Posted on 11/04/2022 8:05:30 PM PDT by Cronos
Statements by several Iranian officials lately show that despite often defiant rhetoric, they begin to fear that the Islamic Republic might be nearing its end.
On Thursday, the escalation of unrest in Karaj, Tehran, Amol, Ghazvin, Esfahan and many other Iranian cities took the protests in Iran to a new height and intensity.
Zabihollah Khodaeian, the chairman of State Auditing Organization has said that "Enemies believe the Islamic Republic is finished." Like most other Iranian officials who have signalled their fear that the Islamic Republic's downfall might be near, Khodaeian blamed foreign governments for the uprising although he acknowledged that protests started after a young woman was murdered in mid-September while in police custody.
Although protests continue in tens of Iranian cities every day, Khodaeian claimed that only a handful of people take to the streets to voice their protest against the government. Meanwhile he called on the government to explain the events on social media platforms.
Ultra-conservative Lawmaker Mostafa Mirsalim also admitted that "Some Iranians do not believe in the Guardianship of Supreme Jurisconsult," or the concept of a Supreme Leader, which is the underlying principle of Khamenei's leadership of the Islamic Republic.
Chairman of Iran's Passive Defense Organization Gholamreza Jalali also blamed foreigners for what he called "A five-fold hybrid war" against Iran which he said will soon target the country's oil and energy sector, ANA news agency quoted him as saying. Jalali said that his organization has plans for emergency responses to these threats, as well as thinking of preventive measures.
Blaming the United States, Jalali said the level and scope of these threats are constantly changing. "Oil and energy sector are the first priority for our enemies. Last year's cyber-attack on our fuel distribution website was the first step in the enemy's hybrid war against Iran," Jalali said, adding that his organization is planning a cyber security course for the country's managers in a bid to prevent future cyber-attacks. He added that managers who lack Internet literacy should resign to minimize potential damage.
These attacks, he said, are meant to deal serious blows to the Islamic Republic. He added that cyber-attacks on the petrochemical plants can have far more dangerous implications.
Meanwhile, Gholamreza Soleimani, the commander of Basij militia, has claimed that the ongoing uprising is the outcome "the enemy's" attempt to slow down Iran's successes, however, he did not explain what those successes were. He added that "arrogant powers have always instigated seditions in Iran since a long time ago."
Vice President Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi also opined in interview with Didban Iran website that "The enemy, [a jargon coined by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to avoid naming the United States, Israel of Europe] has been working for several hundred years to wipe the Islamic civilization off the world."He said "the enemy's sedition" included bringing the new generation of Iranians into the scene of the struggle against the Islamic Republic.
The only Iranian political figure who did not blame foreigners for the uprising, was senior cleric Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi Amoli, who said in an interview with Shafaq news agency (Shafaqna) that "the inefficiency of some officials has prevented Iran's progress." Meanwhile, in a show of sympathy with the protesters Javadi Amoli said: "Feeding the people is not enough. They also want to live a life marked by dignity." He went further on to say that he respected the protesters "Life, Women, Freedom" slogan.
It’s about time.
At first glance at the headline, I wondered ‘theirs, or ours?’
Of course they fear it. They know the Iranian people will flay them alive for their crimes.
November 4, 1979 was the day 52 American hostages were taken. Told my son about it today.
And if THE IRANIAN PEOPLE overthrow their tyrannical overlords, BIDEN HAS ALREADY SIGNALED that he’ll claim responsibility for that success. BIDEN HAS DONE NOTHING to help the Iranian people.
This is an emigre site. Ever since the Shah made his exit emigres have been beating the drum that the clerical regime is about to fall. This is akin to the same sort of wish fulfillment bogus news that White Russians posted for twenty years after the Soviets came to power in Russia. Both are equally bogus, The clerical regime will kill as many Iranians as necessary to remain in power and as hard as it is for westerners to grasp the regime has the support of a clear majority of Iranians The protesters are are westernized Iranians and they are concentrated in a few cities particularly the capitol.
Iranians should take to the streets when a Republican is in office. Biden won’t do anything.
We are pouring money and weapons into Ukraine. What are we doing to help the people in the street; the genuine revolters against the monstrous regime?
If the regime is really wobbling they’re gonna have to either crack down or get out of town…
As the crowds chanted back when the Kenyan-born muzzie was illegally occupying the White House, "death to the mullahs, the mullahs must be killed."
Thanks Cronos.
As long as the govt in Iran has the weapons and the army they will stay in power. Killing a few protesters is no big deal to them. Unless or until the people of Iran get weapons and the means to actually fight back and win against the regime nothing will change.
Unbelievably encouraging.
As long as they pay their soldiers and they make sure that the officers have their perks, there's no reason for the regime to fall.
The Soviets made that mistake. As a result, the Soviet military had no reason to fight for their state.
The muscle that has kept the mullahacracy from being torn limb from limb is largely foreign, and has been for a long time. When Saddam launched his war against Iran, it ate up a lot of the Iranian fanatics during eight years of attrition. Recruitment was a necessity, since the mullahacracy supporters fed to the Iraqi guns disproportionately have no living descendants.
Not that the Sunni Islamism is really better. Both fanaticism is a danger to anyone, anywhere.
The best part of a muzzie civil war is, everyone wins.
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