Regime change in Iran is within reach
By Arash Nikzad
Three fundamental truths
The winds of change have started blowing in in Iran. The ruling regime is in disarray and paralyzed as never before. Iranian society is simmering with discontent and the international community is finally getting closer to the reality that appeasing the ruling theocracy is misguided.
The same volatile situation speaks to three fundamental truths for obtaining freedom in Iran, and peace and tranquility in the region.
First, the imperative of overthrowing the ruling religious dictatorship. Second, the regime’s overthrow is within reach.
And third, a democratic alternative and an organized resistance exists, which is capable of toppling the theocracy in Iran.
The first truth answers the question of what must be done to a regime which has held Iran and all Iranians in chains and is the force behind war and carnage in the region. Is this regime ever capable of reform? The answer is NO because claimants of reform were in office for 20 out of the total 38 years of the regime’s rule and they did nothing but serving the Velayat-e Faqih regime.
The second truth is that the regime’s overthrow is possible and within reach. Because the regime is besieged by extensive social discontent. The reality is that the overthrow of the religious dictatorship is possible and within reach because of the regime’s incompetence, including its inability to contain the country’s economic disintegration and environmental disasters, the inability to provide for the most basic needs of our enraged people, its inability to obtain nuclear weapons, and its failure to consolidate the regime before and after presidential election.
Regime change is within reach because the mullahs have gotten themselves stuck in three wars of attrition in the Middle East. Their withdrawal from these conflicts in whatever form or shape will undermine their own existence.
And the third truth is the existence of a force for change and a democratic alternative. This alternative’s power emanates from its ability to elevate the regime’s crisis-riddled state to one of overthrowing it. In 2009, this democratic alternative formed the main nucleus of the uprisings and transformed the chants of “where is my vote” into the chants of “down with the dictatorship.
Three fundamental truths
The winds of change have started blowing in in Iran. The ruling regime is in disarray and paralyzed as never before. Iranian society is simmering with discontent and the international community is finally getting closer to the reality that appeasing the ruling theocracy is misguided.
The same volatile situation speaks to three fundamental truths for obtaining freedom in Iran, and peace and tranquility in the region.
First, the imperative of overthrowing the ruling religious dictatorship. Second, the regime’s overthrow is within reach.
And third, a democratic alternative and an organized resistance exists, which is capable of toppling the theocracy in Iran.
The first truth answers the question of what must be done to a regime which has held Iran and all Iranians in chains and is the force behind war and carnage in the region. Is this regime ever capable of reform? The answer is NO because claimants of reform were in office for 20 out of the total 38 years of the regime’s rule and they did nothing but serving the Velayat-e Faqih regime.
The second truth is that the regime’s overthrow is possible and within reach. Because the regime is besieged by extensive social discontent. The reality is that the overthrow of the religious dictatorship is possible and within reach because of the regime’s incompetence, including its inability to contain the country’s economic disintegration and environmental disasters, the inability to provide for the most basic needs of our enraged people, its inability to obtain nuclear weapons, and its failure to consolidate the regime before and after presidential election.
Regime change is within reach because the mullahs have gotten themselves stuck in three wars of attrition in the Middle East. Their withdrawal from these conflicts in whatever form or shape will undermine their own existence.
And the third truth is the existence of a force for change and a democratic alternative. This alternative’s power emanates from its ability to elevate the regime’s crisis-riddled state to one of overthrowing it. In 2009, this democratic alternative formed the main nucleus of the uprisings and transformed the chants of “where is my vote” into the chants of “down with the dictatorship.
Comments
Post a Comment