Addressing
a large gathering of Iranian exiles in Paris on 9 July, Free Iran,
Iranian Resistance President-elect Maryahttps://www.eureporter.co/frontpage/2016/07/09/maryam-rajavi-to-the-freeiran-gathering-in-paris-a-year-after-nuclear-deal-both-factions-fail-at-rescue-iranian-regime-on-verge-of-being-overthrown/m Rajavi presented an assessment
of the clerical regime’s situation one year after signing the nuclear agreement
and said: “The regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei realized that the survival
of his regime was threatened. In order to rescue the regime, he ultimately
decided to retreat with an at least temporary abandonment of the regime’s
nuclear weapons programme. Yet the crisis engulfing the regime could not be
contained. On the contrary, it was exacerbated, throwing the regime even deeper
into the quagmire of the Syrian war.
“Over
the past year since the conclusion of the nuclear accord, many of the sanctions
were lifted and oil exports were increased. But the resulting revenues fueled
the flames of the Syrian war. Even with some of the most encouraging
international opportunities and unwarranted western concessions at the regime’s
disposal, the economy went deeper into recession.
“The
financial and banking system are bankrupt and factories closed down like
falling autumn leaves. The faction led by Hashemi Rafsanjani and Hassan Rouhani
who viewed the agreement as a climbing ladder to obtain additional share of
power fell down head first. Western governments and companies dreaming of a
hidden golden opportunity in Iran, were instead faced with the wreckage left by
the velayat-e faqih (absolute clerical rule).
“During
this period, repression was intensified. Our Kurdish, Arab and Baluchi
compatriots and the followers of different faiths were subjected to more
suppression and discrimination. The number of executions rose to two to
three times the figure during Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s period.
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“Owing to explosive public discontent and the
existence of a capable and vigilant alternative force, the regime finds itself
exposed to the danger of being overthrown. It is not without reason that only
five days before your major gathering in Paris, the regime ordered the missile
attack against Camp Liberty. This was a reaction to Iranians’ reception for
this gathering, and a further indication of the regime’s fear of being
overthrown.”
Rajavi added: “In the past year, both factions
failed to find a way to preserve the regime. It was once again proven that no
solution exists within the regime and the solution offered by the National
Council of Resistance of Iran, namely the overthrow of the ruling theocracy, is
the most viable one. In a word, the Iranian people say the velayat-e faqih
regime must be overthrown in its entirety, with all its factions.
“There were many who assumed that the nuclear
deal would bring tranquility to the region. But instead it brought barrel bombs
and unleashed 70,000 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members on the
people of Syria. It resulted in ethnic cleansing of Sunnis by the terrorist
Quds Force in Iraq. And it led to the spread of extremism under the banner of
Islam in the whole region.
“The mullahs and Daesh (ISIS) are reading from
the same script. Both oppose the pristine teachings of Islam. They have a
similar modus operandi when it comes to barbarity and savagery. They need to
rely on one another to survive. For this reason, so long as the regime’s
occupation of Syria, Iraq and Yemen continues, one cannot confront Daesh
effectively. Regrettably, the notion of practical coordination with the Iranian
regime’s terrorist Quds Force is being justified on the pretext of confronting
Daesh. I warn that any silence vis-à-vis such an approach or any collaboration
with the mullahs enables them to commit genocide and to infringe upon the
national sovereignty of countries in the region.
“US policy on Iran, and consequently on the
Middle East, has leaped from one mistake to another: From the notion of
empowering bogus moderates within the regime to blacklisting the People’s
Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), to remaining silent vis-à-vis the
2009 uprising in Iran. This policy has enabled the religious dictatorship, has
brought calamity to our nations and other crises to the U.S.
“This policy can be corrected through a
solution that is the only effective option, and the most indispensable and
attainable solution: the right of the Iranian people to overthrow the religious
dictatorship and attain freedom and democracy must be recognized. This solution
does not only benefit the Iranian people. It also amounts to a breakthrough for
the region and for the world.”
