Iran’s Former President Bani-Sadr explains how Khomeini was a power-hungry maniac who survived on blood & hypocrisy and how inciting wars was his plan all along.
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Khomeini was prompted by the West; in Paris he was interviewed hundreds of times by westerner journalist. Made a name out of nothing and stole the revolution Iranian people made. He came up with the Great Satan story while having direct communication line with both Carter and Reagan.
Then he started a war against the intellectuals claiming that "we don't need them".
Khomeini had planned to start war with Iraq even before he reached Tehran from Paris.
His motives were not Islamic. The goal was restore the Iranian empire and to expand that empire towards Arab countries.
The strategy was named “Exporting the revolution” by inciting total wars, such as Iran-Iraq war.
Mullahs organised a model based on the Catholic church. Very Islamic of Khomeini.
Khomeini contacted Reagan on his first days in power. He was such a good tool for the “Great Satan” that the “Great Satan” himself threatened European countries not to intervene in the Iranian politics.
Americans had most of the Iranian regime in their pockets as early as 1980. Examples: Beheshti, Rafsanjani, Behzad Nabavi, Mohsen Reza.
Khomeini was after one thing only: Power.
Even though Carter reassured Khomeini and promised to prevent the defeat of Iran. Both Carter and Reagan offered arms and spare parts. Khomeini played on both lines, and in return practiced Taqiyya and chose Reagan’s offer instead.
Khomeini dragged the hostages negotiations to allow Reagan to win the elections. Khomeini’s analysis in letting Reagan win was as dumb as it could be:
To affirm the relationship between "Great Satan" and Khomeini, Vice President Bush traveled to France personally and made the hostage-for-weapons deals himself.
Khomeini basically gave the hostages as an inauguration gift to Reagan.
The "Great Satan" couldn't be happier.
Reagan returned the gift and facilitated the arm deals with Israel.
Reagan double-returned the favour and saved Khomeini regime, with help of Saudis.
Iraqi intelligence managed to recruit Ghotbzadeh and he was planning for a coup.
Ghotbzadeh requested finances from Saudis, who refused and told Americans what was ongoing.
Americans sent the intel to Khomeini and Ghotbzadeh was executed.
Additional to USA and Israel, Soviets also provided arms to Khomeini during the war.
The Mullah plays every game available.
Soviets also helped Khomeini planning to stage a coup on Saddam.
Obviously they were not that smart to execute it. They need the west to do their bidding.
Khomeini reached power with intention to get back at Saddam as a punishment for his exile.
Saddam offered apologise for exiling Khomeini to France, but Khomeini chose not to accept and to continue with the aggression towards Iraq.
Khomeini’s regime literally survived on blood.
The highest level of decision-making acknowledged that the war was their fault but continued to blame Iraq. At the same time Iran refused peace negotiations.
Taqiyya at its best.
The questions were being asked in Iran: did Iran fight the war for America or for Israel?
Iran’s army was reduced to 57% elementary pupils with no training.
After countless of peace offerings, Iraq was starting to win the war.
The West was surprised by the Iraqi Victory. The limitless support to Iran was yielding nothing.
This was the reason why the west would conspire against Iraq in later years.
Iraq Victory made Khomeini accept the peace resolution. From “over my dead body” to “poisonous chalice”. Khomeini was a sore loser.
A loser.
Iran’s politics is still run on the same dynamics as the Iran Gate since the 1980s.
Nothing changed.
That's why history needs to be understood.
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