran spent decades and billions of dollars building proxy paramilitary groups in Iraq, but most of them aren't keen to join the present fight. Reuters. Just as the Pakistani Army spent its energies building the Taliban as its proxy and is now trying to survive attack by the well-armed, committed   Taliban. Reuters. States which brutalize their own citizens lose credibility and trust. And eventually must fall. Only we are "humane". It's a matter of principles. Hallelujah.