{"id":302718,"date":"2023-02-28T10:00:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T09:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=302718"},"modified":"2026-02-24T12:57:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T11:57:28","slug":"european-parliament-struan-stevenson-dictators-and-revolution-iran-a-contemporary-history-book-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/european-parliament-struan-stevenson-dictators-and-revolution-iran-a-contemporary-history-book-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"European Parliament &#8211; Struan Stevenson, \u201cDictators and Revolution- Iran, a Contemporary History\u201d Book Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-302736\" title=\"panel introducing book european parliament 28022023 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/panel-introducing-book-european-parliament-28022023-1.jpg\" alt=\"panel introducing book european parliament 28022023 1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/panel-introducing-book-european-parliament-28022023-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/panel-introducing-book-european-parliament-28022023-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/panel-introducing-book-european-parliament-28022023-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/panel-introducing-book-european-parliament-28022023-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/panel-introducing-book-european-parliament-28022023-1-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Livestream:<br \/>\nEuropean Parliament<br \/>\nStruan Stevenson, \u201cDictators and Revolution- Iran, a Contemporary History\u201d Book Launch<br \/>\nTuesday, February 28, at 11.30 AM CET<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Host and moderator of the conference <strong>Fahime Maktabi:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The recent nationwide uprising in Iran has revealed that the Iranian people are really seeking the end of this regime after decades of suppression, execution, and backbreaking poverty. The Iranian people seek an end to the autocratic regime. This desire is reflected in the slogans chanted across the country. The most common slogan which has been identified in these protests is \u201cDeath to the Dictator\u201d and \u201cDeath to the oppressor, be it the Shah or the mullahs\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;m delighted to introduce a new book written by Mr. Struan Stevenson on the aspect of the change which is going to be brought about in Iran by this uprising, the nature of this uprising, and why no dictatorial regime can be conceived as an alternative to the current regime, which is clear by the protesters\u2019 slogan against the Shah.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Livestream:<br \/>European Parliament<br \/>Struan Stevenson, \u201cDictators and Revolution- Iran, a Contemporary History\u201d Book Launch<br \/>Tuesday, February 28,  at 11.30 AM  CET<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k3uhRp89Xw\">https:\/\/t.co\/k3uhRp89Xw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1630342771285295106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2023<\/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;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-302732\" title=\"MEP Gianna Gancia 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MEP-Gianna-Gancia-1.jpg\" alt=\"MEP Gianna Gancia 1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MEP-Gianna-Gancia-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MEP-Gianna-Gancia-1-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MEP-Gianna-Gancia-1-768x417.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MEP-Gianna-Gancia-1-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MEP-Gianna-Gancia-1-696x378.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">MEP from Italy <\/span><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW62250169 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62250169 BCX0\">Gianna <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW62250169 BCX0\">Gancia:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW37749010 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37749010 BCX0\">I would like to thank <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37749010 BCX0\">Mr<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37749010 BCX0\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37749010 BCX0\"> Stevenson for his important new book. I think <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37749010 BCX0\">it&#8217;s<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37749010 BCX0\">very important<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37749010 BCX0\"> to fight against the theocratic regime in Iran and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37749010 BCX0\">it&#8217;s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37749010 BCX0\"> important to wake up all the people about what really is happening in Iran.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW37749010 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:-8010,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\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\/giannagancia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@giannagancia<\/a>: I would like to thank <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/STRUANSTEVENSON?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@STRUANSTEVENSON<\/a>  for his important new book. It&#39;s very important to fight against the theocratic regime in Iran and it&#39;s important to wake up all the people about what really is happening in Iran. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/No2ShahNo2Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#No2ShahNo2Mullahs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/plTTUdQ5vS\">https:\/\/t.co\/plTTUdQ5vS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1630520890667483136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2023<\/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;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-302733\" title=\"struan stevenson 28022023 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/struan-stevenson-28022023-1.jpg\" alt=\"struan stevenson 28022023 1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/struan-stevenson-28022023-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/struan-stevenson-28022023-1-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/struan-stevenson-28022023-1-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/struan-stevenson-28022023-1-150x82.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/struan-stevenson-28022023-1-696x379.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW193383796 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193383796 BCX0\">Fo<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW193383796 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193383796 BCX0\">rmer MEP Struan Stevenson and <\/span><\/span>the Coordinator of the Campaign for Iran Change (CiC)<\/strong><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW193383796 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193383796 BCX0\">:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Let me explain<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> a bit about my new book. We now know that the ongoing uprising in Iran is approaching its six months &#8211; six months of people taking to the streets in huge numbers and many towns and cities. Some 750 people have been brutally killed including many women and children. Over 30,000 people have been detained, and many of them have been tortured. Hundreds have been sentenced to death for \u2018waging war against God\u2019 which is of course the constitutional death penalty if you&#8217;re accused of \u2018Moharebeh\u2019.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It&#8217;s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> against this background that it occurred to me that it would be a good opportunity to write a book looking at the contemporary history of Iran from the beginning of the 20th century. And I was astonished when I read about the grandfather of the current Reza Pahlavi who has crowned himself as king, although he said he would leave it up to the choice of the Iranian people if they wanted a monarchy. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nevertheless<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, after his father fled from Iran in 1979 and died in 1980, he then crowned himself king while he was in Egypt. His grandfather started off as a soldier working as a mercenary for the Cossacks and the Russians. He was illiterate and extremely brutal, and because of his brutality, he rose through the ranks, became a colonel, and in due course, and able to take over control of the Cossacks and the military in Iran, and then eventually crowned himself as king.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> became the new Shah. His son, the last Shah who fled in the 1979 revolution, described his father as one of the most frightening men that he had ever encountered. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Reza Pahlavi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> was ousted by the Americans, the British, and indeed the Russians when prior to World War II he was found to be a supporter of Adolf Hitler, and his son was then installed as the new king with the acquiescence of the British, the Americans &#8211; the CIA of course. And in due course, we had a flurry of an attempt at democracy when Mohammad Mossadeq, one of the key parliamentarians, exposed the role of British Petroleum (BP). When I was researching for this book, I discovered that BP was paying more in tax to the British treasury for several years than they were paying in license fees to the Iranian government which was why Mossadeq called for the nationalization of the oil companies he said were exploiting the Iranian people, stealing their wealth. This led to challenges from the Shah, and it led to an uprising.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Shah<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> then preceded to become an autocrat by involving only one political party which he ruled with an iron fist by demonizing all other political movements and factions. He introduced, with the guidance of the CIA, the hated SAVAK secret police who not only executed and tortured innumerable political prisoners but also killed in a quite habitual way academics, literary figures, and artists; so, they were a brutal precursor to what we now have, which is the IRGC.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&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\/STRUANSTEVENSON?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@STRUANSTEVENSON<\/a>: I was astonished to find that Reza Pahlavi has been invited here to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Europarl_EN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Europarl_EN<\/a>. I hope that people wake up and see that this guy is nothing more than an opportunist who will do nothing for the people of Iran. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/No2ShahNo2Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#No2ShahNo2Mullahs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hoIpu7UFSm\">https:\/\/t.co\/hoIpu7UFSm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1630527242714374146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2023<\/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\">It astonished<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> me to see at the Munich Security Conference last week that Reza Pahlavi, the grandson of the original Shah, had been invited as a representative of the alleged opposition to the current mullahs\u2019 regime. It seemed to me unbelievable. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I&#8217;ve been involved<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for decades with the Iranian opposition. Reza Pahlavi has been invisible. He has been living in America. He has not been terribly transparent about the massive wealth that his father accumulated, and he has benefited from it for many years. We still wonder where that money came from. For him to suddenly pose when he smells that there could now be a revolution in the making, there could now be an overthrow of the clerical regime, and he smells the opportunity now to enter the fray claiming that he is the voice of the official opposition is quite staggering and unbelievable.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Reza Pahlavi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> admitted in an interview on Iran International TV back in 2018: \u201cI am in communication with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps\u201d. The IRGC is the equivalent of the Gestapo. Pahlavi said: \u201cI&#8217;m in communication with them and with the Basij, and they are on my side.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I was astonished to find that Reza Pahlavi has been invited here to the European Parliament tomorrow; he is coming to Brussels. I hope that people wake up to the fact that this guy is nothing more than an opportunist who will do nothing for the people of Iran. The monarchy is not wanted. The Iranian people hated the Shah, they hated his father, and they do not want the restoration of another monarchist dictatorship. They want freedom, they want a secular democracy, they want a Republic and that&#8217;s what we&#8217;ve all be<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">en fighting for for years.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In February we had 10,000 people demonstrating to back the MEK and their Resistance Units are burgeoning across the whole of Iran. They&#8217;re the people that are taking the fight of calling for the downfall of the mullahs\u2019 regime. They are the people risking their lives and they are led primarily by women. The National Council of Resistance of Iran is led by an extraordinary woman, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, one of the most enigmatic and courageous women I&#8217;ve ever met.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\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\/STRUANSTEVENSON?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@STRUANSTEVENSON<\/a>: In February, we had 10,000 people demonstrating to back the MEK &amp; their Resistance Units who are burgeoning across the whole of Iran, fighting for ppl. The NCRI is led by the courageous and enigmatic <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Maryam_Rajavi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/No2ShahNo2Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#No2ShahNo2Mullahs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hoIpu7UFSm\">https:\/\/t.co\/hoIpu7UFSm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1630527942580133890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-302739\" title=\"Geir Haarde Prime Minister of Iceland 2006 09 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Geir-Haarde-Prime-Minister-of-Iceland-2006-09-1.jpg\" alt=\"Geir Haarde Prime Minister of Iceland 2006 09 1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Geir-Haarde-Prime-Minister-of-Iceland-2006-09-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Geir-Haarde-Prime-Minister-of-Iceland-2006-09-1-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Geir-Haarde-Prime-Minister-of-Iceland-2006-09-1-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Geir-Haarde-Prime-Minister-of-Iceland-2006-09-1-150x82.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Geir-Haarde-Prime-Minister-of-Iceland-2006-09-1-696x379.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Geir Haarde, Prime Minister of Iceland (2006-09)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I was glad to read this comprehensive and excellent book, a copy of which I received personally from Struan.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I think it helps people like me who do not have the whole background and the history access to understand the context of what&#8217;s going on now. I&#8217;m old enough to remember the revolution in 1979 and what happened afterward and I understand and have understood for a long time that the mullahs stole the revolution, and it&#8217;s been a tragedy ever since.\u00a0 The book is so clear on why the people of Iran have rejected both the monarchy and the religious dictatorship.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I think there is a great opportunity now for the people of Iran to free themselves from the religious dictatorship.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The appeasement process of recent years has not worked. Reza Pahlavi was in Munich last week which I think is maybe one of the final aspects of this type of appeasement. He is not the solution.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\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\/GHaarde?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GHaarde<\/a>: The appeasement process of recent years has not worked. Reza Pahlavi was in Munich last week, which may be one of the final aspects of this type of appeasement. He is not the solution. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/No2ShahNo2Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#No2ShahNo2Mullahs<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nCRBomZpnU\">https:\/\/t.co\/nCRBomZpnU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1630531577607323648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-302740\" title=\"Kimmo Sasi Minister of Foreign Trade and Minister of Transport and Communications of Finland 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kimmo-Sasi-Minister-of-Foreign-Trade-and-Minister-of-Transport-and-Communications-of-Finland-1.jpg\" alt=\"Kimmo Sasi Minister of Foreign Trade and Minister of Transport and Communications of Finland 1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kimmo-Sasi-Minister-of-Foreign-Trade-and-Minister-of-Transport-and-Communications-of-Finland-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kimmo-Sasi-Minister-of-Foreign-Trade-and-Minister-of-Transport-and-Communications-of-Finland-1-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kimmo-Sasi-Minister-of-Foreign-Trade-and-Minister-of-Transport-and-Communications-of-Finland-1-768x415.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kimmo-Sasi-Minister-of-Foreign-Trade-and-Minister-of-Transport-and-Communications-of-Finland-1-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kimmo-Sasi-Minister-of-Foreign-Trade-and-Minister-of-Transport-and-Communications-of-Finland-1-696x377.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Kimmo Sasi, Minister of Foreign Trade and Minister of Transport and Communications of Finland (1999-2003)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">First, I want to thank you very much for an excellent book what we need now in the West is an explanation of the history of Iran and what has happened<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The people of Iran don&#8217;t want to have a monarchy or a religious dictatorship. There must be a new path, and the ten-point plan by Mrs. Rajavi is an excellent plan for a democratic Iran that respects human rights. I think it consists of all the elements that are necessary to indeed make Iran a modern state.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW166614081 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166614081 BCX0\">Here, Mr<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166614081 BCX0\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166614081 BCX0\"> Stevenson<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW166614081 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166614081 BCX0\"> explained the number of people who<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166614081 BCX0\"> were killed by the IRGC <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166614081 BCX0\">during<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166614081 BCX0\"> the curre<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166614081 BCX0\">nt Iran protests &#8211; <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166614081 BCX0\">roughly 70<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166614081 BCX0\">0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166614081 BCX0\">. The PMOI<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166614081 BCX0\"> has <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166614081 BCX0\">identified<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166614081 BCX0\"> 664 of th<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166614081 BCX0\">em. More than 70 were children.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW166614081 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-302742\" title=\"Mario Galea MP fmr Secretary of State for Older Persons and Care \u2013 Malta 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Mario-Galea-MP-fmr-Secretary-of-State-for-Older-Persons-and-Care-\u2013-Malta-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mario Galea MP fmr Secretary of State for Older Persons and Care \u2013 Malta 1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Mario-Galea-MP-fmr-Secretary-of-State-for-Older-Persons-and-Care-\u2013-Malta-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Mario-Galea-MP-fmr-Secretary-of-State-for-Older-Persons-and-Care-\u2013-Malta-1-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Mario-Galea-MP-fmr-Secretary-of-State-for-Older-Persons-and-Care-\u2013-Malta-1-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Mario-Galea-MP-fmr-Secretary-of-State-for-Older-Persons-and-Care-\u2013-Malta-1-150x82.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Mario-Galea-MP-fmr-Secretary-of-State-for-Older-Persons-and-Care-\u2013-Malta-1-696x379.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Mario Galea, MP, Former Secretary of State for Older Persons and Care \u2013 Malta\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I would like to first thank Mr. Stevenson for taking the time to do this very important research that helps explain about the present situation in Iran.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I am shocked to hear about the meeting that will be taking place in the European Parliament tomorrow in Brussels. It&#8217;s an ultimate disgrace that he would be even allowed to enter the European Parliament.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I think we really need to look at Iran from a long-term perspective. We need to have a general overview. We need to understand that there are two traditional pillars of evil in this country: The Pahlavi dynasty and the mullahs\u2019 theocracy.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&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\">Livestream:<br \/>European Parliament<br \/>Struan Stevenson, \u201cDictators and Revolution- Iran, a Contemporary History\u201d Book Launch<br \/>Tuesday, February 28,  at 11.30 AM  CET<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k3uhRp89Xw\">https:\/\/t.co\/k3uhRp89Xw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1630342771285295106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-302745\" title=\"Paulo Casaca former MEP 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Paulo-Casaca-former-MEP-1.jpg\" alt=\"Paulo Casaca former MEP 1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Paulo-Casaca-former-MEP-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Paulo-Casaca-former-MEP-1-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Paulo-Casaca-former-MEP-1-768x417.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Paulo-Casaca-former-MEP-1-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Paulo-Casaca-former-MEP-1-696x378.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Paulo Casaca, former MEP\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The state<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> apparatus is very delusional thinking that it can come back and put the clock 50 years back and they can get back to business with a shot. It&#8217;s impossible especially when this Mr. Pahlavi says well I have very good relations with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We should<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> also note that Reza Pahlavi has not dissociated himself from the current Iranian regime\u2019s nuclear program. He has not dissociated himself from the aggressive imperial actions of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards outside Iran\u2019s borders.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">So, he<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> is a sort of double agent. I mean he must have a master. He must serve someone, and\u00a0my guess is that the real master is the mullahs\u2019 regime. He represents a fake opposition. This is a pseudo-opposition that is there to fool the West.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\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\/paulocasaca1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@paulocasaca1<\/a>: We should also note that Reza Pahlavi has not dissociated himself from the current Iranian regime\u2019s nuclear program. He has not dissociated himself from the aggressive imperial actions of the IRGC. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/No2ShahNo2Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#No2ShahNo2Mullahs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/azXGK67Swu\">https:\/\/t.co\/azXGK67Swu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1630534587645411330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2023<\/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;\"><strong>Struan Stevenson\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It is time that we woke up. It is t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ime that we recall our ambassadors and say you cannot have any further diplomatic relations with a pariah regime that is prepared to use its embassies as bomb factories and to use its so-called diplomats as terrorists.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">So, we should recall our ambassadors, close our embassies in Tehran, shut down the Iranian embassies in Europe, expel all of their diplomats and their so-called agents, and then internationally indict people like Ali Khamenei, Ebrahim Raisi, Hassan Rouhani, and Mohammad-Javad Zarif, the arch-criminals of this regime who should be brought to justice.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">They should be held accountable in the international courts for their crimes against humanity and the human rights abuses that they have committed in their clerical regime. That is the way forward and the only way we can achieve that is by backing the Iranian people to overthrow this evil regime.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Livestream: European Parliament Struan Stevenson, &ldquo;Dictators and Revolution- Iran, a Contemporary History&rdquo; Book Launch Tuesday, February 28, at 11.30 AM CET Host and moderator of the conference Fahime Maktabi: The [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":302736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,15,5499],"tags":[222,5500],"class_list":["post-302718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iran-resistance","category-human-rights","category-fake-opposition","tag-iranian-resistance","tag-fake-opposition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>European Parliament - Struan Stevenson, \u201cDictators and Revolution- Iran, a Contemporary History\u201d Book Launch - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Livestream: European Parliament Struan Stevenson, \u201cDictators and Revolution- Iran, a Contemporary History\u201d Book Launch Tuesday, February 28, at 11.30 AM\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/european-parliament-struan-stevenson-dictators-and-revolution-iran-a-contemporary-history-book-launch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"European Parliament - Struan Stevenson, \u201cDictators and Revolution- Iran, a Contemporary History\u201d Book Launch - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Livestream: European Parliament Struan Stevenson, \u201cDictators and Revolution- Iran, a Contemporary History\u201d Book Launch Tuesday, February 28, at 11.30 AM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/european-parliament-struan-stevenson-dictators-and-revolution-iran-a-contemporary-history-book-launch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-28T09:00:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-24T11:57:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/panel-introducing-book-european-parliament-28022023-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"562\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shamsi Saadati\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shamsi Saadati\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"10 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-resistance\\\/european-parliament-struan-stevenson-dictators-and-revolution-iran-a-contemporary-history-book-launch\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-resistance\\\/european-parliament-struan-stevenson-dictators-and-revolution-iran-a-contemporary-history-book-launch\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Shamsi Saadati\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/410cc710e9b11fe1e0140afae956d6e6\"},\"headline\":\"European Parliament &#8211; 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