Iran Faces a Growing Internal Crisis

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  By Chuck Wald We have passed the six-month mark of the war between the United States and the Iranian regime. Whatever Tehran’s rhetoric may suggest, its theocratic dictatorship is weaker today than at any point since its establishment in the aftermath of the 1979 Revolution. As this situation continues to unfold, it is increasingly important for Western governments and the broader international community to consider the policies needed to help bring about change driven not by foreign intervention, but by the Iranian people and their organized resistance.  The country’s economy, already suffering from years of decline before the war, is now exhibiting some of its worst indicators in decades, including inflation exceeding 100 percent on key consumer goods. Predictably, these pressures have intensified factional infighting within the regime. The turmoil has been compounded by the loss of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on the first day of the war, February 28.  Khamenei has be...

Iran: Protest Gatherings Against The Unpatriotic Agreement With China

 By Hamideh Taati

The signing of an unpatriotic pact between the Iranian regime and China has sparked a wave of public protests against the plundering of Iran’s national resources, even within the regime’s factions. Yesterday and today, hundreds of patriotic and freedom-loving Iranians, particularly youths and especially women, took to the streets in Tehran, Isfahan, Karaj, Gilan, and other cities to protest the deceitful agreement.



Yesterday, a protest rally was held in Tehran in front of the mullahs’ parliament and in Karaj and other cities in front of the regime governor’s offices. The protesters denounced the agreement, comparing it with the “Treaty of Turkmenchay,” according to which the Qajar kings ceded Iran’s territories in the Caucasus to Russia in February 1828. Expressing their disgust with this treacherous agreement, the protesters chanted, “Iran is not for sale,” “Death to those who are selling out our homeland,” and “We will fight, we will die, we will take back Iran.” According to the media reports, as part of the new agreement, part of Iran’s territory and Iranian maritime resources will be handed over to China for 25 years.

Yesterday, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), wrote in her Twitter account: The anti-Iranian mullahs’ regime auctioned the resources and properties of the people of Iran in a 25-year pact with China. The mullahs only think of preserving their religious dictatorship, which Khomeini said was of utmost importance. He said they could even forsake the precepts of Islam to preserve the regime. Therefore, the mullahs do not care less about protecting the Iranian people’s assets and resources.

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