khalijefars News, Blogs, Art and Community
Jamshid Chalangi:
Tonight we will look at the latest news of Iran and the world, plus what is going on between the two factions of the regime who operate under the rule of the supreme leader.
Some observers believe the Iranian regime has reached the end of its life and to extend it is now sacrificing some of its own founders by accusing and jailing them on corruption cases.
The tension between Iran and US still continues as Javad Zarif visits Europe to rally support for the regime in its confrontation with Washington.
Will Iran dominate the talks in the G7 summit at this weekend?
Our guests tonight to discuss these issues are Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh and Hassan Shariatmadri.
Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh:
This regime’s foundations are on deceit, divisions and political maneuvering. If it were not for these tactics it would not have survived.
For almost ten years Khomeini was the absolute leader and would slap at the mouth of anyone who disagreed with his orders.That is why organizations like the Mujaheddin of Islamic Revolution and theMuslim People’s Republican Party were banned and many of their members were arrested, jailed, tortured and executed.
Khomeini did not even allow the loyal Islamic Republic Party to continue with its activities when they were about to divide into two factions.
He did not even tolerate the Combatant Clerics Group because he did not agree with their policies.
When Khamenei came to power at first he did nothave any power. However, he then brought the intelligence and repressive organs under his command and once he felt secured enough he launched his campaign of terrors and purges. There is a long list of people who fell victims of his tyrannical rule and some of them like Abdullah Momeni and Nasrin Sotoudeh are still alive to testify to this.
I believe we should expect more confrontations between the regime’s factions in the coming weeks.
Hassan Shariatmadri:
All Dr. Nourizadeh’s points are quite right. Further more, we must also look at the issue of the so-called fight againstcorruption in Iran from a different angel.
Behind this current lies the hand of Khamenei who is following a number of objectives. It is the case of the most corrupt eliminating the lesser corrupt.
The reason for these purges is that this regime is an ideological one and its absolute ruler can only be surrounded by his most loyal stooges and the moment a rival begins to compete with its power or wants to take away some of his wealth then he will react and annihilate them.
