{"id":213136,"date":"2020-01-08T16:51:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T16:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=213136"},"modified":"2023-01-21T18:54:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T17:54:44","slug":"strategic-blow-and-deadly-impasse-of-the-iranian-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/editorial\/strategic-blow-and-deadly-impasse-of-the-iranian-regime\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic Blow and Deadly Impasse of the Iranian Regime"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Strategic Blow and Deadly Impasse of the Iranian Regime<\/strong><\/small><\/p>\n

The elimination of\u00a0Qassem Soleimani<\/a>, commander of\u00a0the Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)<\/a>\u00a0Quds Force<\/a>, is an important and irreparable blow to the Iranian regime. Its importance is magnified by the uprising of the Iranian people, which began in November 2019. The uprising marks a new era and changes in the balance of power.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising<\/a>\u00a0was preceded by mass protests in Iraq against Iranian interference in Iraqi society and political affairs. Both movements shocked the Iranian regime and shattered its strategic depth. In response, Tehran launched a series of operations against United States forces inside Iraq to restore the hollow hegemony of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and at the same time to divert the public attention from their just demand of expulsion of the Iranian regime from Iraq. During the operation, carried out by the regime\u2019s Iraqi mercenaries and the IRGC\u00a0Quds Force<\/a>, one American was killed and three were wounded.<\/p>\n

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Good Read on #QassemSolemani<\/a>‘s death.#Iranian<\/a> dissidents hail #Soleimani<\/a>\u2019s death as \u2018major, major blow\u2019 for the regime in Tehran https:\/\/t.co\/1iAaT5huch<\/a> #FoxNews<\/a> #FreeIran2020<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/9Cx3tEWyT3<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) January 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After attacking Aramco refineries and Saudi airports, Khamenei still had not seen a response from the US. This led him to conclude that the regime had an opportunity to consolidate its strategic depth through terrorist operations in Iraq. But pursuing this strategy turned out to be a miscalculation; this time he received a decisive response.<\/p>\n

What led to Khamenei’s miscalculation was his misunderstanding of the depth and the impact of the Iraqi people\u2019s uprising and the November uprising in Iran, which had changed the balance. From the day of its foundation, the Iranian regime relied on its strategy of exporting terrorism and creating crises and war abroad. This policy intended to demonstrate the regime\u2019s hollow hegemony that forced other parties to succumb to its blackmailing campaign. A misguided policy of appeasement towards the mullahs\u2019 regime by the international community was the prerequisite and the key factor to the continuation of this policy by the regime that had begun to fail some time ago.<\/p>\n

The uprising of the Iranian people in December 2017 and January 2018 elucidated their abhorrence of this regime and its policy of exporting terrorism. This was demonstrated in the slogans of “neither Gaza nor Lebanon, my life for Iran” and “Let go of Syria, Think about us.\u201d So, the regime\u2019s strategy of exporting terrorism began to falter.<\/p>\n

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IRAN: Tehran Baazar Traders Protest for 2nd Day Against Rising Foreign Currencies Exchange Rate
Protesters chanting: "Not Gaza, Not Lebanon, My life for Iran"https:\/\/t.co\/xpPCCVMdZl<\/a> #Iranprotests<\/a> #IranRegimeChange<\/a> #FreeIran2018<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/93KAt6U3lK<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) June 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n