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We begin tonight’s edition of A Window to the Fatherland with Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh reading one of his poems from the book of his collected works.
Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh:
We continue the program with talking to our special guest of every Thursday, Dr. Mohsen Sazegara, and begin with asking him about the bloody events of the last couple of days in the city of Kazeroun in the Fars province, where several people have been shot dead during anti-regime demonstrations.
Dr. Mohsen Sazegara:
The bloodshed in Kazeroun is the result of the regime’s tried and failed policy of partitioning the larger Iranian provinces in a bureaucratic move, which has never been popular with the majority of their populations.
The central government in Iran is like a rusted machine and is unable to function properly. It is trying to break down the areas under its governance but has no understanding of the mood of the people. The people of Kazeroun are crying out “do not cut us down into pieces” and I fully support their demand.
The people of Kazeroun are shouting slogans that directly target the regime’s leadership and Khamenei himself. They are telling the regime that it is incompetent and it is taking the country to the verge of complete collapse.
Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh:
Naturally, the regime is now engulfed in an internal crisis and even the Revolutionary Guard has split up into several groups. Do you think they will now abandon the regime?
Dr. Mohsen Sazegara:
During the last December uprisings across Iran the regime had calculated if they get any more widespread they would become uncontrollable. The Iranian national army did not play any role in cracking down on the uprisings and even the local Basij militias were unable to contain the protests because firstly they were massive and secondly the Basij and pro-regime elements could somehow sympathize with the protestors’ rightful demands and did not wish to confront them as their fellow citizens.
During the current week the regime faced three major defeats: all its military bases were demolished by the Israeli attacks; US withdrew from the nuclear deal and an anti-Iranian coalition has won in the Iraqi elections.
Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh:
The regime had transferred millions of dollars of cash into Iraq, thinking that its stooges will win the elections in there. But Muqtada Sadr was clever enough and aligned his party with the communists and the liberals and came out as the victor.
Dr. Mohsen Sazegara:
Any other leader in the world, except the one in Iran, would have immediately resigned and apologized for squandering billion of dollars of his people’s money in a different country to bring his puppets into power but failed. Even the Russians have now changed their attitude and can back off from supporting the regime if they regard it as a futile gamble.
Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh:
And today several major and international companies have announced that they are withdrawing their businesses from Iran as the specter of the US sanctions begin to cast its dark shadow over Iran’s economy.
