The Need to Recognize the Struggle of Rebellious Youth Against the Terrorist IRGC

Twenty-two years ago, in a speech at the European Parliament, I emphasized that neither appeasement nor war are the solution to Iran’s crisis. The only solution is the overthrow of the regime by the Iranian people and their organized resistance.

The failure and damaging consequences of appeasement have long been proven. Appeasement has been one of the greatest obstacles to change in Iran. The blacklisting of the PMOI/MEK by Western governments at the regime’s request is a case in point.

Likewise, the bombing of PMOI centers in the Iran-Iraq border region followed by the consolidation of the National Liberation Army’s weapons in 2003, resulted in the shackling of a ready force capable of toppling the regime or at least posing a major barrier to its regional aggressions, all to the benefit of religious fascism. This development solely benefited the religious fascism.

Developments over the past year in Iran, and over the past two decades in the region, have also demonstrated that foreign war cannot resolve Iran’s crisis, bring about regime change, or replace it with a democratic system.

The designation of the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization was a necessary step away from appeasement, albeit taken with years of delay, one that this movement had tirelessly advocated for over the years. Now, the struggle of the people of Iran to overthrow the regime and the fight of rebellious youth against the terrorist IRGC must be recognized.