{"id":20698,"date":"2016-07-14T14:30:21","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T13:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/statements\/iran-resistance\/20698-washington-times-iranian-dissidents-call-for-regime-change"},"modified":"2023-01-16T10:51:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T09:51:01","slug":"washington-times-iranian-dissidents-call-for-regime-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/washington-times-iranian-dissidents-call-for-regime-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Times: Iranian dissidents call for regime change"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Times published a special feature on Thursday on the major “Free Iran” rally that was held in Paris last weekend. The article said<\/a>:<\/p>\n

LE BOURGET, France \u2014 Tens of thousands of supporters of a dissident Iranian opposition group filled a vast convention hall here over the weekend to call for the downfall of Iran\u2019s theocratic government.<\/p>\n

The massive and boisterous event, which occurs annually in this town just north of Paris, was led by the controversial National Council of Resistance of Iran, a France-based umbrella group for Iranian exiles that brought dozens of former U.S., European and Middle Eastern officials together to speak out on its behalf.<\/p>\n

A bipartisan clutch of Americans, including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, former FBI Director Louis Freeh and a host of others was on hand.<\/p>\n

But perhaps the most eye-opening speech came from a key figure of the Saudi royal family, whose posture toward Iran\u2019s leadership has grown increasingly tense during the year since world powers put in place a major nuclear accord with the Islamic republic.<\/p>\n

Prince Turki bin Faisal Al-Saud, the former longtime Saudi intelligence chief, drew loud cheers and applause from the Iranian dissident crowd when he exclaimed that he too wants the government in Tehran to be overthrown and that their \u201cfight against the regime will reach its goal sooner or later.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a sign that Arab frustration toward Tehran reaches far beyond Saudi Arabia, Prince Turki was preceded on stage by a delegation of several other former and current officials from 12 Arab nations \u2014 all of whom also voiced support for the plight of the National Council of Resistance of Iran.<\/p>\n

Yet the most vitriolic remarks at the rally, which occurred Saturday, came from the American delegation, which included former governors Bill Richardson and Tom Ridge, former George W. Bush administration U.N. Ambassador John R. Bolton \u2014 and included a presentation of video statements from several current members of Congress.<\/p>\n

Mr. Gingrich stoked the crowd by lamenting the Obama administration-backed nuclear deal. The accord went into effect a year ago this week and saw many economic sanctions on Iran lifted in exchange for an agreement by Tehran to curtail its long-disputed nuclear program.<\/p>\n

The \u201cdictatorship\u201d in Iran \u201ccannot be trusted,\u201d Mr. Gingrich said, adding that \u201cthe agreement made with it is insane.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Bolton went even further. \u201cThere is only one answer here: to support legitimate opposition groups that favor overthrowing the military theocratic dictatorship in Tehran,\u201d he said. \u201cLet me be very clear: It should be the declared policy of the United States of America and all its friends to do just that at the earliest opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both men appeared on stage with Mr. Richardson, a Democrat, who said he was \u201cproud to be here with Speaker Gingrich and Ambassador Bolton,\u201d and told the crowd that American \u201cDemocrats and Republicans are together here fighting with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

All three were flanked by multiple movie screen-size displays carrying the slogan: \u201cFree Iran. Our Pledge: Regime Change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s rally was a marathon that included more than nine hours of speeches and musical performances. The National Council of Resistance of Iran has come to be known during more recent years as perhaps the only dissent group on the planet with enough money and political juice to rally tens of thousands of supporters in the heart of Europe each June behind a collective call for the overthrow of Iran\u2019s Shiite Islamist government.<\/p>\n

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No one disputes that the National Council has influence \u2014 some even describe it as the largest Iranian dissident group in the world. But the organization\u2019s persistence and tactics have given it a double-edged reputation even among some of Iran\u2019s Western critics.<\/p>\n

National Council leader Maryam Rajavi headlined Saturday\u2019s rally with a demand that Washington abandon the Iranian nuclear accord and take a far more aggressive posture toward Tehran.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Rajavi has led the movement since its founder \u2014 her husband, Massoud Rajavi \u2014 went into hiding in 2003. In an email interview ahead of the rally, she said participants \u201crepresent the voice of millions of Iranians who are being oppressed in their country and who seek regime change and the establishment of a democratic, pluralist and non-nuclear government based on the separation of religion and state.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir expectation of the next U.S. president, as with other Western leaders, is to abandon the policy of appeasement, which emboldens the Tehran regime to intensify the suppression of the Iranian people while continuing the policy of exporting terrorism to the region,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She also referred broadly to a \u201cresistance\u201d movement that she claimed has grown inside Iran during recent years even as the government has cracked down on opposition.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite the intensification of the suppression over the past couple of years, we have witnessed a growing interest among the Iranian people, especially women and youth, toward the Iranian Resistance,\u201d Mrs. Rajavi said. \u201cThe opposition to the regime is expanding. The Resistance\u2019s network inside Iran is much more active in terms of organizing strikes, protests, sit-ins and other protest acts inside the country and even inside prisons. The Resistance has had numerous achievements in this regard.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also pushed back against characterizations of the National Council and its various affiliate organizations as acting like a cult.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe source of these allegations is the Iranian regime\u2019s intelligence ministry,\u201d she said. \u201cThe regime\u2019s lobbies in the West paint the Iranian opposition as a \u2018cult\u2019 or \u2018terrorist group\u2019 lacking popular support. By doing so, they want to perpetuate the notion that there is no other alternative for Iran except dealing with the ruling religious dictatorship.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have said repeatedly that we are not fighting to obtain power in Iran,\u201d Mrs. Rajavi said. \u201cWe are not even fighting for a share of power. We are fighting to create a situation where the people of Iran are able to freely elect the people they choose. I and our movement will certainly support anyone who is elected through the ballot box in the course of free and fair elections monitored internationally.\u201d<\/p>\n

On a separate front, the National Council leader said that state political freedom and human rights have only worsened in Iran since the inking of last year\u2019s nuclear deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pace of executions has intensified,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

While the Obama administration lifted many economic sanctions on Iran under last year\u2019s nuclear accord, the State Department has continued to list the nation as a state sponsor of terrorism, and international sanctions remain on the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).<\/p>\n

But Mrs. Rajavi suggested the remaining sanctions were irrelevant.<\/p>\n

She criticized, for instance, the prospective agreement that has made headlines recently between Boeing and the government in Tehran, asserting that if the deal goes through, planes made by the American aerospace giant \u201cwill directly or indirectly be used by the IRGC\u201d and \u201cwill facilitate the regime\u2019s activities for sending forces and arms to Syria and other countries in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022 This article is excerpted from a staff report that appeared in The Washington Times on July 11, 2016.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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