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On July 17, Iranian expatriates throughout the world will hold a series of simultaneous gatherings, all of which will be livestreamed <\/span>as part<\/span> of the \u201cFree Iran Global Summit<\/a>.\u201d The networked global event constitutes a socially distanced alternative to the international rally that is usually held each summer <\/span>by<\/span> the National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a><\/span> (NCRI) and the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"NCRI20-0008_BN_PIP_Suite_300x250_P2\"<\/a>Organizers anticipate that the restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic will <\/span>actually increase<\/span> overall participation as people travel to historic locations within their home countries or organize domestic viewing parties, rather than traveling to France from throughout the world.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Something will inevitably be lost in terms of the physical representation of global unity, but something will also be gained in terms of the event\u2019s symbolic value as a starting point for remote support of the Iranian Resistance. That is a topic that the international community will have to think carefully about in the wake of the summit, because recent developments suggest that the opposition movement will be making increasingly bold moves against the theocratic regime in the near future.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t just the optimistic conclusion of the NCRI\u2019s<\/a> supporters. Its adversaries in Tehran had said much the same thing. In April, <\/span>the regime\u2019s <\/span>Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei held a teleconference with members of the <\/span>Basij<\/span> militia<\/span> disguised as students<\/span> and urged them to be on the lookout for dissident protests on university campuses. Khamenei explained that the<\/span> MEK<\/span><\/a>, was sure to take on the leadership of those protests unless actively opposed by the regime\u2019s supporters.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Supreme Leader did not dare entertain the notion that protests could be stopped in their entirety. He only demanded that <\/span>Basijis<\/span> interfere enough to muddle their message and make it appear to foreign observers as if they were focused only on narrow grievances about current leadership, not on the prospect of regime change <\/span>and<\/span> liberation of the country. <\/span>But in describing the <\/span>MEK<\/span><\/a> as a group that \u201crejects the foundations\u201d of the Islamist revolution, Khamenei tacitly acknowledged that Iran\u2019s student population, and <\/span>all the Iranian people<\/span>, <\/span>are<\/span> primed to similarly reject the regime\u2019s founding principle.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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In fact, Khamenei\u2019s April speech actually presented a more optimistic view of the regime\u2019s hold on power than one might have expected in light of earlier events. In January 2018, he seemed to hint at a growing embrace of the <\/span>MEK<\/span><\/a> platform of regime change <\/span>all across<\/span> the country. At the time, <\/span>Iran<\/span> was <\/span>in the midst of<\/span> its most significant anti-<\/span>regime<\/span> protest since the 2009. Khamenei\u2019s response attributed the rapid spread of anti-<\/span>regime<\/span> to the <\/span>MEK<\/span><\/a>, noting that its <\/span>R<\/span>esistance <\/span>U<\/span>nits had \u201cplanned for months\u201d to facilitate nationwide demonstrations.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That planning was remarkably successful \u2013 so much so that the 2018 uprising eclipsed <\/span>the2009<\/span> Movement in some people\u2019s minds. While the earlier protest involved massive participation among the middle class youth of Tehran, the nationwide uprising brought together Iranians from all walks of life, including ethnic and religious minorities and poor rural communities that had long been assumed to be a political stronghold for the clerical regime.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The defining features of the 2018 protest movement were on display once again in November 2019, when a hike in government-set gas prices caused spontaneous protests to erupt in an even larger number of localities. The <\/span>MEK<\/a>\u2019s<\/span> messaging, as expressed in slogans like \u201cdeath to the dictator\u201d and \u201c<\/span>the game [of <\/span>reformist, hardliner<\/span>] is over,\u201d was repeated in its sequel, leaving little doubt about the lasting popular embrace of the organized Resistance.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The 2019 uprising was unfortunately suppressed by immediate, brutal political violence. An estimated 1,500 peaceful protesters were shot dead by security forces, and thousands of activists were arrested and brought up on charges that could lead to multi-year prison terms or capital sentences. Yet this hasn\u2019t impeded the optimism of the Free Iran summit\u2019s organizers, or its intended participants who include Iranian citizens with illegal satellite hookups or internet connections running over virtual private networks.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Neither has the regime\u2019s suppressive efforts inspired much confidence in its own officials, who continue to echo the sentiment that Khamenei hinted at in his April speech. Tehran seems to be well aware of the fact that it is losing ground to the Resistance, and it is readying itself for the next great popular uprising. On one hand, the prospects for such a public display have been impeded by the coronavirus pandemic. But on the other hand, Tehran\u2019s mishandling of that crisis, which has left tens of thousands of Iranians dead, is expected to be further fuel for popular outrage once the time comes.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is unclear how long the international community has to prepare for this next development. But in any event, it must prepare. And the Free Iran Global Summit is an ideal forum in which to do so. The event can be expected to give voice to many Iranian activists\u2019 ideas regarding the ways in which foreign governments and Iranian resistance units can collaborate to bring about transformative change in <\/span>Iran<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Iranian Resistance has<\/span> always maintained that such collaboration<\/span>. And in this regard, the international community must recognize the Iranian people\u2019s right to resistance and overthrow of this regime<\/span>, <\/span>because<\/span> the Iranian people themselves <\/span>are<\/span> the actual authors of change, and the originators of a new government. The foundations of that government have already been laid down in the 10-point plan<\/a> of Iranian <\/span>opposition<\/span> leader Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, which calls for free and fair elections, secular governance, safeguards for the rights of women and minorities, peaceful coexistence between Iran and its neighbors, and so on.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That, ultimately, is the vision for Iran\u2019s future that was embraced by participants in the 2018 and 2019 uprisings. And <\/span>the emerging legacy of those uprisings gives credence to the notion that the Iranian people are poised to overthrow <\/span>the mullahs\u2019 regime<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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