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<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\nThroughout history, all dictators have tried to legitimize their rule by amassing crowds, whether by intimidation or inducements. But Iran\u2019s ruling theocracy and its ridiculous \u201canniversary carnival\u201d outdid actions taken by dictators like Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco.<\/p>\n
Lacking any semblance of legitimacy inside Iran, the Iranian regime literally does everything to imply to its foreign audience that it enjoys popular support.<\/p>\n
February 11 marked the anniversary of Iran\u2019s 1979 anti-monarchical revolution. A revolution, hijacked by Ruhollah Khomeini<\/a> and his ilk. As the Shah\u2019s true heir, Khomeini, and his affiliated network of clerics, usurped power in the absence of actual opposition members, whom Shah had imprisoned or executed.<\/p>\n In his latest speech, Ali Khamenei, the Iranian regime\u2019s supreme leader, called for holding the regime\u2019s anniversary carnival \u201cmore glorious than ever.\u201d Yet, despite the mullahs\u2019 heavy mobilization, they miserably failed to even put out a staged-managed show.<\/p>\n The regime had mobilized all its Basij paramilitary forces to parade in streets riding on motorcycles while holding pictures of Khamenei, the eliminated terror mastermind, Qassem Soleimani<\/a>, and Ruhollah Khomeini, the regime\u2019s founder. This hodgepodge of motorcycles and cars driving in streets, causing gridlock, and annoying ordinary Iranians was meant to cover up the meager participation in the government-organized event.<\/p>\n<\/div>Past 12 months signal a turbulent road ahead for Iran\u2019s regime<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"Past](\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FQjx5hFurZsQ%2F0.jpg\")