NCRI – In an exclusive interview with al-jazirah.com on December 19, Struan Stevenson, president of the European Iraqi Freedom Organization, answered questions on Iran’s nuclear deal, the future of Iraq and its policies which is currently being controlled by the Iranian regime, and the European Parliament’s views on these issues.
Part of the interview is listed below:
Question: How does the European Union view the current Iraqi government? Do you agree with the Iranian regime’s policies?
Struan Stevenson: we at the European Union want a pluralist state in Iraq to represent all different ethnicities, religions and races in the country. Unfortunately, the course of developments In Iraq due to a continued intervention by Iran (Iranian regime) followed by the West’s policy of compromise and inaction, has left nothing of an independent sovereignty for Iraq.
Regarding the Iranian regime’s policies, I should point out that this is a medieval regime that ever since Khomeini took power in 1979, has only been able to continue its reign over the civilized people of Iran by using its two leverages of domestic repression and creating crises and intervention in the region. To maintain its power, the Iranian regime suppresses the Iranian people, and to control the consequences of the suppression, the regime tries to export crisis and terrorism and intervene in the region. That’s why the Iranian regime’s footprints are clearly visible in all the crises in the Middle East, from Iraq, Syria and Yemen to Lebanon, Bahrain and other countries. I believe that to put an end to all the crises in the Middle East, including Syria, Yemen, Iraq, ISIS, etc., there’s only one real solution and that’s the overthrow of the Iranian regime.
