Feb. 1979 Iran's Revolution, Not Dead, Still Alive.

February 2019 marks the 40th anniversary of Khomeini’s return to Tehran and the overthrowing of the Shah. Khomeini arrived in Tehran on Feb.1, 1979. When Khomeini arrived in Iran, millions of people who sacrificed for the revolution greeted him, soon the people acknowledged that the true demands of the revolution were betrayed. Khomeini’s rule transformed every aspect of Iranian society. Let's examine in short, what did Khomeini do for Iran? Khomeini, during his 10 years (1979–1989) as Supreme Leader of Iran, he is estimated to have killed 120000 during 1979-1988 and 30,000 political prisoners massacre in the summer of 1988. At the lower end of the scale, that's a hit rate of 41 executions a day Most executions were carried out in public or in prison after the victims were asked a few questions without the possibility to defend themselves. he claimed to be the deputy of God on earth in order to justify why he should occupy the role for lives of the people, he considered all the people to be little more than slaves to his ideals. He ruled as both political and religious leader, He has really invented an ideology to legitimize his power because his ideology was totally against the religion of true Islam. He assumed the title of Imam, this was totally unprecedented in the history of Shia who had restricted the title to the holy Imam. He issued all of his orders in the name of Islam He knew that he was not able to survive for long without disarming the people so he tried to separate them from the true opposition leader, during 10 years he practiced murdering political rivals to get rid of his political enemies His victims included mainly members of People's Mojahedin Organization (PMOI) Members students, writers, judicial figures, farmers, teachers, intellectuals, journalists and even his cabinet members From the time when he saw that his position as a leader became insecure He Started the war with Iraq, so under the pretext of exporting "revolution" he Set the economy to a strict build-up for war He disabled democratic values. He Removed freedom of speech and destroyed freedom of the press, He shut down media outlets completely and turned the media into a propaganda machine for his regime against PMOI main opposition group He threw political opponents into prison and release religious decree to deprive religious and ethnic minorities of their rights. The loss of individual rights has been accompanied by a suspension of all objective moral judgments on the part of the regime, which has enabled it to conduct a reign of terror against non-Shiite Muslim minorities, He spent much of the treasures, resources, time and effort to build military apparatus such as Iran revolutionary guards corps (IRGC) and religious institutions, to get a structure for power for complete dictatorship for the supreme leader he dissolved everything: Government, parties, Parliament, etc. he did what he wanted with the Constitution and the laws to model his Regime to his style of dictatorship the world and international communities have never ever seen such dictatorship after the inquisition era and today While Khamenei, the Khomeini's predecessor is in power and the regime celebrates its 40th anniversary, more cities are witnessing Resistance units (affiliated to PMOI/MEK) the actions against the regime. The concerns voiced by the supreme leader Khamenei’s elements in regards to the upcoming Warsaw Conference, parallel to escalating anxieties about the PMOI/MEK’s increasing influence inside Iran, are on the rise and not a day passes without regime insiders voicing uncertainties about the future. The people from all walks of life take to the streets to protest the widespread corruption and the clerical regime’s dictatorship. The people of Iran feel that their country is occupied by the clergies. the people are determined to get rid of them so that Iran can finally prosper once again. The people ‘s main slogan in rallies and protests is “We shall never stop until we get our occupied country back.”

Let's examine in short, what did Khomeini do for Iran? Khomeini, during his 10 years (1979–1989) as Supreme Leader of Iran, he is estimated to have killed 120000 during 1979-1988 and 30,000 political prisoners massacre in the summer of 1988. At the lower end of the scale, that's a hit rate of 41 executions a day. Most executions were carried out in public or in prison after the victims were asked a few questions without the possibility to defend themselves.

He claimed to be the deputy of God on earth in order to justify why he should occupy the role for lives of the people; he considered all the people to be little more than slaves to his ideals. He ruled as both political and religious leader, He has really invented an ideology to legitimize his power because his ideology was totally against the religion of true Islam. He assumed the title of Imam, this was totally unprecedented in the history of Shia who had restricted the title to the holy Imam.

He issued all of his orders in the name of Islam. He knew that he was not able to survive for long without disarming the people so he tried to separate them from the true opposition leader, during 10 years he practiced murdering political rivals to get rid of his political enemies.

His victims included mainly members of People's Mojahedin Organization (PMOI) Members - students, writers, judicial figures, farmers, teachers, intellectuals, journalists and even his cabinet members. From the time when he saw that his position as a leader became insecure,he started the war with Iraq, so under the pretext of exporting "revolution" he set the economy to a strict build-up for war.

He disabled democratic values. He removed freedom of speech and destroyed freedom of the press. He shut down media outlets completely and turned the media into a propaganda machine for his regime against PMOI main opposition group. He threw political opponents into prison and released religious decrees to deprive religious and ethnic minorities of their rights. The loss of individual rights has been accompanied by a suspension of all objective moral judgments on the part of the regime, which has enabled it to conduct a reign of terror against non-Shiite Muslim minorities,

He spent much of the treasures, resources, time and effort to build military apparatus such as Iran revolutionary guards corps (IRGC) and religious institutions, to get a structure for power for complete dictatorship for the supreme leader he dissolved everything: Government, parties, Parliament, etc. He did what he wanted with the Constitution and the laws to model his Regime to his style of dictatorship. The world and international communities have never ever seen such dictatorship after the inquisition era and today.

While Khamenei, the Khomeini's predecessor is in power and the regime celebrates its 40th anniversary, more cities are witnessing Resistance units (affiliated to PMOI/MEK) the actions against the regime. The concerns voiced by the supreme leader Khamenei’s elements in regards to the upcoming Warsaw Conference, parallel to escalating anxieties about the PMOI/MEK’s increasing influence inside Iran, are on the rise and not a day passes without regime insiders voicing uncertainties about the future. The people from all walks of life take to the streets to protest the widespread corruption and the clerical regime’s dictatorship.

The people of Iran feel that their country is occupied by the clergies. The people are determined to get rid of them so that Iran can finally prosper once again. The people ‘s main slogan in rallies and protests is “We shall never stop until we get our occupied country back.”

I was in the 82nd Abn Div HQ on my second enlistment, after serving in the 1/508 Parachute Infantry Regiment, and remember full well the embassy take over. One of the people captured was a Sergeant from the S2 who went to the AmEmb Terran; he was broke and spilled information and was discharged. However, beyond the personal connection and going on alert, there was a lot of Soldier Art - one was MG Meloy and paratroopers dressed as Santa's getting ready to jump out over Terran from a C-130. Another was a tough looking Sgt with an M16 pointed at a kneeling Arab in Lawrence of Arabia garb "Eat Oil" was the caption.

The revolution was bankrupt ideologically by the time of the Iran-Iraq War when the Mullahs sent an entire generation of young men into battle squandering their lives in ill fated suicide attacks being ushered forward by the Iranian version of the SS. The gas attacks around Basara were devastating.

By the time Obama let down the protestors and ensured his legacy was "Saving the Iranian Mullahs" the leadership was and IS today still facing a subsequent generation not happy with the Jack Booted Thugs exporting terrorism and waging war on them and their neighbors. Trump already knows those Mullahs are going to be swinging from trees and gunned down when the people take back the government - maybe we will help out by taking out the Iranian Guards installations and break the regimes back as we did with Saddam.

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