This year, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation is awarding its “Freedom Prize” to the “Iranian people,” with Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi — the heir to Iran’s monarchy and a popular, influential, respected, and credible Iranian figure — accepting on their behalf. The announcement immediately unleashed intrigue, smear campaigns, controversy, and toxic propaganda from a familiar triangle known as the Red-and-Black Reaction, a fusion of Islamic Marxism.
Bloodthirsty, power-hungry vultures in Iran’s fractured opposition began venting their resentment and hostility. To them, anyone opposing this sinister, corrupt triangle (the Islamic regime, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK), and fascist separatist organizations) is naive, misguided, a traitor, an agent, or an emissary. The regime’s propaganda apparatus, the MEK, and Kurdish separatist organizations display striking coordination, sharing a penchant for physical and character assassination. This spectacle of depravity is all too familiar in modern history.
