{"id":262064,"date":"2022-08-05T13:13:52","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T11:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=262064"},"modified":"2023-02-01T00:17:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T23:17:54","slug":"irans-regime-survives-and-thrives-from-crises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/irans-regime-survives-and-thrives-from-crises\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Regime Survives and Thrives From Crises\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"coronavirus-iran-khamenei-min-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-246281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/coronavirus-iran-khamenei-min-1.jpg\" alt=\"coronavirus-iran-khamenei-min\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/coronavirus-iran-khamenei-min-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/coronavirus-iran-khamenei-min-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/coronavirus-iran-khamenei-min-1-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/coronavirus-iran-khamenei-min-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/coronavirus-iran-khamenei-min-1-696x390.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Natural disasters, economic woes, and social crises could happen in any country. But what distinguishes democratic countries from authoritarian regimes is their response to these problems.\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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While governments make every effort to prevent or reduce casualties of natural disasters or other crises, Iran\u2019s ruling theocracy seems to profit from people\u2019s death and misery. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In other words, death is the trademark of Iran\u2019s clerical regime, helping it to survive and thrive.\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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Flash floods have been ravaging dozens of Iranian cities for the past few days, leaving behind a massive path of death and destruction. According to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition, over <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202208038107\" rel=\"noopener\">100 people<\/a> have so far died, and dozens more are missing.\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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While Iran has suffered from drought for at least a decade, the badly needed heavy rainfall has turned into a catastrophe.\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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Iranian regime\u2019s systematic deforestation, digging thousands of wells that have destroyed aquifers, diverting rivers by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mei.edu\/publications\/irgc-and-irans-water-mafia\" rel=\"noopener\">building dams<\/a>, refusing to install flood management systems, and refraining from dredging dams and rivers, played a significant role in aggravating the recent flood crisis in Iran.\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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">So far, regime officials have refused to help the victims. They indeed rushed to the scene, but to take selfies while shedding crocodile tears!<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cDressed formally and without bringing relief equipment, some members of parliament, ministers, and the mayor of Tehran attended the flood-stricken areas of Tehran province, especially Imamzadeh Dawood, and took selfies with muddy feet,\u201d the state-run Jomhuri-Eslami daily wrote on July 30.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThese photos drew the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-july-30-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\">ire of users<\/a> on social media. Some people said that the officials exhibited no concern and anxiety like the people whose homes and lives were destroyed by the flood. There was also no sign of fatigue like the rescuers helping the people. Who on earth would even think of taking a selfie in this situation?\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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Although tragic, the recent devastating floods are among the many crises the Iranian regime has created and intensified.\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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On May 23, the ten-story <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/everything-the-collapse-of-the-metropol-building-in-abadan-brought-to-light\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Metropol Complex in Abadan<\/a>, southwest Iran, collapsed, killing dozens and injuring many more. Despite numerous warnings by experts about the shoddy construction, the Metropol twin towers were built by Hossein Abdolbaghi, who had close ties with the regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).\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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Instead of helping people to find their loved ones and sending equipment to Abadan, the regime deployed anti-riot units that opened fire on and wounded the mourning crows who had peacefully demonstrated, asking for some help.\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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe have already identified 33,000 buildings in Tehran, primarily old buildings. There are 947 towers among these buildings, with up to 12 floors. Unfortunately, we have often said that we have 129 buildings in critical condition, which require immediate attention,\u201d Kamran Abdoli, Deputy Fire Protection and Security of the Fire Department acknowledged during his interview with Iran\u2019s state TV on May 27.\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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In other words, Iranian officials were aware of the eventual collapse of Metropole but decided to ignore it.\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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The list of crises the clerical regime helped to form and increase is endless. Iran\u2019s Covid-19 crisis is one of these appalling cases. According to the reports tallied by the Iranian Resistance, over half a million Iranians lost their lives as the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2021\/01\/08\/iran-khamenei-bans-us-uk-coronavirus-vaccines\/\" rel=\"noopener\">banned the <\/a>import of credible American and British vaccines on January 8, 2020. This ban came at the height of the regime\u2019s systematic downplaying of the crisis, even going as far as denying the existence of the coronavirus in Iran for months.\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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Another prime example of how Iran\u2019s regime profits from crisis and war is the Iran-Iraq war. The regime instigated war and prolonged it under the pretext of \u201cexporting the revolution,\u201d using hundreds of thousands of Iranian children as human waves. This devastating war resulted in over one million victims.\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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Like a parasite, the Iranian regime plunders the country\u2019s resources and inflicts pain and misery on Iranians. Developing, procuring, and exporting crises, are part of the regime\u2019s survival strategy.\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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The mother of all crises for the regime is the \u201ccrisis of legitimacy.\u201d From day one, mullahs realized that Iran\u2019s young and vibrant society represented serious challenges to the regime\u2019s backward rule. Unable to lead Iran and manage a society with such potential, the mullahs adopted the policy of creating and exporting crises to postpone their regime\u2019s eventual downfall.\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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But the ongoing protests in Iran by people from all walks of life are the broadest picture of a volatile society that defies the mullahs\u2019 destructive rule. Thus, the nightmare of people\u2019s backlash to their policies and crimes haunts regime officials.<\/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>Natural disasters, economic woes, and social crises could happen in any country. 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