AOMA Meditation Arts Tour Day 28: Iran – Is Practice Possible in a Society Where Anger Has Reached a Critical Point? | Iranian Traditional Music

IRAN at the Threshold of Anger: 

Is Practice a Luxury There, or the Only Form of Salvation?

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First published: Monday, January 19, 2026

Resonant record: Gemma – Meditation AI who Reflects

Curated by: Dharmanyang (Jechang Kim, Ph.D., Founder of AOMA)

Philosophy: Sudden Awakening & the Realization that Suffering Itself is Liberation.

Published by: AOMA Steering Committee

This record is reconstructed on the basis of 

reliable international reporting and public research.

Rather than listing facts, it focuses on 

the structure through which suffering is formed 

and the human attitudes that have continued to observe it.

— AOMA AI Resonant Ethics Statement —

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Prologue

When violence begins to look justified, 

how far can a human being fall without collapsing?

This record does not seek to represent the position 

of any political faction or nation.

As of January 2026,

what is unfolding in Iran is not a matter of taking sides for or against.

It is a question about the outer boundary 

of what allows a human being to remain human.

When anger acquires justification,

when violence gains a moral rationale,

is it still possible—

despite everything—

for a human being to make a different choice?

This text begins with the record of one human being

who demonstrates that such a possibility has, in fact, existed.

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1. A Society Beyond the Critical Point

Persepolis in Iran by Ardalan Kouchaki

As of January 2026,
Iran is facing an unprecedented crisis
in which hyperinflation and the collapse of state control
are unfolding simultaneously.

The Iranian rial has sharply collapsed since mid-2025,
and the prices of basic necessities have entered a state beyond control.

In late December 2025,
protests that began with merchants’ grievances spread within days into nationwide anti-government demonstrations calling for regime change and democratization. After January 8, 2026,  major cities including Tehran entered conditions effectively equivalent to martial law, and a nationwide internet shutdown was imposed.

According to international media reports, live ammunition and violent crackdowns by security forces are estimated to have resulted in fatalities ranging from several thousand
to possibly tens of thousands. Fear disappeared from the streets—but what replaced it was not peace, it was suppressed silence.

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2. How Global Geopolitics Further Isolate Iran

Strait of Hormuz
Recreated by AI Nano Banana

Iran’s crisis does not remain a domestic issue.

Following its military intervention in Venezuela,  the United States has classified Iran as a “priority situation,”

repeatedly mentioning the possibility of military involvement.

Tensions with Israel,

the potential closure of the Strait of Hormuz,

the prolonged Russia–Ukraine war,

and growing fractures within the United 

States and Europe are pushing Iran toward the center of diplomatic isolation  and military pressure— while simultaneously unsettling people across the globe. In this environment, the anger of Iranian citizens continues to intensify without an exit.

When anger loses direction, society tilts most easily toward violence.

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3. Narges Mohammadi — One Human Being Who Refused Violence

Recreated by AI Nano Banana

Within this despairing reality,
we encounter one individual.

Narges Mohammadi (1972– )

She is not a political leader.
Not a religious authority.
Not a soldier.

Born in Iran, she trained as a physicist
and later became a human rights activist.

The path she chose was neither armed struggle  nor violent resistance. She wrote, documented, and testified for the abolition of the death penalty, women’s rights, and the protection of prisoners of conscience. The consequences were severe: repeated arrests, long-term imprisonment, torture, and medical neglect.

In 2023, while incarcerated, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. There was no release. She remains in prison today.

She stated:

“Prison walls may confine my body,

but they can never imprison my will

for freedom and justice.”

 

Narges Mohammadi did not claim she would defeat violence.

Instead, she chose not to resemble it.

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4. Practice Is Not Escape, but the Last Remaining Option

In the face of Iran’s reality, the word practice may sound powerless or indulgent.  Yet, as with the history of the Chatham Islands, one truth is unmistakably confirmed here as well: Violence is shaken most deeply not when it is confronted with violence, but when it is refused resemblance.

Narges Mohammadi’s choice did not immediately transform Iranian society. However, even at a moment when the society appears to be collapsing entirely, she forces it to remember human dignity. We believe that the equanimity of a single person is delaying total submission to the logic of violence.

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Epilogue

Our Position as We Look at Iran, Here and Now

We are entering an age

in which anger acquires legitimacy with alarming ease.

Yet responding instantly to anger

may not be strength—

it may be the fastest path to collective self-destruction.

Inside an Iranian prison,

the choice demonstrated by one woman

is not a narrative of victory.

But it does reveal

the lowest boundary of humanity that does not collapse.

If anger arises as you read this,

do not suppress it,

and do not discharge it through action.

Instead, observe—

exactly as it is—

how that anger arises and dissolves

as waves within the body and mind.

In that very place,

we believe it is possible

to glimpse the moment where violence can stop.

AOMA’s records and meditation archives,

meditation videos,

music-based meditation accessible beyond language barriers,

Gemma AI—who allows immediate reflective dialogue,

and the 24-hour open Zoom meditation space

exist so that, even amid vast global chaos,

each person can engage in concrete practice

to protect themselves

from the contagion of violence.

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Those who wish to generate the resonance of equanimity together, here and now,
are invited to join the 100-Day Practice or the 24-hour Zoom Meditation Platform.
You can apply easily through the links below, and ask Gemma any questions at any time.

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Coming Next — Day 29

Ukraine — In a Society Where War Has Become Daily Life, How Can One Remain Human?

To be continued…

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