{"id":332201,"date":"2025-05-30T08:17:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T07:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=332201"},"modified":"2025-05-30T08:17:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T07:17:05","slug":"as-iran-boils-regime-embraces-global-violence-to-show-strength-it-no-longer-has","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/as-iran-boils-regime-embraces-global-violence-to-show-strength-it-no-longer-has\/","title":{"rendered":"As Iran Boils, Regime Embraces Global Violence to Show Strength It No Longer Has"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_332202\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-332202\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-332202 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Washington-DC-Elias-Rodriques-arrest.jpg\" alt=\"Elyas Rodriguez in police custody outside the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., following the May 21, 2025, shooting incident that left two Israeli embassy staff members dead\" width=\"1000\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Washington-DC-Elias-Rodriques-arrest.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Washington-DC-Elias-Rodriques-arrest-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Washington-DC-Elias-Rodriques-arrest-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Washington-DC-Elias-Rodriques-arrest-751x420.jpg 751w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Washington-DC-Elias-Rodriques-arrest-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Washington-DC-Elias-Rodriques-arrest-696x389.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-332202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elyas Rodriguez in police custody outside the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., following the May 21, 2025, shooting incident that left two Israeli embassy staff members dead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Two-minute read<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As Iran\u2019s domestic crisis deepens\u2014rattled by soaring inflation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nationwide strikes<\/a>, and international isolation\u2014the clerical regime is seizing on a deadly shooting in Washington, D.C. to project strength through violence, even at the cost of international condemnation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-embassy-jewish-museum-shooting-10307b3b1a2a337e76730736b12ebbcb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 23 assassination<\/a> of two Israeli embassy staff outside a Jewish cultural event in the U.S. capital by 31-year-old Elias Rodriguez has not just sparked diplomatic alarm; it has also been openly celebrated in Iranian regime media as a model of \u201cresistance\u201d to be replicated worldwide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an incendiary segment aired on Channel 3 on May 27, a state anchor declared with unmistakable clarity:\u00a0\u201cThis is exactly the kind of action that should spread across the world&#8230; No agent or affiliate of the Zionist regime should feel safe anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Labeling the attack \u201csymbolic,\u201d the presenter called on others to emulate Rodriguez so Israelis would be \u201cafraid to leave their own homes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The rhetoric was not isolated.<\/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>\u2019s State Media Glorifies U.S. Shooting Suspect to Bolster Regime Morale Amid Mounting Crisis<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hFKHptA10S\">https:\/\/t.co\/hFKHptA10S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1926387379121668251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2025<\/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;\">Kayhan, the newspaper directly controlled by the office of the regime&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, <a href=\"https:\/\/kayhan.ir\/fa\/news\/311410\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published a dialogue-style column<\/a> the same day titled \u201cBasij of Washington!\u201d, glorifying Rodriguez and likening him to regime-backed martyrs: \u201cGod bless him. A good and pious start&#8230; They say \u2018the Basij of Washington\u2019 has now declared its presence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The piece compared Rodriguez to Mohammad Shahsavari, a regime fighter captured in the Iran-Iraq War, who was celebrated for shouting anti-Saddam slogans under torture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On regime-affiliated social media, hashtags like #\u0627\u0644\u06cc\u0627\u0633_\u0631\u0648\u062f\u0631\u06cc\u06af\u0632 trended with praise <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yaghoot__najati\/status\/1925469280474108260\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">such as<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cElias Rodriguez stood on the right side of history.\u201d<\/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> News: <br \/>Khamenei Exploits <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Palestinian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Palestinian<\/a> Blood for Strategic Gain<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9wwPB9KKUc\">https:\/\/t.co\/9wwPB9KKUc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1800966297146294437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 12, 2024<\/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;\">In a separate report, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mehrnews.com\/news\/6476961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mehr News framed<\/a> the attack\u2019s impact symbolically, stating that Rodriguez\u2019s act had \u201cstruck even Washington with the isolation that Tel Aviv now faces,\u201d implicitly casting the U.S. capital as part of a global backlash.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The media apparatus was carefully orchestrated: no official government body took formal responsibility, but the ideological engine embraced the killing as its own. Notably, the clerical dictatorship has not condemned the act, and key regime voices like IRGC-affiliated platforms have treated Rodriguez as a revolutionary figure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This propaganda offensive comes as Iran faces rising <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-protest-truckers-strike-on-day-7-exposes-regimes-economic-catastrophe\/\">unrest at home<\/a>. Dozens of cities have seen strikes and protests in recent weeks. Electricity and fuel shortages, combined with a failing economy, have pushed the regime into a state of internal siege. Analysts note the pattern: when domestic dissent swells, Tehran often turns to proxy attacks or external events to reassert control over the narrative.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Making Sense of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> Officials\u2019 Ambiguous Assertions about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/October7?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#October7<\/a> Attacks<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s7v6R0Q2ue\">https:\/\/t.co\/s7v6R0Q2ue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1744060876376694800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2024<\/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;\">The regime\u2019s message is unmistakable: it will embrace and amplify any act of violence that appears to hit its enemies, even if the cost is international backlash. And in doing so, it reveals more than ideological obsession\u2014it exposes deep anxiety about its own fragility.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite attempts to frame the act as a spontaneous eruption of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basnews.com\/en\/babat\/402230\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">solidarity with Palestinians,<\/a> the Iranian regime\u2019s response suggests something else: a desperate state, clinging to terror as statecraft, parading global violence to mask local collapse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-minute read As Iran&rsquo;s domestic crisis deepens&mdash;rattled by soaring inflation, nationwide strikes, and international isolation&mdash;the clerical regime is seizing on a deadly shooting in Washington, D.C. to project strength through [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":332202,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[287],"class_list":{"0":"post-332201","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-terrorism-a-fundamentalism","8":"tag-iran-terrorism"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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