Ali Khamenei’s rule is over, but Iran's path to freedom still continues - opinion

Ali Khamenei is dead, but his network of thugs remains.

This year, the beginning of spring and the Iranian Nowruz – March 21 – is mixed with grief in our hearts, because of the absence of those who were killed on the path of Iran’s freedom. Yet at the same time, there is a hopeful message reaching our ears: the final breaths of the Islamic Republic, and the breaking of the pillars of tyranny – the Shi’ite religious octopus of oppression in Iran.

In the 5,500-year history of Iran, it was as if we somehow owed power to corrupt mullahs, parasitic clerics, criminal “ayatollahs,” and empty-minded figures – and the result became the darkest, most disgraceful, most hateful, and most cursed chapter in Iran’s history.

After the forced departure of Reza Shah the Great and the conspiracy of foreign armies decades earlier, the virus of the Shi’ite clergy began its infection. In 1979, alongside a corrupt terrorist named Yasser Arafat, they declared the birth of the Islamic Republic. Followers of Islamist leader Ruhollah Khomeini and nationalist prime minister Mohammad Mossadegh stood in line – even with ties around their necks – to kiss the symbol of hatred, corruption, and hostility toward Israel.

The mullahs came to power and, in their delusions, created what they called an Islamic caliphate: the Shi’ite crescent, “liberation movements,” “Islamic resistance” – which in reality is nothing but the network of Islamic terrorism. They reduced the Iranian people to subjects and slaves.

They occupied, looted, destroyed, and disgraced an entire nation for their ideological ambitions.

Through a shameful and terrorist uprising, the mafia of Marxists, Islamists, and Mossadegh loyalists derailed the train of Iranian civilization and pushed a 5,500-year-old nation toward collapse under what can only be called “Khomeinism.”

With arrogance and shameless deception, they declared: “God’s government on earth” (Khomeini), “Quranic government” (president Abolhassan Bani Sadr), “Government of Nahj al-Balagha [Imam Ali’s teachings]” (novelist Haj Seyed Javadi), “Government of Imam Ali’s justice” (prime minister Mehdi Bazargan), “Pure Islamic government” (theologian Hussein-Ali Montazeri).

But what emerged was the most bloodthirsty and hated system – built entirely on lies, manipulation, and illusion – and the result is the tragic reality of Iran today: 47 years of repression, killing, massacre, and death.

The regime of Shi’ite mullahs is an irrational, dishonored, and globally discredited actor – driven by obsession with Islamic terrorism, destruction, suppression, and chaos. It is an occupying force with no regard for Iran’s national interests.

Even today, the international system has failed to fully grasp the criminal nature of this regime.

Its survival depends on conflict with humanity, civilization, and global order.

There is no real legal or political order in Iran. The regime is the core of the “Axis of Evil.”

What we have today is a burned Iran, a war-torn Iran, a devastated Iran – thousands of grieving families, and a generation waiting for liberation from the tyranny of turbans and robes.

This regime is a puppet of China and Russia. Iran, for them, is nothing but a multi-purpose business project. They will never leave power through elections or peaceful means.

For history, it must be said: if someone two centuries from now watches this moment, they will understand that the 20th century witnessed two major events – the collapse of communism in 1989 and apartheid – and for a period, the United States stood as the only superpower.

At the beginning of the 21st century, the world faced the phenomenon of Islamic terrorism, especially after September 11, when the United States officially entered the war on terror.

Now, a quarter-century later, in the unstable, anarchical, and insecure multipolar world, we may witness another collapse – the fall of the central hub of Islamic terrorism in the Middle East.

In 1979, the United States lost Iran to Russia, due to contradictory and misguided policies by the CIA, the State Department, and the Carter administration.

The late shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, left Iran with dignity, refusing to allow the Iranian crown to remain on bloodshed.

The CIA failed to understand that Khomeini and the terrorists would win. Instead, it clung to the false narrative of 1953 – a shameless lie still repeated today.

Soon after, Islamic terrorists and communists gathered behind Khomeini, alongside Arafat, and declared the Islamic Republic. Even Western leaders legitimized him.

What followed was the institutionalization of Islamic terrorism.

Years later, US president Barack Obama killed terrorist Osama bin Laden – but refused to expose connections between Tehran and terror networks, and empowered the regime financially through the JCPOA nuclear deal.

Then came a different phase. Under US President Donald Trump, with the CIA and its leadership, Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani – the key terrorist ally of Tehran – was eliminated. And years later, Khamenei, the dictator of Tehran, died in humiliation.

US president George W. Bush had earlier identified the regime of Shi’ite mullahs as part of the Axis of Evil, but action was not taken.

For 25 years, the war on terror continued – but only recently has a serious step been taken toward dismantling the Islamic terrorist regime. This historic credit belongs to Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the CIA, and Mossad.

But the mission is not done.

Let me say it clearly:

This war is a preventive intervention and a hegemonic regime change against an Islamic terrorist regime or Shi’ite caliphate in Tehran, which wanted to be a hegemonic power in the Middle East and threaten the survival and existence of Israel.

Stopping now would be a catastrophic mistake.

It would mean the regeneration of Islamic terrorist proxy forces – Hezbollah, Hamas, Hashd, the Houthis, and others.

Diplomacy with this savage regime is an insult to human intelligence.

Iran is not a banana republic; it is a nation with a 5,500-year history of civilization.

After regime change, the danger will not disappear. The terrorists will go underground – into mosques, into hidden networks – and they will try to ignite civil war and bloodshed. That is the nature of this savage regime.

That is why the CIA and Mossad should help Iranians secure the country during the transitional period.

The hard core of this regime consists of Russophile and Anglophile mafia networks. As the late shah once said – under their bread, you could read: “Made in the UK.” Yes – laugh if you want – but it is true.

The path to democracy in Iran is complex.

He is the only viable figure for a transitional period.

The mistake of 1979 must not be repeated in 2026.

And for history, let it be recorded:

In this era, the destruction of the Islamic terrorist regime will be remembered as a defining moment in global history.

The credit will belong to those who finished the mission – not those who hesitated.

And one day, the American and Israeli embassies will reopen in Tehran.

And the leaders of the world will gather again – not in fear – but in celebration of a free Iran.