{"id":333078,"date":"2025-06-17T19:47:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T18:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=333078"},"modified":"2025-06-17T19:50:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T18:50:53","slug":"shelters-for-bombs-not-for-people-a-regime-that-prioritizes-its-survival-over-peoples-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/shelters-for-bombs-not-for-people-a-regime-that-prioritizes-its-survival-over-peoples-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Shelters for Bombs, Not for People: Iran&#8217;s Regime Prioritizes Its Survival Over People\u2019s Protection\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_333079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-333079\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-333079 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iran-missile-city.jpg\" alt=\"A view inside one of Iran\u2019s underground missile storage facilities, showcasing long-range ballistic missiles as part of the regime\u2019s military buildup\" width=\"1000\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iran-missile-city.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iran-missile-city-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iran-missile-city-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iran-missile-city-749x420.jpg 749w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iran-missile-city-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iran-missile-city-696x390.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-333079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view inside one of the Iranian regime\u2019s underground missile storage facilities, showcasing long-range ballistic missiles as part of the regime\u2019s military buildup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Three-minute read<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As Iranian cities come under increasing fire in a growing regional conflict, a stark and tragic reality is exposed: the clerical dictatorship has armored its nuclear infrastructure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/16\/us\/politics\/iran-nuclear-site-israel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deep within mountains<\/a> but left its citizens defenseless above ground. The contrast is brutal\u2014while nuclear equipment is shielded by meters of reinforced rock, ordinary people are told to take cover in schools, mosques, or metro stations, often with no assurance of safety, preparation, or even space.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This is not simply a logistical failure\u2014it is a political choice, a systemic reflection of a regime that has consistently placed the survival of its own power structure above the security and welfare of its people.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In a moment of national crisis, Fatemeh Mohajerani, spokesperson for <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the regime\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> president Masoud Pezeshkian, <a href=\"https:\/\/snn.ir\/fa\/news\/1274251\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">described schools and mosques<\/a> as \u201cshelters\u201d for the public. But these words sparked widespread outrage. These same locations, in the eyes of many Iranians, are known not for safety but for repression\u2014used by the regime as bases for the Basij militia or as centers of ideological indoctrination. To call them havens is not just out of touch\u2014it is emblematic of a regime whose worldview sees the people not as citizens to be protected, but as a threat to be controlled.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Escalation Continues on Fourth Day of Israel-<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> War as Casualties Mount<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/abok6yUJAk\">https:\/\/t.co\/abok6yUJAk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1934711323259990470?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 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;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Even regime insiders have been forced to admit the absence of civil defense infrastructure. In June 2025, Tehran city council head <a href=\"https:\/\/nournews.ir\/fa\/news\/228560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mehdi Chamran acknowledged<\/a> that Iran\u2019s cities lack air raid shelters\u2014despite decades of regional conflict and firsthand experience during the Iran-Iraq war. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But the issue runs deeper than neglect. The clerical establishment has actively invested in underground facilities\u2014not for public safety, but for military use. According to Iranian and international reports, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has spent years constructing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newarab.com\/news\/elaborate-military-tunnel-complex-linked-assads-palace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extensive tunnel systems<\/a> in Syria and Lebanon, designed for moving arms and forces for regional proxy wars. Inside Iran, so-called \u201cmissile cities\u201d are built into the mountains to safeguard weapons, not people. The price tag for these hidden complexes runs into billions of dollars.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This is money not spent on building bomb shelters in Tehran, Isfahan, or Mashhad. It is not spent on reinforcing hospitals, schools, or apartment buildings. And now, under aerial bombardment, the results are tragically visible.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iran\u2019s regime tells people to take shelter in schools and mosques as bombings continue <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DJNJcmKUBa\">https:\/\/t.co\/DJNJcmKUBa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1934578329975152902?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 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;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At the same time, the regime continues its secretive nuclear pursuits. On June 14, Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesperson for Iran\u2019s Atomic Energy Organization, reassured state media that key equipment had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alef.ir\/news\/4040324047.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">already been moved<\/a> to secure locations. \u201cThere was no widespread damage,\u201d he said\u2014referring not to civilian areas, but to uranium enrichment facilities.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This reveals the regime\u2019s hierarchy of concern: weapons first, people last.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And yet, the Iranian people are not silent. As seen in countless protests, uprisings, and resistance campaigns in recent years, they have repeatedly demanded a government that represents them, not endangers them. The current crisis only adds to the growing public awareness that the clerical regime is not a shield\u2014but a threat. Whether in peace or in war, its priorities are clear: protect the system, not the society.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\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\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> News: Kermanshah Prison Massacre\u2014At Least 10 Killed, over 30 Wounded in Armed Crackdown Following Airstrike Panic<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MQhDzzjquu\">https:\/\/t.co\/MQhDzzjquu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1934724929712197737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 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;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It is not a coincidence that Iran lacks civilian shelters. It is the inevitable result of a regime that has spent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/iaea-report-and-geo-economic-data-expose-irans-nuclear-program-as-weapons-driven\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than $2 trillion<\/a>\u2014nearly all of Iran\u2019s oil income over the past 46 years\u2014on a clandestine nuclear program, ballistic missile systems, and proxy militias that have only brought ruin to the region.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The irony is brutal: these same investments, meant to ensure regime survival, have instead brought war to its doorstep and added to the suffering of an already embattled people. Now, with Iran\u2019s infrastructure in decay and public services in collapse, the conditions are ripening not for regime consolidation\u2014but for an unprecedented nationwide uprising capable of ending this terrorist theocracy and opening a path toward peace and stability in the Middle East.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Three-minute read&nbsp; As Iranian cities come under increasing fire in a growing regional conflict, a stark and tragic reality is exposed: the clerical dictatorship has armored its nuclear infrastructure deep [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":333079,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,19],"tags":[287,1175],"class_list":{"0":"post-333078","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nuclear","8":"category-terrorism-a-fundamentalism","9":"tag-iran-terrorism","10":"tag-iran-nuclear"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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