{"id":19049,"date":"2020-06-08T15:42:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T20:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=19049"},"modified":"2020-06-08T15:42:45","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T20:42:45","slug":"iran-regimes-new-parliament-confirms-mullahs-intention-to-increase-terrorism-and-oppression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/19049\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Regime\u2019s New Parliament Confirms Mullahs\u2019 Intention to Increase Terrorism and Oppression"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Written by<\/span>Mahmoud Hakamian<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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8th June 2020<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The 11th term of the Iranian regime\u2019s parliament, which is in line with the regime\u2019s contraction policy, and its position, with having many of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and Basij militia commanders as so-called members, confirm the regime\u2019s intention to increase its global terrorism and domestic oppression.<\/p>\n

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Following the nationwide Iran protests in November with over 1500 martyrs, the regime\u2019s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, was the first to understand that people\u2019s conflict with his regime has passed an irreversible point. With people chanting \u201cReformists, Hardliner, the game is over,\u201d Khamenei understood that his maneuver of so-called \u201creformism\u201d has ended, and he cannot use it to further manipulate the society. In addition, the regime\u2019s increasing international isolation proved that the so-called \u201creformist\u201d faction, led by the regime\u2019s President Hassan Rouhani and consisting of the regime\u2019s top security officials, had failed in pursuing and making the policy of appeasement as effective as before for the regime. Therefore, facing a restive society and engulfed with various crisis, Khamenei massively purged the rival faction\u2019s candidates for the sham parliamentary elections, as a new phase of his contraction policy.<\/p>\n

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The regime\u2019s contraction policy is based on more domestic oppression and the export of terrorism. A glance at the background of some of the new parliament members and their positions in the past few days confirms Khamenei\u2019s goal of handpicking these so-called lawmakers.<\/p>\n

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Recent positions by the regime\u2019s MPs:<\/p>\n

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Ali Mousavi, MP from the city of Malekan, East Azerbaijan, during Majlis\u2019s [parliament] public session on Sunday, said: \u201cWe should name this parliament after martyr Qassem Soleimani [IRGC\u2019s Quds Force eliminated commander and the regime\u2019s terror mastermind], and we should pursue his doctrine.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, the parliament new speaker: \u201cIf it weren\u2019t for the actions of our soldiers and extraterritorial guardians of the Islamic Revolution [IRGC and its terrorist Quds Force], the enemy would have done anything it could, and they had plans for the streets of Tehran.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In another speech, Qalibaf had said: \u201cThe system\u2019s achievement has been rendered due to the efforts made by people like Qassem Soleimani.\u201d He continued: \u201cThe Eleventh Majlis considers strong confrontation with foreign enemies, especially the United States and the Zionist regime, as one of its basic principles and will not hesitate in confronting the opposition and internal hypocrites. The 11th parliament has pledged to continue the path of Martyr Soleimani in increasing the power of the Axis of Resistance as an unchangeable strategy. It considers supporting the Palestinian people, Hezbollah in Lebanon, resistance groups, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the oppressed people of Yemen as its revolutionary and national duty. Negotiation and compromise with the U.S. as the axis of Global Arrogance is considered fruitless and harmful.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A glance at the background of some of the regime\u2019s new MPs:<\/p>\n

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Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, the regime\u2019s new parliament speaker: He was one of the top commanders of the IRGC in the Iran-Iraq war and after the war. Some of the positions he held include Commander of IRGC\u2019s Khatam Al-Anbia Construction Camp (from 1994 to 1997), Commander of the IRGC Air Force (1997-2000), Commander-in-Chief of the police force (2000 to 2005). He is a leading figure of corruption in the regime, and as the former mayor of Tehran, he is accused of systematic embezzlements and corruption. During Qalibaf\u2019s term as Tehran\u2019s mayor, the transfer of property at a quarter of the price to senior municipal officials and some members of the Tehran City Council, as well as IRGC commanders, and land acquisition in different parts of Tehran became routine.<\/p>\n

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Ahmad Amir Abadi Farahani, MP from Qom, member of the Majlis Presidium: According to the information published on his website, Ahmad Amir Abadi is an IRGC member, and participated in the Iran-Iraq war.\u00a0 Farahani has held various positions as a commander in different parts of the IRGC. He had also been responsible for the IRGC\u2019s cultural division in Qom.<\/p>\n

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Mohammad Hossein Farhangi, MP from East Azerbaijan province, Majlis Presidium\u2019s speaker: He is a senior commander of the IRGC in Azerbaijan. During the Iran-Iraq War, he was the Chief of Staff of the 31st Ashura Division, one of the most important and largest divisions of the IRGC in the war. After the war, Mohammad Hossein Farhangi was appointed as the commander of the Basij and then commander of the IRGC provincial division in East Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n

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Hossein Ali Haji Deligani, member of the Majlis\u2019 presidium from Isfahan province: During the Iran-Iraq War, Deligani, was the commander of an IRGC company, and after the war, he commanded the Basij in the IRGC division of Zarrinshahr, Najafabad, and Isfahan. He was the initiator of the plan for all the regime\u2019s MPs in the previous parliament to wear an IRGC uniform after the IRGC was listed as a terrorist organization by the United States and simultaneous with the day of the Revolutionary Guards in Iran.<\/p>\n

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Mohsen Dehnavi, a member of the Majlis\u2019 presidium: He was in charge of the Student Basij at the Sharif University of Technology, one of the most important universities in Iran. He is also a member of the Council for Explaining the Political Positions of the Student Basij in Tehran Province, which is in fact a political branch of the Student Basij.\u00a0 Dehnavi, who was posing as a cancer researcher, was detained at Boston\u2019s Logan Airport on July 11, 2017, and later sent back to Iran for his connections with the IRGC and Basij forces.<\/p>\n

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Alireza Zakani, former commander of the Iranian Student Basij, MP from Qom: Known as one of the closest MPs to Khamenei, Alireza Zakani, has been a lawmaker in the seventh, eighth and ninth terms of Parliament. Zakani was one of the commanders of the 27th Division of Mohammad Rasulollah during the Iran-Iraq War. He has a 62-month history of participating in the war and 15 operations. Zakani is one of the founders of the Student Basij, as the most important subordinate force of the IRGC in universities across the country.<\/p>\n

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A glance at the regime\u2019s new parliament shows that Khamenei and his regime are intending to increase oppression and terrorism. While people are grappling with poverty and the coronavirus crisis, the regime\u2019s handpicked parliament shows how the regime prioritizes its rule over people\u2019s well-being.<\/p>\n

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This critical situation, increased by the coronavirus crisis, has terrified the regime\u2019s forces and pushed them to the brink of defection. They are particularly afraid of the people\u2019s uprising. This new parliament showed the regime\u2019s strategic roadmap,\u202fwhich is\u202fa\u202fpolicy\u202fof\u202fcontraction in all aspects, including in dealing with the U.S.,\u202fand has shattered the hopes and dreams of negotiations of all the regime\u2019s apologists and lovers of the appeasement policy.<\/p>\n

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Therefore, to prevent further oppression of the Iranian people and to ensure the security of the Middle East and the world, the international community should choose a firm policy toward this regime and recognize the people\u2019s right to Resistance and overthrowing this regime, which is a global threat to peace, security, and humanity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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