{"id":307098,"date":"2023-05-08T08:09:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T07:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=307098"},"modified":"2023-05-08T08:09:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T07:09:24","slug":"why-irans-regime-has-no-solution-to-its-growing-crises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/why-irans-regime-has-no-solution-to-its-growing-crises\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Iran’s Regime Has No Solution to Its Growing Crises"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Nearly eight months into Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising, it is necessary to understand the regime\u2019s situation. Has the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, managed to control the restive society? Is there any solution for the ruling theocracy? <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Iranian regime is rattled by crises. Due to the regime\u2019s pervasive corruption and ineptitude, the country suffers from its worst economic crunch in a century.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

State media and officials <\/span>acknowledge<\/span><\/a> that Iran’s economy is in a dire state, with 50% inflation, plummeting national currency, high unemployment rates, and declining purchasing power driving more people below the poverty threshold, according to official reports.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Moreover, the country faces a <\/span>crisis of shortage of medicine<\/span><\/a>, while the regime-affiliated mafia thrives from selling medications. \u201cTake the shortage of medicine seriously, as medications are strategic products. The absence of medicine jeopardizes the lives of millions, mainly patients,\u201d the state-run Taamol newspaper warned on April 29. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Iranian regime has no solution for these problems because it has created or intensified them. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The aforementioned crises, coupled with the regime\u2019s oppression, have exacerbated societal restiveness, thus precipitating an existential threat and impending downfall for the ruling clerics. The nationwide uprising that has persisted despite the clerical regime\u2019s severe crackdown has laid bare the system\u2019s vulnerability.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Khamenei tried to consolidate power in his regime by selecting Ebrahim Raisi as president and handpicking members of parliament. Yet, he has failed so far, as Raisi\u2019s government holds the record of cabinet changes since the 1979 revolution with three resignations, one impeachment, and two dismissals. In addition, the regime\u2019s infightings have increased, forcing Khamenei to call for \u201cunity\u201d among heads of the branches. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thus, this situation represents the most significant predicament faced by the crisis-plagued regime.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To hold their grip on power, the mullahs have tried to detract what many consider as a revolution in the making in Iran by promoting pseudo alternatives or speaking of \u201ccivil disobedience\u201d as the only solution for regime change.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The regime has tried to portray that the only alternative to the mullahs\u2019 rule is returning to the previous dictatorship. But, the Iranian people\u2019s unwavering determination to establish a secular republic, demonstrated in the slogan \u201cDown with the oppressor, be it Shah or the Mullahs,\u201d has foiled the regime\u2019s plot. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How would civil disobedience bear results in a country that lacks basic freedoms and people\u2019s righteous demands are answered with bullets? <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In consequence, Tehran’s escalating international seclusion is becoming increasingly apparent, and there is a mounting clamor to designate its principal repressive entity, the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)<\/a>, as a pariah organization while intensifying the pressure on the ruling theocracy.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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