On the 60th day of the war between Iran and the US-Israel ally, people in Fars province gathered beside the more than 3,000-year-old sites of Persepolis and Naqsh-e Rostam in response to Trump’s threat to “Erase Iranian Civilization.” The most powerful old symbol of this gathering was the historic rock relief showing the Roman Emperor Valerian kneeling before the Sasanian king Shapur I — a lasting image, for Iranians, of the West’s defeat before Iran. By gathering at this historic site, people sent a clear message: Iranian civilization is too old and deeply rooted to be erased by threats.

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