While the Iranian regime will survive the current turmoil in the short-term, the upsurge in civilian opposition “has called into question the rule of the ayatollahs and of the fundamentalist regime,” Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz said on Tuesday.
What’s more, the former chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee told The Jerusalem Post, the regime’s self-evident difficulties have undermined its capacity to export the “Islamic revolution” across the Muslim world. “When states or groups see a certain government declining, the motivation for maintaining relations also is reduced.”
Steinitz said he did see emphatic room for optimism that the unrest would ultimately see the halting of Iran’s ongoing drive toward a nuclear capability, “but it certainly does impact the regime’s ability to proceed. It becomes much harder for the administration as soon as it has open antagonism directed against it from its own people. Also, as the regime becomes less popular, there are fewer people within Iran who are willing to aid the government in any program, including the nuclear one,” the minister said.
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Perhaps the greatest act of defiance would be to pray at home or work and not go to the mosque for Friday prayers. Hard for the Mullahs to claim support if no one is in attendance at the mosque.
I agree. Boycott the mosques — that would be a humdinger.