What happened to my Iranian friends?

What the Bible says

Violence and war are omnipresent in the Old Testament. To put an end to the destructive spiral of blind revenge, the law of Talion – “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” – is formulated several times (in the books of Exodus, Leviticus and Deuteronomy) to try to bring about a return to balance.

But in his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus Christ turns this response to violence upside down: “You have heard that it was said: ‘an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ Well ! I tell you not to retaliate against the wicked; but if someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him.○” (Mt 5:38-39). With this unexpected teaching, Christ does not propose a narrow return to balance, but a demanding path to peace.