Iranska demonstrationer i Stockholm – splittring om vägen bort från regimen

For the past week Iranian protesters have gathered outside the Riksdag building in Stockholm to demonstrate against the Islamic regime in Iran The backdrop is the violent crackdowns of recent weeks in which security forces suppressed protests with lethal force The demonstrators describe long-standing oppression and argue that the situation has now reached a critical turning point This regime's brutality and cruelty have persisted for 47 years I myself was also imprisoned in Iran and spent seven or eight years there fighting for freedom and democracy People have now made up their minds for freedom and overthrown this regime The group distances itself from both the current religious leadership and the former monarchy Instead they describe themselves as an organized opposition alternative with a clear political platform for a republican Iran Built on democracy gender equality freedom of religion and free elections Be aware that we have an alternative that is genuinely fighting against two dictators against Shahin and this regime And indeed they have plans for Iran’s future—democracy freedom equality Shahin won't do anything and the people won't vote for him He hasn't done anything at all in these past 47 years What has he done He's simply taken money from his father who was the Shah of Iran Then he showed up here did nothing just lived a luxurious life Then there are the others as I've said—people I personally imprisoned for the sake of democracy We've tried our best That he'll be taking the shift is just propaganda No he can't Because I know his father was a dictator He has never condemned his father He has never distanced himself from his father's volatility in Iran Demonstrators also want to see concrete actions against the Iranian regime from Sweden's side We ask Sweden to establish this Revolutionary Guard in Trollhustan Close Iran's embassy and expel their agents and diplomats from Sweden Because it is a terrorist regime Further down the square another group of Iranian demonstrators gathered directing their protest against the Islamic regime Men who simultaneously point to Reza Pahlavi as a unifying solution for Iran's political transition Kung Reza Pahlavi currently serves as our representative And the people of Iran those 85 million currently living in Iran are representative of that Yes that is precisely what should be respected in reality And if Europe stands for human rights and democracy in this case He must listen and invite Reza Pahlavi to the European Union Or at home in Sweden it makes no difference It's his moment and opportunity to say what needs to be said The group also directs strong criticism at other opposition factions The demonstrators distance themselves from reformists they view as part of the current system And from organized movements that according to them have a history of violent tactics Cooperation with enemies of Iran and connections to the Islamic Revolution's rise to power The regime in Iran is divided among various factions In reality they feel excluded so they just want to seize power in another scenario What they will represent is still the Islamic regime And those standing 200 meters from here known as mujahideen fighters By the end of the 1960s it was they who actually initiated the so-called terrorist activities in Iran From Western European as they carried them on the street That was when Iran entered the so-called imposed war which took place between Iran and Iraq And in that case they sided with the enemy So I don't understand or perhaps we don't understand— they have no support in Iran For the free media of the Western world when they are in Iran reporting on their stories So go out onto the street talk to ordinary people ask Iranians what they think of the Mojahedin They’ll get their answer Oh well I mean if someone had at the very least support at home in Iran Then the people of Iran would just as well cry out for their leaders But it doesn't happen Why Because there is no support They already revealed their true face 45 years ago 47 years ago They also urge the government to close Iran's embassy and recall Swedish embassy staff from Tehran for security reasons Expel Iranian representatives and freeze the regime's assets in Europe So the first priority is what matters most to us: being able to do this right here in Sweden