NCRI Staff
NCRI - The widespread protests across Iran this past month came as a
shock to the Mullah’s Regime and the world at large, but this isn’t over
yet. The first wave of protests may have been quelled but the people’s
anger with the Regime hasn’t been extinguished.
To make matters worse for the mullahs, they are facing expanding
isolation on the international stage, with many in North America,
Europe, and the Middle East, getting tougher on the Iranian Regime. The
ordinary Iranian people are watching this closely, knowing that less
international support for the mullahs will translate into a Regime less
able to fight the tide of regime change.
Support for the Iranian Regime is waning by the day, especially after
Donald Trump set a May deadline for significant improvements to the
Iran nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA) and
threatened to withdraw the US from the deal if it were not fixed.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has now met with his European
counterparts to discuss Iran's ballistic missile programme and regional
interference and it is believed that the European view on the JCPOA and
the Iranian Regime is coming in line with the American one.
This should come as no surprise given the previous comments from
politicians in France and the UK, as well as Germany’s recent
investigation into an Iranian terror plot. Even though European
companies have been trading with Iran since the JCPOA, there is evidence
that the European governments will still impose sanctions on Iran for
its ballistic missile development and other malign behaviours.
The Arab World has also heavily criticised Iran at the World Economic
Forum at Davos, with many Gulf Arab officials in Davos slammed Iran for
its destabilising regional behaviour.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif cancelled his participation in
the event, presumably fearing criticism of the Regime’s crackdown on
protesters, like Aladdin Borujderdi, head of Iran's parliamentary
Security Commission, received during his recent visit to the European
Parliament, but that didn’t stop the criticism.
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said: "[Iran] is using
sectarianism and terrorism in order to interfere in the affairs of other
countries.”
While UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash accused
Iran of spreading “transnational sectarianism” across the region.
He said: "The whole idea of not Gaza, not Syria but Iran is what you
[Iran] should concentrate on, is a clear message, not from us across the
Gulf, but from your own population. Don’t spend $5/6bn annually in
Syria, don’t spend a billion on Hezbollah.”
Changing the Regime’s perspective
The Iranian Regime does appear to recognise that they are facing
major opposition though, as evidenced in reports on websites associated
with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. They write that they know the
JCPOA is looking increasingly fragile and this implies that they know
that international support for the mullahs is falling.
Human rights activist Heshmat Alavi
wrote
on Al Arabiya: “It has become a known tactic of Iranian media and
figures close to the ruling elite to launch a brouhaha about the JCPOA,
while remaining silent on sensitive issues, such as their ballistic
missiles and foot-sprints across the Middle East. Why Iran needs to
remain silent in this regard is quite obvious. At a time when people
across the country are placing the very pillars of this regime in their
crosshairs and demanding regime change, Tehran understands its weakening
positions in the international spectrum will have a direct impact on
domestic issues.”
International governments have a duty to stand with the Iranian
people and oppose the Regime. They must increase pressure on the Regime
to end its ballistic missile programme and interference in the Middle
East, while supporting the Iranian people. This is what will bring the
Regime to its knees.
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