Geopolitics Sauna

Distinguished guests, dear Iranian Finns, and friends of freedom, I have long worked in international affairs and followed the situation in Iran with great interest for quite some time. It is a pleasure and an honor to address you and all friends of freedom here today. After half a century of nightmare, it is time for Iran to move from darkness into light. I am convinced that we are living through a historical turning point—this is a time of change. We Finns know what it feels like to live next door to an unpredictable and violent tyrannical regime. The generations of our ancestors experienced it heavily. We continue to witness this same evil every single day, as the ally of Iran's theocracy—Russia—murders innocent Ukrainians just a few hundred kilometers from this very place. This same horror unites all those who suffer from oppression. Iranians have continuously risen up to oppose the Islamist regime in their country. However, the regime has suppressed every attempt at change thr...

  Spain allowed European security to be breached in a spectacular way. The same could happen here in Finland, in Estonia, in Latvia, in Lithuania, in Poland, or in Greece. We have to be super vigilant and crack down on human smugglers making millions from this phenomenon. Spain will face European scrutiny on Tuesday in Brussels. I remain skeptical that anything substantial will come out of it on Tuesday, but I would be pleasantly surprised to be proven wrong. If this happened so easily now and without anybody taking meaningful action, it certainly can happen again at any time. Similar shenanigans are used constantly by Turkey and Russia. This is nothing new. We have to put a stop to this. The political pressure from Europeans to do something is huge, so politicians will at least posture. Let us watch and see. This is an existential issue for European civilization. Helsinki, Finland 2.8.2026 Anno Domini