{"id":302516,"date":"2023-02-22T19:59:42","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T18:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=302516"},"modified":"2025-09-20T16:59:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T15:59:45","slug":"munich-security-conference-assured-tehran-more-than-it-warned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/demonization-articles-analyses\/munich-security-conference-assured-tehran-more-than-it-warned\/","title":{"rendered":"Munich Security Conference Assured Tehran More Than It Warned"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After enduring six months of persistent protests, during which hundreds of lives were lost and tens of thousands of demonstrators suffered through torture, rape, and even blindness, the Iranian people have sent a resounding message to the world: regime change is inevitable, it’s not a question of if, but when. Yet again, despite passionate rhetoric about supporting the people of Iran, the Western powers have shown a steadfast reluctance to confront the murderous regime in Iran.<\/p>\n

With the war in Ukraine as a major shadow that cast a high, the Munich Security Conference 2023 was held from February 17 to 19. Unlike previous years, and despite its evident impact on the prolonged invasion of Ukraine, the so-called \u201cIranian threat\u201d was a missing spot on the MSC agenda<\/a> as an official topic that world leaders would commit time to discuss.<\/p>\n

Unprecedently, the Iranian regime\u2019s delegation was disinvited to the MSC as the organizers wanted to make sure Tehran feels the consequences of being at loggerheads with the West. Though, in order to prevent any misinterpretation in Tehran, members of the so-called Iranian \u201ccivil society\u201d and \u201cadvocates\u201d were invited to MSC.<\/p>\n

One of these \u201cactivists\u201d<\/em> was Reza Pahlavi, the son of the ousted monarchial dictator, joined by Masih Alinejad who had a background of cheering for factions inside the Iranian regime that stimulated a mirage of reform and moderation.<\/p>\n

Reza Pahlavi, who proclaimed himself<\/a> the new shah of Iran while celebrating his 20th birthday in November 1980, has often swung through positions from promoting a republic, a monarchy, an elective monarchy, and then again inverse. Reminiscent of more than 57 years of the dictatorship of his sires that forced millions of Iranians to end monarchy in 1979, Pahlavi has been a divisive factor during Iran\u2019s consecutive uprisings since 2017. For years, even today, he has continued to root for a transition of power in Iran with the help of the murderous IRGC and Basij.<\/p>\n

Virtually at the end of the so-called MSC Townhall, MEP Michael Gahler, who attended the meeting as part of the audience, raised a controversial topic out of the blue. He literally criticized the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) for leading the struggle against the regime in Iran.<\/p>\n

Openly demonstrating a frustrated tone, he said: \u201cDo you know who represents the Iranian opposition every day physically in the European Parliament and probably many other parliaments? It\u2019s this awful National Council of Resistance. They are physically present every day, and they pretend to be the Iranian Opposition they are the ones who are infiltrating the mindset of many colleagues, often from countries that have recently liberated themselves and they think they are the ones now. So, please be physically present and get your voices heard as a real alternative because I think these PMOI guys do not represent the people and the opposition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael Gahler\u2019s resentment against the MEK is not unprecedented<\/a>. In May 2011, following a bloody massacre of the MEK members in Camp Ashraf that was carried out by the IRGC Quds force-affiliated commandos of the Iraqi military, Gahler sent a letter<\/a> to his colleagues, asking them not to support \u201cthe PMOI lobby in the European Parliament\u201d. Despite the nuanced wording, the effort was literally aimed at stopping any attempt that wanted to pressure the Noury al-Maliki government which had the elimination of the Iranian Opposition on its agenda.<\/p>\n

Instead of vowing to commit more to the fight against the murderous regime in Tehran, Masih Alinejad made sure to side with the most denigrated of his statements; slamming the MEK.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cI should make it very clear that the MEK does not represent the Iranian people,\u201d Masih Alinejad boasted. \u201cThose who do not believe in democracy, those who do not even engage with Iranians, they\u2019re not engaging with us to talk directly about what they want for the future of Iran. I\u2019m very, very, very surprised that how they are being welcomed by the members of the European Parliament, by some of the senators and members of the Congress in America.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Thousands of Iranians in Munich deny efforts to revive the deposed monarchy- Feb 17, 2023<\/div><\/div>
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