Iranian dissident leader sees troubled regime entering ‘its final stages’
NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi predicts no peace in region until Tehran regime is gone
Washington Times, July 5, 2024
Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, the world’s largest Iranian dissident organization, which seeks to replace Iran’s theocratic regime with a democracy, provided the following exclusive answers to questions from The Washington Times. Her comments come on the heels of a major NCRI rally in Berlin on June 29, where tens of thousands of people demonstrated against the Iranian regime. NCRI and its associate group, the exiled People’s Mujahedeen of Iran (MEK), also held a major indoor rally in Paris over the same weekend, which included speeches by former Vice President Mike Pence, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and hundreds of other current and former officials. The interview was conducted before the runoff presidential vote Friday in Iran.
Question: How has the Iranian regime’s involvement in the Middle East conflicts affected the stability of the region?
Answer: Today, the regime is in its final stages and all its decisions are aimed at delaying its inevitable overthrow. The developments unfolding today in the region are the result of the conclusion [Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali] Khamenei reached in the aftermath of the uprisings of 2022. … Like other dictators, he seeks to confront internal crises and the explosive social situation by fabricating external conflicts. The expansion of the regime’s proxies is a consequence of years of appeasement policies towards the mullahs’ regime. At no point in its modern history has the Middle East been so engulfed in instability and war.
Q: What are the viable ways to stop Iran’s destabilizing actions in the region?
A: The Iranian Resistance has long emphasized that the main root of warmongering, crisis and instability in the Middle East region is the religious fascism ruling Iran. This fact can be witnessed in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine and Yemen. This is why we say that we should target the head of the belligerent snake, i.e., the Tehran regime. Decisiveness is the only way to confront the regime’s actions. Any concessions or accommodations by Western governments toward the mullahs send a message of weakness and embolden them to continue their destructive actions. Indeed, all the concessions and the $100 billion provided to the regime under the rubric of the nuclear agreement or for the release of Western hostages not only failed to halt its nuclear program but actually accelerated it. As long as this regime exists, the region will not see peace and stability. Therefore, the ultimate answer is to overthrow the regime at the hands of the Iranian people and the Iranian Resistance.
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