{"id":249781,"date":"2021-10-27T04:24:50","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T09:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=249781"},"modified":"2023-02-02T06:13:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T05:13:23","slug":"iran-a-slap-that-hurts-the-entire-iranian-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/inside-source-reports\/iran-a-slap-that-hurts-the-entire-iranian-regime\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: A Slap That Hurts the Entire Iranian Regime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-irgc-slap-fiasco-min-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-249786\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-irgc-slap-fiasco-min-1.jpg\" alt=\"iran-irgc-slap-fiasco-min\" width=\"1000\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-irgc-slap-fiasco-min-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-irgc-slap-fiasco-min-1-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-irgc-slap-fiasco-min-1-768x386.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-irgc-slap-fiasco-min-1-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iran-irgc-slap-fiasco-min-1-696x350.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">What happened?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Sunday, October 23, while a former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/inside-irans-army-of-terror-and-oppression-revolutionary-guards-irgc\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Revolutionary Guards<\/a> (IRGC) commander, Brig. Gen. Abedin Khorram was about to start his speech as the new governor of Iran\u2019s East Azerbaijan province: another man stepped on the stage, rushed towards the speaker, and slapped him in the face. The tussling between the assaulted and the assailant was soon interrupted by security forces and organizers who took the latter off stage. As the drama was recorded from start to end, it soon made headlines across Iran and beyond.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iran News in Brief \u2013 October 23, 2021 <br \/>Feudal Infighting within IRGC Becomes More Evident<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l4zgXwkwrv\">https:\/\/t.co\/l4zgXwkwrv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9P42PFFmBU\">pic.twitter.com\/9P42PFFmBU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1452007670270119939?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Why did it happen?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Contrary to statements from Abedin Khorram that were broadcast via state media, this wasn\u2019t the first encounter between the two. According to the official IRNA news agency, the attacker was IRGC Lieutenant Colonel Jafar Alizadeh, a member of the IRGC Ashoura Corps, which Khorram had overseen. According to the Telegram Group \u2018Researching Teachers\u201d, Alizadeh was in the Western Tabriz forces before Khorram\u2019s tenure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">But later on, the Brig. Gen. humiliated Alizadeh by dismissing and insulting him in front of his subordinates and then replaced him with a freshly recruited Lieutenant. Apparently, the IRGC Lieutenant Colonel vowed to retaliate, and he kept his word and took the world as a witness thereof.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ensafnews.com\/314826\/%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%86%DA%98%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8\/\">Baharnews<\/a> Telegram group, run by former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad\u2019s office, Abedin Khorram has been a staunch supporter of Ahmadinejad. In Syria, he was caught and held hostage by ISIS, and for his release a ransom of $57 M was demanded. The regime\u2019s Supreme National Security Council decided to forgo the swap, but Ahmadinejad personally intervened and was willing to pay the ransom. Eventually, when Iran\u2019s foreign minister wanted to hand over the check to the Emir of Qatar, the Emir refused to accept the payment and said he\u2019d helped as a friendly gesture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to other state-affiliated sources, IRGC Brig. Gen. Khorram later broke with Ahmadinejad and during the presidential campaign in early 2021, he prevented his former mentor from speaking at a major Mosque in Tabriz. While the tides were turning, Khorram had become a fierce supporter of Ebrahim Raisi. As such, he\u2019s been rewarded with the governor\u2019s post. Some sources have said that Alizadeh is a supporter of Ahmadinejad and called the latest move a warning to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/ebrahim-raisi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>\u2019s front.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">The aftermath<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">After being hit, Abedin Khorram claimed that he didn\u2019t know the assailant and he considered him \u201con par\u201d with his enemies but would \u201cforgive him.\u201d As he continued his speech on stage, some in the crowd shouted \u201cDeath to the hypocrites!\u201d and decried Khorram as a \u201cpro-supreme leader governor.\u201d \u00a0In a radio interview the Brig. Gen. also said that he expects the respective officials \u201cto take care\u201d of such a provocation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">After the incident, IRGC Lieutenant Colonel Jafar Alizadeh published an open letter, calling himself a loyal Basij member and a \u201chumble IRGC Colonel\u201d who is proud that he \u201chas rightfully slapped\u201d the \u201cblack hypocrite face of governor Khorram.\u201d While mentioning the Supreme Leader, he said that he\u2019s prepared to be publicly tried to show the evidence about why he considers Khorram a traitor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Accusing Abedin Khorram of corruption, Alizadeh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tazenews.com\/news\/142594\/%d8%b3%db%8c%d9%84%db%8c-%d8%b2%d9%86%d9%86%d8%af%d9%87-%d8%a8%d9%87-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%b4%d8%a7%da%af%d8%b1%db%8c-%da%a9%d8%b1%d8%af\/\">wrote<\/a>: \u201cFirst of all, he [Khorram], who was a fellow company of mine in the Ashura Corps in Tabriz, must explain in court how he was able to build a glorious and luxurious palace for himself with his military salary, while he initially was a tenant in the humble organizational houses of IRGC until 1997. And how did he manage to send his children to study in London and the United States?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cHow did billions of tomans of treasury money land in the bank accounts of his wife, who used to sew for the IRGC until 1975?\u201d Alizadeh questioned in his open letter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Corruption eats Iran&rsquo;s IRGC from within\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_BtWlMywBNd8\" 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%2FBtWlMywBNd8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BtWlMywBNd8\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT19M4S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-09-28T16:08:54Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_BtWlMywBNd8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FBtWlMywBNd8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Corruption eats Iran\u2019s IRGC from within<\/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\/BtWlMywBNd8\" 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%2FBtWlMywBNd8%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Corruption eats Iran&rsquo;s IRGC from within\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"September 2021\u2014In this program, we want to take a deeper look at the IRGC in Iran\u2019s regime. However, covering all of the IRGC\u2019s functions and crimes in one program is no easy task, meaning we will run out of time. Despite the circumstances, we intend to evaluate some of this entity\u2019s functions, why the IRGC was established in Iran, and in what measures did the IRGC become involved in following the 1980s Iran-Iraq War? More importantly, is the IRGC a unified force that Khomeini sough and does it retain the power it enjoined back in the 1980s? The setbacks and defeats the IRGC has suffered through the years, what impact has it had on the IRGC both domestically and abroad, such as Syria? What has been the impact of penetration and influence inside the IRGC? We seek the answers to these questions in interviews with Misters Hassan Nezamolmoloki and Majid Hariri; Prof. Alejo Vidal-Quadras, former European Parliament Vice President; Struan Stevenson, former MEP from Scotland; and Paolo Casaca, former MEP from Portugal. Excerpt from the documentary by Iran National TV (INTV) https:\/\/www.iranntv.com\/ https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/SimayAzadiTV\/featured *** Content on the PMOI\/MEK&#039;s official YouTube channel is not subject to copyright if the source is mentioned ***\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">The impact<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The slap has turned into a major spectacle throughout the entire political arena in Iran. The IRGC issued a statement condemning it and taking sides with Abedin Khorram, and it asked the Judiciary to deal with the aggressor and avoid such \u2018unfortunate occurrences from happening again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">State-run Jomhuri Eslami newspaper wrote on October 25: \u201cThe slapping, which took place in Tabriz, revealed that the clashes have now reached one of the most important security and defense sectors of the country. In this case, the assailant and the beaten were both from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/inside-irans-army-of-terror-and-oppression-revolutionary-guards-irgc-part-2\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Revolutionary Guards<\/a>, and this is exactly what should never have happened&#8230; It was a slap in the face of the IRGC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Arman daily also wrote: \u201cIf anyone who is going to get into trouble attacks senior executives and beats them up, as the saying goes, then no one is safe. It won\u2019t stop here. Why should a person reach such a boiling point that he prepares himself for any punishment and takes to such behavior?! How many other people in this province and in other parts of the country are in this state and can repeat the very inappropriate and dangerous behavior of this person? Such movements are unprecedented in our country, and if they are not rooted out, they will be the beginning of emotional and disruptive behaviors&#8230; We hope that this kind of behavior will not become common conduct in protest, because it can be very costly for Raisi\u2019s government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to a report from the state-run Aftab-e Yazd newspaper, Alireza Sharifi Yazdi, sociologist and university professor said: \u201cThe level of public trust in the country\u2019s officials and managers has drastically dropped over the last 15 years, and public anger has increased. This anger sometimes demonstrates itself in the form of violence and riots in 2017 and 2019, sometimes in refusal to take part in the elections, and sometimes in welcoming such events, which shows the public anger.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">What it means<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Despite foreign media <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/iran-provincial-governor-slapped-rare-security-breach-80743805\">translating<\/a> the slap as a \u2018security breach,\u2019 there is more than meets the eye. Although this seems to sound like a fight between two old rivals at arms, state media cared enough to understand the complexity and avoided a delicate personal story.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Actual security breaches in the IRGC that led to several assassinations and intelligence theft of highly secret documents had already put on display the all-time low morale within the ranks of the Corps. The factional feud in the organization is just another indication that the paramilitary force once willing to storm Iraq and roll through minefields in the tens of thousands has become increasingly corrupt and wouldn\u2019t be able to withstand serious confrontation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">While both former IRGC officials claim to be loyal to the supreme leader and accuse each other of being a hypocrite \u2014 a pejorative that state officials use for their arch-foes, the People\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">Mojahedin Organization<\/a> (PMOI\/MEK) \u2014 the aggressor openly called Khorram out for his corruption and invited him to court. The very fact that he chose to publicly attack the governor who has good ties with the administration reveals that he had no fear of prosecution. He most certainly knew how he could use the public outrage against the IRGC and the administration to be left unharmed.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">What it brings<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Popular uprisings in recent years have rendered the IRGC\u2019s nerves and morale thin. Sanctions have shattered its ranks, and state media is warning about social consequences for a good reason. Iranians are fed up with the corrupt and oppressive apparatus that is keeping the vicious clerics in power. The reality on Iran\u2019s streets and the intertwined political crises Tehran is facing left the supreme leader no other choice but to eliminate many former partners that used to argue on strategic decision making.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">He installed a mass murderer as president, consolidated all branches of power by loyal elements, and appointed IRGC commanders to the most crucial posts. He wanted to make sure he wouldn\u2019t face the slightest disagreement while fighting an uphill battle so he could cope with the storms to come. The Lieutenant Colonel might have intended to take personal revenge, but he unintentionally has slapped the face of an entire regime.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What happened? On Sunday, October 23, while a former Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) commander, Brig. Gen. 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