"The regime in Tehran is a mafia of Islamist criminals who rob the masses, but the Iranian public itself has nothing against Israel and the West," is one of the main messages of a delegation of Iranian journalists, academics and activists who visited Israel last week.
The members of the delegation, led by Dr. Amir Hamidi and Zahara Mizrahi, want to mobilize public opinion around the world in favor of protests in Iran against the regime, and claim that they receive almost no coverage in the international press.
Journalist Nazneen Ansari, editor of the London-based Keihan website, which is affiliated with the regime opposition, told Israel Today that "the Iranian people just want to live a normal, better life, and their agenda is very different from that of the regime. The nuclear program and the fight against "Israel does not interest them - they want human rights, freedom of movement and they will stop treating their country as the black sheep of the Middle East."
The Iranian Diaspora Dr. Amir Hamidi at the Western Wall,
According to Dr. Hamidi, "The 2015 nuclear deal was a complete disaster because from the outset there should be no negotiations with a regime of terrorism. "It was a big mistake in Yemen and the Shiite militias in Syria and Iraq."
On the other hand, Dr. Hamidi praised President Biden's recent decision to keep the Revolutionary Guards on the list of foreign government terrorist organizations: "We all salute him and believe that no government - in Europe, the United States and anywhere else - should negotiate. With the Iranian regime. "
Mizrahi said that "ultimately changing the regime in Iran is inevitable, but as Israel suffers from the international media's bias against it, the opposition inside and outside Iran suffers from disregard. "Unfortunately, our activities, the exiles who are outside Iran, were largely ignored whenever we tried to expose the regime's crimes."
Mizrahi criticized the Obama administration and the Biden administration, saying that "they sought to please the regime in Tehran as if it were a normal government, when in practice it is a mafia of criminals robbing the people. Renewing the nuclear deal would be a bitter mistake as it would give new life to the Islamic Republic." It is in the interest of the Iranian people and the peoples of the region. "
Members of a delegation of Iranian exiles who visited Israel,
Although Mizrahi and her comrades are first and foremost identified with the opposition to the existing regime in Iran, many have expressed support for Barza Pahlavi, the exiled grandson of the Persian Shah, who is considered one of the leaders of the opposition to the Islamic Republic and aspires to return to power.
Asked by Israel Today if she and her friends have relatives in Iran and if they are not afraid that the authorities will take revenge on them, Mizrahi replied that "some of us still have relatives there, and yes, we are afraid. We also took a personal risk by deciding to come to Israel publicly, but we must take "This opportunity because more than 80 million of our people live under the oppression of a criminal government, and their voices must be heard."
During their visit to Israel, members of the delegation met with a number of senior officials and activists, including former Knesset Speaker MK Yuli Edelstein, Director of the Government Press Bureau Nitzan Chen, and Alex Slasky, one of the leaders of the "Israeli Victory Project" aimed at ending Palestinian refusal and ending the conflict.
According to Nitzan Chen, "the government press bureau attaches great explanatory importance to cooperation with opinion leaders of Iranian origin."
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