Op-ed:
The Iranian Fight for Freedom
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor /
Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio
"It is up to Iranians to
make decisions about who Iran's leaders will be...We respect Iranian
sovereignty and want to avoid the United States being the issue
inside of Iran, which sometimes the United States can be a handy
political football."
-
Barack HUSSEIN Obama, June 2009
Flashback to June 2009
when Iranian students
and their sympathizers took to the streets of Tehran in a quest for freedom
from the oppressive islamic regime and when then President
Barack HUSSEIN Obama...an islamist himself... told the world that the
U.S. had to act extremely cautiously for fear that a
“forceful
intervention” could have America becoming the rallying cry...the
foil...for those in power.
Remember how Obama's lack of both action and support
for the student-led Green Revolution led to the uprising failing and
the regime becoming even more brutal in dealing with any and all who
disputed the presidential election win of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over
the favored Mir-Hossein Mousavi. Remember how Iran's infamous Revolutionary
Guard ordered demonstrators to "end the sabotage and rioting
activities" and threatened to crush any further opposition.
And when the protests continued they were crushed to the
point where the Iranian government arrested more than 4000 protesters as well as
confirming the deaths of 36 protesters, but with the pro-Mousavi
supporters claiming more than double that number were killed.
Remember how tyranny, oppression, religious fervor, and sharia law
further enslaved the Iranian people...and still do...as Obama turned his back on those fighting for freedom from the
cleric-led regime...but not before saying that getting the U.S.
involved in the situation, what with all of our
"historical baggage of past
interferences in Iranian politics," would only make matters much worse. Yet
his defenders said Obama's
"measured response" actually spoke up for
human rights while preserving U.S. options while at the same time
greatly lessened the chance that he would become a scapegoat...a scapegoat
the cleric regime could claim was guilty of calling for regime
change. But really, how could Obama be a scapegoat for anything when
everything he did and said...or should I say did not do and did not
say...helped to appease Iran's brutal leaders and gain the favor of his
brethren...I remember it all...I surely do.
"I respectfully disagree with
the administration's decision to essentially draw the line at not
meddling and not interfering," so said then Congressman Mike
Pence back in June 2009.
And I remember how newly
elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad...who called the
demonstrators and any who opposed him "terrorists"...strongly
“urged” the United States...the now to be known as "Great
Satan"...to stop meddling in Iran's affairs. A threat of
course, and Obama acquiesced leading directly to the situation
we face today...a situation now involving a soon-to-be nuclear
armed Iran.
Flash forward to December 28,
2017...now it's eight and half years later and again demonstrations and
violence have broken out throughout Iran, leading Iran's
current Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to as expected accuse the "enemies
of Iran"...meaning the U.S. and
Israel of course...of meddling in his country's
affairs. But thankfully, this time we now have a president who is not
buying into this rhetoric and who stands alongside the demonstrators
and protesters...a president concerned that to date there are 22 dead
and more than 3,700 reportedly arrested, including several citizen-journalists.
Saying, "Iran is failing at
every level despite the terrible deal made with them by the Obama
Administration. The great Iranian people have been repressed for many
years. They are hungry for food & for freedom. Along with human
rights, the wealth of Iran is being looted. TIME FOR CHANGE!"
President Trump knows 'We the People' stand with him, his words said,
and with the tens of thousands of protesters who have had enough of
the clerics subjugating regime.
And this time around President Trump happily welcomes our allies
Israel and Saudi Arabia (if you can call Saudi Arabia a true ally)
into the mix as they too are heralding the protests...protests still having
no clear leaders but protests growing stronger by the day...while at
the same time warning the world about the true dangers of Iran's regional
influence; its ever-growing terrorist network; and of course its
nuclear ambitions...ambitions that are anything but
peaceful...ambitions that are dangerously close to reaching fruition
thanks to Obama's cleverly crafted and oh so calculated 'very bad'
nuclear deal.
“Brave Iranians are pouring into the streets. They seek freedom.
They seek justice. They seek the basic liberties that have been
denied them for decades. Iran’s cruel regime wastes tens of
billions of dollars spreading hate,” so rightfully said Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
And
while President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence continue to monitor the goings on in Iran while at the same time warning those in power against arresting peaceful protesters, they are also
letting it be known that these protests will not be a repeat of the
failure of 2009. And they do so no matter that the mullahs continue
to blame the continued “unrest”
on “overt
support of the U.S., the Zionist regime [Israel], and Saudi Arabia.”
Ignoring
the fact that the Iranian people are so desperate for the
freedoms they had before the 1979 revolution... freedoms that included
not a hint of burkas and hajibs... freedoms where women were not
chattel but treated as equals and where men were not savages...the
mullahs are blind to the reality that these current protests are not birthed
by the U.S. but by Iran's own internal political dynamics, both domestic and
economic discontent, government corruption coupled with total
non-transparancy, and a spreading anger that Iran's wealth is being
wasted on any and everybody but the Iranian people.
In other words there are problems at
home...serious socioeconomic problems...that Iranians rightfully feel
should take precedence over all other matters. In fact, the seeds for
these protests were planted soon after Obama lifted sanction on Iran
after his 'very bad' nuclear deal went into effect. But instead of
the Iranian people directly benefiting from the newly released
monies...instead of the monies bringing much needed economic
relief...the monies went to fund terrorism, proxy wars, and propping
up al-Assad's Syrian government.
“No to high prices”...“Death
to Rouhani.”..."Forget Palestine, Not Gaza, not Lebanon, my
life for Iran.” So shouted Iranian protesters on December 28,
2017.
Beginning now in Mashhad, Iran's second
largest city, small assemblies of protesters..."illegal gatherings" as
per the regime...protesters who were angry over the price of
eggs directed that pent-up anger towards both Iran's slow and
stagnant economy and those in the government who contributed to it.
And that anger has now spread to cities and provinces all across
Iran...including to Tehran...what with an economy hurting from an
overall 9.6% inflation rate, a 12.7% unemployment rate, and from
sanctions that resulted in food stuffs being in short supply to such
a degree that the price of basic goods and even gas has increased by
about 40% in the last year alone. And when you add in that the number of Iranians living in poverty has increased under the 'supposed' yet
anything but reformist President Hassan Rouhani, you can see why the Iranian
people are frustrated and furious to such a degree that a call
for a country wide revolution against the mullah's oppressive theocratic regime
appears to be on the horizon.
"Death to the dictator”...“Death to the Revolutionary
Guard”...was also heard
amongst the protesters... protesters
dissatisfied with a government that has failed to deliver on its
promises to not only make ordinary Iranians’ lives better but to
address their multitude of political grievances as well. And know that many, especially
the young who are “fed up”
with their dim prospects, want the mullahs gone.
And
President Trump...who is always quick to respond to
developments...has warned Tehran against arresting any peaceful
protesters and has also promised that at the “appropriate
time” these freedom fighters
would see aid and help coming from the U.S. And Trump also let it be
known that in the meantime the State Department would be using
Facebook and Twitter to communicate directly with the protesters.
That is they will do so only until the Supreme National Security
Council...Big Brother and the thought police rolled into one...places
'security' restrictions on them as well just as they recently
restricted access to Instagram and Telegram social media
apps...especially to Telegram which is a messaging application the
protesters have been using to plan and publicize demonstrations.
I
guess the Iranian government...the mullah-controlled dictatorial theocracy...just doesn't understand that by shutting
down the protester's access to the outside world and by their also limiting media access to said protests, they are
actually letting the outside world see the truth... the truth that
Iranians, especially the young, are sick of living under seventh
century despots and desperately want to live as free men and women in
the 21st century world.
"Oppressive regimes cannot
endure forever. The world is watching!"
President Trump tweeted in response to both the protests and the
newest government threats made against the protesters.
And
it's always threats of course...threats made out of fear
perhaps...fear to such a degree that the Irib News agency is reporting
that the government has warned the protesters that they would “pay
a price” if
the unrest continues,
and also saw Interior Minister Abdolrahman Rahmani Fazli warning
protesters against what he calls “disruptive behaviour.”
Now add in that the
semi-state news agency Fars is reporting that Bahram Qassemi,
spokesman for Iran's foreign ministry is saying that Trump's warnings
are "cheap, worthless and invalid”
as the "Iranian people feel no value for the
opportunistic claims of the US officials and Mr. Trump, himself, "
leads one to wonder if these
obviously defensive reactions are not actually a harbinger of the
mullah's impending demise.
A long
overdue harbinger I would say no matter that the regime claims they
have yet to deploy all of the 'so-called'
weapons in their
arsenal...an arsenal as in army troops... they claim could crush the protests once and for
all. But why not deploy these weapons now when the protests and
protesters are still somewhat manageable...why wait until they grow
in size and momentum to where there is no stopping them... why.
Because these are not the protests of 2009...because this time
protesters are of the likes of 'Haroon,' a 23-year old communications
student who said, “Students and ordinary people are being
killed and wounded by the police, because we tear down posters of the
tyrannical leaders and we burn them. We only want happiness. We want
help from the Americans to end this regime.”...one
of but many who
now realize Obama sold them out but who also understand President Trump wants to
set right that so grievous wrong.
One of
but many like 31-year old 'Azi' who says it best...“Here is
real hell...This is a real revolution against the mullahs. Iran is
uprising. I thank Mr. Trump for his support, but we need more.”
And
know that both Haroon and Azi speak for countless many who so
appreciate President Trump's words of support and who vow to continue
on until promised U.S. help arrives “when the time is
right”...the countless many
who see their movement growing stronger by the day, with
the harbinger of the mullah's demise growing along with it... growing
with it now that America is truly on their side.
And as these protests are being
watched by cowardly European governments who must be in awe of the brave
Iranians fighting back against the very sorts who are now overtaking
their countries...and as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley praises the courage of
the Iranian protesters and reads to gathered reporters numerous social
media posts written by Iranians in a show of support for the protests...with
many openly calling for the overthrow of the Tehran regime...Haley
fearlessly let Iran's leaders know that their contention that the unrest
was solely being orchestrated by their external enemies including our C.I.A. was
“complete
nonsense” and that these
protests were a “precise picture of a long oppressed
people’s rising up against their dictators.”
'A precise picture' indeed no matter that last Wednesday Maj Gen Mohammad Ali Jafari, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, announced the defeat of the
“sedition” in his country...the defeat of the anti-government
protests. But really how can this be when new protests continue to breakout daily across Iran. In fact, just as Maj. Jafari was making his announcement protesters in Nowshahr, in the north of Iran, were marching and chanting
“death to the dictator.” See that video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ky8f1bQVB4&list=PLjg2ljUDdXEI07SJOYIg5Jdo5PI5M3_yI&index=29
And if the general's words...actually his lies...are not an attempt to paint a vastly different picture instead of the true picture of the mullahs desperately trying to hold onto power... than I don't
know what is. But what I do know is that last Friday's meeting at the U.N... where a statement was read from the Iranian Resistance urging the
Security Council to defend the
"legitimate and inalienable right" of
the Iranian people to overthrow the oppressive theocratic regime and establish both freedom and sovereignty for Iran...coupled with the U.S. calling for support for the anti-government protesters...accomplished nothing of substance as some U.S. allies...France included...questioned whether an international
response was even justified as said protests did not constitute a threat to international peace and security.
And of course Tehran accused the U.S. and President Trump of
"bullying" and trying to
"derail" the in-place international nuclear deal with their ambassador, Gholamali Khoshroo, also saying that the U.S. had abused its power as a permanent member
of the Security Council just by their calling for a meeting to discuss the
protests. But not to be outdone, Russian Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya said the U.S.
was
"abusing the platform of the Security Council" with a
"bogus"
pretext to interfere in the domestic affairs of a sovereign member nation.
But no matter for if truth be told the United Nations usually sides against the U.S. and with the islamists.
So know the protests will continue on no matter assertions to the contrary for the Iranian people know that freedom is worth fighting and possibly dying for. And so I say God speed Iran your time is now and 'We the People'
stand with you for we know that only with the mullah's gone will you be truly free.
Copyright @ 2018 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All Rights Reserved.
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