Iranians opposition supporters inside Iran supporting Free Iran convention
Analysis by PMOI/MEK
June 23, 2018 - As protests continue to spread across Iran, there is no longer the hoax of any part of this country’s social fabric supporting the clerical regime. In fact, the ruling theocracy is up against the most serious domestic threat since the early days of 1979 the revolution, as explained by Ken Blackwell, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council, in a recent piece published in the Townhall.
June 23, 2018 - As protests continue to spread across Iran, there is no longer the hoax of any part of this country’s social fabric supporting the clerical regime. In fact, the ruling theocracy is up against the most serious domestic threat since the early days of 1979 the revolution, as explained by Ken Blackwell, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council, in a recent piece published in the Townhall.
The movement providing force and necessary
guidance, as indicated by senior Iranian regime officials, has been the
Iranian opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) led by Maryam Rajavi. This is a coalition with the core group being the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK)
and Rajavi issued a call-to-action to Iran’s protesters back in March.
As a result, we are witnessing the public rise in response.
“Rajavi has articulated a ten-point plan
describing the framework of this system, complete with free and fair
elections, secular governance, safeguards on the rights of women and
minorities, and a commitment to peaceful relations with Iran’s
neighbors,” Blackwell explains.
Since January numerous cities throughout
Iran are witnessing anti-regime protests of significant scope, including
the scenes witnessed in Kazerun, southern Iran, and tens of thousands
of truck drivers going on strike in hundreds of cities across all of
Iran’s 31 provinces. Of course, authorities are also going the distance
to crackdown these movements.
Iran’s protest movements have shown their
resolve to continue their efforts, especially amongst PMOI/MEK members
and supporters. Back in the summer of 1988 over 30,000 political
prisoners were executed by the Iranian regime, of which an overwhelming
majority were associated with the PMOI/MEK. All the while this movement
continues to gain strength and grow in size. Add to this the PMOI/MEK’s
network inside the regime’s ranks and files that has provided this
movement invaluable intelligence to blow the whistle on this regime’s
clandestine nuclear weapons drive, ballistic missile program, support
for terrorism across the Middle East and domestic crackdown.
Speaking of roots, the NCRI is able to
show its social base, especially through a convention held each year by
the Iranian Diaspora in Paris, putting on a display of this movement’s
support among the Iranian people, and politicians and lawmakers from
across the globe.
“With that plan as a framework, the NCRI
has established a leadership structure that is ready to step in to
replace the clerical regime and unify the population behind the most
longstanding advocates for its collective dream of democracy and civic
freedom. Such unity is the most important component to a peaceful
transition of power, and the NCRI brings unity not only to the domestic
population but also to all international policymakers who believe in
Iran’s democratic future.
“It should be difficult for anyone to
witness that unity at the June 30 rally without concluding that US
policy toward Iran is on the right course. This escalating assertiveness
ought to be understood as adding the Iranian people’s hope for a
domestically-driven change of government. And the rest of the Western
world should adopt a similar posture for that same reason,” Blackwell
concludes.
Visit this website for more information about the Iranian opposition convention.
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