{"id":219505,"date":"2020-06-02T12:12:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T11:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=219505"},"modified":"2023-01-24T06:11:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T05:11:15","slug":"editorial-the-power-struggle-in-the-final-phase-of-irans-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/editorial\/editorial-the-power-struggle-in-the-final-phase-of-irans-regime\/","title":{"rendered":"EDITORIAL: the Power Struggle in the Final Phase of Iran\u2019s Regime"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_219511\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219511\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Qalibaf-and-Soleimani\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219511\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Qalibaf-and-Soleimani.jpg\" alt=\"EDITORIAL: the Power Struggle in the Final Phase of Iran\u2019s Regime\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Qalibaf-and-Soleimani.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Qalibaf-and-Soleimani-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Qalibaf-and-Soleimani-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Qalibaf-and-Soleimani-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Qalibaf-and-Soleimani-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Qalibaf and Qassem Soleimani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/corruption-in-the-mullahs-regime-ruling-iran-part-5\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mohammad Bagh<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">r Qalibaf, one of the main elements of oppression and warmongering<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in Iran\u2019s clerical<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0regime<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and a leading figure of plundering and embezzlement<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0was appointed as the regime\u2019s new parliament speaker on May 28.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In his first speech on May 31, Qalibaf exposed the nature and the roadmap of a parliament filled with members of the Revolutionary Guards (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/irgc-s-38-year-record-war-crackdown-exporting-terrorism-fundamentalist-and-advancing-the-nuclear-weapons-drive\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IRGC<\/a>) and corrupt elements of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">intelligence and oppression<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0network<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He made important<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0an<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0acknowledgment about the regime\u2019s critical and disunited situation and counted some of the threats against the regime. He said:\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">The first threat is the reduction of the social capital of the system, which is the result of the saturated managerial inefficiency of the country and the distance of the officials from the principles of the revolution, creating economic and livelihood challenges, preparing the ground for unemployment and widespread social harm. Another threat is corruption, a concern that has penetrated and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">become\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">institutionalized in various structures and led to increased discrimination and dissatisfaction, and the failure to achieve justice.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/corruption-in-the-mullahs-regime-ruling-iran-part-5\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Qalibaf<\/a> made these remarks while he is one of the leading figures of governmental corruption within the regime.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As part of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the infighting\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">by<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0rival factions, the state-run\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Etehad<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Khabar website, in an article published on May 30, identified him as a leader of theft and looting in the mullahs\u2019 regime and wrote: \u201cNow <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/maryam-rajavi-qalibaf-regimes-new-parliament-speaker-has-murdered-members-of-the-pmoi-mek-is-an-accomplice-of-ebrahim-raisi-the-judiciary-chief\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf<\/a> is head of a legislative power which intends to fight corruption. The important question is:\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">C<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ould we wipe a window with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">dirty\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">napkin<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">?\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Can a person accused of corruption be the center of the fight against corruption? Of course, everything will be clarified after some time.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Qalibaf also said: \u201cThe country&#8217;s disrupted administrative-executive system is another threat that has ruled out good governance.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">H<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">e concluded: \u201cWhat makes the situation more dangerous is the executive branch\u2019s administrative model, which,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">along with its inefficiency and managerial confusion and its focus on looking to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0outside, does not believe in the principles and components of the jihadi management model.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Qalibaf\u00a0also called any negotiations with the United States fruitless. While persisting on continuing terrorism and warmongering in the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">region,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">describe<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">d the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">leadership<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Ali Khamenei,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">regime\u2019s supreme leader, as the best opportunity for the regime. While the regime\u2019s hollow power in the region has shattered after the elimination of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/27175-who-was-the-vicious-criminal-qassem-soleimani\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Qassem\u00a0Soleimani<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">[head of the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0terrorist<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Revolutionary Guards\u2019 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/26763-quds-force-s-arm-in-iraq-holy-shrines-reconstruction-headquarters\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quds Force<\/a>]<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/maryam-rajavi-qalibaf-regimes-new-parliament-speaker-has-murdered-members-of-the-pmoi-mek-is-an-accomplice-of-ebrahim-raisi-the-judiciary-chief\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Qalibaf\u00a0<\/a>said: \u201cThe systems\u2019 achievement have been rendered due to the efforts made by people like\u00a0Qassem\u00a0Soleimani<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">H<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e continued<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u201cThe Eleventh Majlis [parliament] considers strong confrontation with foreign enemies, especially the United States and the Zionist regime, as one of its basic principles, and will not hesitate in confronting the opposition and internal hypocrites. The 11th parliament has pledged to continue the path of Martyr Soleimani in increasing the power of the Axis of Resistance as an unchangeable strategy<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. It<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0considers supporting the Palestinian people, Hezbollah in Lebanon, resistance groups, Hamas, Islamic Jihad<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and the oppressed people of Yemen as its revolutionary and national duty. Negotiation and compromise with the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">U.S.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0as the axis of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">G<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">lobal\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rrogance is considered fruitless and harmful.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/irgc-commanders-criminals-sent-to-the-parliament\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Qalibaf\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0speech portrays a complete picture of the regime\u2019s comprehensive crises and the deadlock\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in which\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">it is trapped.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime\u2019s supreme leader, Khamenei, in a meeting with regime\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">paramilitary\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Basijis<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in universities, described the establishment of a &#8220;young and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hezbollahi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0government &#8221; as the country\u2019s\u00a0 way out<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0crises and said by a young and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hezbollahi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0government, he meant someone like\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Qassem Soleimani, the eliminated commander of the terrorist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/26763-quds-force-s-arm-in-iraq-holy-shrines-reconstruction-headquarters\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quds force<\/a>.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This critical situation, highly multiplied by the coronavirus crisis, has terrified\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">regime\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">forces<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and pushed them to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">brink<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0of defection.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">They are p<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">articularly<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0fearful of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the people\u2019s uprising, as the fire under ashes could rise again. In this regard, Khamenei, in the same meeting during which he spoke of a young\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hezbollahi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0government, with an unprecedented frankness warned about Iranian youth approaching the<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> just like the first years of the anti-monarchic revolution.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">H<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e warned them not to help\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">enemy recruit people.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">n order to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0boost the moral<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">his<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0forces who are disappointed and hopeless of the situation getting better,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Khamenei had intended\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to fulfill his longtime dream of unifying his regime.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But in reality<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0it<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0was revealed that this Majlis, even after dozen times of filtering, is another field of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">infighting and with the intensifying problems between the regime\u2019s faction<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the crisis will be more intensified th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">n before. In other words, even unifying this regime demands a capability and potential that does not exist in the regime.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But most importantly, Khamenei clearly showed his regime\u2019s strategic roadmap<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0which is\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">policy\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">contraction in all aspects, including in dealing with the U.S.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The result of Khamenei\u2019s remarks and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">regime\u2019s future actions, despite the infighting and crisis it has created inside the regime, clarified\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">regime\u2019s strategic plan for the era after\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">current president, Hassan Rouhani, which has one result: The last hope of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">regime<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">apologist<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and lovers of negotiation and interaction with the U.S. has shattered.\u00a0<\/span><span 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