How to Target the Head of the Snake in Iran?

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Mehdi Oghbai

The war in Gaza is rapidly entering its seventh month. Considered one of the most tragic contemporary events, seemingly the international community is about to see the Iranian regime’s hands behind this event. While calls to counter the “head of the snake” in Tehran have increased, the question is why and how it should be dealt with.

Since its foundation, the Iranian regime has found salvation in exporting internal crises abroad. Facing a restive and vibrant society, Iran’s religious fascism has been orchestrating wars and funding terrorist groups. The regime’s founder, Ruhollah Khomeini, provoked and dragged his feet with the Iran-Iraq war for eight years, using it as a cover to oppress society. He sent millions to the front lines, while his commanders used hundreds of thousands of teenagers and youth as canon fodder and human waves. Using the momentum, Khomeini’s henchmen sent tens of thousands of dissidents to the gallows. Therefore, it is safe to say that the bloodthirsty tyrant destroyed or at least crippled a generation.

In reaction, the Iranian Resistance repeatedly called out the regime’s warmongering. It was Massoud Rajavi, the Iranian Resistance’s leader who first called this regime “the head of the snake.” And Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) warned the international community soon after the Second Gulf War that Tehran’s danger of terrorism is far more devastating than its nuclear weapons project.

It seems that following Tehran and its proxies’ actions in recent months, especially Houthis in Yemen damaging the maritime flow and commerce in the Red Sea, the international community is leaning toward dealing with “the head of the snake.”

Meanwhile, some so-called “experts” and regime apologists claim targeting the regime can increase the tensions in the Middle East. Those promoting this false notion try to illustrate the regime as a regional power, which is far from reality.

Why Firmness Will Prevent War with #Iran pic.twitter.com/FldhbJpZ3X

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) April 3, 2024

Rattled with several uprisings, the Iranian regime faces a vibrant and restive society. In addition, the ruling theocracy has to deal with the growing threat of an organized opposition within Iran that has kept the fire of resistance ablaze despite systematic oppression. Iran’s economy is in ruins, and state media keep warning about society’s reaction to the record-high inflation, unemployment, and misery index.

But does firmly dealing with the head of the snake in Iran mean war?

First, Western governments have proven they are more for a costless approach toward the regime. Four decades of appeasement toward the regime and believing in the myth of moderation are testaments to this fact.

There have been several operations against the Iranian regime’s interests and proxies in neighboring countries, but they were too late and limited and should have happened sooner.

For decades, the Iranian Resistance and people have called for regime change, considering it the only option to effectively curb terrorism globally. This could and should happen only by the Iranian people and their organized opposition. How is that possible?

While the international community may believe it can persuade or even intimidate #Tehran into reason, it should come to realize that the terrorist regime faces fatal challenges at home, rendering it too fragile to compromise.https://t.co/EktfmSNPwj

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) January 31, 2024

Taking several immediate actions will change the political landscape in the region and help defuse tensions. These steps include:

Blacklisting the Iranian regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), which is the primary force behind the regime’s warmongering and oppression
Recognize the Iranian people’s right to overthrow the regime and self-defense in the face of the IRGC’s brutal oppression.
Close the regime’s embassies in all European countries and expel its agents.
Firmly deal with the regime’s proxies and kick the IRGC out of the region.
Whenever taken, these steps can lead to an effective change in Iran and a sustainable solution for peace and security in the region.