Guarding Exiles from Iranian Menace: A Test for Western Democracies
Townhall, August 13, 2023 by Bruce McColm
On September 16, 2022, an event permanently changed Iran. Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, died due to beatings of the regime’s “morality police”. Nationwide protests aiming at regime change by the people erupted and continued for months, prompting serious debates in Washington and European capitals about the right policy toward Iran.
After a savage state crackdown, including hundreds of protesters killed and tens of thousands arrested, the public display of outrage subsided, at least momentarily. The protests were rooted in more than four decades of suppressive policies as well as the organized resistance against the regime.
With the one-year anniversary of Iran’s most significant anti-government uprising quickly approaching, the regime is aware of the potential for further unrest. Various officials, including the head of the viciously repressive Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hossein Salami, have been publicly warning about this in recent days. a former IRGC commander and the current parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf even went so far as to acknowledge the leading role that the principal opposition Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) has played in recent uprisings.
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