Nazanin Boniadi Instagram – “Iran is ripe for change. And if we fail to seize the moment—and I don’t mean inciting regime change, I don’t mean going in and causing, you know, a shift. That will happen organically. We need to stop saving this regime. That means no business as usual,” said actress, human rights advocate, and 2023 Sydney Peace Prize Laureate @nazaninboniadi at a recent CFR event.
“I’m not talking about regime change. I’m talking about empowering the Iranian people. Fiscal and economic strain exists in Iran. Popular discontent, injustice exists in Iran. We need fissures at the top and the ruling elite, which is starting to happen. There are signs of it, but it needs to happen at a far greater degree.
There is a unified opposition that is lacking, and that is really on us, and finally, favorable foreign relations. And so we cannot neglect that fifth point, which is that we do have a responsibility. The onus isn’t only on the U.S. and the West and the world, to tip that balance of power in favor of the Iranian people. But it plays a large part in creating that favorable atmosphere for a revolution to occur. So when we talk about regime change, we’re not talking about enforced regime change in the context of Iraq or Afghanistan or other places that we’ve seen. We’re talking about tangible steps that we can take to empower civil society inside Iran.”
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#Iran #HumanRights #ForeignPolicy #WorldNews | Posted on 06/Dec/2024 22:17:33
