This refers to Shahriar Kia’s article “Iran: The trouble within.” (July12)
A firm believer in unity among Muslim nations, Maryam Rajavi has every right to talk about a new political course for Iran, if she thinks, and rightly so, that the Persian conundrum has rattled much of the Middle East region unnecessarily and unreasonably.
This is beside the persistent internal tension in the country due mainly to its taking a line of radical theory, usurping rights of its own people to think freely and act independently.
Backed by its expansionist plans and egged on by the recent, but uncalled for, US overture, Iran has gone berserk.
Its meddling in the internal affairs of neighboring countries like Bahrain, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq has exposed its wicked ambition in the Middle East. Its military activities or proxy rebellious movements in the region surrounding the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia therefore become a matter of concern and are therefore viewed with much suspicions.
I view it as Iran’s relentless desire to unsettle the Kingdom for reasons we know it well and which needs not be discussed here. Hence the increasing incidents of stampedes and other violence in Saudi Arabia in recent times have often found footprints that trace its origin in Iran.
Besides, terror attacks in Kingdom by groups like Daesh is synchronizing well with the evil designs of Iran, even if it seems too early to connect between the two.
Rajavi in this sense has a highly responsible task in her hand to present a viable opposition having a road map that ensures peace in the Islamic republic and outside, mainly in the Middle East. If so happens, the region as well as the world in general will welcome her as the harbinger of a new era of peace, which is most required in these times of rising hatred and spreading violence. — Seraj Khan, Alkhobar
Simmering conundrum
