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  • Malkhodr @lemmygrad.mltoWorld News@lemmygrad.ml•A ‘Left’ Cover-Up Of Regime Change Failure
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    2 days ago

    Largely a well written analysis however I take issue with a bit of this last paragraph.

    Analyzing local class policies in a middle sized country matters little when a great power is out to destroy it. When discussing local grievances it is important to keep the big picture in mind. For 47 year now the imperial forces in the U.S. and Britain have been out to destroy the Islamic Republic and to re-enslave the Iranian people. That is the major framework through which Iran must be analyzed. Other local issues are mostly embroidering details.

    I disagree with the position that class analysis for Iran is of little importance. The initial protests started our becuase Bazaaris, and soon after students, were upset with the economic situation of the country demanding specific actions.

    The government conceded for both. They implemented policies for the Bazaaris and removed the corrupt head of the central bank which the students demanded. From that point is when destabilizing elements were activated, as the initial protest was very quickly resolved.

    The reason I bring this up is becuase of why this currency devaluation became such a problem. Sanctions were obviously the major issue however it needs to be understood that Iran’s capitalists were using these sanctions as a way to profit, actively destabilizing the country. They were being paid subsidies in dollars by the government, and basing the price of goods off of that dollar value while normal Iranians are paying in tuman.

    The reformist faction of the country is supported by these capitalists, and the country has consistently implemented neoliberal privatization programs which have only helped these capitalists.

    Hell, when I happened to be in Iran during the election for Raisi his stated plan to build over a million homes was through using privatization, so this is a problem that oversteps just the the reformists. Iranian economic doctrine I’d still way too based on western economics.

    My point is, that the Iranian bourgeoisie is, like every bourgeoisie not under strict control, using the sanctions to benifet themselves at the expense of the country. Their actions and continued power are actively threatening Iranian security against the US and that needs to be addressed.

    If the IRI wants to survive it needs to not just crackdown on mossad operatives, it needs to bring the hammer down on this destabilizing behavior from a big part of Iranian society, as these are the people most insulated from the Islamic Republic’s fall. They are also the faction most likely to take advantage of that fall and cooperate with the west if given the opportunity.

  • Malkhodr @lemmygrad.mltoWorld News@lemmygrad.ml•The policy of "maximum pressure" against Iran has brought about a policy of "maximum resistance".
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    3 days ago

    If Iran wants to put an end to these economic woes then it needs to stop treating western economic theory as some kind gospel. Privatization and the refusal to harshly control Iranian capitalist’s power allows for a breach in Iran’s sovereignty.

    The reformists who still follow neoliberal economic doctrines need to be treated as traitors in the economic war, and complete dedollarization must be pursued.

    I hope that the Iranian state will take these measures into consideration because right now it’s leaving itself open dud to the greed of a a few wealthy oligarchs who’d rather profit off of their people rather than secure the country’s sovereignty.