{"id":346056,"date":"2026-06-24T10:47:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=346056"},"modified":"2026-06-24T10:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:48:18","slug":"editorial-irans-crisis-and-its-only-viable-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/editorial\/editorial-irans-crisis-and-its-only-viable-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial: Iran\u2019s Crisis and Its Only Viable Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Members of Resistance Units in Hamedan, western Iran, display signs bearing Maryam Rajavi’s slogan, “We can and we must,” while hiking in the mountains near the city<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The forty-fifth anniversary of the Iranian people\u2019s nationwide Resistance is not merely a historical occasion. It is a reminder of a fundamental choice that has defined Iran\u2019s modern struggle since June 20, 1981: surrender to religious tyranny or resist for freedom. Through imprisonment, executions, exile, demonization campaigns, and international political pressures, this Resistance has endured. Today, it stands at the center of Iran\u2019s defining equation: neither foreign war, nor appeasement<\/a>, nor a return to the former dictatorship can bring freedom to Iran. The only viable path is change by the Iranian people and their organized Resistance.<\/p>\n

For more than four decades, the clerical regime has relied on three instruments for survival: domestic repression, regional warmongering, and the pursuit of nuclear weapons. These policies are not accidental. They are the strategic pillars of a regime incapable of addressing the most basic needs of the people and that has no answer to the Iranian people\u2019s demand for liberty. War has always served as a tool for more oppression and now as a shield against uprisings at home, while peace and ceasefire have been treated by the regime as existential threats. This is why any genuine agreement that ends war and reduces the suffering of the Iranian people must be welcomed. But it must also be understood that this regime will not voluntarily abandon executions, terrorism, nuclear blackmail<\/a>, or interference in the region. These are not excesses of the system; they are its method of survival.<\/p>\n

For more than four decades, Western governments pursued policies of \u201cengagement,\u201d \u201cconstructive dialogue,\u201d and \u201ccritical dialogue,\u201d while disregarding the Iranian people and their organized resistance. Far from moderating the regime, these policies helped ensure its survival. At Tehran\u2019s urging, some governments even went so far as to curtail the legitimate activities of the democratic opposition. This misguided policy has inflicted great harm on the Iranian people and jeopardized regional and global peace and stability\u2014consequences that are now plain for all to see.<\/p>\n

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"Today, Western nations are reaping exactly what they sowed. The consequences of their appeasement have breached their own borders. European and #American<\/a> citizens are routinely taken hostage to be used as diplomatic bargaining chips. Global economic arteries are continually\u2026<\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) May 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n