Exactly 39 years ago to the day, the 4 western powers, US, UK, France and W. Germany got together in the island of Guadalupe and plotted a path forward for Iran which paved the way for the late Shah’s departure and Khomeini’s power-grab that has resulted in death and misery for the Iranian people.
Today, the leaderless Iranian people, from all walks of life are out on the streets protesting the IR Regime and asking for justice. So far, with the exception of a few words of encouragement from Trump’s White House and some words of caution from the Europeans, the civilized world has not offered any tangible assistance or a strategy for going forward. This lack of unity for a strategy is compounded by the other significant obstacle which is lack of any meaningful leverage by the international community over the Iranian Regime.
I believe that civilized world needs to come together, show a unified front, come up with a plan and put a few things on the table to keep this movement on the streets and force the IR Regime to concede power in the near future and pave the way for a free and fair referendum. In other words, we need another Guadalupe Conference.
There are also a couple of things that Trump can do by himself that will show his seriousness and willingness to stand by the Iranian people. First remove the visa ban on the Iranian people immediately. That action will clearly demonstrate that he’s distinguishing between the Iranian people and their oppressors.
Second, the US needs to publish the names and the bank account information of the Regime heads and their family members around the world. This information is available to the US Treasury Department, the CIA and other intelligence agencies. For example, Soleimani’s daughter goes to school in Malaysia and probably has a fat bank account. Many of the IR Regime’s people and relatives have accounts in Turkey, UAE and Canada. Reza Zarrab most likely has revealed information about Halkbank and his money laundering activities which should be published.
Iranian people need this type of information to stay motivated and on the streets.
Happy New Year!
As you said, the "leaderless" Iranian people.
The question is, with the Akhoon removed who is going to fill the vacuum that will
1- Not turn Iran to another Iraq or other failed State
2- Will be actually good for Iranian people and the future of Iran instead of just another client State/colony.
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That's the question I always ask: who and what will be replacing once a regime is removed be it in Iran, Iraq, syria, Saudi, egypt, you name it and the response I usually get is silence or a blank stare or no clue or if the person feels a bit sophisticated and savy i get "democratic forces" what ever that means!
The first guadlope was a disaster I hate to think what the second one will look like.
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Came here to say hi and wish you all the best in the year 2018 and the decades to come.
There cannot be another Guadalupe without Russian and then Chinese endorsement. As early as 2003 China had told U.S. in no subtle terms that it will not allow or support an attack on Islamic Republic and China is far stronger now. Russia, specifically Putin et al., is interested in exploiting chaos but Iran may be too close to home.
What gifts SA's king brought for Putin a few months back and message conveyed back to West is still unclear. The signal for economic shift from Iran to Dubai post Gudalupe started by Queen's visit to UAE. There likely will be status quo and a bit of lip sevice after more drastic death scenes and brute force during protests and persecutions that will follow; but no material action. Also, America needs an enema and slimic regime fills that role along with NK.
Unless, Guadachiru has been held already.