The Iranian regime has constantly tried to downplay the role and
influence of the opposition coalition, the National Council of Resistance of
Iran, and its main constituent, the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran(PMOI/MEK), by portraying them as marginal and insignificant. Yet, its
mainstream media and top officials are constantly betraying the regime's real
feelings and fear of the group.
The latest
episode came after U.S. senators visited the organization's
headquarters in Tirana, Albania. Sens. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., John
Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., met with NCRI President Maryam Rajavi
and members of the MEK, and discussed the latest developments in Iran and the
Middle East as well as solutions to end the current crisis in that region.
Rajavi
thanked the senators for their firm position toward Iran, especially the
adoption of new sanctions against the ruling regime
and the Revolutionary Guards for their human rights abuses,
Iran's ballistic missile program, and the export of terrorism.
Less than a
day later, dozens of mainstream media outlets representing all factions and
branches of the Iranian regime expressed concern about the lawmakers' visit,
calling it a provocative move meant to cause instability in Iran.
The visit
comes as the Trump administration is reviewing its policy toward Iran's
nefarious activities, and cabinet officials have hinted at supporting regime
change, a goal that the MEK and NCRI have been calling for since 1981.
The Iranian
regime and its backers in the West try to portray support for regime change as
a path that will lead to another military invasion in the region, and a
possible repeat of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. However, the NCRI
believes that the Iranian people and their resistance movement are fully
capable of achieving regime change without the need for a foreign intervention.
In her
meeting with the senators, Rajavi emphasized that contrary to the propaganda by
the Iranian regime's apologists, the ruling theocracy is rotten to the core and
very fragile. Without foreign support, especially the policy of appeasement
pursued in the U.S. and Europe, it would not have survived so long.
She added
that regime change in Iran is necessary and within reach because a viable and
democratic alternative exists.
The Iranian
regime is increasingly extremely worried about the momentum that is building
around the NCRI's goal. In April, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., made a
similar trip to Albania and met with the MEK and NCRI's
leadership. Other U.S. dignitaries and politicians attended the group's annual rally in Paris last
month, where they underlined the necessity for regime change in Iran.
The regime
is also having trouble containing MEK's increased activism inside Iran. In the
run-up to the May's presidential elections, despite the numerous threats issued
by regime officials and Iran's security apparatus, the group's supporters
carried out widespread campaigns across
Iran, denouncing the undemocratic nature of the elections and exposing the
criminal history of the candidates.
The trip of
U.S. lawmakers to Tirana is one more problem the Iranian regime will have to
deal with as it is faced with an opposition that is growing in influence and
support, and it no longer has the advantage of a U.S. administration geared
toward appeasement and concessions.
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