Globalise the Intifada




Saturday saw the deputy leader of a major UK political party - The Greens' Mothin Ali - join a pro Iranian regime demonstration in London calling to "globalise the intifada," among proudly displayed portraits of Ayatollah Khameini, as the party gained Gorton and Denton but lost Tehran in an eventful 24 hours.

Now, freedom of assembly and freedom of expression are absolute - Ali committed no crime in attending this moronic gathering and he is welcome to spew whatever bile he pleases - hate speech is free speech - including in Urdu. The issue is that the irony of using his freedoms to defend a brutal dictator appears completely lost on him.
Reports indicate that the Iranian regime gunned down over 30,000 of its own citizens during January's protests, the far left in the West remaining silent even as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stormed hospitals to finish off the wounded.
The Islamic regime has ruled Iran with an iron fist since 1979, with Iran consistently ranking among the world’s highest users of capital punishment. Women face mandatory veiling laws and legal inequalities. Religious minorities have faced discrimination, harassment and imprisonment. Sexual minorities and recreational drug users - the very groups the Green Party claims to support (in their English language publications at least) - are subject to corporal punishment and capital charges.
With Trump's latest intervention and the death of Khameini it appears that the regime could be finally on the brink, though the removal of the head may not immediately kill the snake. Notwithstanding the hollowing out of our armed forces - history shows there is no need for the UK to get involved again. The illegal deposition of Mossadegh with the help of MI6 in 1953 only succeeded in bringing about the brutal authoritarianism of the Shah.
Concerns about what will follow are equally valid today. The former Shah's son Reza Pahlavi appears to enjoy significant support, but if he is anything like his father he certainly can't be trusted to rule as a symbolic figurehead under a democratic regime.
Iran is also far from a homogenous society, but rather a patchwork of various ethnic groups with a history of protracted and often violent struggles for autonomy - and who can honestly say the Kurds don't have the right to a homeland after doing the rest of the world a rather handy favour in defeating ISIS?
Having already demonstrated a willingness and ability to take chunks off Armenia, Baku may also be tempted to extend her borders south into Azeri majority areas in north-western Iran as the Ayatollah's regime disintegrates. Once their spat with the Taliban has calmed down, Pakistan may have a pop at incorporating the Baluchi majority in the south east. A power vacuum in Tehran is the perfect recipe for an almighty mess and immense suffering.
Regardless, the fall of Khameini is a development to be welcomed. We wish all the peoples of Persia every success in reclaiming their liberty and in achieving a lasting peace.
Our thoughts and prayers also with Zach Polanski, Mothin Ali and the wider Green Party at this difficult time.

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