{"id":221844,"date":"2020-07-09T14:25:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T13:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=221844"},"modified":"2023-01-24T18:57:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T17:57:16","slug":"irans-regime-disgraceful-act-in-handing-over-island-to-china-sign-of-mullahs-desperation-and-deadlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-a-world\/irans-regime-disgraceful-act-in-handing-over-island-to-china-sign-of-mullahs-desperation-and-deadlock\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Regime Disgraceful Act in Handing Over Island to China: Sign of Mullahs\u2019 Desperation and Deadlock"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_221845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-221845\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-Kish-Island-in-Persian-Gulf\" class=\"size-full wp-image-221845\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Iran-Kish-Island-in-Persian-Gulf.jpg\" alt=\"Iran\u2019s Regime Disgraceful Act in Handing Over Island to China: Sign of Mullahs\u2019 Desperation and Deadlock \" width=\"800\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Iran-Kish-Island-in-Persian-Gulf.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Iran-Kish-Island-in-Persian-Gulf-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Iran-Kish-Island-in-Persian-Gulf-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Iran-Kish-Island-in-Persian-Gulf-696x426.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Iran-Kish-Island-in-Persian-Gulf-686x420.jpg 686w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-221845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran, Kish Island in Persian Gulf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Reports from Iran indicate the regime is handing over some<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Iranian<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> islands to China in an unpatriotic 25<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">year agreement. This is a desperate move by a regime which is reaching its <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">end and tr<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ying<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to hold its grasp on power at any cost.\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;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime is handing the Kish island to China in exchange <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">military, regional and international support. Particularly<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the mullahs\u2019 regime fears the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">upcoming decision of the United Nations Security Council over <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">an<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">extension of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">arms embargo on the regime.\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\">Meanwhile<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the regime<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> has not disclosed the details of this agreement, because it fears that<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> this unpatriotic agreement could trigger protests by the Iranian people<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> who are grappling with poverty and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/coronavirus-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19 crisis<\/a> while the regime auctions their wealth, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and the regime is unable to control <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">possible <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">uprising.\u00a0 The regime has never stopped its relations with China. At the beginning of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/coronavirus-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19 crisis<\/a>, the regime was the only government that continued its flights from and to China. The Mahan <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ir airline, which is affiliated to the regime\u2019s <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\">Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">continued transferring Chinese passengers, prioritizing economic goals over the Iranian people\u2019s lives. Th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ere were numerous protests to this action. Therefore, fearing an uprising, the regime was forced to stop <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">its flight<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> or at least pretend it ha<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for a very short <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">period of time<\/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;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Oil Price website, in an article <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on July 6, 2020<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> wrote: \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Last week, the Supreme Leader [Ali Khamenei] agreed to the extension of the existing deal to include new military elements that were proposed by the same senior figures in the IRGC [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] and the intelligence services that proposed the original deal, and this will involve complete aerial and naval military co-operation between Iran and China, with Russia also taking a key role<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\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=\"auto\">According to Oil Price<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">P<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">art of the new military co-operation includes an exchange of personnel between Iran and China and Russia, with up to 110 senior Iranian <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> men going for training every year in Beijing and Moscow and 110 Chinese and Russians going to Tehran for their training.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\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=\"auto\">In addition, the petroleum-economist in September 2013 wrote: \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Among other benefits, Chinese companies will be given the first <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">refusal<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to bid on any new, stalled or uncompleted oil and gas field developments. Chinese firms will also have the first <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">refusal<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of opportunities to become involved with <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">any and all<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">petchems<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> projects in Iran, including the provision of technology, systems, process ingredients, and personnel required to complete such projects.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\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><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100\" class=\"td-animation-stack-type1-2 aligncenter wp-image-219239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In exchange the regime has agreed to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">let China \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">buy any and all oil, gas, and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">petchems<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> products at a minimum guaranteed discount of 12 per cent to the six-month rolling mean average price of comparable benchmark products, plus another 6 to 8 per cent of that metric for risk-adjusted compensation. Additionally, China will be granted the right to delay payment for up to two years and, significantly, it will be able to pay in soft currencies that it has accrued from doing business in Africa and the Former Soviet Union states.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\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\">This disgraceful agreement has also increased the regime\u2019s infighting. Each faction tries to blame the other <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">side<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, to avoid the public hatred. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mohammad Hasan <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Asafari<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Member of Parliament<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> on July 5 said: \u201cDr.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> [Mohammad <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Javad<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">] <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-world\/26715-a-look-at-the-record-of-iran-regime-foreign-minister-javad-zarif\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zarif<\/a> [the regime\u2019s Foreign Minister]<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> just said that they are signing a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">25-year<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> contract with <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Chinese. Yet, the Majlis [parliament] is not aware of this. There have been a lot of rumors about this on social media and among people. These rumors <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">about handing Kish Island over to China will result in people\u2019s dissatisfaction.\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\">Facing a restive society and an unprecedented international isolation due to its malign activities, the regime <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">has been auctioning Iran<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> within the last few years<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In 2019, they <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">auctioned <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran\u2019s historical share of the Caspian Sea to Russia<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The National Council of Resistance of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/our-resistance\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NCRI<\/a>) at that time wrote: \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Undermining the Iranian nation\u2019s national interests, including one trillion dollars in damages from the unpatriotic war with Iraq, the destruction of the environment, the drying up of the nation\u2019s water reserves, the plunder of the Iranian people\u2019s wealth and its squander on exporting terrorism, warmongering, and nuclear and missile programs, are all familiar devices of the mullahs\u2019 regime, which has declared safeguarding the totalitarian rule of the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">vali<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">-e faqih (absolute clerical ruler) as the absolute imperative.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, it is the turn of the Caspian Sea, one of Iran\u2019s greatest national treasures, which the anti-Iranian mullahs have given away in a bid to preserve their security and disgraceful rule.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\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=\"auto\">As Mrs. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/maryam-rajavi\/14237-maryam-rajavi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/our-resistance\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NCRI<\/a> President<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> had said: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cFor Khomeini, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Khamenei<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and Rouhani, neither water, nor the land, nor the culture, nor the lives, nor the wealth of the Iranian people have any value. Only one thing matters: Preserving the rule of the mullahs, which Khomeini described as the \u2018absolute imperative,\u2019 and for which one can abrogate Islamic edicts, and first and foremost give away the land and water of Iran and its people and massacre its valiant children in the prisons<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Indeed, what could an invader do that the mullahs have not done to Iran and the Iranian people. The mullahs are among the worst in Iran\u2019s history.\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports from Iran indicate the regime is handing over some Iranian islands to China in an unpatriotic 25&ndash;year agreement. 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