Bibi’s Speech Reawakens Protests Against Iran’s Regime

The Fellowship  |  May 2, 2018

Protest in Iran
TEHRAN, IRAN - DECEMBER 30 : People gather to protest over high cost of living in Tehran, Iran on December 30, 2017. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech on Iran’s nuclear ambitions certainly enlightened many this week to the Islamic Republic’s duplicity. But it had another positive result, as well. Writing at The Jerusalem Post, Oz Rosenberg says that Netanyahu’s address has also inspired the people of Iran to stand up against their dictatorial rulers:

“The speech by Netanyahu reawakened something in the Iranian people that greatly disturbs them,” Dr. Thamar Eilam Gindin, an expert on Iran from the Shalem Academic Center and the Ezri Center said in her podcast “Enriched Uranium” on Wednesday.

Yet, however dramatic and sensitive the information Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented on Monday regarding Iran’s intentions to develop nuclear technology were, what was disturbing to the Iranians was not at all related to the content of his remarks.

“I saw a large number of people who asked not to call Iran the Islamic Republic,” said Eilam Gindin. “There were many calls from people who said: ‘They [the Islamic Republic of Iran] do not represent the Iranian people, they took us hostage. You have to differentiate between Iran, which has a history of 3,000 years, and the Islamic Republic, which is 39 years old.”

In a broader light, according to Dr. Eilam Gindin, these reactions reflect a mood currently prevailing in the streets of Iran in relation to the regime and the authorities in the republic, the United States and Israel and Netanyahu himself.

“At first the reactions were a bit hysterical,” she continued. “People in Iran feel insecure, their currency is weak and the economy is shaky. There are many who oppose the regime. Netanyahu’s speech, claiming that Israel caught their regime in a breach of agreements, put some pressure on them.

They also very much want their regime to fall…

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