By M. Amin Wahidi
Will there be a "CHANGE" in Iran?!!
As the protests are still increasingly continuing in different Iranian cities, following the mass fraud in presidential election, it is speculated that the protestors are now demanding more than only the annulment of the election result but rather an entire change in the whole system of the current regime.
Many Iranian political groups who have been waiting for rage of the people against the regime to help them sweep the floor for their presence in the practical political stage of the country, are now beginning count down for the fall of the religious regime in Iran.
Mujahedin e Khalq e Iran or People’s Mujahedeen Organization of Iran (PMOI) organized their annual gathering on Saturday June 20 in Villepinte Paris, celebrating the 28th anniversary of creation of National Resistance Council of Iran (NRCI) with the presence of thousands of Iranians from different countries of the world in Paris, to show their support to the residences of Ashraf city the PMOI’s residential – military camp in Iraq.
Maryam Rajavi president elect of the National Resistance Council of Iran and one of the PMOI’s founders gave a speech to the PMOI’s adherents and her supporters while being well received by several European Parliamentarians invited in the gathering.
Many Iranian political groups who have been waiting for rage of the people against the regime to help them sweep the floor for their presence in the practical political stage of the country, are now beginning count down for the fall of the religious regime in Iran.
Mujahedin e Khalq e Iran or People’s Mujahedeen Organization of Iran (PMOI) organized their annual gathering on Saturday June 20 in Villepinte Paris, celebrating the 28th anniversary of creation of National Resistance Council of Iran (NRCI) with the presence of thousands of Iranians from different countries of the world in Paris, to show their support to the residences of Ashraf city the PMOI’s residential – military camp in Iraq.
Maryam Rajavi president elect of the National Resistance Council of Iran and one of the PMOI’s founders gave a speech to the PMOI’s adherents and her supporters while being well received by several European Parliamentarians invited in the gathering.
Although the main occasion of this gathering was the celebration of the 28th anniversary of National Resistance Council of Iran and the support for maintenance of Ashraf city, but the latest post election situation of Iran was more highlighted by Mrs. Rajavi in her speech and she said: “it is the time for the people to have a government by them and for them.”
In this gathering, the European Parliamentarians from the GB, Denmark, Germany, France, Spain and Italy, and a Canadian parliamentarian all spoke on behalf of their parliaments supporting the decision of the European Parliament on removing PMOI from the terrorist list. They emphasized on safety and security insurance of the residents of Ashraf city (PMOI Camp in Iraq), based on international humanitarian and refugee conventions. The Parliamentarians highlighted POMI’s real struggles against Islamic fundamentalism in Iran as far as they had visited the Ashraf City in the recent years.
They all called for the USA to support this decision of the European Parliament and remove them from the terrorist list provided by this country.
In April 24 2009 The European Parliament has signed a resolution considering all security of the lives of residences of Ashraf city, the POMI’s camp in Iraq based on the international humanitarian and refugee conventions.
Mujahedin e Khalq (People’s Mujahedin Organization of Iran)
Mujahedin e Khalq is a well known Iran group, that had military basis in Iraq and political offices in Europe, famous for their resistance against the Iranian strict religious regime, is now entering into the stage with a maneuver of its supporters in Europe through a grand gathering in Paris, since lately the restrictions on this political – military group is being released by the European parliament.
Founded basically in the mid 1960s as a political group by the university students, Mujahedeen has first fought against Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlawi the pro America King of Iran until the collapse of monarchy and the beginning of the Islamic Republic, but they did not have a role in the post monarchy Islamic Republic government after that, instead with a new view of the religion they broke with the conservative revolutionary group opposing them for the Wilaiat e Faqeh system (Religious Monarchy of Ayatullahs).
This group then added a military branch to their political structure since they moved out of Iran and was welcomed by Sadam Hussain in Iraq in the early 1980s when the National Resistance Council of Iran was born. By the support of Saddam Hussain they made an army with thousands of bright minded religious believers, they announced war against any interests of the regime until the collapse of the regime and since then has launched many attacks against the IRI officials and interests through the past 20 years.
In the eight years war of Iraq against Iran, 1981-89 they played a major role supporting Saddam against Iran.
Since the collapse of Saddam Regime in 2003, the Mujahedeen e Khalq was peacefully disarmed by the American forces in Iraq and their residential military camp (Ashraf city) was secured by the Americans until August 2008.
PMOI and the USA
While the Mujahedeen is not yet out of terrorist list of the United States but since the American Forces handed the security operations to the Iraqi forces, the Iraqi officials have warned to close PMOI Camp (Ashraf city) and expel the residents to Iran or elsewhere, when they are in good relations with the IRI regime.
The PMOI leaders since then have made many struggles to convince the world that Ashraf city is not a terrorist camp but a city of resistance against the IRI regime.
Their struggles have been successful in Europe to some extend but as long as they are strong Shiite believers with a tendency towards leftist ideology, they are still recognized as a terrorist group by the USA.
They all called for the USA to support this decision of the European Parliament and remove them from the terrorist list provided by this country.
In April 24 2009 The European Parliament has signed a resolution considering all security of the lives of residences of Ashraf city, the POMI’s camp in Iraq based on the international humanitarian and refugee conventions.
Mujahedin e Khalq (People’s Mujahedin Organization of Iran)
Mujahedin e Khalq is a well known Iran group, that had military basis in Iraq and political offices in Europe, famous for their resistance against the Iranian strict religious regime, is now entering into the stage with a maneuver of its supporters in Europe through a grand gathering in Paris, since lately the restrictions on this political – military group is being released by the European parliament.
Founded basically in the mid 1960s as a political group by the university students, Mujahedeen has first fought against Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlawi the pro America King of Iran until the collapse of monarchy and the beginning of the Islamic Republic, but they did not have a role in the post monarchy Islamic Republic government after that, instead with a new view of the religion they broke with the conservative revolutionary group opposing them for the Wilaiat e Faqeh system (Religious Monarchy of Ayatullahs).
This group then added a military branch to their political structure since they moved out of Iran and was welcomed by Sadam Hussain in Iraq in the early 1980s when the National Resistance Council of Iran was born. By the support of Saddam Hussain they made an army with thousands of bright minded religious believers, they announced war against any interests of the regime until the collapse of the regime and since then has launched many attacks against the IRI officials and interests through the past 20 years.
In the eight years war of Iraq against Iran, 1981-89 they played a major role supporting Saddam against Iran.
Since the collapse of Saddam Regime in 2003, the Mujahedeen e Khalq was peacefully disarmed by the American forces in Iraq and their residential military camp (Ashraf city) was secured by the Americans until August 2008.
PMOI and the USA
While the Mujahedeen is not yet out of terrorist list of the United States but since the American Forces handed the security operations to the Iraqi forces, the Iraqi officials have warned to close PMOI Camp (Ashraf city) and expel the residents to Iran or elsewhere, when they are in good relations with the IRI regime.
The PMOI leaders since then have made many struggles to convince the world that Ashraf city is not a terrorist camp but a city of resistance against the IRI regime.
Their struggles have been successful in Europe to some extend but as long as they are strong Shiite believers with a tendency towards leftist ideology, they are still recognized as a terrorist group by the USA.
The contemporary Iran and the Iranians
While not yet in Tehran and other major Iranian cities the demonstrations and protested are stopped but have been increased rapidly, millions of Iranians around the world are awaiting fundamental changes in the system of the ruling regime in their country.
The latest presidential election that was reported as a mass fraud election in the history of Iran has opened a new page in the contemporary history of Iran.
As the evidences show the protests of the people have reached its acme and seem to result a revolution that could end to collapse the current regime, as say by the observers, the late resent protests of the people within and out of Iran against the result of presidential election, is indeed the need and thirst of the Iranian people for a fundamental change and reform in the whole governmental system that is now called by the people a religious monarchy rather than an Islamic republic.
While not yet in Tehran and other major Iranian cities the demonstrations and protested are stopped but have been increased rapidly, millions of Iranians around the world are awaiting fundamental changes in the system of the ruling regime in their country.
The latest presidential election that was reported as a mass fraud election in the history of Iran has opened a new page in the contemporary history of Iran.
As the evidences show the protests of the people have reached its acme and seem to result a revolution that could end to collapse the current regime, as say by the observers, the late resent protests of the people within and out of Iran against the result of presidential election, is indeed the need and thirst of the Iranian people for a fundamental change and reform in the whole governmental system that is now called by the people a religious monarchy rather than an Islamic republic.
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