{"id":345304,"date":"2026-05-23T19:50:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=345304"},"modified":"2026-05-23T19:50:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:50:45","slug":"how-western-appeasement-birthed-a-new-fascist-threat-in-tehran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/how-western-appeasement-birthed-a-new-fascist-threat-in-tehran\/","title":{"rendered":"How Western Appeasement Birthed a New Fascist Threat in Tehran\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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History rarely repeats itself in identical form, but its most dangerous chapters often begin with the same fatal error: mistaking the survival of a dictatorship for its strength, and mistaking appeasement for realism. In the aftermath of the recent military confrontation involving the United States, Israel, and the Iranian regime, some voices in the West have rushed to draw the wrong conclusion. Because the clerical regime did not collapse under bombardment, they present this as proof of its resilience<\/a> and argue, once again, for a return to the same failed policy that helped bring the region to its present catastrophe: appeasement.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This argument is not only morally bankrupt; it is strategically false. The survival of a totalitarian regime after external strikes does not prove its legitimacy, stability, or popular support. It proves only that airstrikes alone cannot replace a political strategy rooted in the\u00a0organized\u00a0will of the oppressed people. The Iranian regime has not endured because it is strong; it has endured because, for decades, Western policy has repeatedly rescued it from the consequences of its own crimes. Through concessions, negotiations, sanctions relief, hostage deals<\/a>, and the systematic sidelining of the Iranian Resistance, the West has given Tehran time, money, legitimacy, and political breathing space.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The disease is familiar. In the 1930s, the free world watched a fascist menace gather strength in Europe and chose accommodation over confrontation. That illusion did not moderate the Nazis; it emboldened them. Today, the West has repeated the same catastrophic mistake with the theocracy in Tehran, clinging to the belief that a regime built on repression at home and terrorism abroad can somehow be managed,\u00a0contained, or softened through diplomacy.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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As the world of today is still plagued by evil states and various terror groups, it is imperative to get a good sense of #Tehran<\/a>\u2019s nefarious hostage-taking policy and the need for a different approach.https:\/\/t.co\/ieaaOkZb6y<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) April 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n