Maryam Rajavi: Regime's un-Islamic and anti-Iranian fatwa demonstrates its desperation

Khamenei: Fire Festival has no basis in Islamic Sharia and causes a lot of harm and corruption
Maryam Rajavi: The un-Islamic and anti-Iranian fatwa demonstrates the regime's desperation in face of nationwide uprising
NCRI - On Sunday, two days ahead of the annual Fire Festival in Iran, fearing the event would turn into a nationwide uprising against the regime, the mullahs’ Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, in response to a made-up and ridiculous question said that Charshanbe Souri (Fire Festival) “has no basis in Sharia (Islamic religious law) and causes a lot of harm and corruption, therefore, it would be appropriate to avoid it."
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, said that the un-Islamic decree by the clerical regime's Supreme Leader who is the leading enemy of God, Islam and Muslims unveils both his anti-Iranian nature and his helplessness and the regime's inability to deal with the nationwide uprising of the Iranian people. His decree, just as people chanted in their slogans that "Guns, Tanks and Bassij force are no longer effective,” will have no impact on people but to embolden them even further to participate more actively in the Fire Festival uprising.
Mrs. Rajavi added that celebrating Fire Festival, the Iranian New Year (Nowrouz) and the 13th day of the New Year (Sizdah Bedar) as well as other national festivities are of course contrary to the Sharia of the mullahs ruling Iran, which promotes violence, war, corruption, poverty, ignorance and intolerance. That Sharia is not only hated by the Iranian people but also Muslims throughout the world, she said.
Khamenei’s remarks, aimed at preventing the outbreak of uprising during the fire festival, come at a time when threats and intimidations by highest authorities of the regime and officials of the suppressive forces along with the so-called “discovery operations and confiscation of combustible material” in addition to the officials crocodile tears for “adverse consequences of fire festival for young people…” have failed to discourage Iranians, in particular the brave youths, to take part in the national uprising during the festival.
The Iranian people who have revolted against the clerical regime, in reaction to the its hysteric measures, have been preparing themselves for the national festivity with unprecedented intensity since two weeks ago and are getting ready for a major uprising on the day of fire festival. This day has become a symbolic occasion for people to express their anger and hatred against the regime. The sound of fire crackers in streets and alleys in cities across the country has been increasing trepidation within the regime.