Marziyeh Amirizadeh — the WorldNetDaily columnist who agitates for regime change in Iran but is really just an anti-Muslim converted Christian — railed against supposedly fake fellow activists in a Dec. 16 column:
Iranians know the tactics of the fake reformists, and started chanting “Death to Khamenei,” “Death to the Islamic regime,” “King Reza Pahlavi our national leader,” “Our last battle, Pahlavi will return,” “Death to three corrupt leftists, Mullahs (Ayatollahs), Leftists (Reformists) and Mujahed (MEK group),” all to prevent Mohammadi, a prominent puppet of the fake reformists, from speaking, throwing stones at her head.
Iranians shared many social media videos showing people defiantly chanted in support of Prince Pahlavi. Iranians have been awakened to the truth and do not allow fake reformists to deceive them through their puppets inside and outside the country anymore.
Iranians are becoming more bold in condemnation of the fake opposition and in support of Prince Pahlavi who is viewed as the true opposition, supported by millions of Iranians.
We’ve noted how Amirizadeh is a big fan of Pahlavi — the son of the former Shah of Iran — though he largely trades in pro-Trump platitudes. She went on to complain:
There are many prominent fake reformists such as MEK, Narges Mohammdi, Nasrin Sotodeh, Sepideh Gholian, Masih Alinezhad and Mostafa Tajer Zadeh who have a long history of supporting and standing with their oppressors.
WND has a complicated history with MEK, originally denouncing it before supporting it. Looks like Amirizadeh has taken it back toward denouncing it again. She then lashed out at an another activist:
Proving that Narges Mohammadi is a leader of the fake opposition, albeit she has received the Nobel Peace Prize, she gave an interview to Angelina Jolie from within Evin prison along with CNN and other Western media. There is no remote possibility that an actual political prisoner would be treated so leniently in Evin prison, much less permitted to give interviews from within prison. Outside prison, Iranians hardly have access to the internet, and the regime monitors any conversations.
Having spent nine months in Evin prison myself, receiving a death sentence because of my faith in Jesus, I know the truth about the fake opposition. I had no access to the phone to call even my family and let them know that I was in prison for the first few months. Actual prisoners could hardly contact anyone outside prison, a limited “privilege” that authorities monitor.
Not only is Mohammadi not legitimate opposition, she is a prop to support the regime and plays her role shamelessly.
Amirizadeh went on to attack MEK further in her Jan. 15 column:
One prominent fake opposition group outside Iran is the National Council of Resistance of Iran, NCRI, also known as Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK). In 1979 they opposed Shah Mohamad Reza Pahlavi and supported the Muslim extremist Ayatollah Khomeini. MEK supported Khomeini’s massive purge and killing of Iranians as they consolidated power and controlled through fear, intimidation and mandating strict Islamic extremism.
Because of disagreements over sharing power, something Islamist tyrants will never do, MEK leaders were forced to flee Iran and created an armed opposition army against the Islamic regime. NCRI/MEK share part of the same radical Islamic ideology as the regime but mix their Islamic extremism with Marxism.
NCRI/MEK will have you believe that they are for a free Iran, but all they want to do is oppress Iranians under a different brand. Their goal to overthrow the current Islamic regime is not a recipe for freedom, but for disaster under a different hijab.
It’s noteworthy and horrific that in the 1980s, during the bloody Iran-Iraq war, MEK joined Sadam Hussein in killing innocent Iranian civilians, something they considered a legitimate means to an end to attempt to unseat Khomeini. With the blood of tens of thousands of Iranians on their hands, Iranians know that MEK is only out for its own interests, not for the well-being of the Iranian people.
MEK also has the blood of many Americans on their hands through the assassination of US military personnel and contractors throughout the 1970s. In 1997 the U.S. State Department designated MEK as terrorist organization. The European Union put MEK on its terrorists list in 2002. Inconceivably, despite countless horrible videos and documentation of their crimes, the EU and the U.S. removed the MEK from their list of terrorist organizations in 2009 and 2012, respectively. Iranians know the truth and express this widely using #MEKterrorists.
Iranians hate MEK and other such fake opposition and reformist groups because of their treason. They have no public support inside Iran. This is widely documented. Today, when Iranians say they prefer the ayatollahs to the MEK, it does not mean the ayatollahs are better, but to show their level of their contempt for the MEK.
Amirizadeh mostly raged at MEK because it spoke out against Pahlavi:
MEK members reflexively speak out against the Pahlavi dynasty and the idea of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi returning. They have a famous slogan: “We want neither a king nor a leader (referring to Ayatollah Khamenei), Curse to both tyrants.” This is the common slogan is used both by MEK and exported agents of the regime to deceive the world that the shah was a tyrant, a fascist they will say, and that is why they should not support his son. They will make up other absurd lies to defame Shah Mohamed Reza Pahlavi and discredit his son, even stating as fact that the videos of Iranians calling for Reza Pahlavi to return are “fake.” As soon as you hear that, run from them. There are thousands of videos circulating demonstrating that Crown Prince Pahlavi is who the Iranians want to return and restore Iran.
MEK and other fake opposition and reformists know the truth that the majority of Iranians support Prince Pahlavi because of the great work of his father and grandfather in Iran. That’s why they are working so frantically to make people believe its not true. Iranians understand their mistake by not supporting the Shah in 1979, and the consequences of not appreciating the freedoms and quality of life that they had. That is why in most of their protests they chant “Reza Shah, Bless your soul,” to defeat the deception that is promoted by MEK and other fake opposition and reformists.
So, “great work” like opening fire on a group of protesters, killing dozens? Amirizadeh seems not to understand events like this led to the Shah’s overthrow. Still, she whined:
This week we mark the 47th anniversary of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi being forced to flee Iran with his family due to President Carter and other Western leaders withdrawing their support. This created the vacuum and paved the road for Ayatollah Khomeini to return, to purge anyone who he viewed as an enemy, impose strict radical Islam and begin the process of hijacking the country.
Endless evil and suffering has resulted in Iran and around the world. Iranians have taken to the streets calling for the end of the regime, the return of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi and begging the world to help them overthrow their oppressors. Iranians have made it clear that the fake opposition and reformists as represented by NCRI/MEK and others are not acceptable or viable.
Amirizadeh appears to have forgotten that the shah seized power in a U.S.-backed coup, then devolved into an authoritarian regime. Is that what she wants now?