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PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Statement by Stephen Rademaker, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, on Confronting Today’s Threats, in the First Committee of the General Assembly, October 3, 2005


Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Let me begin by saying how pleased I am to see the representative of a close friend and ally, Ambassador Choi from the Republic of Korea, chairing this body. Mr. Chairman, the United States Delegation looks forward to working with you and the other members of the Bureau to make this session a constructive one that demonstrates the value of our revitalized First Committee.

In this regard, our Delegation wishes to make special note of your distinguished predecessor, Ambassador De Alba of Mexico, another close friend, whose skilled chairmanship guided this Committee last year to its adoption by consensus of Resolution 59/95 and other measures to improve our collective effectiveness.

Mr. Chairman, this year’s meeting of the First Committee is especially significant, as it follows the recent Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference and the High-Level Event. Both of those gatherings were unable to produce consensus statements of arms control and nonproliferation priorities. The United States does not, however, share the oft-expressed view that those meetings were failures because they did not produce consensus statements. We consider more significant the fact that these meetings demonstrated overwhelming consensus on certain common goals, which I intend to spell out here, and which our Delegation will emphasize over the next five weeks.

One point on which we all agree, Mr. Chairman, is the importance of UN reform. The High-Level Event made a start in that direction, but did not go nearly far enough. Delegations in the First Committee can take justified pride in having taken the lead in revitalizing the General Assembly. Now it is up to delegations to take advantage of our decisions last year to focus this Committee’s work on the challenges that we face today and will face in the future.

Naturally, most of the responsibility for refocusing the Committee’s activities falls on the member states. No single resolution or rule or procedure will ensure that States refrain from introducing outdated resolutions, or that delegations participate actively in sessions set aside for thematic debate, or otherwise consult in a transparent manner. Delegations may rest assured, however, that the United States Delegation will bear its fair share of this burden.

Mr. Chairman, the challenges that we confront today differ profoundly from those of the Cold War. During the Cold War, we worried about nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union, and we relied on deterrence and a web of bilateral strategic arms control treaties to contain that risk. The preoccupations of the 21st Century are different, however, as are the policies required to address today’s threats. Today, our foremost fear is the acquisition and possible use of weapons of mass destruction by rogue states, by terrorists, or, perhaps most worrisome of all, by terrorists armed by rogue states. Deterrence is a weak reed on which to lean in confronting these kinds of actors, who fundamentally will not be deterred. Moreover, traditional arms control treaties alone cannot protect against these risks, particularly in a world where certain countries do not honor their commitments, as enshrined in those treaties. We need to elaborate more appropriate strategies to address the threats we face today.

I am pleased to report that the United States, joined by many other members of the international community, is making progress in developing new strategies for confronting today’s threats.

A prime example is the Proliferation Security Initiative, which President Bush launched two years ago in Krakow, in order to strengthen our collective capacity to stop shipments of WMD, their delivery systems, or related materials to or from states or non-state actors of proliferation concern.

Since then, like-minded countries, including many represented here, have put their diplomatic, military, law enforcement, and intelligence assets to work in a multinational, yet flexible, fashion. We have begun applying existing laws and legal principles in innovative ways, cooperating as never before to interdict shipments, disrupt proliferation networks, and hold accountable the front companies that support them. These efforts have yielded concrete results. PSI cooperation, for example, in a number of instances has stopped the transshipment of material and equipment bound for ballistic missile programs in countries of concern, including Iran.

PSI is not a treaty-based initiative. There is no formal organization with a budget or with a headquarters. Rather, it is a set of activities among participating nations, which act in a manner consistent with their respective national legal authorities and international law to deter, disrupt, and prevent WMD proliferation.

We also have established new mechanisms through the UN to address the WMD proliferation threat. In April 2004, the Security Council adopted Resolution 1540, establishing legally binding obligations on all UN member states to enact and enforce legal and regulatory measures to prevent proliferation of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons and their delivery systems by state or non-state actors.

Governments also have been working to impede the ability of proliferators to access banking systems, and to form partnerships with legitimate companies. As one of the requirements in Resolution 1540, States must put in place laws designed to prevent the provision of any form of assistance, including financial, to non-state actors that attempt to develop, acquire, or transfer WMD and their means of delivery. G-8 leaders at the Gleneagles Summit emphasized the need for further cooperation to “identify, track and freeze relevant financial transactions and assets.” To this end, President Bush has issued Executive Order 13382, which authorizes the United States Government to freeze assets and block transactions of entities and persons engaged in proliferation activities. We urge other states to consider how they might implement similar authorities, consistent with UNSCR 1540.

The United States also has proposed measures to prevent nuclear proliferation by strengthening controls on enrichment and reprocessing technology. We will continue to work for agreement on these controls in the Nuclear Suppliers Group, while also working to ensure that States renouncing enrichment and reprocessing have reliable access to fuel for civil nuclear power reactors. We are working with major suppliers and the International Atomic Energy Agency on an assured supply mechanism to provide a backup for states that forgo investment in an indigenous enrichment or reprocessing capabilities.

Beyond this list of initiatives, Mr. Chairman, I wish to stress our continued commitment to addressing today’s threats through traditional diplomacy. We are working diplomatically and energetically to address two of the most serious proliferation threats facing the world today: North Korea and Iran. As all delegations are aware, North Korea and Iran exemplify the alarming breakdown of compliance with the core non-proliferation undertakings contained in Articles II and III of the NPT that we confront today from a small number of countries.

In the case of North Korea, our goal is to preserve the NPT by insisting on the complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismantlement of both the plutonium and the uranium nuclear weapons programs in that country, as well as the dismantlement of all nuclear weapons. We are pleased that, just two weeks ago today, we and our partners in the six-party process were able to agree on a joint statement that, we hope, will provide a path to the realization of these objectives.

In the case of Iran, IAEA investigations have exposed almost two decades of clandestine nuclear work, as well as a pattern of evasion and deception, that can only be explained as part of an illegal nuclear weapons program. Earlier this year, the United States lent its strong support to the efforts of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany to negotiate objective guarantees that would assure the international community that Iran has given up the pursuit of nuclear weapons. In August, however, Iran spurned these negotiations by violating the 2004 Paris Agreement on which the negotiations were founded. This, in turn, led to the adoption by the IAEA Board of Governors, just one week ago, of a resolution finding Iran in noncompliance with its nuclear nonproliferation obligations, and committing the Board to report Iran’s noncompliance to the United Nations Security Council and to the General Assembly, as required under the IAEA Statute.

We applaud this exercise in effective multilateralism, and hope that it will persuade the Iranian government to return to the negotiating table on the basis of the 2004 Paris Agreement. Should Iran decline to do so, however, the Board of Governors will have no alternative but to fulfill its obligation under the IAEA Statute and the recently adopted Board Resolution to report the matter to the United Nations. In the meantime, we hope that all governments will take note of the Board’s finding of noncompliance and adjust their national policies accordingly. We think it self-evident, for example, that, in the face of such a finding, no government should permit new nuclear transfers to Iran, and all ongoing nuclear projects should be frozen.

Mr. Chairman, the United States continues to support the immediate start of negotiations on a Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty in the Conference on Disarmament. FMCT is an issue ripe for negotiation, and we are convinced that an agreement negotiated quickly would contribute to international security.

As delegations know well, the United States has concluded that effective verification of an FMCT is not realistically achievable, and that to include ineffective verification provisions would create an appearance of assurance that does not comport with reality. For this reason, we oppose including verification measures in an FMCT. Consequently, the United States supports a negotiating mandate that does not refer to verification measures. We advocate the adoption of a clean negotiating mandate on FMCT, unencumbered by linkages to unrelated proposals. We hope that the CD -- I repeat, the CD -- can get to work on this matter soon after it reconvenes in January. In the interim, the United States renews its call on all States that have not done so to implement moratoria on fissile material production for nuclear weapons purposes. We are gratified that all but one of the NPT nuclear weapon states have done so already, consistent with their Article VI obligations and as an example to others.

Along with an FMCT, the United States also has proposed that the CD negotiate a ban on the sale or export of all persistent landmines. We believe that this measure would help alleviate the serious problem created by the widespread use of landmines that last long after battles are over, and that maim and kill tens of thousands of innocent civilians every year. This approach complements other international restrictions on landmines, and we urge the members of the CD to give it prompt and favorable consideration.

Finally, Mr. Chairman, I would like to provide the Committee with an update on the latest developments in nuclear disarmament. On the 19th of last month, the United States completed the deactivation of its entire force of Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs. Just three years ago, this missile force comprised 50 ICBMs, each capable of carrying ten nuclear warheads. All now have been taken out of service, consistent with our obligations under the Moscow Treaty of 2002. The empty Peacekeeper silos will remain accountable under the START Treaty, and will be subject to inspection. This latest step implementing President Bush’s policy of reducing reliance on nuclear weapons provides fresh evidence of the fulfillment by the United States of its obligations under Article VI of the NPT.

Mr. Chairman, new challenges call for new solutions. I have outlined for the Committee some of the new approaches that the United States is taking to combat today’s threats. In the effort to contain these threats, perhaps even more than during the Cold War, the cooperation of all responsible governments is essential. Our Delegation urges the Committee and the States represented here to do their part, and reaffirms its commitment to work with all willing delegations in pursuit of an effective multilateralism.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 3:03 pm    Post subject: THE IRANIAN SOLOUTION FOR REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN Reply with quote

cyrus wrote:
Dear Oppenheimer,
Thank you for information. My answer to some of your questions and concerns are as follows:

Oppenheimer wrote:

One thing you may reflect on regarding any US financial assistance to opposition groups is the inherent question that arises, "Who do we dole it out to?" followed by, "how will it be disbursed effectively and accounted for?"

Regarding who gets what, how much, etc. it follows "will such disbursement to SELECTED groups, cause internal friction among the opposition with groups that are not found to be eligable?"


Very good question, in order to avoid any problems and be fair among oppositions my recommendations are as follows:
Before releasing any fund, the Iranian American National Congress and leadership election is the key to many concerns by U.S. officials. Due to the fact that over million Iranians are scattered in U.S. therefore it is difficult task and a big help if the U.S government directly and openly provide resources to setup a fair election among the Iranian American Candidates who believe in the principles defined below and wish to work full time for freeing their homeland. Such an election might cost 50 million dollars considering advertising cost in U.S. Media.

The constituents of the Iranian American National Congress and Leadership outside Iran In USA will be all those organizations and individuals who believe in the following 7 Articles
1. Territorial integrity and national sovereignty of Iran.
2. Complete separation of religion from the State;
3. Acceptance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
4. Free, open and democratic referendum to elect the type of the new Government of Iran in the post-IRI era
5. Minimum standard of living for all citizens of Iran and equal opportunity for all citizens to benefit from country’s national wealth.
6. The “War On Terror” is UNWINNABLE and the world peace can not be achieved as long as the Unelected Islamists Terror and Torture Masters are in power in Iran. The terror state and fear society can not create stability.
7. Iranian people can decide about Nuclear Engery and Atomic Bomb after the regime change when they have established secular democracy and Free society untill then Iran can not have any kind of Nuclear program under Islamist regime control.

After an election the U.S. should allocate and provide funds or release part of the frozen Iranian assets to the elected Iranian American National Congress for regime change in Iran and pay salary to these elected Iranians or Americans by over million Iranian American community who should be working full time in Washington for Freeing their homeland.


Oppenheimer wrote:

Condi Rice's observation regarding the risk of "crackdown" by the IRI (beyond what it is already doing) is a valid point, as well the related aspect of "does this aid undermine the credibility of such group among the Iranian population, by association with the US?"



Due to the fact that U.S. is not a colonial power, Islamist regime in Iran is a terror regime and has no legitimacy therefore groups that receive grants openly from U.S. government for establishing Free Society, secular democracy and human rights in Iran does not undermine their credibility as long as it is done openly. Iranians of today under Islamist control are not the same as Iranians of 50 years ago.

Regards,
Cyrus


OPEN LETEER By Yari Group of Los Angeles


Dear Sir/madam,

In planning to remove the regime in Iran, we have drafted an open letter to President Bush.

Below, please note the subject letter. If the free nations of the world wish to succeed in dealing with Mullah's, we recommend following the procedures mentioned in this letter.

Currently, there is a vacuum in political leadership opposing the regime. Turning the blind eye to the actions of IRI by European nations during quarter of century, political assassinations of IRI of the opposition and the various programs of appeasement has resulted in a situation that is unbearable for all.

We need to train and educate new breed of opposition leaders and promote teamwork. These can be done provided they are well funded. Our recommendations to the President Bush, will work and the new Steering Committee will not be branded as the puppet of USA nor Israel since the funding has come from our own seized funds by the Presidential Action of Jimmy Carter.

We need to promote the necessity of Steering Committee as means of combating the regime. This committee will be independent of any political group and will not be allowed to hold any position after Iran is freed and the people of Iran have decided through referendum what form of government they wish to have.

A free Iran in the region will help the security of Israel and is paramount in assisting Israel in promoting trade and commerce in the entire region.

Traditionally, Iranian people have always been the friends of Israel. This trend will continue with the new regime in power.

Please help us in promoting this recommended Steering Committee. It is for the benefit of all if this committee is formed and take the helm of the opposition.


Thank you in advance for you kind consideration.

God Bless.

Yari Group of Los Angeles

Dedicated in Freedom of Iran from the Grips of Islamic Fundamentalism.

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OPEN LETEER By Yari Group of Los Angeles

Dear Sir/madam,

In planning to remove the regime in Iran, we have drafted an open letter to President Bush.

Below, please note the subject letter. If the free nations of the world wish to succeed in dealing with Mullah's, we recommend following the procedures mentioned in this letter.

Currently, there is a vacuum in political leadership opposing the regime. Turning the blind eye to the actions of IRI by European nations during quarter of century, political assassinations of IRI of the opposition and the various programs of appeasement has resulted in a situation that is unbearable for all.

We need to train and educate new breed of opposition leaders and promote teamwork. These can be done provided they are well funded. Our recommendations to the President Bush, will work and the new Steering Committee will not be branded as the puppet of USA nor Israel since the funding has come from our own seized funds by the Presidential Action of Jimmy Carter.

We need to promote the necessity of Steering Committee as means of combating the regime. This committee will be independent of any political group and will not be allowed to hold any position after Iran is freed and the people of Iran have decided through referendum what form of government they wish to have.

A free Iran in the region will help the security of Israel and is paramount in assisting Israel in promoting trade and commerce in the entire region.

Traditionally, Iranian people have always been the friends of Israel. This trend will continue with the new regime in power.

Please help us in promoting this recommended Steering Committee. It is for the benefit of all if this committee is formed and take the helm of the opposition.


Thank you in advance for you kind consideration.

God Bless.

Yari Group of Los Angeles

Dedicated in Freedom of Iran from the Grips of Islamic Fundamentalism.

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President George W. Bush

THE IRANIAN SOLOUTION FOR REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN

Dear Mr. President,

Iranian people are all grateful for your support upon this sham imposed selection that regime calls election. However, as you have witnessed through media, the ruling clergy in Iran, with their great disregard for Iranian people is carrying their sinister plans regardless.

Although this time around, three out of six of their own SELECTED candidates cried “fowl play” and justifiably accused the regime in tampering with the ballots and election in order to have “right” President in Iran.

Needless to say this is only a charade to amuse all other countries into believing there is a free democratic system of electing candidates in Iran. Currently for the Friday’s election they have resorted into scare tactic. Finally, they pulled out of hat like rabbit their selected candidate.

In light of above, with the knowledge that, candidates were selected by the guardian council and even at that, were tampering and changing ballots, we must not recognize this election and their selected President as legitimate president of Iran.

The countries of the world, like most of the noble Iranians who have boycotted the election, must not recognize this election nor it’s imposed President on Iranian people.

THE SOULOTION

We recommend that a temporary STEERING COMMITTEE comprised of elected Iranians in exile to be formed in order to plan, assist, and synchronize and co-ordinate the efforts of Iranian people inside of Iran and outside of Iran.

This STEERING COMMITTEE will not have any political affiliation, connection or ties with any particular political groups or individuals. Nor it will promote any particular individual or a political group. It will be on a temporary basis until the political groups and fractions are educated and trained to take over.

Their task will be on advisory position in educating and lending hand to the people of Iran in order to get rid of the current regime and through democratic process elect their own representatives.

In order to form this committee, through media we will ask the Iranian Americans and other Iranians living in exile to recommend professionals who are the pillars in their communities and have impeccable reputation without any political affiliation with any particular groups or organization. They must be unbiased in their thinking and only want the good of Iran regardless of favoring any particular organization.

We have thousands of doctors, attorney’s, university professors, scientists, political strategists, planners and other professional people living in exile. Coming up with a large and workable list will not be hard.

Through that list and series of elections, which unlike the ones being held in Iran by clergy, we will come up with a group of professionals and elders who are qualified to occupy these committee positions, highly respected by all and popular. Creating a single voice for the regime change.

Their job will be planning, education, providing proper information, recommendation, co-ordination and organization of efforts from Iran and outside.

FUNDING FOR THE STEERING COMMITTE

It is obvious such a steering committee without any proper funding will not have any real impact here or inside of Iran.

In light of above, we recommend that by giving an executive order, you release some of the Iranian assets frozen under the President Carter Administration for creation and implementation of such steering committee.

The Iranian Americans and other Iranians in exile have more right to these frozen assets than the corrupt self elected government of Iran has. As you recall, even in his last interview few days ago Mr. Rafsanjani told Christina Amanpour, Chief Foreign Correspondent of CNN, he wants to see these funds released to his future government!

Mr. President, you can release small amount from these assets to fund this committee and really make an impact in changing the regime in Iran.

These assets are not under the control of senate and you can have an executive order to release some it for this sole purpose. This way, there is no burden on American taxpayers and we have used our own money for the regime change in Iran.

The Steering Committee is the only viable solution for us to deal with ruling clergy in Iran. The ruling criminals in Iran have assassinated most of the people who could have been a threat to them as opposition and currently there is no real organized opposition against them. No individual or political organization is strong enough to stand up to and fight them in their own turf.

Please understand many years of research have gone into development of this plan and what you are reading is only an executive summary.

The regime change in Iran must be done with the Iranian hands. By proper election and funding of this steering committee, we will gain the trust and respect of all Iranians. The committee will come up with professional plans, recommendations and means of implementation to be an effective tool to change the regime.

We are here to help in creation of preliminary plans in order for the committee to form and take shape.

Right now this recommended steering committee is our only hope. We are single handed, under funded and divided in our political thinking to be an effective adversary to challenge these well funded murderers that have open coffers to buy anyone or silence any group in order to survive a bit longer.

We are asking for your help to free Iran from the grips of these criminals calling themselves the legitimate government of Iran.

As mentioned, we will be more than happy to meet and discuss our plan, take recommendations from your staff and jointly help put together an effective respected group to start this operation.

Please help us to help ourselves. The key to Iranian regime change is in the hands of Iranians. For doing this, we need your help.

For some of us fighting with the regime is up close and personal. You can imagine the reasons. They have committed horrific crimes against all Iranians and are still continuing. There is no family in Iran who has not lost a family member and their entire livelihood to these people.

Thank you for your kind consideration and God Bless you and the people of this great nation.

Very truly yours,


Yari Group of Los Angeles
Dedicated in freedom of Iran from the grip of Islamic Fundamentalism.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dear Cyrus,

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner...busy trying to pull rabbits out of a hat in my own personal life....have not had the opportunity this past week to follow up, other than to find out the status of S333 (as I posted).

I can think of a dozen reasons why holding an election of sorts would be problematic, not to mention the cost...so I have an alternative that is essentially just as democratic.

lets pretend for a moment that a "group" in the opposition can be thought of as a Non-government orginization (NGO), non-profit status..

and all the members of this group vote for a representitive from among them, to take part in a roundtable conference (assuming that it would be attended by US and other nation's reps at a mid level foreign service personel to exchange ideas and promote understanding among all participants...(this to me would be the first step, so everyone is on the same page and dialoge and debate is established)

So let's say you have an established group with a given spokes person or founder....the people in such group have chosen previously to associate with that group, based on it's platform or charter, and have some expectation that the group may be representitive of the membership....

A lot of these groups have some level of contact inside Iran, an informational exchange both ways at some level.

Generally in any meeting an agenda is formed prior, to facilitate discussion...i.e. what are they goiing to talk about, point by point and by priority...

So then after each group discusses representation and agenda, then various groups exchange their various platform and agenda ideas and take the most common points (say 10 to start with) and lay that out as a common place to start a dialoge with various reps from interested nations.

Bottom line Cyrus is you don't need 50 million dollars to do this...each group has it's method of communication, via newsletter, website, email...etc.

What you get is all the groups will have some points of common ground, and other points that are divisive...

So then you start with what CAN be agreed upon, and take that to the table in discussion....then take the things that are contencious, and find some compromise among you....in dialoge with those nation's reps to see if there's a way to resolve concerns.

For instance, The Yari group is asking essentially the same thing SMCCDI was in calling for a "forum of the future" to coordinate among free nations reps the hoped for international actions and the opposition's efforts.

There is a point of commonality in idea...

Doesn't matter what you call it...a rountable forum, steering group...whatever...as long as it doesn't pretend to be some kind of "government in exile" that the folks inside Iran have no chance to determine...or have voice in...because they cannot at this time for obvious reasons...or only through very limited and risky participation.

Thing to remember in all of it is this I think....KEEP IT SIMPLE.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oppenheimer wrote:
Dear Cyrus,

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner...busy trying to pull rabbits out of a hat in my own personal life....have not had the opportunity this past week to follow up, other than to find out the status of S333 (as I posted).

I can think of a dozen reasons why holding an election of sorts would be problematic, not to mention the cost...so I have an alternative that is essentially just as democratic.

lets pretend for a moment that a "group" in the opposition can be thought of as a Non-government orginization (NGO), non-profit status..

and all the members of this group vote for a representitive from among them, to take part in a roundtable conference (assuming that it would be attended by US and other nation's reps at a mid level foreign service personel to exchange ideas and promote understanding among all participants...(this to me would be the first step, so everyone is on the same page and dialoge and debate is established)

So let's say you have an established group with a given spokes person or founder....the people in such group have chosen previously to associate with that group, based on it's platform or charter, and have some expectation that the group may be representitive of the membership....

A lot of these groups have some level of contact inside Iran, an informational exchange both ways at some level.

Generally in any meeting an agenda is formed prior, to facilitate discussion...i.e. what are they goiing to talk about, point by point and by priority...

So then after each group discusses representation and agenda, then various groups exchange their various platform and agenda ideas and take the most common points (say 10 to start with) and lay that out as a common place to start a dialoge with various reps from interested nations.

Bottom line Cyrus is you don't need 50 million dollars to do this...each group has it's method of communication, via newsletter, website, email...etc.

What you get is all the groups will have some points of common ground, and other points that are divisive...

So then you start with what CAN be agreed upon, and take that to the table in discussion....then take the things that are contencious, and find some compromise among you....in dialoge with those nation's reps to see if there's a way to resolve concerns.

For instance, The Yari group is asking essentially the same thing SMCCDI was in calling for a "forum of the future" to coordinate among free nations reps the hoped for international actions and the opposition's efforts.

There is a point of commonality in idea...

Doesn't matter what you call it...a rountable forum, steering group...whatever...as long as it doesn't pretend to be some kind of "government in exile" that the folks inside Iran have no chance to determine...or have voice in...because they cannot at this time for obvious reasons...or only through very limited and risky participation.

Thing to remember in all of it is this I think....KEEP IT SIMPLE.




Dear Oppenheimer,
Thank you for your response and suggestions, please check your PM message .

Quote:

lets pretend for a moment that a "group" in the opposition can be thought of as a Non-government orginization (NGO), non-profit status..


NGO is a good suggestion and this process was going on in past 27 years. The Iranian community in US and EU have created 100s of NGO (few political Activist and more cultural Activist organizations) . This is very slow process and takes a long time and for normal situation is very good solution but it is not a good answer for critical Islamist Mess in Iran as we are getting very close to a WAR.

Quote:
I can think of a dozen reasons why holding an election of sorts would be problematic, not to mention the cost...so I have an alternative that is essentially just as democratic.


I understand that the world of political process is very slow and innovation as we know it in US businesses, medicine and technology world does not mean anything among top politicians of free world. The reality of our world today, when politicians fail they will ask great and well educated Generals to take care of the problems and most of Politicians don’t care how much of Tax Payer money spent to resolve their mess and mistakes. Have we seen any politicians being fired for any big failure ? But we have seen CEOs, Presidents of Corp, Medical Doctors, Engineers in US are fired all the time for failures.
With such an introduction, due to big Islamist mess created in past 27 years and before it gets worse we need new innovative plan and strategy before we have no other choice except to ask our Generals to take care of the problem. Generals don’t have a kind of Smart God Bomb to drop that just kill the bad guys.
Probably this is one of 100 suggestion the Free World Politicians might need to consider, hope they have better solution but we have not seen it yet.

Quote:
Bottom line Cyrus is you don't need 50 million dollars to do this...each group has it's method of communication, via newsletter, website, email...etc.


Please don’t quote me incorrectly, I am asking US government to do it and not any group, individual or myself that I am not in this business anyway, this is just rough estimate, plus the fact that many of US government employee for elections are paid anyway. this is what I said.

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Before releasing any fund, the Iranian American National Congress and leadership election is the key to many concerns by U.S. officials. Due to the fact that over million Iranians are scattered in U.S. therefore it is difficult task and a big help if the U.S government directly and openly provide resources to setup a fair election among the Iranian American Candidates who believe in the principles defined below and wish to work full time for freeing their homeland. Such an election might cost 50 million dollars considering advertising cost in U.S. Media.

The constituents of the Iranian American National Congress and Leadership outside Iran In USA will be all those organizations and individuals who believe in the following 7 Articles
1. Territorial integrity and national sovereignty of Iran.
2. Complete separation of religion from the State;
3. Acceptance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
4. Free, open and democratic referendum to elect the type of the new Government of Iran in the post-IRI era
5. Minimum standard of living for all citizens of Iran and equal opportunity for all citizens to benefit from country’s national wealth.
6. The “War On Terror” is UNWINNABLE and the world peace can not be achieved as long as the Unelected Islamists Terror and Torture Masters are in power in Iran. The terror state and fear society can not create stability.
7. Iranian people can decide about Nuclear Engery and Atomic Bomb after the regime change when they have established secular democracy and Free society untill then Iran can not have any kind of Nuclear program under Islamist regime control.


Regards,
Cyrus
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 6:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bottom line Cyrus is you don't need 50 million dollars to do this...each group has it's method of communication, via newsletter, website, email...etc.

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By "you" I meant the opposition in general, sorry if it seemed personal....

I'm no expert in capaign finance law...but I believe this idea treads into that territory.

One aspect of the dozen things that could complicate things.

And yes, I believe at this point that time is getting very short, so the question then becomes what kind of support can be given to those inside Iran directly, besides information broadcasts, and expanding the support to various NGOs that are already working on a limited level there, as Condi Rice mentioned.

As well, I think folks in the opposition by and large have pretty well given up on any kind of peaceful change of regime taking place....

Now it's not the amount of money that's a real big issue, as it's a real good plan to use the IRI assets frozen years ago, but that doesn't mean Congress can be taken out of the loop, by executive order.

Politicians are acountable for their actions, and a number have been removed from office for various reasons...and so the president must also have the support of Congress or he'll be hearing about his decisions in short order....

So it boils down to the question of how can we help you help yourselves, comply with US law in the process, and this all hinges on the public policy of removing the regime...not just changing it.

And this is a serious crossover point that cannot be undone once that policy is placed in effect.

This is why I believe the dialoge must take place, so that there are no misunderstandings by anyone what the purpose and intent of support is.

the other thing to consider is that I'm pretty sure the US gov has a good idea who may be eligable already...folks with track records in the opposition.

But as with any grant those groups will have to submit data to qualify, budget, financial statement....paperwork.

Even with the aspect of frozen aspects, the US gov would, because it holds money and is responsible for it, would want to know how and to what effect and results anticipated the money would be spent.

About the only thing I can do is ask a few folks what they think.

Hopefully after I get through these next couple days, which are going to be hell, then I'll have some time.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:43 pm    Post subject: Oil companies in deals with Iran face sanctions Reply with quote


Oil companies in deals with Iran face sanctions
Tue Mar 6, 2:39 PM ET

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070306/pl_nm/iran_nuclear_usa_dc_1
A key Democratic congressional leader on Tuesday proposed new legislation that would force the Bush administration to sanction oil companies and countries that strike deals with Iran.

Intensifying pressure intended to persuade Tehran to abandon its nuclear program, Rep. Tom Lantos (news, bio, voting record), chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, said "the halcyon days for the oil industry are over."

He accused the administration of failing to impose sanctions under existing U.S. law and promised to keep up pressure for action.

"Until now, abusing its waiver authority and other flexibility in the law, the executive branch has never sanctioned any foreign oil company which invested in Iran," the California Democrat said.

But under his proposed new law, Lantos said: "If Dutch Shell moves forward with its proposed $10 billion deal with Iran, it will be sanctioned. If Malaysia moves forward with a similar deal, it too will be sanctioned. The same treatment will be accorded to China and India should they finalize deals with Iran."


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:07 pm    Post subject: Official warns against trade with Iran Reply with quote

Official warns against trade with Iran
By JIM KRANE and JAMES CALDERWOOD
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8NNFR880.htm
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates

A top U.S. Treasury Department official warned Arab businessmen and bankers on Wednesday that even innocuous trade with Iran could help bankroll the country's disputed nuclear program.

Stuart Levey, the U.S. undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said U.S. sanctions could come down on Arab companies trading with some government-linked firms in Iran.

"Those who are tempted to deal with targeted high-risk actors are put on notice: if they continue this relationship, they may be next to be targeted for action," Levey told about 200 bankers at the Eurofinance conference in Dubai.

Levey said Iranian government-linked firms were disguising nuclear procurements as innocent business transactions. The U.S. government believes Iran's nuclear program is aimed at building a nuclear weapon, but Iran says it is for electricity.

In a stark contrast to Levey's bluntness, Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal, the former ambassador to Washington, on Wednesday called for "rapprochement and cooperation" between Arabs and Iran and urged Gulf leaders to deepen economic and cultural ties with Tehran.

"Iran is a friend," Prince Turki said at a Gulf security conference in the nearby Emirates capital of Abu Dhabi. "Relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia are as strong as the carpets woven in Tabriz."

In Riyadh last week, Saudi King Abdullah and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad discussed Saudi-Iranian cooperation on several issues, including Iraq, Lebanon and the standoff with Washington.

Since Ahmadinejad's visit, Saudi Arabia has started trying to defuse tensions between Washington and Tehran, said Mahmood Sariolghalam, an expert in international relations at the National University of Iran who spoke on the sidelines of the Abu Dhabi conference.

Tehran and Riyadh have also begun cooperating to calm Sunni-Shiite tensions in Lebanon and Iraq, he said.

"Saudi is playing a very important role in restraining both Iran and the U.S. in their standoff," Sariolghalam said. "Saudi and Iran have influential connections inside Iraq, they're cooperating to bring about a compromise."

Prince Turki said direct Saudi investments in Iran -- as well as in Iraq and the Palestinian territories -- would improve relations and solve economic problems. Prince Turki, a former Saudi intelligence chief and envoy to Britain, was ambassador to the United States until resigning abruptly in December after just 15 months on the job. He currently heads the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh.

In Dubai, Levey said U.S. and United Nations sanctions on Iran were persuading international firms to pull out of the Islamic Republic. He told Arab investors to think twice before moving into the void being left by departing firms.

"The world's top financial institutions and corporations are reevaluating their business with Iran because they are worried about the risk and their reputations," Levey said. "You should worry too and be especially cautious when it comes to doing business with Iran."

The world's major powers are discussing possible new sanctions against Iran, including a travel ban, an expanded list of people and companies subject to an asset freeze, an arms embargo and trade restrictions -- but differences remain, U.N. diplomats said Tuesday.

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Krane reported from Dubai and Calderwood reported from Abu Dhabi.
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