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by Majid Rafizadeh • November 9, 2024 at 5:00 am
* Over the decades, Iran's regime has embedded itself deeply within the region's crises, stoking unrest and sponsoring terrorism. If the Middle East is to see any genuine peace and stability, a transformation of Iran's regime is essential.
* Without addressing the regime at the core, these threats will only intensify, especially when Iran acquires nuclear weapons... weeks away.
* Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution orchestrated by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Israel has been regarded as a cancerous tumor to be wiped off the map.
* [O]nly Israel has demonstrated the courage and determination to confront the Iranian regime head-on, recognizing it as the "tumor" that fuels much of the region's instability.
* It is crucial to recognize that the core ideological mission of the Iranian regime — using religion as a pretext to seize power by force — is deeply ingrained and is not going to change. For years, Iran's regime has not only been attacking its own citizens, especially women, and it has even been executing children. In the first six months of 2024 alone, "Iranian authorities executed 249 people" and an additional 166 people just in October.
* A regime that treats its own people this way is not likely to treat anyone else any better.
* The system in Iran was founded on principles aimed at "exporting the revolution" and imposing an Islamist governance structure across other nations. This ideological commitment is even enshrined in Iran's constitution...
* Notably, during significant waves of protests in recent years, the Obama and Biden-Harris administrations remained silent, offering no substantial support to the people risking their lives for freedom.
* Often, Western countries have chosen to overlook Iran's human rights abuses and advances in military power: they might interfere with profitable trade.
* If these Western nations lack the will to fight the Iranian regime directly, then they should, at the very least, provide Israel with the necessary support — economically, militarily and politically. This is not an act of charity: supporting Israel in its mission serves their own interests.
* Can the West set aside its hypocrisy long enough to stand with Israel in confronting Iran — this source of terror to them as well? If they cannot summon the nerve to act directly, then the least they can do is back those who do.

Over the decades, Iran's regime has embedded itself deeply within the region's crises, stoking unrest and sponsoring terrorism. If the Middle East is to see any genuine peace and stability, a transformation of Iran's regime is essential. Pictured: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Aerospace Force Amir Ali Hajizadeh look on as a Jihad missile is displayed at a parade in Tehran on September 21, 2024. (Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)

To embark on the path toward sustainable peace in the Middle East, it is essential to confront a fundamental truth: without addressing a crucial first step, peace across the region will remain nothing more than an illusion. This first step lies in directly confronting and ultimately changing the root cause of much of the ongoing conflict, violence, and terrorism — namely, the Islamist regime in Iran.

Over the decades, Iran's regime has embedded itself deeply within the region's crises, stoking unrest and sponsoring terrorism. If the Middle East is to see any genuine peace and stability, a transformation of Iran's regime is essential.

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