While US policy towards Iran is in the middle of a major overhaul,
senior politicians should be aware that the upcoming Presidential elections in
Iran will not result in a change of either domestic or foreign policy.
Amir
Basiri, an Iranian human rights activist, wrote in the Washington Examiner:
“The so-called election to be held in Iran will be neither free nor fair.
However, this development bears major significance due to a series of
political, economic and social crises this regime is facing internationally and
domestically.”
He
asserted that although this election will not change the Regime’s policies, it
could spell an end to the Regime itself; an idea that was already deliberated
by Regime experts earlier this month.
Last
week, former Italian foreign minister Giulio Terzi and the Foreign Affairs
Chairman for the Iranian opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran
(NCRI), Mohammad Mohaddessin took part in an online conference regarding Iran’s
current crises.
Terzi
explained that the Regime has failed to resolve any of its economic or social
dilemmas since the signing of the nuclear deal, despite increased funding from
foreign investors and the release of frozen assets held abroad.
This
is because the money was spent on terrorism and war, so as a result, the
Iranian Regime should not be given any further sanctions relief.
Basiri
wrote: “Any collaboration by the West with Tehran, an issue currently
under consideration by Washington, will only render further support by Tehran
for terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism across the Middle East, as seen in Syria, through the notorious Revolutionary
Guards (IRGC).”
The
West should not expect great change from the Regime following the elections
because, as Mohaddessin explains, the presidency lacks any real power in Iran.
He
said: "Any flow of state of affairs in the clerical regime is in the hands
of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, his office, and the IRGC … Elections in the
clerical regime are power sharing between various factions of the brutal
regime. It is also about various factions' share in plundering the Iranian
people's wealth."
Terzi
said: "One should not expect a major shift in Tehran's policies after the
elections. It will be a huge folly and total misguided approach by the West to
pin any hope on the results of this election."
The
two front-runners are Ebrahim Raisi,
a confidant of the supreme leader and member of the death commission that sent
30,000 political prisoners to their deaths in 1988, and Hassan Rouhani, incumbent president who oversaw 3,000
executions, an increased crackdown on human rights, and secretly restarted the
nuclear weapons programme during his four-year reign as President.
Both
the conference members and Basiri warn about the dangers of the ‘moderate v
hardliner’ myth that is being pushed by the Regime.
There
is no substantial difference between the pair, both were approved by the
Regime’s Guardian Council (a small group who controls who can and cannot run
for President), both are mass-murderers, and both believe that there should be
no separation of church and state.
If
the international community chooses not to support the Regime, no matter who is
elected, and chooses to work with the Resistance instead, this could spell the
end for the Regime.
Mohaddessin
concluded: "This is a totally new situation with new prospects, bringing
the regime closer to its downfall."
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