{"id":9349,"date":"2010-11-29T09:10:41","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T09:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/statements\/iran-resistance\/9349-former-us-navy-commander-calls-for-supporting-iranian-opposition"},"modified":"2023-01-13T18:00:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T17:00:46","slug":"former-us-navy-commander-calls-for-supporting-iranian-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/former-us-navy-commander-calls-for-supporting-iranian-opposition\/","title":{"rendered":"Former US navy commander calls for supporting Iranian opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"james_a_lyons_jr\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-36290\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/james_a_lyons_jr.gif\" border=\"0\" width=\"150\" style=\"margin: 5px;float: left\" \/>NCRI &#8211; The former commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and senior U.S. military representative to the United Nation has said that the US needs to support the opposition movement in Iran against the clerical regime.<\/p>\n<p>In an op-ed piece published by the Washington Times on Friday, Retired Navy Adm. James A. Lyons said, \u201cThe problem is not just Iran&#8217;s nuclear infrastructure &#8211; the main problem is the corrupt Iranian regime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to support vigorously the opposition movement, which would include a viable political replacement for the current regime,\u201d Adm. Lyons added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet&#8217;s not forget we are dealing with a terrorist regime. The U.S. position had always been one of not negotiating with terrorists &#8211; the exception being Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He concluded, \u201cThe solution is clear, but it takes political will &#8211; something that has been lacking for more than 30 years.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCRI &ndash; The former commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and senior U.S. military representative to the United Nation has said that the US needs to support the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[175],"class_list":{"0":"post-9349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-iran-resistance","7":"tag-updated"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former US navy commander calls for supporting Iranian opposition - 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