Annual Iranian opposition gathering in Villipinte, Paris
Analysis by: PMOI/MEK
June 18, 2018 - When protests
flared across Iran in late December, many analysts and observers
dismissed them as another wave of unrest that would soon be quelled by
the regime or die off by itself. But the ensuing months proved how
misplaced those assessments were.
Despite the Iranian regime’s unbridled
violence against demonstrators, the Iranian people have continued their
protests. Since January, Iranians of all walks of life and social
classes have been manifesting their dissatisfaction with the regime in
different ways. Farmers’ protests in Isfahan, strikes by merchants in
the western provinces of the country and the nationwide strikes by truck
drivers are just some of the widespread protest movements that the past
months have seen.
In Kazeroun, demonstrations over unfair
division of territory turned into clashes between the regime and
protesters. The growing trend of protests all prove two undeniable
facts: First, the Iranian regime is incapable of responding to the needs
of the people, and second, the regime can no longer stifle the voices
of the people.
The former has been the harsh reality that
the Iranian people have lived with since the 1979 revolution. The
mullahs ruling Iran have always set their priorities on maintaining
their survival, which they guarantee through terrorist intervention in
neighboring countries, the development of ballistic and nuclear weapons,
and the sheer repression of any dissent or opposition at home. Under
the corrupt rule of the mullahs, the lives of the Iranian people
continues to spiral into misery and poverty while their rulers spend
billions of dollars’ worth of national wealth into their evil projects.
But the second fact, which is the regime’s
dwindling power to suppress protests and demonstrations, is what makes
these circumstances special. Emboldened by an organized resistance and
opposition movement that has been vouching for democratic regime change
for decades, the people of Iran are defying the regime’s show of power
and going toe to toe with its security forces in the streets of Iran.
The regime has also lost much of its support abroad from governments
that had been inclined toward giving the mullahs concessions to further
their own economic and political interests. This is also making it
harder for the regime to further crack down on protests as it did in the
past.
Amidst their protests over economic
grievances and regime corruption, the people of Iran are also voicing
their real demand: the toppling of the regime in its entirety. Slogans
such as “The enemy is right here,” “Reformists, principalists, the game
is over,” and “Death to Khamenei and Rouhani” represent the people’s
desire for regime change. The Iranian people have also made it clear
through their protests that they do support the regime’s fundamentalist
ideology and do not stand for its terrorist meddling in other countries.
The demands of protesters in Iran are in
congruence with the beliefs and principals of the National Council of
Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and its main constituent, the People’s
Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). NCRI president Maryam Rajavi
has presented a ten-point plan for the future of Iran, which demands for
the establishment of a free, democratic and secular state that is based
on gender equality and equal opportunities for people of all religions
and ethnicities. The NCRI and MEK categorically condemn and reject the
mullahs’ meddling in the region and, having been the first party to
reveal Tehran’s secret project to obtain atomic bombs, have constantly
demanded for the total dismantling of Iran’s nuclear program. As the
largest and most organized opposition group, the NCRI and MEK are the
true alternative to the mullahs’ autocratic rule and the answer to the
demands of the Iranian people.
Mrs. Rajavi will be speaking at the Free
Iran Gathering, an annual rally that draws tens of thousands of
Iranians, hundreds of politicians, activists, jurists and religious
figures from across the world to discuss the most important issues of
Iran. Every year, prominent figures from a wide range of political
beliefs attend the gathering to voice their support for the Iranian
opposition and democratic regime change in Iran.
This year, the Free Iran Gathering, which
will be held in Villipinte, Paris, on June 30, will be focused on the
ongoing protests in Iran and the democratic alternative to the
dictatorship in Iran. More than ever, the Free Iran Gathering will be
representative of the future of Iran and the Iranian people’s desire for
freedom.
For more information, visit the official website of the Free Iran Gathering
https://english.mojahedin.org/i/iran
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