EXCLUSIVE: The leader of the main Iranian resistance group tells Fox News that the regime in Tehran is at its “weakest point” in its history, and calls on the Biden government to hold the regime responsible for its human rights violations.
“The Iranian regime is at its weakest point in the history of the last 42 years. It is economically bankrupt,” Maryam Rajavi, president of the National Resistance of Iran (NCRI), told Fox News in response to written questions. “The national currency is in a free fall, and corruption has invaded every aspect of the regime.”
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Rajavi leads the NCRI, an umbrella group of Iranian resistance groups dedicated to overthrowing the regime. She proposed a ten-point plan to form a secular, democratic Iran – which would be far from the Islamic dictatorship that currently exists.
The government has been under pressure from both home and abroad over the past year. The country was devastated by the coronavirus and led to accusations of a cover-up. Meanwhile, in 2018, the Trump administration withdrew the nuclear deal and began imposing waves of crippling sanctions.
Maryam Rajavi is the elected president of the National Resistance Council of Iran (Siavosh Hossein, The Media Express)
An economic downturn, coupled with the continuing setback against the oppressive oppression of opponents, has led to a number of protests in the country – particularly in November 2019 and January 2020. The US estimates that more than 1,000 people died in the suppression of the protests in November.
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“The Iranian people are extremely bitter and angry,” Rajavi said. “The uprisings of November 2019 and January 2020 clearly showed the people’s desire for regime change. As a result of the regime’s criminal policy, so far at least 210,000 people have lost their lives to the coronavirus, and there is no worldwide ‘comparable aspects in this regard.’ intensified the people’s dissatisfaction even more. ‘
But it is unclear to what extent the Biden government will sustain the pressure.
Biden’s government has indicated it wants to re – enter the 2015 nuclear deal, and Iran’s foreign minister recently called on President Biden to take the first step towards reviving the deal “through all sanctions imposed since then. imposed, to remove [former President Donald] Trump has accepted office “
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Rajavi told Fox News that there was still no contact between the NCRI and the Biden government. Asked what her message to Biden would be about how to deal with the regime, she said the formation of democracy should be the priority.
“Any policy towards the spiritual regime must take into account the desire of the overwhelming majority of the Iranian people, as expressed in the clearest form during the 2019 uprising; and that is to end religious tyranny and to establish a democratic government., “she said. “Human rights must be at the forefront of this policy. And the Iranian regime must be held accountable for gross violations of the Iranian people’s fundamental human rights.”
The NCRI and other opponents of the regime are watching the trial of the Iranian diplomat who is accused of being behind the 2018 conspiracy to blow up the NCRI meeting in Paris. A verdict is expected this week.
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Assadollah Assadi, an Iranian diplomat in Vienna, was one of four arrested in connection with an alleged conspiracy to bomb an annual rally of Iranian dissidents in Paris. They are each sentenced to up to 20 years in prison for attempted terrorist murder and participation in the activities of the terrorist group.
Prosecutors allege that the plot originated from the highest levels of the Iranian government. Iran has repeatedly denied responsibility for the plot. Assadi denied the charges and his lawyer claimed ‘the court is not competent to judge him’ because of his diplomatic status.
Rajavi told Fox News that the plan was planned and approved by officials – including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani – and said the trial showed that the leaders she called a “policy of calm” encouraged .
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“The message of this trial to the world is that no degree of economic or political concessions is sufficient to change the regime’s behavior. Terrorism is part of the regime’s DNA, and all its factions benefit from it. Terrorism is part of the regime’s continued existence, strategy, ” she said.
“This trial shows that it is high time to end the installment policy and adopt a firm policy in its place. This regime can only understand the language of firmness.”