{"id":232277,"date":"2020-12-30T15:51:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T20:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=232277"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:27:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:27:21","slug":"irans-people-continue-their-struggle-for-regime-change-despite-all-obstacles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/irans-people-continue-their-struggle-for-regime-change-despite-all-obstacles\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s People Continue Their Struggle for Regime Change Despite All Obstacles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran_Uprising_15082020\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-223964\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran_Uprising_15082020.jpg\" alt=\"Iran_Uprising_15082020\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran_Uprising_15082020.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran_Uprising_15082020-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran_Uprising_15082020-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran_Uprising_15082020-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran_Uprising_15082020-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran_Uprising_15082020-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iran_Uprising_15082020-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Events in 2020 showed Iranian society is on the verge of explosion, while the regime clings on to its fragile rule through brute suppression and export of terror abroad. Unlike other governments whose priority has been to contain Covid-19, Iran\u2019s regime has tried to use the pandemic to prolong its rule.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran is a place where the international community effectively should focus its efforts. Iran has been hit harder than any surrounding country by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/iran-coronavirus-fatalities-in-475-cities-exceeds-193900\/\" rel=\"noopener\">coronavirus outbreaks<\/a>, and that hardship has been exacerbated by worsening conditions in other areas. Human rights crises are a constant feature of the theocratic regime, both those crises have grown worse throughout 2020, partly because of the regime\u2019s culpability for uncontrolled infection and partly because the regime has aggressively cracked down on dissent to assuage its own anxiety over recent outpourings of popular dissent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Khamenei dismisses Coronavirus as not that big a deal, even calls it a blessing!\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_fFtdtSmyrXE\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FfFtdtSmyrXE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fFtdtSmyrXE\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M9S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-03-03T17:30:07Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_fFtdtSmyrXE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FfFtdtSmyrXE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Khamenei dismisses Coronavirus as not that big a deal, even calls it a blessing!<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fFtdtSmyrXE\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FfFtdtSmyrXE%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Khamenei dismisses Coronavirus as not that big a deal, even calls it a blessing!\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Khamenei dismisses Coronavirus as not that big a deal, even calls it a blessing! While more than 1,000 people have died to the coronavirus in Iran, and while in shocking revelation, the Iranian regime&#039;s Deputy Health Minister Ghasem Janbabaei acknowledged in an interview with state TV that over 12,000 people have been hospitalized after being diagnosed with the coronavirus and this is only 20 percent of the individuals who have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei dismisses Coronavirus as &quot;not that big a deal&quot;, even calls it a &quot;blessing&quot;.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">About two months before the start of the year, people in nearly 200 Iranian cities and towns participated in a spontaneous <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-november-2019-uprising-and-its-amplifications\/\" rel=\"noopener\">uprising<\/a> that revived, anti-regime slogans from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/anniversary-of-2018-iran-protests-and-international-communitys-obligations\/\" rel=\"noopener\">previous uprising<\/a> at the beginning of 2018. The as pre-cursors to 2020, became reminders of how justice has been delayed for the Iranian people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran Protests: Nationwide Uprising in Iran- November 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_R-XN2b5wZ6I\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FR-XN2b5wZ6I%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R-XN2b5wZ6I\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M22S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-12-04T19:58:54Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_R-XN2b5wZ6I\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FR-XN2b5wZ6I%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran Protests: Nationwide Uprising in Iran- November 2019<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/R-XN2b5wZ6I\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FR-XN2b5wZ6I%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Protests: Nationwide Uprising in Iran- November 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"#IranProtests- Nationwide Uprising in #Iran-November 2019 Mrs. Maryam Rajavi: World must condemn horrific crime against humanity, take action to stop it and free all prisoners; inaction is inexcusable and the regime will construe it as a green light to continue and intensify its crimes. The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) published an additional list of the heroic victims of the Iranian people\u2019s uprising. The number of those killed in the protests that swept across 200 cities has risen to 1,500 According to reports received by the Iranian Resistance from inside the country, the Iranian regime\u2019s State Security Force alone has recorded 1,029 deaths related to the protests.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">That delay does not need to persist for long past the start of 2021, though. The international community has been thoroughly distracted by the pandemic. Those obstacles were all the more challenging in light of the fact that European policymakers were already preoccupied with trying to salvage the 2015 Iran nuclear deal with world powers, prioritizing their economic interests over the Iranian people\u2019s rights and their own humanitarian values.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">However, 2020 also witnessed important steps regarding the regime\u2019s human rights record and its other malign activities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In September, a group of United Nations human rights experts wrote a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/significance-of-un-experts-letter-on-1988-massacre-victory-for-justice-seeking-movement\/\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> to the Iranian regime questioning it over the unresolved history of a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">massacre<\/a> of political prisoners that took place in the summer of 1988. The letter demanded answers about the incident itself and about the ongoing harassment of those Iranians who are pushing for justice for the massacre\u2019s victims and their loved ones. Tehran was given time to respond but declined to do so, and the letter was released to the public this month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"UN experts call for investigation of 1988 Massacre in Iran - December 2020\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_fTQGUHGsUCQ\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FfTQGUHGsUCQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fTQGUHGsUCQ\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M10S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-12-12T17:03:11Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_fTQGUHGsUCQ\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FfTQGUHGsUCQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">UN experts call for investigation of 1988 Massacre in Iran - December 2020<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fTQGUHGsUCQ\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FfTQGUHGsUCQ%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"UN experts call for investigation of 1988 Massacre in Iran - December 2020\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"December 2020 - Seven United Nations human rights experts have written a letter to Iran\u2019s regime describing the 1988 massacre of thousands of political prisoners as \u201ccrimes against humanity.\u201d Iran\u2019s regime carried out the massacre in the summer of 1988 based on a fatwa by then-Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini. More than 30,000 political prisoners were massacred. The vast majority of the victims were activists of the opposition People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI-MEK). The letter by the Special Rapporteurs, dated September 3, 2020, has only just been made public by the UN. It calls on the Iranian regime to prosecute the perpetrators of the 1988 massacre. It adds that if Tehran continues to refuse to uphold its obligations under international human rights law, the UN experts call on the international community to launch its own investigation into the massacre \u201cincluding through the establishment of an international investigation.\u201d The UN experts wrote: \u201cIn 1988, the Iranian authorities forcibly disappeared and extrajudicially executed thousands of imprisoned political dissidents affiliated with political opposition groups\u201d President-elect of the NCRI called the report \u201ca major and qualitative step in the advancement of the movement for justice for the victims of that massacre.\u201c Mrs. Rajavi noted that the report, which emphasizes the regime\u2019s non-compliance with its \u201cobligations under international human rights law,\u201d including the non-disclosure of the fate and burial place of those executed, heightens the need to refer this dossier on the ongoing crime against humanity to the UN Security Council, and to bring to account the officials and perpetrators of this great crime of the century. Read More: https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IranNCR\/ https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy Subscribe to NCRI weekly newsletter t.ly\/MybJ #Iran #1988Massacre #UN\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Amnesty International promptly called that letter as marking a \u201cturning point\u201d in the three-decade struggle to hold someone accountable for the killings. The letter itself emphasizes that a number of members of the \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners\/iran-1988-massacre-death-commissions\/\" rel=\"noopener\">death commissions<\/a>\u201d that oversaw the killings are currently top positions in the regime, include as head of the judiciary and the Ministry of Justice, and Supreme Leader.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It was largely these figures who guided the regime\u2019s response to the uprisings in January 2018 and November 2019, and to a wide range of other outpourings of dissent inside Iran. It was also them other top officials of the regime who resolved to take their fight with the democratic opposition beyond Iran\u2019s borders, as when agents of Tehran <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">plotted<\/a> to set off a bomb at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/free-iran-gathering-paris-2018\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Free Iran gathering<\/a> that was organized near France in June 2018 by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NCRI<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">That plot was disrupted by European security services and the conspirators were apprehended. Among them was a high-ranking diplomat-terrorist, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iranian-diplomat-and-three-accomplices-on-trial-for-planned-bombing-of-a-massive-rally-in-paris\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Assadollah Assadi<\/a>, who was serving as the third counsellor at the regime\u2019s embassy in Vienna and has since become the first such diplomat to be formally prosecuted in connection with terrorist activity. The significance of this development can hardly be understated. Assadi\u2019s trial is indeed the trial of the entire regime, which based on evidence, sought to eliminate the Resistance movement in 2018.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi faces terrorism trial in Belgium court\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_NnKyWTWC6EM\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FNnKyWTWC6EM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NnKyWTWC6EM\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT6M42S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-12-03T18:39:02Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_NnKyWTWC6EM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FNnKyWTWC6EM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi faces terrorism trial in Belgium court<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NnKyWTWC6EM\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FNnKyWTWC6EM%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi faces terrorism trial in Belgium court\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Antwerp court hearings \u2013 Friday, November 27, 2020 Belgian prosecutors requested a 20-year sentence for Iranian regime diplomat-terrorist Assadollah Assadi following its four-hour indictment. The jail time requested for the three other terrorists (Assadi\u2019s hired accomplices) were 18 years for Amir Saadouni and Nasimeh Naami, and 15 years for Mehrdad Arefani. The prosecutors also requested the latter three to be stripped of their Belgian citizenships. The most important target in this foiled bomb plot was Iranian opposition President Maryam Rajavi, and Saadouni and Naami were told to install the bomb as close as possible to her, the prosecutors emphasized. All the collected evidence indicate Assadi commanded this bombing operation, the prosecutors highlighted, adding he should be condemned for our own security. Assadi played the main role in the attack targeting the Iranian opposition People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), the prosecutors continued. Describing how Assadi was arrested in Germany, the prosecutors underscored he enjoys no diplomatic immunity. The plot for mass killing people is the reason why we are resorting to international law to deny him of diplomatic immunity. The Iranian regime not permitting Assadi to attend the first session of this trial, cooperate and answer questions indicates that Tehran was behind this terrorist operation. Since Assadi was working with the regime\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), one cannot claim this operation was a one-man initiative and the entire regime was involved in this plot. Saadouni began cooperating with the MOIS back in 2004 for money and the pressure placed on his family. Saadouni and Naami significantly increased their ties with the MOIS from 2007 onward. From 2015 the couple is linked with Assadi under the alias \u201cDaniel\u201d and they were in constant contact with him until their arrest on June 30, 2018. The two had constantly travelled to Iran during this period and had met with Assadi in various countries such as Germany, Italy and Austria, receiving money for information. The places of their meetings were always specified by Assadi. Naami was fully trained on how to use the bomb, according to the prosecutors. Assadi went back to Iran several times during his effort to prepare all the necessities for this operation. Strong evidence in this regard was found in his vehicle and mobile phone indicating he went back to Iran once a month facilitating his preparations for the 2018 plot. On March 19, 2018, Naami and Saadouni began exchanging phone calls and emails with Assadi. Their last meeting was on June 28 at a pizzeria in Luxembourg where Naami received the bomb, a new SIM card and 18,000 euros, placing them all in her bag and receiving written training on how to use the bomb. Based on the indictment Mehrdad Arefani began cooperating with and was recruited by the MOIS when he was arrested in Iran back in 1981. Arefani was in constant contact with Assadi, obtaining footages and using equipment to gather information about the MEK for the MOIS. Arefani met with Assadi in various countries and received money from him. Arefani was missioned to control Naami and Saadouni properly carrying out the bomb plot at the scene. Assadi was waiting for Arefani to provide reports and control the scene through him. Read More: https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IranNCR\/ https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy Subscribe to NCRI weekly newsletter t.ly\/MybJ #Iran #terrorism #Assadollah_Assadi #Assadi #NCRI\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Assadi\u2019s trial stands alongside the UN experts\u2019 letter as something that has strong potential to help the Iranian people pick up where they left off before the coronavirus pandemic and the regime\u2019s deliberate inaction in face of this crisis ravaged their country and placed a pause on the nationwide protest movement that began at the end of 2017. But the growing public hatred toward and the role of the Iranian opposition in guiding the society, coupled with recent developments outside of Iran, pose a serious threat to the regime\u2019s existence. In other words, the regime\u2019s policy of using the Covid-19 mass casualties to create a barrier against people\u2019s uprisings, have failed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Iranian opposition, People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI-MEK<\/a>) has continued the struggle for freedom and holding the regime to account through international instances despite the pandemic. That work has persisted throughout 2020, though advocates for the Resistance were surely aware of the fact that they faced an even more steep uphill battle than in years past. Nevertheless, the UN\u2019s expanded focus on the 1988 massacre is arguably one example of how that activism has paid off.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The UN experts\u2019 letter and the verdict in the Assadi trial should push the international community toward serious, collective action in the form of sanctions and diplomatic isolation for the Iranian regime. These measures along with the Iranian people\u2019s desire and their inevitable uprising will double down the previous challenges to the regime\u2019s hold on power.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the aftermath of 2020, the International community should stand by the Iranian people and their Resistance movement in ousting the regime.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Events in 2020 showed Iranian society is on the verge of explosion, while the regime clings on to its fragile rule through brute suppression and export of terror abroad. 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