{"id":333479,"date":"2025-06-27T21:33:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T20:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=333479"},"modified":"2025-06-27T21:33:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T20:33:42","slug":"ali-safavi-regime-change-must-come-from-within-recognize-the-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/ali-safavi-regime-change-must-come-from-within-recognize-the-resistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Ali Safavi: Regime Change Must Come from Within \u2014 Recognize the Resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_333480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-333480\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-333480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Greg-Jarrett-Show-Dr.-Ali-Safavi-26062025.jpg\" alt=\"Ali Safavi (right) discusses Iran\u2019s internal resistance with host Greg Jarrett (left) during a recent episode of The Greg Jarrett Show.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Greg-Jarrett-Show-Dr.-Ali-Safavi-26062025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Greg-Jarrett-Show-Dr.-Ali-Safavi-26062025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Greg-Jarrett-Show-Dr.-Ali-Safavi-26062025-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Greg-Jarrett-Show-Dr.-Ali-Safavi-26062025-745x420.jpg 745w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Greg-Jarrett-Show-Dr.-Ali-Safavi-26062025-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Greg-Jarrett-Show-Dr.-Ali-Safavi-26062025-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-333480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ali Safavi (right) discusses Iran\u2019s internal resistance with host Greg Jarrett (left) during a recent episode of The Greg Jarrett Show<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"134\" data-end=\"670\">In a sweeping interview on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/broadcasts\/1mnGegQrAQYxX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em data-start=\"161\" data-end=\"184\">The Greg Jarrett Show<\/em><\/a>, Ali Safavi \u2014 a member of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) \u2014 laid out a forceful case for a democratic transition in Iran led by its people and organized resistance. Citing decades of brutal repression, international inaction, and the failure of appeasement policies, Safavi called on Western governments to recognize the Iranian people\u2019s right to resist tyranny and support their internal struggle to overthrow the regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"672\" data-end=\"884\">\u201cThe real war in Iran began 44 years ago,\u201d Safavi declared, referencing the clerical regime\u2019s violent crackdown on peaceful dissent since 1979. \u201cAnd it will continue until freedom and democracy are achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"886\" data-end=\"914\">A Resistance from Within<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"916\" data-end=\"1329\">Safavi emphasized that meaningful change will not come from foreign intervention or economic engagement with the ruling elite, but from within Iran \u2014 through the grassroots activities of a widespread internal resistance. He highlighted the work of the <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iranian-resistance-units\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resistance Units<\/a>, decentralized networks of activists aligned with the NCRI and its principal member, the People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1331\" data-end=\"1535\">\u201cThese are young men and women operating clandestinely across the country,\u201d he said. \u201cIn 2024 alone, they conducted nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/2024-report-pmoi-resistance-units-lead-courageous-activities-for-irans-freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3,000 operations targeting<\/a> regime institutions such as the IRGC and Basij bases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1537\" data-end=\"1791\">Safavi insisted that the resistance\u2019s activities, though underreported by mainstream media, reflect the growing momentum for regime change inside Iran. \u201cThis is a robust, organized, structured movement. All it needs is recognition and political support.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Inside Iran with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amsafavi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@amsafavi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qGDv9MdvHj\">https:\/\/t.co\/qGDv9MdvHj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gregg Jarrett (@GreggJarrett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreggJarrett\/status\/1938371718030233967?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1793\" data-end=\"1839\">The Third Option: Not War, Not Appeasement<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1841\" data-end=\"2082\">At the core of Safavi\u2019s argument is what the NCRI has long described as the \u201cThird Option,\u201d introduced by NCRI President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a> in 2006: a path forward that rejects both foreign military intervention and Western appeasement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2084\" data-end=\"2272\">\u201cToo many have viewed Iran through a false binary \u2014 war or diplomacy. That\u2019s the trap,\u201d he explained. \u201cBut there is a third way: support the Iranian people and their organized resistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2274\" data-end=\"2608\">According to Safavi, this option doesn\u2019t call for foreign troops, weapons, or financial aid. Instead, it demands moral clarity and political recognition. \u201cWe\u2019re not asking the West to fight our fight,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re asking them to stop empowering our oppressors and start acknowledging those risking everything for freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2610\" data-end=\"2649\">Western Policy: A Record of Failure<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2651\" data-end=\"3060\">Safavi criticized decades of failed U.S. policy, arguing that both sanctions (\u201cthe stick\u201d) and engagement (\u201cthe carrot\u201d) have failed to change the regime&#8217;s behavior.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2651\" data-end=\"3060\">\u201cSome Republican administrations like George Bush and others tried to toughen the sanctions \u2014 used the stick, if you will \u2014 to moderate the behavior of this regime,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It didn\u2019t happen. The Democratic administration offered the carrot. That made it even worse\u2026 Enough trying to moderate the behavior of this regime. A leopard never changes its spots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3062\" data-end=\"3357\">He cited the billions released to Tehran under the Obama administration\u2019s nuclear deal, saying those funds were diverted to regional proxies and the Assad regime \u2014 not to the Iranian people. \u201cIn 11 years, Tehran gave Assad $50 billion while ordinary Iranians suffered.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Amid ceasefire, struggle for Iranian freedom must accelerate.&quot; <br \/>Illuminating commentary in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CourantOpinion?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CourantOpinion<\/a> by Jila Andalib of Free Iran Scholars Network <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FreeIranSN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FreeIranSN<\/a>. Certainly, worth a read: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ktPXK2i51K\">https:\/\/t.co\/ktPXK2i51K<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarioNawfal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MarioNawfal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marklevinshow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@marklevinshow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkHalperin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MarkHalperin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NCRIAlternative?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NCRIAlternative<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NlpGZYZFFp\">pic.twitter.com\/NlpGZYZFFp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ali Safavi (@amsafavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amsafavi\/status\/1937846634404040708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3359\" data-end=\"3378\">A Turning Point<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As internal dissent grows and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/irans-regime-responds-to-military-losses-with-repression-and-belligerence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> defections ripple<\/a> through the security ranks, Safavi made a pointed case for recognizing the Iranian people\u2019s right to resist tyranny. Quoting U.S. President John F. Kennedy, he said: \u201cFor those who make peaceful change impossible, they make violent change inevitable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He elaborated that the Iranian people, faced with decades of brutal repression, have been left with no option but to confront the regime directly. Drawing parallels to historical struggles, he said:\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re not asking for American boots on the ground. All we are asking is an unequivocal expression of recognition for the desire of the Iranian people to end this regime&#8230; just as the Americans did in the War of Independence, or the French patriots did against the Nazi occupation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Host Greg Jarrett agreed, noting that Khamenei \u201cis cowering in fear\u201d and will never step down voluntarily. He remarked that, like Syria\u2019s Assad, the only thing that would compel Iran\u2019s rulers to flee is armed pressure from within:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAssad only left when the rebels, heavily armed, were at the gate. That\u2019s probably the only way Khamenei will leave \u2014 people with weapons at the gate and maybe his own military turning against him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a sweeping interview on The Greg Jarrett Show, Ali Safavi &mdash; a member of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) &mdash; laid [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":333480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[222],"class_list":{"0":"post-333479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-resistance","8":"tag-iranian-resistance"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ali Safavi: Regime Change Must Come from Within \u2014 Recognize the Resistance - 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