It appears that spreading hope in Iranian society today is needed and critical more than ever before. Everybody needs to spread and deepen “Green Hope,” based on their ability, initiative and time.

If in winter hoping for a fruit from a tree in spring is a myth, then so is the green hope of the Iranian people. Those in power in Iran are not the only ones who will pay for the depression of a large portion of the Iranian population, because the country’s national interest will suffer the biggest damage.

Iranian society, particularly the protesting citizenry, must be called to be patient and hopeful. The hopelessness leading to the gradual death of the political and civil activists must be critiqued; we must think of prevention. We must be hopeful of a better and a green tomorrow, and implant hope in the hearts. Nineteen months after the 2009 presidential election and its political-social aftermath, hope remains the irreplaceable keyword of the Green Movement.

It is really important that everybody engage in this. It is not important how, from where and at what level; what is important is to engage to spread and establish the civil movement that pursues the achievement of civil rights of the Iranian people. What is strategic, is the spreads of hope and the encouragement of patience and resistance among citizens who do not accept existing conditions and who strive for better ones.

It is through hopeful actions that potentials can be fulfilled; potentials become realities; chances of achieving effective solutions increase; overcoming problems and crises become possible. So advocating and spreading hope in the heart and society is an ethical responsibility. Hardliners are striving to present the green movement as a dead force. But the protest and right-demanding movement of the Iranian people has disturbed the peaceful sleep of the totalitarians.

There are many hopeful signs. One can point to the remarks by Tehran’s Friday prayer leader who called the green movement the “fire under the ashes,” (meaning it is alive under the surface). One can also point to Ahmadinejad’s administration which is today less effective whose reality-fighting policies get exposed to a greater number of people by the day. One can also point to the courage and perseverance of the leaders of the green movement. There are also many social indicators that clearly attest to the fact that the green movement is alive and thriving.

So greens must strive with hope and fight hopelessness and be agents to spread the green hope in Iran.

Hope continues to be the keyword of the greens.