{"id":264759,"date":"2022-10-04T17:26:42","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T15:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=264759"},"modified":"2023-02-07T02:38:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T01:38:48","slug":"khameneis-remarks-regarding-iran-protests-showcases-regimes-weakness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/khameneis-remarks-regarding-iran-protests-showcases-regimes-weakness\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamenei\u2019s Remarks Regarding Iran Protests Showcases Regime\u2019s Weakness\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"khamenei-speech-uprising-oct2022\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-264760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/khamenei-speech-uprising-oct2022.jpg\" alt=\"khamenei-speech-uprising-oct2022\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/khamenei-speech-uprising-oct2022.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/khamenei-speech-uprising-oct2022-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/khamenei-speech-uprising-oct2022-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/khamenei-speech-uprising-oct2022-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/khamenei-speech-uprising-oct2022-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">After 18 consecutive days of nationwide protests in Iran, the regime\u2019s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, broke his silence, only to voice support for his security forces and their oppressive measures in a bid to boost their morale. His remarks only laid bare the regime\u2019s weakness. But why? <\/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\">Videos from Iran show state security forces killing, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1575025710149820416\" rel=\"noopener\">beating<\/a>, and brutally arresting unarmed protesters.\u00a0 Khamenei brazenly claimed that the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and the Basij paramilitary forces have been \u201cmistreated.\u201d Meanwhile, on Friday, the IRGC forces opened fire on innocent prayers in Sistan and Baluchistan province, killing dozens and injuring hundreds.\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\">Despite the regime\u2019s efforts to quash the unprecedented yet increasing unrest across Iran, brave Iranian youth and women have relentlessly continued their protests while clashing with the armed forces.\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\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/enraged-citizens-protest-the-murder-of-mahsa-amini\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Protests sparked<\/a> in Iran following the tragic murder of Mahsa Amini by the so-called \u201cmorality police.\u201d People poured into the streets within hours of her death, targeting Khamenei and his entire regime in their slogans.\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\">Yet, Khamenei blatantly shed crocodile tears for Mahsa, whom his thugs murdered for having a wisp of hair protruding from her headscarf. If true, why do the state security forces continue with their killing spree?\u00a0 According to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/iran-pmoi-mek-publishes-the-names-of-57-more-uprising-martyrs\/\" rel=\"noopener\">information tallied<\/a> by the Iranian opposition, over 400 protesters have been killed so far, and roughly 20,000 arrested.\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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> society\u2019s explosive state, pent-up discontent &amp; confrontation between the people &amp; ruling regime have reached a peak. <br \/>Protests, discontent, the people\u2019s powerful &amp; widespread demand for overthrowing Khamenei is simmering. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V2uC0Xb4Rc\">https:\/\/t.co\/V2uC0Xb4Rc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6vJkCJ0chf\">pic.twitter.com\/6vJkCJ0chf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1493592999049281559?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Meanwhile, as the regime\u2019s top authority, Khamenei has repeatedly <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/iran-khamenei-takes-new-shot-at-feminism\/28390611.html\" rel=\"noopener\">promoted misogyny<\/a>.\u00a0 In July 2022, he defended mandatory hijab and considered housing and childbearing as women\u2019s main tasks. <\/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 response, Iranian women showed their defiance by acting as the trailblazers of people\u2019s struggle for freedom. They have been playing a leading role in recent protests.\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 as Khamenei acknowledged, Mahsa\u2019s death, although tragic, only sparked Iran\u2019s volatile society. Deep resentments and anger have been building for decades due to the country\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-09-29\/iran-protests-underline-economic-social-pain\" rel=\"noopener\">economic crunch<\/a>, systematic corruption, political repression, and social restrictions.\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\">As always, Khamenei tried to paint Iranian protesters as elements of \u201cglobal arrogance\u201d in a bid to limit the role of the Iranian Resistance and the national demand for regime change. Yet, he could not hold himself from slandering the organized opposition, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), by referring to the \u201corganized nature of these riots.\u201d<\/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\">\u201cThis was an organized riot. The judiciary should prosecute those who participated in these riots according to their share in damaging the security,\u201d Khamenei said while desperately showing his teeth as protests continue to spread despite the regime\u2019s crackdown.\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\">Before Khamenei, his representatives in different cities and other regime officials <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-protests-and-tehrans-fear-of-organized-resistance\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">echoed Khamenei\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> utter fear of the MEK and its \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iranian-resistance-units\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Resistance Units<\/a>\u201d role in the current uprising. The Friday prayer sermons are riddled with anti-MEK rhetoric, and the gang of hoodlums posing as lawmakers at the regime\u2019s parliament staged a protest chanting slogans against the organization.\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\">\u201cThe sworn enemies of Islam, such as the western media outlets and the MEK, are spreading lies,\u201d the regime\u2019s president Ebrahim Raisi <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irangov.ir\/detail\/396630\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> on September 23 at a press conference in New York.\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\">Khamenei\u2019s remarks, coupled with the ongoing protests in Iran and the role of the Iranian opposition, only laid bare the regime\u2019s weakness and vulnerability. He ordered the regime\u2019s oppressive apparatus to increase violence in dealing with Iranian protesters.\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\">Iranian people have proven in recent days that they will not back down from their righteous demand for democracy and continue confronting the regime\u2019s forces against all odds. Now the ball is in the court of the world community to go beyond its condemnation of state violence against unarmed Iranians. The international community should indeed recognize the Iranian people\u2019s right to self-defense and resistance. Anything shorter would allow the ruling theocracy to continue with its killing spree. <\/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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The special feature of this era is that regardless of the fact that the regime in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> abandons or keeps its nuclear program, it will face an outbreak of uprisings where the PMOI\/MEK and its Resistance Units will play their leading role.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MEKResistanceUnits?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MEKResistanceUnits<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UXOrJWszc4\">pic.twitter.com\/UXOrJWszc4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1555487766196232192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 18 consecutive days of nationwide protests in Iran, the regime&rsquo;s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, broke his silence, only to voice support for his security forces and their oppressive measures 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