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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:55 am    Post subject: Solution: General Strike NOW Before It Is Too Late Reply with quote



AmirN wrote:
Let’s review:

1. Iran’s economy is in shambles, which has led to an astronomical unemployment rate, while the majority of those employed are living below poverty.

2. Hunger, poverty, and homelessness run rampant in Iran, leading to countless deaths of Iranian adults and children.

3. The drug abuse rate in Iran is skyrocketing and deemed as one of the worst is the world.

4. Prostitution is widespread out of necessity, and destroying the mothers and daughters of Iran both physically and psychologically.

5. Because of the above, HIV / AIDS is also rising rapidly.

6. The infrastructure is in disarray, and the poor state of road and traffic conditions has caused countless unnecessary deaths. Iran has one of the worst traffic related death rates in the world, if not the absolute worst.


All this is happening while Iran is the holder of the second largest oil reserve in the world.

All this is happening while Iran is spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year promoting the cause of Arabs and Arabo-Muslim terrorist organizations such as hammas.

Surprised? Don’t be.

The current regime is not Iranian, after all. It is Arabo-Islamic, and its loyalties and priorities lie with serving the Arabo-Islamic cause, not with Iran.

Iran itself is just a commodity for them; a very profitable commodity.


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Iran pledges aid to Hamas government
Israel says it would block such funds



http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0602230076feb23,1,7234183.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

By Steven Erlanger
New York Times News Service
Published February 23, 2006


JERUSALEM -- A senior Iranian official on Wednesday pledged to provide financial support to a Hamas-controlled Palestinian Authority, which is already in budgetary difficulties and facing further cuts in aid.

"We will definitely help this government financially in order to resist America's cruelty," said Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, referring to the Palestinian Authority. He spoke in Tehran after meeting with the senior Hamas political leader, Khaled Mashaal, but provided no details or figures about what kind or level of support oil-rich Iran would provide.

Israel has already blocked about $50 million a month in customs and tax receipts collected for the Palestinian Authority, leaving it with a monthly budget deficit of $110 million. The United States and Israel contend that Iran already helps to finance Hamas, though the Iranians deny it.

Israel responded by saying that it would be "entitled to use all legal means" to block the flow of Iranian money to "a terrorist leadership" of the Palestinian Authority.

The U.S. and the other members of the so-called quartet trying to foster peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians -- the European Union, Russia and the United Nations--have demanded that Hamas recognize Israel's right to exist, forswear violence and accept previous Israeli-Palestinian agreements. If not, it faces isolation and sharp reductions in budgetary support, with financing for aid groups continuing only if it does not benefit the Palestinian Authority.

But the quartet has agreed to finance a "caretaker" Palestinian government until Hamas forms a government, which could be weeks away.

European Union and UN officials are talking about seeing the Hamas government's program before moving to cut off money.

Mashaal has been touring Muslim countries asking for financial aid for the Palestinians. On Monday, Iran's supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called on Muslim countries to give the Palestinian Authority annual funding as a means toward spiritual unity.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, who has called for Israel to be wiped off the map, hinted Monday after meeting Mashaal that Iran would provide overt funding. "Since the divine treasures are infinite, you should not be concerned about economic issues," he told Mashaal, the IRNA news agency reported.

Mark Regev, a spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry, said Israel would try to stop Iranian money from reaching a Hamas-led Palestinian Authority.

"We would be entitled to use all legal means to prevent that money reaching terrorists," Regev said. He said that the new Palestinian leadership "has to decide if it wants to be part of the legitimate international community or if it wants, through its own actions, to align itself with international pariahs."

In Gaza City, Hamas leaders held talks Wednesday with the defeated Fatah faction, which said it would keep trying to find "common ground" with Hamas and could take some seats in a new government.

Fatah has said it would remain in opposition, but Azzam al-Ahmad, the leader of Fatah's parliamentary faction, said, "We are in a dialogue that has only just begun, and we want to find common ground and we hope we will seal an agreement."

But Fatah is insisting that Hamas accept President Mahmoud Abbas' program of negotiations with Israel and only peaceful resistance to Israeli occupation.

Mahmoud Zahar, the leader of the Hamas faction in parliament, said, "There is an intention by all factions to participate in the coming government, including the brothers in Fatah."


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Exclusive: Iran’s rulers amass fortunes through sleaze
Fri. 03 Feb 2006
Iran Focus

Source URL: http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5608

Tehran, Iran, Feb. 03 – Iran Focus has obtained exclusive information from a reliable source in Iran throwing light on sleaze at the senior echelons of officialdom in the Islamic Republic.

The source has provided Iran Focus with a list of senior officials of the clerical regime and the personal fortune each one has amassed. Most of these officials have risen from lower middle class backgrounds to fabulous wealth gathered through corruption and embezzlement.

At eighth place is Ali Jannati, son of powerful cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati and a senior official in Iran’s Interior Ministry. The Jannati family’s private wealth is estimated at two trillion Rials, the equivenlt of $220 million. Senior cleric Ahmad Jannati is the head of the powerful Guardians Council and a close advisor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

At seventh place is Ayatollah Abolghassem Khazali, former member of the Guardians Council. The powerful council whose members are handpicked by the Supreme Leader is comprised of six clerics and six senior judges and has the power to veto any Majlis legislation. Khazali’s estimated wealth is 2.5 trillion Rials, the equivalent of $275 million, coming mostly from sea trading, paper imports, and book sales.

At sixth place is Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, Iran’s former Judiciary Chief and another member of the Guardians Council. The senior cleric’s estimated wealth stands at three trillion Rials, the equivalent of $330 million.

At fifth place is Iraqi-born Ayatollah Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri, who for years headed the Islamic Culture and Communications Organisation (ICCO). Since 1995, the ICCO has been active in exporting fundamentalism and propaganda directed against Iranian dissidents outside of Iran. Khamenei himself is in charge of the organisation’s policymaking council and its meetings are held at his residence. Adding up the lands in his name and his cash flow, Taskhiri’s personal wealth is above three trillion Rials, the equivalent of $330 million.

Number four in Iran’s rich list is Ayatollah Ali Meshkini, Speaker of the Assembly of Experts, the exclusively clerical body that designates the country’s Supreme Leader. In a country where many of the theocracy’s ruling elite are in-laws, Meshkini is father in law to Mohammad Reyshahri, the Islamic Republic’s first Minister of Intelligence and Security. Meshkini’s personal wealth, coming in from mostly sugar trade and the industrial-scale printers, is well above three trillion Rials, the equivalent of $330 million.

Well ahead at third place is the former Commandant of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Mohsen Rezai. Rezai, a close aide to former President Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has amassed a personal wealth of six trillion Rials, or $660 million. While at the top of the IRGC, Rezai was known by many titles ranging from Major General to “darsadgir General” (literally, the general that takes commissions).

Number two on the list of officials who have become notoriously rich is Ayatollah Vaez Tabasi, known widely as the Sultan of Khorassan. Vaez Tabasi and his children have amassed an estimated fortune of seven trillion Rials, or $770 million. Their income primarily comes from sugar trade and the sale of real estate in Iran’s central Qods province.

At the top slot comes, unsurprisingly to Iran observers, Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, whose family rules over a vast financial and business empire. From the pistachio farms of his hometown Rafsanjan to huge oil trading companies, the ruling theocracy’s former president has used his power and influence to expand his wealth. Conservative estimates put his fortune at well beyond the 10 trillion Rial mark, the equivalent of $1.1 billion.

Most of the powerful cleric’s enormous wealth is vested in the hands of his sons and daughters, as well as other close relatives such as his brothers, nephews, and bother-in-laws, and son-in-laws. One of his villas was sold in 2004 for roughly 29 billion Rials. His brother, Mohammad Hashemi, the former chief of the state broadcasting corporation, owns the company Taha, which imports industrial-scale printers.

The image of “rich ayatollahs driving around in bullet-proof Mercedes” has become the butt of many jokes and the cause of much resentment in a country where, according to World Bank figures, the per capital income has fallen to a fifth of its 1970s value. Despite Iran’s huge export revenues and unexpected surpluses from the giant oil market jumps in recent months and years, the country’s budget is constantly in a state of flux showing no signs that it will sustain any time soon, inflation is at 16 percent and rising, and the economic growth rate is projected to fall throughout 2006.


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:21 am    Post subject: Israel Concerned Over New Hamas-Iran Alliance Reply with quote

Israel Concerned Over New Hamas-Iran Alliance
By Robert Berger
Jerusalem
22 February 2006

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Israel is tightening the financial squeeze on the Islamic militant group Hamas, which won Palestinian parliamentary elections last month. Hamas has struck a deal to receive financing from Iran.


Ehud Olmert
Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Hamas is not a strategic threat to Israel. The statement was a signal that Israel will continue to put economic, but not military pressure on Hamas.

Mr. Olmert told the parliamentary Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that with Hamas at the helm, the Palestinian Authority is "contaminated with terror."

Officials at the closed-door meeting quoted Mr. Olmert as saying that Israel will not transfer any more money to the Palestinian Authority. That amounts to about $50 million a month in tax revenues collected by Israel on behalf of the Palestinians.

The United States and Europe are also threatening to cut nearly a billion dollars a year in aid to the Palestinian Authority, on grounds that Hamas is a terrorist organization seeking the destruction of Israel.


Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, right, greets Khaled Mashaal, exiled political leader of Hamas in Tehran


But Hamas has found a new donor. Iran pledged to support the Palestinian Authority, following meetings in Tehran with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal.

Israelis spokesman Avi Pazner says Iran is seeking nuclear weapons, and therefore he says, its alliance with Hamas is an "axis of evil."

"With Iran now you have both the danger of classical terrorism, of nuclear terrorism, and a state who by itself has a terroristic policy. And this is a new threat, and this is a threat that is dangerous to everybody," he said.

Despite its strengthening ties with Iran, Hamas is also reaching out to Palestinian moderates. It held a first round of talks with the defeated Fatah party to discuss a possible partnership in the new Palestinian government.

Hamas wants an alliance with Fatah, which signed previous peace agreements with Israel. That could help a Hamas-led government win international recognition.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:22 pm    Post subject: Iran offers Hamas financial aid Reply with quote

Iran offers Hamas financial aid
Wed. 22 Feb 2006
BBC

Iran has offered to help finance the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority governed by the Hamas militant group.

The offer was announced by senior security official Ali Larijani after a meeting with Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshaal, state radio reported.

The decision follows moves by the US and Israel to isolate a Hamas-led government with financial penalties.

Hamas has also held initial talks with Fatah, which lost January's election, to discuss forming a coalition.

On Tuesday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas formally asked Hamas to form a government.

The new administration will be headed by one of the group's leaders in Gaza, Ismail Haniya.

Fatah had initially ruled out joining its Islamist rival in government, but the two agreed to try to find common ground for a governing partnership.

"There is an agreement in principle and the intention is there, but we must await the programme," the head of Fatah's parliamentary faction, Azzam al-Ahmed, said after the talks in Gaza City.

Mr Ahmed told Reuters that Fatah would not join Hamas unless the government adopted President Abbas's vision of negotiating peace with Israel.

But Hamas, though it has been observing an informal truce, refuses to recognise Israel and has ruled out negotiations.

Assistance

Hamas' refusal led to international condemnation and the withdrawal of US aid to the Palestinian Authority last week.

The Israeli government also froze the transfer of millions of dollars in funds to the authority - a move which the UN has called unhelpful and premature.

But on Wednesday, Iran said it would help make up the PA's funding shortfall.

"Khaled Meshaal's request for assistance to enable the [Palestinian] Authority to overcome the existing problems is noted by Iran and we shall definitely help them financially," Mr Larijani told reporters.

Mr Larijani criticised the US government's decision to withdraw aid and questioned its commitment to democracy.

"You know very well that Hamas is a genuine popular movement which has always pursued the objective of recovering the rights of the oppressed Palestinian people; but unfortunately the Americans have never paid any attention to this matter," he said.

"The US decision to stop financial aid shows that they are not seeking to promote democracy in the region, contrary to their claims on the Middle East [road-map] proposal."

On Monday, Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressed support for Hamas and called on other Muslim nations to provide financial aid.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Let’s review:

1. Iran’s economy is in shambles, which has led to an astronomical unemployment rate, while the majority of those employed are living below poverty.

2. Hunger, poverty, and homelessness run rampant in Iran, leading to countless deaths of Iranian adults and children.

3. The drug abuse rate in Iran is skyrocketing and deemed as one of the worst is the world.

4. Prostitution is widespread out of necessity, and destroying the mothers and daughters of Iran both physically and psychologically.

5. Because of the above, HIV / AIDS is also rising rapidly.

6. The infrastructure is in disarray, and the poor state of road and traffic conditions has caused countless unnecessary deaths. Iran has one of the worst traffic related death rates in the world, if not the absolute worst.


All this is happening while Iran is the holder of the second largest oil reserve in the world.

All this is happening while Iran is spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year promoting the cause of Arabs and Arabo-Muslim terrorist organizations such as hammas.

Surprised? Don’t be.

The current regime is not Iranian, after all. It is Arabo-Islamic, and its loyalties and priorities lie with serving the Arabo-Islamic cause, not with Iran.

Iran itself is just a commodity for them; a very profitable commodity.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

AmirN wrote:
Let’s review:

1. Iran’s economy is in shambles, which has led to an astronomical unemployment rate, while the majority of those employed are living below poverty.

2. Hunger, poverty, and homelessness run rampant in Iran, leading to countless deaths of Iranian adults and children.

3. The drug abuse rate in Iran is skyrocketing and deemed as one of the worst is the world.

4. Prostitution is widespread out of necessity, and destroying the mothers and daughters of Iran both physically and psychologically.

5. Because of the above, HIV / AIDS is also rising rapidly.

6. The infrastructure is in disarray, and the poor state of road and traffic conditions has caused countless unnecessary deaths. Iran has one of the worst traffic related death rates in the world, if not the absolute worst.


All this is happening while Iran is the holder of the second largest oil reserve in the world.

All this is happening while Iran is spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year promoting the cause of Arabs and Arabo-Muslim terrorist organizations such as hammas.

Surprised? Don’t be.

The current regime is not Iranian, after all. It is Arabo-Islamic, and its loyalties and priorities lie with serving the Arabo-Islamic cause, not with Iran.

Iran itself is just a commodity for them; a very profitable commodity.


Dear Amir,
Thank you for clarification and valid observation regarding the nature of the Arab Islamist regime which is ruling Iran for past 27 years. These Islamists that they have taken Iranian people as their hostage have all characteristics of foreign Invaders.

With your valid observation, is it fair to say that the current Iranian People movement is fighting for independence from foreign invaders Arab Islamofacists and after sending these evil Islamist back to where they belong then we wish to establish free society and secular democracy?

As you know the strategy regarding Fighting for Independence will be far more aggressive and we should clarify that we are in the War Of Independence phase against Evil Arab Islamists. We should increase public awareness regarding your valid observation, What do you think?

Regards,
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:26 pm    Post subject: Discusses Global War on Terror Reply with quote

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President Addresses American Legion, Discusses Global War on Terror
Capital Hilton Hotel
Washington, D.C.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/02/20060224.html
In Focus: Veterans
In Focus: National Security


10:00 A.M. EST



` The international community is also speaking with one voice to the radical regime in Tehran. Iran is a nation held hostage by a small clerical elite that is isolating and repressing its people, and denying them basic liberties and human rights. The Iranian regime sponsors terrorists and is actively working to expand its influence in the region. The Iranian regime has advocated the destruction of our ally, Israel. And the Iranian regime is defying the world with its ambitions for nuclear weapons.

America will continue to rally the world to confront these threats, and Iran's aggressive behavior and pursuit of nuclear weapons is increasing its international isolation. When Iran's case was brought before the IAEA earlier this month, 27 nations voted against Iran, including Russia and China and India and Brazil and Sri Lanka and Egypt and Yemen. The only nations to support Iran were Syria, Cuba, and Venezuela. Now Iran's case will be taken up to the U.N. Security Council. The free world is sending the regime in Tehran a clear message: We're not going to allow Iran to have nuclear weapons.

The world's free nations are also worried because the Iranian regime is not transparent. You see, a non-transparent society that is the world's premier state sponsor of terror cannot be allowed to possess the world's most dangerous weapons. So, as we confront Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions, we're also reaching out to the Iranian people to support their desire to be free; to build a free, democratic, and transparent society.

To support the Iranian people's efforts to win their own freedom, my administration is requesting $75 million in emergency funds to support democracy in Iran. This is more than a fourfold increase over current levels of funding. These new funds will allow us to expand radio and television broadcasts into Iran. They will support reformers and dissidents and human rights activists and civil society organizers in Iran, so Iranians can organize and challenge the repressive policies of the clerical regime. They will support student exchanges, so we can build bridges of understanding between our people and expose more Iranians to life in a free society.

By supporting democratic change in Iran, we will hasten the day when the people of Iran can determine their own future and be free to choose their own leaders. Freedom in the Middle East requires freedom for the Iranian people, and America looks forward to the day when our nation can be the closest of friends with a free and democratic Iran. (Applause.)





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PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 7:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dear Cyrus

You raise a very good and valid point. Indeed, these barbarians can only be thought of as foreign invaders. They call themselves Iranians, but are they really Iranians?

What does it mean to be Iranian? It means to hold dear the traditions, ideology, and ways of life of Iran. It means to love Iran itself, and more importantly, the citizens of Iran.

As we all know, Iran (land of the Aryans) is a country with very old and deep rooted traditions, going back at least 4500 years. A nation which is that old cannot be expected to remain static. Change is of course inevitable in its history. But what type of change can be deemed acceptable and simply an evolution of a society, and what type of change is deemed unacceptable and antagonistic to the foundations of that society?

Those that act to advance a society, both technologically as well as morally, while staying true to the basic principles of that society will be considered acceptable and should be integrated into that society. Those that set a society back, either technologically or morally, and are antagonistic to the founding principles of that society must be considered unacceptable.

So, let’s examine Iran’s history.

The Achaemenians built upon the existing cultures of the Elamites and Medes. They accepted them as their own, stayed true to their tradition for the most part, and accelerated that society in an amazing way. There was technological, economic, military, as well as moral acceleration. Their impact was so great, and so positive, that they not only expanded Iranian culture but also became its primary defining feature.

After Alexander’s conquest, Iran fell under a foreign occupying force. The subsequent Seleucid Empire was obviously not Iranian, but Greek. They did not arrive with the intent of evolving Iranian culture, but rather to dominate it, use it, and overwhelm it with another culture: Greek. Some of the results were positive, in so much as Greek culture is as rich as ours and has much to offer. Nevertheless, since it set out to overwhelm and subjugate Iranian culture instead of simply enriching its foundations, it can be viewed only as a foreign occupation. Fortunately, it did not succeed.

The Parthians, another Iranian tribe drove out the Seleucids and restored Iranian culture. They remained true to the spirit and culture of Iran, and did their best to make positive contributions. Though their contributions were limited (although it may have been more involved than we think, only because our historical records regarding this period is so relatively scant), because they were loyal to Iranian citizens and culture, they must be viewed as players in the advancement of the nation.

The Sassanids, second only to the Achaemenids in their service to Iran were also a major defining feature of Iranian culture and identity. They considered themselves the direct descendants of the Achaemenids, and obviously sought to preserve Iranian culture and identity while serving their nation. They took a great role in advancing the foundations of Iranian civilization in many different aspects.

Then came a major turning point in our history. The Arabic barbarian invasion of our Iran. This was the second of many foreign occupying forces to dominate Iran. With the Arabic invasion, Iran was again faced with an enemy from within which aimed to undermine its civilization and identity. The first factor used to destroy a national identity was an attack on its predominant religion: Zoroastrianism. With physical and economic coercion, the Arabic barbarians were able to convert a large portion of Zartoshdtis to Islam. The Arabic language and customs were also forced on the native Iranians. The ruling Umayyads and Abbassids were Arabic dynasties, with loyalties only to themselves, their Arabic tribesmen, and their Arabic culture and religion. Iran was to them only a commodity, used for its natural resources and its people. The moral system that the Arabs brought with them was much more primitive and barbaric compared to the system which already existed under the Sassanids. And those Arabs were clearly determined to wipe out as much as they could from the Iranian culture and collective memory. Magnificent artworks were destroyed, and the Arabs had themselves a good old fashioned “book burning.” You may recall the old Arabic edict “We need no other book other than the Quran.” Clearly, this invasion served as a devolution of Iranian culture. Fortunately, the Arabs did not completely succeed in their goal of destroying Iranian identity. It is noteworthy that Iran was the only nation to be dominated by Arabic rule for so long yet retain its identity as non-Arabic. Others were not as fortunate. One of the greatest of ancient civilizations, Egypt, never recovered from the barbarian invasion and has remained Arabic forever. In that respect, Egypt’s place in history remains very lamentable.

After the Arabic occupation, the Saffarids retained control over Iran. They identified themselves as Iranians, sought to regain Iranian culture and tradition, and aimed to serve the citizens of Iran instead of using them as a commodity for a foreign power. Yaqoub Saffarid made it a point to restore Persian language by making it the mandatory language of his court. The fact that we don’t speak Arabic today is owed to the Saffarids and none other than Ferdowsi. The Saffarids kept the language alive enough for it not to be completely extinguished, but were not able to completely restore it. However, they played a very important role, because they kept it alive long enough for a genius like Ferdowsi to come along centuries later and use it in such a way that only an epic poem can do. In doing so, he ignited a flame in all common Iranians to regain their language.

A multitude of different dynasties followed, most of which were foreign: Turkish, Mongol, Uzbek, etc. The vast majority of these had no interest on building upon the existing Iranian culture, and again, can only be viewed as foreign occupying forces with only self serving motives.

The Saffavids followed, which served a very important role. Their role in Iranian identity and culture was very ambivalent. They wished to promote an Iranian agenda and revive Persian culture. In that, they were quite successful. But in pushing for Persian unity, they used Shiite Islam as a tool. Forced conversions were implemented, as well as religious persecutions. Because of them, islam was here to stay. Since islam is clearly a foreign ideology and not at all conducive to Iranian culture and identity, as well as morally inferior to the original Iranian way of life, this act of the Saffavids had very clear anti-Iranian results. Hence the ambivalence of the Saffavids to truly serving Iranian identity and culture. Nonetheless, the Saffavids cannot be viewed as a foreign occupying force, and overall served the Iranian purpose.

A number of other mediocre dynasties followed :Afshar, Zand, Qajar, which were Iranian and clearly not foreign occupiers. Though Iranian, their contributions to Iran (with the exception of a few noteworthy individuals such as Amir Kabir) were minimal to none. It was a time of great incompetence and stagnation which left Iran greatly vulnerable again to foreign interests in the twentieth century.

Enter the Pahlavi dynasty: the greatest Iranian dynasty since the Sassanids. The Iranian patriotism and service of this father and son to the Iranian nation, culture, and identity is unquestionable. After a millennium and a half, they were the first to truly recognize the important role that our pre-islamic heritage and civilization serve in our identity. They sought to rebuild Iran where the Sassanids had left off. They catapulted Iran forward by two centuries in a matter of half a century. The manner by which they served the traditions, culture, and citizens of Iran can only be viewed as a great evolutionary step forward. Unfortunately, their efforts were halted, undermined, and greatly reversed with the Revolution.

This was more a Revolution from without than a Revolution from within. Regardless of its origins, the result was obvious: a ruling theocratic Islamic regime from hell. Power was handed to Islamic Mullahs, people whose only intellectual interest is the religion which spurted from an Arabic, tribal, nomadic way of life. A religion which developed and has remained in medieval times. The mullahs and their Islamic followers’ allegiance is understandably only to themselves and their ideology which binds them to Arabo-Muslims. Their education (if you can call it that) and upbringing had always been in relation to this foreign religion, which can only identify with the Arabic mentality and cause.

Their upbringing is Arabic, their thoughts are Arabic, their traditions are Arabic, their culture is Arabic, their religion is Arabic, their clothes are Arabic, their language is Arabic, and unfortunately, their morality is Arabic.

Are we really surprised that their allegiance is Arabic?

Now let’s review part of the role that this theocracy has played in the last 27 years.

1. Changed the national flag. The lion and sun, which is unrelated to monarchy but represents ancient Iran, was replaced with the double swords of a Sikh symbol. What’s a Sikh symbol doing on our flag?

2. Religious persecution of any minor non-islamic (and even sometimes Islamic) religious group.

3. Persistence on the use and knowledge of the Arabic language, while de-emphasizing Farsi. Coercing students to learn Arabic if they wish to get an education.

4. Attacking ancient Persian cultural monuments and archeological sites. If not for the resistance of brave Iranians, Persepolis would have been demolished by now.

5. Insistence by coercion on naming Iranian newborns using foreign Arabic names instead of proud Iranian names.

6. Attempting to suppress the ancient traditions of Nowruz and Chaharshanbeh Souri commemorating the Persian new year. Fortunately, this was yet another unsuccessful and pitiful attempt to subdue Iranian culture.

7. Falsely changing history books, giving misinformation to young students regarding Iran’s history. Deceitfully and purposefully depicting the Iranian nationalists, patriots and kings as tyrannical while glorifying and legitimizing the barbarian Arabic invaders and their descendants as heroes.

8. Neglecting Iran’s citizens and infrastructure, while using its natural and human resources to achieve their goals: self-serve, and propagation and support of Arabo-Islamo-Fascism and terrorism



Let’s also not forget that Khomeini barely spoke any Farsi; Arabic was his first language. He always called for propagation, preservation, and expansion of Islam; he never said a caring or positive word about Iran. The only times he mentioned Iran was in relation to how it could serve Islam and the Islamic agenda. Iran has been made Islam’s commodity since 1979.

Have the current ruling mullahs behaved any differently than the Umayyads or Abbassids? Are they any less a foreign occupying force? Have they tried any less to destroy Iranian culture, identity and heritage? Have they oppressed and terrorized the legitimate Iranian citizens any less? Have they used Iran’s human and natural resources in order to serve a foreign interest and ideology any less?

The name Islamic Republic of Iran is a misnomer. There is nothing Iranian about this regime, and these terrorists should not be allowed to use the word “Iran” to describe their regime. From now on, I refuse to refer to this illegitimate, tyrannical, barbaric, immoral, and foreign occupying force as “IRI,” and will simply refer to it as “IR,” or the Islamic Republic (and even the term Republic is a misnomer, since this regime is not represented by its people).
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 8:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Dear Cyrus

You raise a very good and valid point. Indeed, these barbarians can only be thought of as foreign invaders. They call themselves Iranians, but are they really Iranians?

What does it mean to be Iranian? It means to hold dear the traditions, ideology, and ways of life of Iran. It means to love Iran itself, and more importantly, the citizens of Iran.

As we all know, Iran (land of the Aryans) is a country with very old and deep rooted traditions, going back at least 4500 years. A nation which is that old cannot be expected to remain static. Change is of course inevitable in its history. But what type of change can be deemed acceptable and simply an evolution of a society, and what type of change is deemed unacceptable and antagonistic to the foundations of that society?

Those that act to advance a society, both technologically as well as morally, while staying true to the basic principles of that society will be considered acceptable and should be integrated into that society. Those that set a society back, either technologically or morally, and are antagonistic to the founding principles of that society must be considered unacceptable.

So, let’s examine Iran’s history.

The Achaemenians built upon the existing cultures of the Elamites and Medes. They accepted them as their own, stayed true to their tradition for the most part, and accelerated that society in an amazing way. There was technological, economic, military, as well as moral acceleration. Their impact was so great, and so positive, that they not only expanded Iranian culture but also became its primary defining feature.

After Alexander’s conquest, Iran fell under a foreign occupying force. The subsequent Seleucid Empire was obviously not Iranian, but Greek. They did not arrive with the intent of evolving Iranian culture, but rather to dominate it, use it, and overwhelm it with another culture: Greek. Some of the results were positive, in so much as Greek culture is as rich as ours and has much to offer. Nevertheless, since it set out to overwhelm and subjugate Iranian culture instead of simply enriching its foundations, it can be viewed only as a foreign occupation. Fortunately, it did not succeed.

The Parthians, another Iranian tribe drove out the Seleucids and restored Iranian culture. They remained true to the spirit and culture of Iran, and did their best to make positive contributions. Though their contributions were limited (although it may have been more involved than we think, only because our historical records regarding this period is so relatively scant), because they were loyal to Iranian citizens and culture, they must be viewed as players in the advancement of the nation.

The Sassanids, second only to the Achaemenids in their service to Iran were also a major defining feature of Iranian culture and identity. They considered themselves the direct descendants of the Achaemenids, and obviously sought to preserve Iranian culture and identity while serving their nation. They took a great role in advancing the foundations of Iranian civilization in many different aspects.

Then came a major turning point in our history. The Arabic barbarian invasion of our Iran. This was the second of many foreign occupying forces to dominate Iran. With the Arabic invasion, Iran was again faced with an enemy from within which aimed to undermine its civilization and identity. The first factor used to destroy a national identity was an attack on its predominant religion: Zoroastrianism. With physical and economic coercion, the Arabic barbarians were able to convert a large portion of Zartoshdtis to Islam. The Arabic language and customs were also forced on the native Iranians. The ruling Umayyads and Abbassids were Arabic dynasties, with loyalties only to themselves, their Arabic tribesmen, and their Arabic culture and religion. Iran was to them only a commodity, used for its natural resources and its people. The moral system that the Arabs brought with them was much more primitive and barbaric compared to the system which already existed under the Sassanids. And those Arabs were clearly determined to wipe out as much as they could from the Iranian culture and collective memory. Magnificent artworks were destroyed, and the Arabs had themselves a good old fashioned “book burning.” You may recall the old Arabic edict “We need no other book other than the Quran.” Clearly, this invasion served as a devolution of Iranian culture. Fortunately, the Arabs did not completely succeed in their goal of destroying Iranian identity. It is noteworthy that Iran was the only nation to be dominated by Arabic rule for so long yet retain its identity as non-Arabic. Others were not as fortunate. One of the greatest of ancient civilizations, Egypt, never recovered from the barbarian invasion and has remained Arabic forever. In that respect, Egypt’s place in history remains very lamentable.

After the Arabic occupation, the Saffarids retained control over Iran. They identified themselves as Iranians, sought to regain Iranian culture and tradition, and aimed to serve the citizens of Iran instead of using them as a commodity for a foreign power. Yaqoub Saffarid made it a point to restore Persian language by making it the mandatory language of his court. The fact that we don’t speak Arabic today is owed to the Saffarids and none other than Ferdowsi. The Saffarids kept the language alive enough for it not to be completely extinguished, but were not able to completely restore it. However, they played a very important role, because they kept it alive long enough for a genius like Ferdowsi to come along centuries later and use it in such a way that only an epic poem can do. In doing so, he ignited a flame in all common Iranians to regain their language.

A multitude of different dynasties followed, most of which were foreign: Turkish, Mongol, Uzbek, etc. The vast majority of these had no interest on building upon the existing Iranian culture, and again, can only be viewed as foreign occupying forces with only self serving motives.

The Saffavids followed, which served a very important role. Their role in Iranian identity and culture was very ambivalent. They wished to promote an Iranian agenda and revive Persian culture. In that, they were quite successful. But in pushing for Persian unity, they used Shiite Islam as a tool. Forced conversions were implemented, as well as religious persecutions. Because of them, islam was here to stay. Since islam is clearly a foreign ideology and not at all conducive to Iranian culture and identity, as well as morally inferior to the original Iranian way of life, this act of the Saffavids had very clear anti-Iranian results. Hence the ambivalence of the Saffavids to truly serving Iranian identity and culture. Nonetheless, the Saffavids cannot be viewed as a foreign occupying force, and overall served the Iranian purpose.

A number of other mediocre dynasties followed :Afshar, Zand, Qajar, which were Iranian and clearly not foreign occupiers. Though Iranian, their contributions to Iran (with the exception of a few noteworthy individuals such as Amir Kabir) were minimal to none. It was a time of great incompetence and stagnation which left Iran greatly vulnerable again to foreign interests in the twentieth century.

Enter the Pahlavi dynasty: the greatest Iranian dynasty since the Sassanids. The Iranian patriotism and service of this father and son to the Iranian nation, culture, and identity is unquestionable. After a millennium and a half, they were the first to truly recognize the important role that our pre-islamic heritage and civilization serve in our identity. They sought to rebuild Iran where the Sassanids had left off. They catapulted Iran forward by two centuries in a matter of half a century. The manner by which they served the traditions, culture, and citizens of Iran can only be viewed as a great evolutionary step forward. Unfortunately, their efforts were halted, undermined, and greatly reversed with the Revolution.

This was more a Revolution from without than a Revolution from within. Regardless of its origins, the result was obvious: a ruling theocratic Islamic regime from hell. Power was handed to Islamic Mullahs, people whose only intellectual interest is the religion which spurted from an Arabic, tribal, nomadic way of life. A religion which developed and has remained in medieval times. The mullahs and their Islamic followers’ allegiance is understandably only to themselves and their ideology which binds them to Arabo-Muslims. Their education (if you can call it that) and upbringing had always been in relation to this foreign religion, which can only identify with the Arabic mentality and cause.

Their upbringing is Arabic, their thoughts are Arabic, their traditions are Arabic, their culture is Arabic, their religion is Arabic, their clothes are Arabic, their language is Arabic, and unfortunately, their morality is Arabic.

Are we really surprised that their allegiance is Arabic?

Now let’s review part of the role that this theocracy has played in the last 27 years.

1. Changed the national flag. The lion and sun, which is unrelated to monarchy but represents ancient Iran, was replaced with the double swords of a Sikh symbol. What’s a Sikh symbol doing on our flag?

2. Religious persecution of any minor non-islamic (and even sometimes Islamic) religious group.

3. Persistence on the use and knowledge of the Arabic language, while de-emphasizing Farsi. Coercing students to learn Arabic if they wish to get an education.

4. Attacking ancient Persian cultural monuments and archeological sites. If not for the resistance of brave Iranians, Persepolis would have been demolished by now.

5. Insistence by coercion on naming Iranian newborns using foreign Arabic names instead of proud Iranian names.

6. Attempting to suppress the ancient traditions of Nowruz and Chaharshanbeh Souri commemorating the Persian new year. Fortunately, this was yet another unsuccessful and pitiful attempt to subdue Iranian culture.

7. Falsely changing history books, giving misinformation to young students regarding Iran’s history. Deceitfully and purposefully depicting the Iranian nationalists, patriots and kings as tyrannical while glorifying and legitimizing the barbarian Arabic invaders and their descendants as heroes.

8. Neglecting Iran’s citizens and infrastructure, while using its natural and human resources to achieve their goals: self-serve, and propagation and support of Arabo-Islamo-Fascism and terrorism



Let’s also not forget that Khomeini barely spoke any Farsi; Arabic was his first language. He always called for propagation, preservation, and expansion of Islam; he never said a caring or positive word about Iran. The only times he mentioned Iran was in relation to how it could serve Islam and the Islamic agenda. Iran has been made Islam’s commodity since 1979.

Have the current ruling mullahs behaved any differently than the Umayyads or Abbassids? Are they any less a foreign occupying force? Have they tried any less to destroy Iranian culture, identity and heritage? Have they oppressed and terrorized the legitimate Iranian citizens any less? Have they used Iran’s human and natural resources in order to serve a foreign interest and ideology any less?

The name Islamic Republic of Iran is a misnomer. There is nothing Iranian about this regime, and these terrorists should not be allowed to use the word “Iran” to describe their regime. From now on, I refuse to refer to this illegitimate, tyrannical, barbaric, immoral, and foreign occupying force as “IRI,” and will simply refer to it as “IR,” or the Islamic Republic (and even the term Republic is a misnomer, since this regime is not represented by its people).


Dear Amir,
Thank you for an excellent deductive reasoning model, would you please consider to select a title and turn this to an article.
I like the idea of choosing a new name to call Islamist Clerical Mafia Ruling Elites phenomena, may I suggest Islamic Anarchist Virus , please make a suggestion.
If you decide to present this as an article I will try my best to promote it in ActivistChat.
Many Thanks,
Cyrus
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 8:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dear Cyrus,

Thank you very much for your positive feedback and encouragement.

I titled and posted the above article as a freestanding post in General Discussion, as you requested. You may use it however you wish.

http://www.activistchat.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7807


I appreciate all your kind and patriotic efforts for Iran.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:04 pm    Post subject: Iran's mullahs have $25b in 39 countries Reply with quote

ملت دست رو دست گذاشته و همچنان نظاره گر باشید! فیلم بزن بزن تماشائی خوبی است ! نه؟

Mellat dast ru dast gozashte va ham chenan nezare ghar bashid!?
People, they are looting your country & you remain spectators as in action cow boy film!?


Looting Iran - Iran's mullahs have $25b in 39 countries

Jan 24, 2006

Iranian mullahs held a total of $25 billion in banks of 39 countries contributing to a survey of the Bank for International Settlements as of end-September, a BIS economist said yesterday.

Karsten von Kleist gave Reuters details of the survey as world markets digested a statement from a senior Iranian official on Friday that Iran was transferring assets from European accounts to other foreign banks.

The Middle East oil producer faces possible United Nations sanctions over its nuclear programme.

Von Kleist said the $25 billion figure compares with $23.5 billion at end-June, a number which has been on the rise in recent quarters. On the asset side of their balance sheets, the banks in the 39 countries across the world had lent $27.1 billion to Iranian customers at end-September. That compared with $25.6 billion at end-June, von Kleist said. Iran’s foreign ministry has flatly denied any currency has been transferred from overseas accounts. Analysts have been trying to gauge the amount of Iranian assets in Western markets since Friday's statement.

The Bank of England said on Friday Iranian banks' money in Britain amounted to $4.1 billion at the end of September. UBS the world's biggest asset manager said on Sunday it was cutting its ties with Iran because the business was unattractive.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:14 pm    Post subject: Hamas Officials Say Iran to Fill Funding Void Reply with quote

Hamas Officials Say Iran to Fill Funding Void

February 28, 2006
Reuters
Nidal al-Mughrabi

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/28/AR2006022800197_pf.html

GAZA -- Iran has agreed to provide a Hamas-led Palestinian Authority with enough money to make up for any cuts in foreign aid, a senior Hamas official said on Tuesday.

But the official, Khalil Abu Laila, and other Hamas spokesmen could not confirm a report in the London-based al-Hayat newspaper that Tehran promised the group's leader, Khaled Meshaal, about $250 million to compensate for the loss of U.S. and European aid.

Al-Hayat quoted Palestinian sources in Damascus, where Meshaal lives in exile. Meshaal visited Tehran and other regional powers earlier this month in search of financial support for the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority.

"Iran has promised to make up for any cut in aid," Abu Laila told Reuters in Gaza.

"I do not have information about numbers but Iranian officials have announced they would be ready to fulfil all financial needs of the Palestinian Authority in case of aid cuts," he added.

Farhat Assad, Hamas's spokesman in the West Bank, said Iran told Meshaal during his visit that it was "prepared to cover the entire deficit in the Palestinian budget, and continuously."

But he added: "We have not, though, heard of a specific sum of money."

Palestinians are dependent on foreign aid totaling more than $1 billion a year.

It is unclear how much of that money would be withheld by international donors once Hamas, which won the January 25 Palestinian parliamentary election and is sworn to Israel's destruction, forms a government.

IRANIAN CASH

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said any aid figures would be decided by the Iranian government.

"Iran has promised to assist the Palestinian people regardless of the U.S., Israeli and Western positions and regardless of whether international aid is resumed or stopped," Abu Zuhri said.

Iran said last week it would provide financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority, but has offered few details publicly on the amount of assistance it would be willing to provide.

International envoy James Wolfensohn has warned major donors that the Palestinian Authority faces financial collapse within two weeks because of Israel's decision to cut off tax transfers.

Even if the Palestinian Authority survives the coming month with emergency funding from Europe and the World Bank, Wolfensohn said "violence and chaos" could break out unless a long-term funding plan is developed.

Like Israel, the United States has threatened to halt direct aid to a Hamas-dominated Palestinian Authority until it recognised Israel's right to exist, renounces violence and accepts past interim peace deals.

Bush, who invaded Iran's neighbor Iraq in 2003, has branded Iran part of an "axis of evil."

U.S. and Israeli officials are concerned that Tehran, which also refuses to recognize Israel, will gain influence over a Hamas-led government, hampering efforts to reach a Middle East peace settlement.

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, whose Gulf Arab state is a staunch U.S. ally, said his country will continue to support Hamas in industrial and health projects. He said that Hamas had come to power after elections "that were probably the most successful in the Arab world."

"That is why we must support Hamas at this stage as well as stress the importance that both the Palestinians and Israelis remain committed to the peace process," he said in remarks published on Tuesday.

"We in Qatar will continue to support them in industrial projects and hospitals," he added
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:22 pm    Post subject: Hamas will accept funding from Iran: Meshaal Reply with quote

Where Is Iranian Money Going As Iranian People Are Becoming Poor?
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

TV PROGRAM TRANSCRIPT

LOCATION: http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2006/s1589194.htm

Broadcast: 10/03/2006

Hamas will accept funding from Iran: Meshaal
Reporter: Mark Willacy


MAXINE McKEW: The supreme leader of the Islamic militant group Hamas has told the ABC that the new Palestinian Government will accept financial aid from Iran. In an exclusive interview with Lateline in Damascus, Khaled Meshaal confirmed for the first time it will take up the offer even if it angers the United States and Israel. In January, Hamas swept to power in the Palestinian parliamentary elections, defeating the once-dominant Fatah Party formed by the late Yasser Arafat. But Hamas now faces a predicament - if it does not renounce violence and recognise Israel its new government could be isolated and bankrupted. Khaled Meshaal has also warned that the cease-fire involving Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups is under threat from Israeli aggression. Middle East correspondent Mark Willacy reports.

MARK WILLACY: From child refugee to political exile, to the supreme leader of Hamas. Khaled Meshaal is often described as an ideological hardliner, a brilliant orator and the architect of a suicide bombing campaign which has claimed hundreds of Israeli lives. And while the new Hamas-led Palestinian Government will be based in the West Bank and Gaza, most of the decisions will be made here in Mr Meshaal's Damascus headquarters. Khaled Meshaal, thank you for talking to Lateline. Is Hamas still committed to the destruction of the state of Israel?

KHALED MESHAAL, HAMAS LEADER (TRANSLATION): We say when Israel actually decides to withdraw from Palestinian land back to the 1967 borders, pulls down the wall, dismantles the settlements, leaves East Jerusalem, acknowledges the right of return for the Palestinian refugees and releases all the prisoners, then we in Hamas will take serious steps to make real peace. But before that, we will not deal with hypotheticals.

MARK WILLACY: So if Israel ends the occupation, would you accept a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders?

KHALED MESHAAL: That is not peace, that is an declaration of war on the Palestinian people. They are still on a large area of Palestinian land. With the wall and the settlements, with the refusal to leave East Jerusalem, Olmert is repeating the mistakes of Ariel Sharon by announcing war.

MARK WILLACY: But for now, the war between Israel and Hamas is being fought largely on the diplomatic battlefield. The Middle East Quartet of the United Nations, the US, the European Union, and Russia has warned that unless the new Hamas-led government renounces violence and recognises Israel, it will be starved of international funds. Instead of buckling to this pressure, Khaled Meshaal has been leading efforts by Hamas to find money elsewhere, travelling from Tehran to Moscow in search of support. Will you accept money from Iran?

KHALED MESHAAL: We will accept financial support for the Palestinian people from any country in the world. This is our right, but we will never accept any conditional support. However, the Arab and Muslim countries are not putting any conditions on funding.

MARK WILLACY: Israel fears that any Iranian aid will be channeled into Hamas's military wing and the result of that will be more suicide bombs on Israeli streets. But Khaled Meshaal argues that in recent weeks, it's been Israel doing most of the killing. And the Hamas leader warns that continued Israeli aggression could destroy the year-old cease-fire agreed to by most Palestinian militant groups.

KHALED MESHAAL: What we can we do? We calmed the situation down, we are the weaker party, we don't have tanks or fighter planes, we are defending ourselves with very simple weapons. The international community should re-direct its pressure onto the occupier. Israel's aggression is discouraging us from renewing the cease-fire.

MARK WILLACY: This week, Israel's Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz warned that no Hamas leader, however senior, is immune from assassination. Khaled Meshaal knows what it's like to be the target of an Israeli hit squad. Nine years ago, two Mossad agents injected him with poison on a street in Amman. They were caught, and in exchange for their freedom, Israel handed over the antidote in time to save Meshaal's life.

KHALED MESHAAL: We are not afraid of death and I saw death in 1997. This is the picture of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and Doctor Rantissi and these are more pictures of the martyrs Israel has killed. Israel's killing of these people gets us closer to our victory and will not make Israel closer to theirs.

MARK WILLACY: But for now, both Hamas and Israel seem unwilling or unable to move any closer towards peace. If Hamas does not renounce violence and recognise Israel, it faces the very real prospect of international isolation and financial crisis. But if it does bow to these conditions, it runs the risk of betraying the very principles which it won so much Palestinian support in the first place. From his base here in Damascus, Khaled Meshaal has to find a way out of a very tricky predicament. Mark Willacy, Lateline.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:52 am    Post subject: Someone needs to Reply with quote

ask the baffoons ruling Iran illegally, "what will you do, if there is a General Strike?"

Why doesn't anyone do that?
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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2007 6:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

پیام رضا پهلوی
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اردیبهشت، روز کارگر ۱۱


اردیبهشت ۱۳۸۶ ۱۱

کارگران شریف و آزاده ایران

روز اول ماه مـه را کارگران در سراسر جهان جشن میگیرند. در این روز مردم دنیا به کار و کارگـر سپاس می گذارنـد زیـرا این بخش از جامعه است که گـردونـۀ جامعۀ مـدرن و پیشرفتۀ صنعتـی را در ارتبـاط بـا سرمایـه بـه حــرکت و پیشرفت وا داشتــه است. ولی مدتهـــا طـــول کشیـــد تــــا کــارگـران در پــرتـو مبــارزات دستجمعـــی و سازمـان یافتــۀ خــود بــا تشکیـل سندیکاهـــای آزاد، به سهم محقانـۀ خــود و ارجی که در جامعه دارند، دست یابنــد. شـرایط کـــار بهتــر، دستمزد بیشــتر، تامین در برابـــر بیکــــاری و از کارافتادگــی، بیمه هـای درمانــی و بازنشستــگی و ده هـــا حق دیگـر را که امــروز از بدیهیــات زندگـانی در جــوامع مـــدرن است، کارگــران با اتحــاد و تـــلاش جمعــی خـود، بتــدریج بدست آورده و امــروز بـه یـک رکــن مهــم از ارکان جامعـۀ صنعتی مبدل شده اند.

هم میهنان زحمتکش من،

متاسفانــه وضع شما در رژیم خودکامــۀ کنونـی که بنــام اسـلام بساط ظلـم و ستــم را بــرشمـــا و دیگــــر آحــاد ملــت گستـــرده است، بهیچوجـــه رضایت بخـــش نیست و ناگــزیرشمــا را بــرای احقــاق حقــوق خود بـه صحنـــۀ مبـــارزه کشانــده و طبعــا با تضییقات ناشی از آن روبرو ساخته است. رژیم بجـای پاســخ مثبت به درخواست های انسـانی شما، واکنشــی غیرانسانی از خـــود بـروز داده و با شمــا با ضـــرب و جرح، اخراج از کــار و زنــدان و شکنجــه روبـرو گشتــه است. ولی صــدای حـق سـرکوب ناپذیــر و خاموش ناشدنی است.

اکنون صدای رســای شما در رسیدن به اهدافتــان در سرتاسرجهــان طنین انــداز شده است. در سالـروز اول ماه مه پیونــد خجستــۀ شما با جنبش کارگران بیکـار، معلمان و دانشجویان میتوانــد طلیعۀ آزادی و رفاه اقتصــادی در ایران باشـد. امروز بیش از هر زمان به این همبستگی به منظور رسیدن به ایران آزاد و آباد نیاز میباشد.

اکنـون همگان بایــد در رسانیــدن این صــدا به گـوش سازمانهــای جهانــی حقوق بشر و سازمانهای بین المللی کارگری برای فراهم نمودن شرایط بهتر کارگران و معلمان و یکایک مردم ایران با حداکثر توان و نیرو کوشا باشند.

از فرصت استفاده کرده بهترین شـادباش ها را در این روز تقدیم جنبش نـوین کارگری ایــران می نمایم. امیدوارم در پیونــد با همۀ اقشــار و طبقات دیگــر ایران در آینده ای نزدیک شاهد دگرگونی های اساسی در وضعیت اجتماعی میهنمان باشیم.

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