{"id":88543,"date":"2026-07-24T18:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T16:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=88543"},"modified":"2026-07-24T18:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T16:25:11","slug":"former-imf-director-carlo-cottarelli-irans-future-belongs-solely-to-its-people-not-foreign-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/free-iran-2026\/2026\/07\/former-imf-director-carlo-cottarelli-irans-future-belongs-solely-to-its-people-not-foreign-powers\/88543\/","title":{"rendered":"Former IMF Director Carlo Cottarelli: Iran\u2019s Future Belongs Solely to Its People, Not Foreign Powers"},"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><figure id=\"attachment_88527\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88527\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88527\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Professor-Carlo-Cottarelli-former-IMF-executive-director-and-Italian-Prime-Minister-designate.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Carlo Cottarelli speaks at the international conference on Iran in Rome, July 17, 2026.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';this.srcset='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Professor-Carlo-Cottarelli-former-IMF-executive-director-and-Italian-Prime-Minister-designate.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Professor-Carlo-Cottarelli-former-IMF-executive-director-and-Italian-Prime-Minister-designate-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Professor-Carlo-Cottarelli-former-IMF-executive-director-and-Italian-Prime-Minister-designate-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Carlo Cottarelli speaks at the international conference on Iran in Rome, July 17, 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Rome, July 17, 2026 \u2014<\/strong> Professor Carlo Cottarelli, former IMF Executive Director and Italian Prime Minister-designate, told <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/free-iran-2026\/2026\/07\/international-leaders-in-rome-reject-war-and-appeasement-endorse-democratic-alternative-led-by-maryam-rajavi\/88522\/\" rel=\"\">the conferenc<\/a>e \u201cIran Beyond War, the Power of the People\u201d that only the Iranian people themselves can resolve the country\u2019s political crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Cottarelli emphasized that the clerical regime\u2019s reliance on mass arrests, intimidation, and executions reveals institutional fear rather than strength. Systemic dissatisfaction, he noted, has long been driven by women, students, and workers. \u201cThe future of Iran will ultimately be determined, not by foreign powers, but by the Iranian people themselves,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>He examined the limits of external approaches, explaining that strategic bombings and pressures have historically failed to dictate political outcomes, while standard diplomatic engagement cannot force a theocracy to moderate. \u201cDialogue, of course, remains an essential instrument of foreign policy, but the experience suggests that lasting political change cannot emerge automatically from diplomatic agreements,\u201d Cottarelli observed.<\/p>\n<p>Praising the opposition\u2019s platform, he said: \u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/national-council-of-resistance-of-iran\/\" rel=\"\">NCRI<\/a>, here I\u2019m underscoring the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Madame Rajavi\u2019<\/a>s ten points, have developed proposals for a future based on free elections, the separation of religion and state, the independence of the judiciary, gender equality, minority rights, and the rejection of nuclear militarization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He concluded that \u201cSystems founded on violence, and this is a system founded on violence, often appear stronger than they truly are, until unexpectedly they collapse under the weight of their own contradictions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlo Cottarelli praises Maryam Rajavi\u2019s Ten-Point Plan, rejects military intervention and mere diplomacy, and affirms Iranian people\u2019s right to 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