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While the regime in Iran is facing a multitude of crises on the domestic and international front, the most prominent crisis is the ongoing protests<\/a> that have been raging across the country since December 2017. The people of Iran, fed up from decades of repression, corruption, unemployment, inflation, and miseries, have taken to the streets despite the regime\u2019s brutal crackdown and are confronting security forces to voice their demands for regime change and freedom.<\/p>\n The regime\u2019s officials are worried that the protests are becoming increasingly organized and fast-paced. Abbas Abdi, a key figure in the Iranian regime\u2019s so-called reformist camp admitted as much, saying, \u201cIn comparison to December, the protests have become better organized.\u201d<\/p>\n Saeid Hajjarian, a theorist of the regime’s reformist camp compared the regime to \u201ca person standing on a floating bridge, waiting for disaster to strike.\u201d<\/p>\n What\u2019s evident is that the regime fears its overthrow, a demand that is becoming an inseparable part of all protests, regardless of what triggers them. Several regime officials are warning against the population\u2019s dissatisfaction with the regime and the danger of the Iran protests spinning out of the regime\u2019s control.<\/p>\n Ali Khoram, a former diplomat from the faction of Hassan Rouhani, the incumbent president, urges the regime to initiate talks with world powers, warning that addressing the \u201crage of the people\u201d should be the regime\u2019s priority. \u201cThe entire regime is facing the dangers of the rage of the people, foreign invasion, and economic collapse,\u201d Khoram says, according to the state-run Ruydad, adding, \u201cWe believe that to dampen the situation, we should engage in negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n Bahar, another state-run news website, writes, \u201cWe witness deep concerns and grievances in the society,\u201d and concludes that \u201cThere\u2019s no other solution but to engage in talks with Iran\u2019s main counterpart.\u201d<\/p>\n Interim Tehran Friday prayer leader Mohammad Emami-Kashani tried to downplay the protests while betraying his own fear of the situation. \u201cFour people start a situation, and other people who have problems become deceived and get mixed with them. They take photos and distribute it. This is what the world is maneuvering on,\u201d he said in last week\u2019s Friday prayers.<\/p>\n Mohammad Ali Al-e Hashem, the Friday prayer leader in Tabriz, also expressed his fear of the \u201cenemy,\u201d an indirect reference to the PMOI\/MEK, saying, \u201cDuring the street protests, the enemy is taking advantage to further their own ends.\u201d<\/p>\n The increasing protests are also sparking infighting among the regime\u2019s officials, with some calling off others for having contributed to the country\u2019s economic woes. Nouri Hamedani, one of the high-authority clerics of the regime warned, \u201cThe people will not tolerate that some steal the people\u2019s wealth while others live without food\u201d in comments that were published in Keyhan, the supreme leader\u2019s mouthpiece.<\/p>\n Images of the regime officials luxury lives and their family members living abroad have been circulating in social media and have become the source of fury among ordinary Iranians, most of whom are living in substandard conditions and don\u2019t earn enough to live a decent life.<\/p>\n Hamedani warned against \u201cthe enemy taking advantage\u201d of the situation and asked the people \u201cnot to allow the enemy to take advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the former president of the Iranian regime, admitted that the regime is facing a dead end. \u201cThe question is, who is responsible for this situation? I believe that all officials are responsible, all three powers. The left and right are the twin blades of the same scissors,\u201d he said, referring to both rivaling factions in the regime.<\/p>\n In comments to the Etemad Online website, Saleh Nikbakht, a jurist with close ties with Rouhani\u2019s faction, said, \u201cIt is evident that the people are expressing their grievances and dissatisfaction on the streets and in the social media. We must remedy the situation before the worst comes to pass.\u201d<\/p>\n In many cities, Friday prayer leaders expressed their fear from the continued protests and uprising across Iran and the role of the PMOI\/MEK, which they usually refer to as \u201cthe enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n The Friday prayer leader of Shahrud said, \u201cThe MEK wants to cause division and carry out a cultural conspiracy.\u201d In Birjand, the Friday prayer leader said, \u201cProblems don\u2019t just come to the streets. This is the enemy\u2019s doing. The MEK wants to carry out its plans and we must confront them for the sake of the regime\u2019s security.\u201d<\/p>\n This clearly shows the regime\u2019s fear of the protests and the \u201cenemy\u201d that is organizing them, which has disrupted the regime’s balance in its entirety.<\/p>\n (Source: Analysis by PMOI\/MEK<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Uprising_Iran_August_2018-300x170.jpg\")
In the past week alone, protests erupted in several cities<\/a>, in the bazaar, sports stadiums and other places. The week before was no different. And all protests are marked with slogans directed at the highest Iranian officials, including Ali Khamenei, the Iranian regime\u2019s supreme leader. The Iranian regime has hiked its security measures, bringing police, special forces and plainclothes agents to control the situation and prevent protests from shaping. But the Iranian people are showing no fear and relent in taking to the streets and protesting against the regime.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Iranian-People-in-the-Midst-of-Revolution-300x173.jpg\")
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