Raisi’s Death Foreshadows Trouble for Iran’s Dictatorship
RealClear Politics, June 8, 2024 by Mike Pence & Mike Pompeo
The unexpected death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash should remind the world that no oppressive regime can last forever, as they are intrinsically unstable. Just as the Soviet Union collapsed under the weight of its own sins, so too will this be the ultimate fate of the tyrannical regime in Tehran.
As the leader of the free world, the United States must be prepared when that day inevitably arrives – and that requires supporting the courageous Iranian citizens who continue to resist the regime from within.
Raisi was a mass murderer responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of political prisoners and protestors over the past forty years, and helped the regime spread terrorist violence across the region. His appointment as president in 2021 was widely viewed as a sign of the regime’s growing frustration at its inability to quell growing dissent within its own borders.
Despite Raisi’s bloody crackdown, the resistance only grew stronger during his time in power. In fact, in recent years the resistance mounted the largest and most sustained anti-establishment demonstrations since 1979. Thousands of teachers, workers, retirees, and students courageously took to the streets across the country, demanding change.
But if there’s one thing America and her allies should have learned by now, it is that the Iranian regime is incapable of moderating on its own. Every olive branch extended by Western nations over the past four decades has been snapped in two. Tehran cannot be “nudged” in the right direction by the naïve left running the Biden administration, just as they were undeterred by the same cast of characters in the Obama administration.
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