In a message shared on social media, Aisha Gaddafi, the daughter of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has issued a solemn warning to the Iranian people. She urges them to be wary of any negotiations or rapprochement with Western powers, drawing on her own family's history and Libya's fate as examples.
According to Aisha Gaddafi, her father had received assurances that abandoning Libya's nuclear and ballistic programs would lead to economic and diplomatic openness with the West. However, she claims that the reality was quite different: Libya was transformed into a "field of ruins" by NATO bombings, plunging the country into chaos, slavery, poverty, and a mass exodus.
She praises the Iranian people's resistance to international sanctions, media pressure, and "economic asphyxiation," seeing it as proof of the Iranian nation's vitality. She insists that any compromise with Western powers will only lead to destruction and suffering, comparing it to "negotiating with the wolf," which does not save the sheep but simply designates the next meal.
To support her argument, Aisha Gaddafi cites Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, and Palestine as models of resistance, while those who have "prostrated themselves" before the West have been "swept away by the ashes of oblivion".
This warning comes as discussions on the Iranian nuclear program are at a standstill. Whether this appeal will resonate with Iranian leaders and public opinion remains to be seen.
In 2003, Muammar Gaddafi agreed to dismantle Libya's nuclear weapons program, allowing international inspectors access to the facilities. This decision had allowed Tripoli to emerge from its international isolation. However, in 2007, Gaddafi lamented that his country had not received the compensation promised by Western countries after renouncing its nuclear program. In particular, he stressed that the Westerners had not helped Libya transform its military nuclear program into a civilian program, as they had committed to do.
Iran supported the revolt of the Libyan people against Muammar Gaddafi, without formally recognizing the new Libyan power. The Iranian ambassador returned to Tripoli, and Iran sent medical and humanitarian aid to Libya.
The consequences of NATO's intervention in Libya and Gaddafi's assassination continue to fuel debates about the pros and cons of cooperation with the West in the nuclear field.
