بهار خجسته : dilemma

۱۳۹۷ آذر ۹, جمعه

Kermanshah Earthquake, An Added Dilemma For Distressed People

Kermanshah earthquake, an added dilemma for distressed people

Only one year after Kermanshah earthquake, and while the people in different cities of the province are still living in tents or trailers, another quake shook the area.

The 6.3 in magnitude earthquake shook vast parts of western Iran at 8 pm local time, on November 25.

Initial estimates indicate that more than 700 were injured and at least 7 people were killed.

Kermanshah earthquake, an added dilemma for distressed people

Although precise data regarding the situation of those affected by the earthquake is not at hand, a brief look at the circumstances after last year’s earthquake speaks for itself.

The inhabitants of the earthquake stricken areas have addressed their problems via the media times and again. The social activists setting up tweeter campaigns have disclosed the regime’s inaction throughout the last year.

While the regime abuses the official media as a mean to cover up its inefficiencies, rubbing salt into the people’s wounds, the deprived people even sell their kidneys to provide their lives and to rebuild their homes.

In this regard, the head of the city council of Sarpol-e Zahab, admitted: There are institutions that said they would support the earthquake stricken people to the end, but they left the work unfinished and handed the cases over to the Housing Foundation. Schools have been left unfinished. Many people have cleaned the rubbles on their own expense. He also revealed that some were willing to sell their kidneys for their construction work. No promise has been put into practice. Unemployment has become viral amongst the educated youths of Sarpol-e Zahab, one of the earthquake stricken cities. (Simaye Azadi, Sep,14,2018)

But the question is; how many more earthquakes should happen in order to secure the villages and cities in Iran against the quakes? How many more innocent people, including children, should be killed so that the national wealth would be used to rebuild and secure the earthquake-prone towns instead of fueling foreign conflicts? The main question is: When will this disarray, which is directly caused by the corruption in the urbanization system, end? Of course, this is only a small sample of the corruption that the regime is plunged in.

This corrupt regime, not only hasn’t done much to help the people in the earthquake stricken areas but also has stopped the nationwide flow of aid to these areas.

Ironically, the regime did the honorable people who rushed to aid our compatriots after the earthquake last year, including PMOI supporters from Kermanshah who rushed to help, answering the call of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi and the PMOI/MEK.

On November 25, after the recent earthquake, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi sent a message of condolences to the afflicted people and called on all the youths and fellow countrymen and countrywomen to help the earthquake stricken people.

۱۳۹۷ خرداد ۱۵, سه‌شنبه

Iran’s regime and the FATF dilemma

Financial Action Task Force

The Iranian regime’s parliament erupted in major disputes on May 27^thas a variety of members were involved in a heated discussion over the FATF.

Founded in 1989, the Financial Action Task Force is an international government organization aiming TO combat money laundering, especially by rogue states. Iran’s regime succumbing to international demands of signing into this framework will result in grave consequences. Refusing to do so has the potential of inviting, even more, punishing sanctions for Tehran.

Despite efforts by Iranian regime president Hassan Rouhani and parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani to have the bill adopted quickly, various members of parliament were seen fiercely preventing any such step forward.

Mojtaba Zolnour reminded Rouhani how Iranian regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei has always been very concerned over talks.

“In your remarks, you referred to [the U.S. pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal] will resolve everything. After all the recent developments, you have wasted the opportunity we had in the region,” he said.

Those members of Rouhani’s faction continuously reminded others of Khamenei always blessing the nuclear talks himself and no steps were taken without his approval. This is where Iran’s hardliners are left empty-handed and the entire regime realizes they’re all in the same boat.

Despite the arguments, clear is the fact that the Iranian regime in its entirety is facing a major impasse.

“Iran’s Islamic revolution is facing a historical development and is on the verge of being tested to the utmost extent,” said one member of the regime’s parliament.

Taking one step further, it is important to realize that this regime lacks the will to resolve its increasing and intensifying crises.

The reality of this status quo is not an issue acknowledged today merely by this or that faction, or various elements in different ranks and files.

This is a subject underscored time and again by the Iranian opposition, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) throughout the past four decades.

What remains interesting is the fact that countries continuing their appeasement policy remain in search of their own short-term interests. This, however, goes against the interests of the people in Iran and across the region.

Truly, the time has come for these countries to start thinking about their long-term benefits, and their own security, to confront the Iranian regime’s long slate of belligerence.