{"id":10868,"date":"2019-04-08T14:55:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T12:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=10868"},"modified":"2019-04-08T15:22:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T13:22:09","slug":"flood-crisis-iran-mek-pmoi-ncri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2019\/04\/flood-crisis-iran-mek-pmoi-ncri\/10868\/","title":{"rendered":"The flood crisis in Iran and the apathetic ruling regime"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<!--?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"--><html><body><p>The flood crisis in Iran and the apathetic ruling regime<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By Mahdavi <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nowadays people are not only <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2019\/03\/27\/iran-flash-floods-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"struggling with flash flood crisis (opens in a new tab)\">struggling with flash flood crisis<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"flood crisis in Iran (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2019\/03\/27\/iran-flash-floods-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\"> in Iran<\/a> but also they are strangled in the snow, blizzard, and cold in some regions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flash floods engulfed the northern provinces of\nIran as the New Year began. Then, a vast area of Shiraz City flooded, which\nleft enormous casualties and damages. After that, the Southern provinces were\nexposed to the flood crisis in Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0Regime\u2019s\ninaction to contain the floods or their aftermaths added to people\u2019s pain and\nsuffering. It was only the people who rushed to rescue and help their\ncompatriots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The residents of Sarpol-e-Zahab (W), though still\nleaving in trailers two years after the earthquake there- and that too because\nof the regime\u2019s inaction- offered their help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the mullahs\u2019 regime neglects to provide relief\nsupplies for the flood victims, a little Azeri girl donated her New Year\u2019s\ngifts to the Turkman people in Golestan Province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/mahdavi85\/status\/1111366606192545792\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Shiraz, despite losing all their belongings in many parts of the city, the people did not hesitate to help the travelers on <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2019\/03\/21\/nowruz-celebration-maryam-rajavi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Nowruz holiday (opens in a new tab)\">Nowruz holiday<\/a> who were .trapped in the flood there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people in Shiraz, installed signs in the\nstreets, inviting Nowruz travelers to their homes and restaurants for free and\nprovided supplies for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"fa\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0627\u06cc\u0646 \u0647\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u063a\u06cc\u0631\u062a \u0627\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0646\u06cc\u0633\u062a \u06a9\u0647 \u0628\u0647 \u0632\u0648\u062f\u06cc \u0648\u0644\u0627\u06cc\u062a \u0641\u0642\u06cc\u0647 \u0631\u0648 \u0627\u0632 \u0631\u06cc\u0634\u0647 \u062e\u0648\u0627\u0647\u062f \u06a9\u0646\u062f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0633\u06cc\u0644_\u0634\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0632<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84_%DA%AF%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0633\u06cc\u0644_\u06af\u0644\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87_%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0633\u067e\u0627\u0647_\u0639\u0627\u0645\u0644_\u0633\u06cc\u0644<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zDTC6xnjuj\">pic.twitter.com\/zDTC6xnjuj<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Mina (@Minajabbarian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Minajabbarian\/status\/1111382357896916993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people in the northern towns who were less\naffected by the flood rushed to save the people of Golestan Province,\nparticularly Aqqala and Turkmen Sahra Region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In popular solidarity, locals in Golestan Province\nbuilt a 4km levee with simple material to prevent another flash flood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How did the regime reacted to\nflood crisis In Iran?\u00a0 <\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the\nmullahs, the priority is keeping their grip on power, rather than people\u2019s\nlives and assets. So, after the flood in Shiraz, to prevent popular protests,\nthe IRGC\u2019s armored vehicle entered the city and begun patrolling instead of\ndispatching aids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, in the Northern provinces, armored carriers\nwere dispatched to various parts of the Golestan province, inciting more popular\nanger against the regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other\nhand, the regime even banned contributions through social media. Tehran\u2019s\npolice chief announced that more than 40 sites and social networks\u2019 admins who\nhad run campaigns to collect aids for the flood victims were summoned and\nbanned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, the regime\u2019s Attorney General, warned that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/26007-iran-regime-threatens-to-imprison-people-for-reporting-on-floods?highlight=WyJtb2hhbW1hZCIsIm1vaGFtbWFkJ3MiLCInbW9oYW1tYWQnIiwibW9oYW1tYWQnIiwiJ21vaGFtbWFkIiwiamFmYXIiLCJtb250YXplcmkiLCJtb250YXplcmkncyIsIm1vbnRhemVyaSdzYm9vayIsIm1vbnRhemVyaScsIiwibW9udGF6ZXJpJyIsIm1vaGFtbWFkIGphZmFyIiwibW9oYW1tYWQgamFmYXIgbW9udGF6ZXJpIiwiamFmYXIgbW9udGF6ZXJpIl0=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"publishing \u201cfake news\u201d on the recent floods and the scale of damages must be considered as a security issue (opens in a new tab)\">publishing \u201cfake news\u201d on the recent floods and the scale of damages must be considered as a security issue<\/a> and the police must prosecute the sources of the publication of false news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fearful of the\ndissemination of the truth about government\u2019s failure to help the flood-hit\npeople, Hassan Rouhani, in his speech in Golestan province, complained:\n\u201cSome people in the cyberspace both accuse (the regime) and disappoint the\npeople.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) of the mullahs\u2019 regime has voiced grave concerns regarding the revelations made by the Iranian Resistance, <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/peoples-mojahedin-pmoi-mek-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (opens in a new tab)\">the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> and people\u2019s anger in particular, over how the mullahs\u2019 destructive policies are to blame for the vast floods raging across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IRGC in Fars Province, home to Shiraz,<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-irgc-concerned-pmoimek-revelations-regarding-flood-disaster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" issued a statement on March 27 saying (opens in a new tab)\"> issued a statement on March 27 saying<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur sworn enemies, especially the [PMOI\/MEK], have once again resorted to spreading rumors and lies to disrupt the judicial process on this subject. Reviewing the source of this lies, it has become certain that the sworn enemies of the Islamic revolution are misusing the recent flood incident with the intention to tarnish people\u2019s minds, and create mistrust between the people and the IRGC. In this regard it is necessary for state institutions to take firm action against such measures, especially those we are witnessing on the internet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mullahs believe that meddling in Syria, Lebanon,\nand Yemen guaranties their security in Tehran. So, neglecting the people of\nIran and the conditions they are striving in, they have spent all the national\nresources to stoke wars in those countries.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On February 5, 2016, in a meeting that he held with\nfamilies of Iranians killed in Syria and Iraq, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei\ndeclared that \u201cif these martyrs did not stop the enemy\u2026we would have to fight\nthe enemy in Kermanshah and Hamedan and other provinces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore it is not surprising that the regime plays\nwith people\u2019s lives during the flood crisis in Iran, only thinking of\npreventing it to turn into an uprising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This disaster proves that the ruling mullahs\u2019\ncriminal 40-year policy of plunder and pillage has taken a heavy toll on the\nlives and livelihood of our people in every flood and earthquake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/massoud-rajavi-mek-pmoi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Mr. Massoud Rajavi, the leader of the Iranian resistance<\/a>, has declared, \u201cThe outcome of the mullahs\u2019 rule, the rule of the Velayat-e Faqih, and this ominous regime has been none but destruction of several generations of people and of the country\u2019s productivity, prosperity and environment, disappointing the people and ruining their trust; an economy in shambles, a society in distress and a nation badly betrayed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The flood crisis in Iran and the apathetic ruling regime By Mahdavi Nowadays people are not only struggling with flash flood crisis in Iran but also they are strangled in the snow, blizzard, and cold in some regions. 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