As a fragile ceasefire is maintained between Israel, America, and the Islamic Republic, the world holds its breath. Following the series of critical setbacks that have impacted on the mullahs’ regime in the past year, including the continuing protests in Iran and the economy teetering on the verge of bankruptcy coupled with the virtual collapse of Tehran's so-called ‘Axis of Resistance’, including Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, there is an almost unprecedented opportunity for regime change.
Ninety million impoverished Iranians have had enough. Cruelly repressed by a misogynist and medieval theocratic regime that is unable to provide even basic services such as electricity, gas, and water, Resistance Units are burgeoning nationwide. Controlled and coordinated by the People’s Mojahedin of Iran/Mujahedin-e Khalq (PMOI/MEK), the Resistance Units are actively fighting for Iran’s destiny, to overthrow the tyranny of the mullahs and introduce a secular democratic republic. Placards declaring: “Down with the oppressor, be it the shah or the mullahs” and “No to the crown, no to the turban, the mullahs’ time is over,” are appearing regularly on the regime’s bridges and buildings across Iran.
The rejection of the restoration of the monarchy by the Iranian people exposes the efforts of the mullahs to claim that their removal will simply pave the way for Reza Pahlavi - the son of the deposed and hated Shah- to reclaim the Peacock Throne and restore fascist autocracy. After years of silence, the self-proclaimed ‘Crown Prince’ has suddenly re-emerged from his languid life of Western luxury, paid for by the billions looted by his father, to announce that he is the answer to the Iranian crisis. Many Middle East experts ask themselves: “If Pahlavi is the answer, what was the question?” He is being exploited as a ‘useful idiot’ by the mullahs to confuse the rising tide of dissidents demanding regime change.
Incredibly, Pahlavi told a press conference in Paris on 23 June that he was in direct communication with the IRGC – the regime’s Gestapo - which he sees as necessary to maintain order after the overthrow of the mullahs. He said that he is establishing: "a formal channel for military, security, and police personnel to reach out directly to me, my team, and our expanding operation." He claimed: “I know these officers, these soldiers, these brave men exist because they are reaching out to me and telling me they want to be part of this national salvation. But now, greater coordination is needed."
Describing members of the IRGC and Basij as “brave men” will have outraged the tens of thousands of families of those who have been arrested, tortured, and murdered by the mullahs’ repressive forces. It is no wonder the courageous Resistance Units are expressing a clear vision for Iran’s future that rejects both the current criminal theocracy and the past cruel monarchy. The PMOI/MEK Resistance Units are spreading the message nationwide that neither appeasement nor war can solve Iran’s problems. They point to the third option, which relies solely on the Iranian people and their organized Resistance to bring about a democratic, secular republic. They are risking their lives daily, as the mullahs deploy the IRGC and Basij to hunt down anyone who opposes their tyrannical regime.
On average, more than one person has been hanged since the so-called moderate president Masoud Pezeshkian took office in August, including dissidents, women, and juveniles. The regime’s escalating brutality is a sign of profound weakness and fear of its own people. Undeterred, government compounds are firebombed, graffiti and posters supporting the PMOI/MEK are displayed in towns and cities throughout Iran, and regime broadcasts and communications are regularly hacked and hijacked with opposition messages. As fears grow that the regime is intent on massacring imprisoned dissidents, placards demanding the release of political prisoners have appeared in major population centers including Tehran, Isfahan, Karaj, Tabriz, Gorgan, and Arak.
The protests are in direct response to the regime’s sinister strategy of using the war with Israel and America as a cover to eliminate its opponents. On June 16, anti-riot Special Units gunned down terrified prisoners in Dizel-Abad Prison in Kermanshah. The inmates were simply protesting that the Israeli missile strikes had jeopardised their safety, but 10 were shot dead and more than 30 were wounded in the ensuing carnage. When an Israeli missile hit Evin Prison, the mullahs ordered the forcible transfer of political prisoners to unknown destinations. The secrecy surrounding their relocation had echoes of the massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners by the regime in 1988, when PMOI/MEK inmates were moved under the guise of “protection” before being systematically executed.
Now, with Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian announcing that he has suspended further cooperation with inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog – the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the time for diplomacy and negotiation with this gangster regime is over. Western appeasers who believe that the Iranian leopard may change its spots should wake up. The mullahs will now desperately try to resurrect their nuclear program. With no remaining allies, they know that the development of a nuclear bomb is their only chance of frightening the West and holding onto power. Western leaders must show their moral support for the courageous women and men of the PMOI/MEK Resistance Units, who will stop this from happening by sweeping the mullahs from power.
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