For almost a month now, Iran’s streets have been taken by a sweeping revolution which erupted after the killing of Mahsa Amini on the hands of the Iranian "moral police" on Sept. 16, 2022.
The protests have been consistent and spreading to the point that many, Iranians, and foreigners alike, are hoping that this will become the pivotal moment eventually bringing down the Iranian radical Shiite regime.
Many argue these hopes are unrealistic.
Nonetheless, President Biden has ended the need for a discussion by providing Iran with the financial lifeline it needed.
Biden’s helping hand became apparent when Iran’s official government news agency confirmed that Tehran will receive $7 billion of its frozen funds in South Korea for a prisoner exchange deal with the United States.
The money was just what the Iranian government needed as the ongoing protests have been squeezing the resources of the Iranian regime.
On Sept. 15 we published a piece on how unrest and demonstrations were already a burden for the regime.
Hence, the current wave of protests is an escalation of an already consistent practice.
Therefore, the regime has become even more strapped for cash.
A $7 billion handout from President Biden to the Mullah is not only a break for the regime, but in fact an endorsement of what the terrorist regime has been doing to its own people, with no care in the world to the international organizations documenting the crimes.
We cannot blame the regime alone for this.
Who in the Mideast would care what the world thinks if the United States was supporting them? And, in this case, translating its support with hard cold cash.
In fact, the Iranian regime has begun prosecuting protesters for "sedition" and "seeking to change the regime," and other crimes that usually end up with death sentences being handed down like candy from the regime’s court.
The significance of this has been explained to us by Dr. Mohammad Al-Mathaji, an Iranian dissident who lives in exile in London.
Al-Mathaji told us "The way it goes, the regime begins putting people on trial the minute it feels secure, usually when the regime feels shaky, it would not harass protesters with anything other than the usual police brutality, now they are pulling people out of their homes and putting them on trial for crimes punishable by death, this means one thing, the regime feels empowered after the money authorized for him by Biden."
The way President Biden is handling this is very disappointing, as he is giving up on the values he ran on for president.
One cannot help but be perplexed when the president’s own party passionately supported Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters while at the same time allowing $7 billion to the Iranian regime, money which will be used to brutalize protesters in Iran as well as kill women seeking freedom from radical oppression.
More puzzling is the fact that Vice President Kamala Harris, first woman to take the job, a feminist, and a self-declared humanitarian, is failing to do anything to stop the president from bankrolling Iran’s oppression of women protesting a radical Shiite dress code and seeking their freedom.
In conclusion, while the level of the protests and the brazenness of the demonstrators are unprecedented, and while the Iranian regime has never been weaker, it's unlikely that the regime will fall, especially if the Biden administration continually courts it with cash, and continually preserves its relevancy with the so-called Iran Nuclear Deal, (the JCPOA/Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action).
As for our Iranian brothers, who are revolting against the current Iranian government, their fates would have been different if Donald J. Trump was still the commander in chief occupying the Oval Office.
We call on President Biden, to not stamp a presidential seal on the acts of the terrorist Iranian regime. Otherwise, things will prove to be very costly to the morale and interests of your administration.
Ted Belman is the founder and publisher of Israpundit.org. Read Belman's Reports — More Here.
Mudar Adnan Zahran is the secretary General of the Jordan Opposition Coalition and a Palestinian leader. Ted Belman is the founder and publisher of Israpundit.org. Read Belman's Reports — More Here.
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