NCRI – The uprising of the Iranian people resembles an “iceberg floating in the ocean with most of it still under water,” Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Intelligence Minister warned on Thursday, adding that the protestors seek to overthrow the entire regime. The regime would be condemned to defeat, he indicated, unless it succeeds in curbing the protests.
Speaking at the Qom, Heydar Moslehi signaled regime fears over the consequences of the undermining of the mullahs’ Supreme Leader’s authority and said: “With the inception of disorders, many of the society’s values crumbled. … The enemy is traversing the path of overthrowing the Islamic system with a certain timeframe in mind, and if we fail to save the society’s younger generations, who are the main targets of the soft war of the enemies, we will stand to lose the war.”
Moslehi, who heads the regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security, was forced to acknowledge the extensive and deep-rooted protests simmering all over Iran, adding: “The recent disorder was like a large iceberg floating in the ocean. Most of it is still under water and only a small part of it is visible. But, unfortunately there are still some who refuse to believe that these events were part of a plot orchestrated by the enemies of Islam and the Revolution.”
Ahmadinejad’s Intelligence Minister also acknowledged the regime’s failure to curb the protests and especially the large rallies on December 7, saying: “Those who caused disorder on November 4 failed miserably, and so came to compensate for their heavy losses on December 7. What is significant and notable was the extensive actions geared towards shattering the foundations of society by this small group of about 1,200 people who were painstakingly assembled from all over the country.”
Moslehi also pointed to those who ripped the picture of Ruhollah Khomeini, the regime’s founder, later trampling on the torn up portraits during an anti-regime protest, and said: “The elites and the educated people of this society, especially religious leaders and seminary students, are expected to lead an appropriate and heavy reaction to this shameful act and give a crushing response to the foundation-shattering acts of those who cause disorder.”
