The truth about the Iranian regime’s new president

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  By Sadegh Pashm-Foroush The day after the announcement of the results of Iran’s sham presidential election, Iranian regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei summoned the remaining members of the government of former regime president Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19. In his remarks to them—indirectly addressing new regime president Massoud Pezeshkian—he warned him and reminded him of the “model” of the president in the regime. The supreme leader repeatedly mentioned Raisi and said, “He is truly a model; we must all learn from him.” He then reiterated the concept of “heartfelt belief and practical commitment” to the regime, which Pezeshkian, like all the election candidates, had committed to. Khamenei stated, “Dear Raisi demonstrated as a model that one can possess these mental, heartfelt, and practical qualities as the president of a country and follow them in practice.” Of course, before the sham election, Pezeshkian repeatedly stated that he would continue Raisi...
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Iran: Disruption at Gas Stations Revive Fear of Protests for Regime

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 Written by Mahmoud Hakamian

Iran’s state media reported that a massive cyberattack disrupted the sale of gasoline on Tuesday, creating long queues at gas stations across the country and increasing public dissent. This incident came weeks before the anniversary of major Iran protests in November 2019.



A billboard in Isfahan was filmed as asking the regime’s supreme leader Ali “Khamenei, where is our gasoline?” This incident, among increasing public dissatisfaction over the interruption and long queues, terrified regime officials.

While there have been many speculations recently that Tehran is going to increase the fuel price, the regime’s Interior Minister, Ahmad Vahidi, rushed to the scene and vehemently denied any attempt to raise the fuel price.

Many energy experts in Iran had called the increasing of fuel price “inevitable” as the only solution for “increasing gasoline production capacity.” Yet, they have also warned about the social consequences of increasing fuel prices.

“We have no choice but to relatively increase fuel price to increase the production capacity of gasoline. But to calculate the amount of this price increase, we must thoroughly examine the situation of the society,” Hassan Moradi, one of the regime’s energy experts, told the state-run IMNA news agency on October 26.

On Monday, he claimed that since “in Iran, the per capita consumption of gasoline is many times higher than other countries, the price of gasoline must be increased” so the regime could “compensate part of the budget deficit.”

It is worth noting that in recent months, the Iranian regime has shipped tons of fuel to Lebanon to decrease pressure on its terrorist proxy group, Hezbollah, amid Lebanon’s financial and fuel crisis and people’s protests against Hezbollah’s devastating role in their country.

The Iranian regime has one obstacle in implementing its plan: Popular uprisings. Protests erupted in November 2019 following the sudden fuel price hike across Iran. In less than a few hours, protests expanded across the country, with people calling for regime change and attacking the mullahs’ centers of plunder and repression.

Tehran finally controlled the situation by killing over 1500 protesters. But according to regime officials, this nationwide uprising rattled the regime’s foundation. This fear explains the rapid reaction by regime officials to the recent disruption at gas stations. Many state-run outlets have also warned about the consequences of rising fuel prices.

“Officials do not ask what will happen to a large section of society, which is still under economic pressure with the possible increase in gasoline prices,” wrote the state-run Arman daily on October 23.

“All or a significant part of the price increase is due to mismanagement. Since people can see that after three decades, they have to pay the costs of the officials’ recklessness and since inequalities have increased, they can no longer tolerate the situation. Thus, it is not a good time to increase the fuel price,” Arman daily warned regime officials.

This article was first published by ncr-iran

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