{"id":308197,"date":"2023-06-07T14:04:35","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T13:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=308197"},"modified":"2023-06-07T14:04:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T13:04:35","slug":"the-iranian-regimes-fear-of-societal-restiveness-and-organized-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/the-iranian-regimes-fear-of-societal-restiveness-and-organized-opposition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Iranian Regime&#8217;s Fear of Societal Restiveness and Organized Opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-267467 size-full\" title=\"iran-uprising-night-street (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-uprising-night-street-1.jpg\" alt=\"iran-uprising-night-street-1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-uprising-night-street-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-uprising-night-street-1-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-uprising-night-street-1-768x412.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-uprising-night-street-1-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-uprising-night-street-1-696x374.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite their rhetoric of \u201cdefeating the riots\u201d and constant bragging about \u201cstopping revolts,\u201d the Iranian regime\u2019s officials and state media cannot hide their true sentiment against a restive society and the role of the organized opposition, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization<\/a> of Iran (PMOI\/MEK).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his homage to the regime\u2019s founder Ruhollah Khomeini on his death anniversary on June 5, supreme leader Ali Khamenei claimed that the \u201cenemy\u2019s plan has been disrupted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On June 3, the regime\u2019s president, Ebrahim Raisi, also claimed that \u201cthe country is progressing. The enemy\u2019s combined war couldn\u2019t hinder this process!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By progress, Raisi was apparently speaking of the continuously soaring prices of consumer goods and inflation that hovers above 50%, let alone the regime\u2019s economic bankruptcy that has forced it to dig its hands deeper into people\u2019s pockets and plunder their life savings and pensions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Raisi and Khamenei\u2019s claims starkly contrast the facts on the ground, which have been sometimes acknowledged by the regime\u2019s officials and state media.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe should await unfortunate events. When the flood of dissent rages, nothing can stop it. No ruling system can endure without people\u2019s support,\u201d Javad Emam, a former deputy minister, said on June 5.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIf we fail to resolve the pension funds crises, it can threaten the system like a devastating tsunami,\u201d Alireza Amir Pour, a state-affiliated expert, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.entekhab.ir\/fa\/news\/728683\/%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%81-%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%82%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D8%AD%D9%84-%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AF-%D9%85%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%AE%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%87-%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AF-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%82-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.entekhab.ir\/fa\/news\/728683\/%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%81-%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%82%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D8%AD%D9%84-%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AF-%D9%85%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%AE%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%87-%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AF-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%82-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85\" rel=\"noopener\">the state-run Entekhab<\/a> website on June 5.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Glance at Iran\u2019s State Media: Deepening Crisis, Dire Conditions, and a Looming Uprising<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q9yp5En82v\">pic.twitter.com\/q9yp5En82v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1664521494637031424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 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;\">\u201cRecently, there have been various interpretations regarding the issue of pension funds in Iran, such as \u2018time bomb\u2019 and \u2018super crisis,\u2019 It is important to acknowledge that this crisis is real and its consequences will greatly affect the lives of Iranian citizens,\u201d Davoud Hamidi, the head of the governing board for the supervision of the pension fund said on June 4.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These are but just some of the warnings and acknowledgments regarding the regime\u2019s deadlock and society\u2019s restiveness that provide the basis for future developments and more uprisings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The presence of organized opposition and its role in mobilizing society and the world community against the regime also expedites this process.\u00a0 This organized opposition, and Khamenei&#8217;s primary adversary, is the MEK and their <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/mek-resistance-units-and-the-power-of-irans-democratic-alternative\/#:~:text=The%20Resistance%20Units%20are%20a,in%20the%20past%20four%20decades.\" rel=\"noopener\">Resistance Units<\/a> network. Through numerous operations and campaigns, including the regular torching of regime symbols, these brave youth have fearlessly challenged the regime&#8217;s hold on power.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reeling from the MEK\u2019s effect on society, officials of the world\u2019s top state sponsor of terrorism rehash their worn-out allegations against the organization, laying bare the utter fear of their archenemy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe MEK is being supported by those countries that claim they advocate human rights and accuse the Islamic Republic of human rights violations. Who supports the MEK? Who supports those thugs that instigated riots in cities but these so-called Western democracies?\u201d Ahmad Vahidi, Raisi\u2019s Minister of Interior, said on June 5. Sanctioned for human rights violations by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy0994\" rel=\"noopener\">US Treasury Department<\/a> on October 6, 2022, Ahmad Vahidi is wanted by Interpol for his role in the devastating bombing of the AMIA Jewish Center in Argentina in 1994.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThose acting in an organized fashion and on behalf of the [MEK] should be separated from our deceived youth. They should learn their lesson and know that we do not show mercy to our enemy,\u201d the regime\u2019s Judiciary chief, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Eje\u2019i said on June 2.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Beyond the regimes\u2019 propaganda and Khamenei\u2019s efforts to save face, the uprising, with MEK Resistance Units as its trailblazers, has laid bare the ruling theocracy\u2019s weaknesses and vulnerabilities. Despite the high rates of state executions and numerous mock trials, the Iranian youth refuse to be intimidated. They seize every opportunity, whether it&#8217;s funerals, national celebrations, or even events orchestrated by the regime, to voice their dissent. Their actions send a powerful message to the state, the nation, and the world: the uprising will persist until the regime is overthrown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite their rhetoric of &ldquo;defeating the riots&rdquo; and constant bragging about &ldquo;stopping revolts,&rdquo; the Iranian regime&rsquo;s officials and state media cannot hide their true sentiment against a restive society and [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":267467,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,9],"tags":[130,207],"class_list":{"0":"post-308197","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-resistance","8":"category-iran-protests","9":"tag-iran-protests","10":"tag-resistance-units"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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