I received the following correspondance from my Iranian freedom fighter friends of the Constitutionalist Party of Iran, Shayan Arya and Hossein Khoram. I recounted my meeting with them here. I have left his missive intact, spelling errors and all. Please read every desperate word. These photos show protest and demonstration activities across Iran. We must help them, for their sake and ours.
There are protests going on everyday across Iran at great risk to their lives and nobody is reporting on it. Bush said if they rose up we would help them, now is the time. Stand up
It was great sharing the accelerating experience of being part of the AIPAC conference with you earlierthis week. There is point and time comes in ones life that money and power loses it's power and working for peace and freedom becomes the last and highest goal. With the Islamic Republic of Iran which is neither Islamic nor Republic developing nuclear weapons in the next 1.5 years our home land security is at risk. Iranians which are mainly Muslim have been peacefully asking for their god given right of self determination, and democracy in Iran for the past 25 years. Unfortunately many governments and to a degree our owns, instead of protecting these peaceful freedom fighters have been protecting the Iranian terrorist regime in hope of getting lucrative contracts.
When I was in high school in Iran during
this so called Islamic Revolution, my principle asked me to prey to the lord so
that the Muslim Fundamentalist will not successes. Mr.. Arvin, my principal and
a good Muslim said if they take over they will pick on every aspect of our lives
even on us walking on the street.
Now 26 years later I am telling you guys the
same thing! If they take over with nuclear weapons man kind from Middle East to
North America will have fear in all aspects of their lives at a
minimum!
So far no government including our owns has
spent a penny or has lifted a finger to truly protect and support the Iranian
people in their struggle for a regime change in Iran. Now that the our homeland
security is at risk I hope we realize the sacrifices that these young democracy
seekers are making.
If you are interested please email me back
so that I can put you in touch with those Iranian Americans who oppose the
Islamic regime, so they together we will succeed to spread peace. We don't need
any money, we only need your word of support.
Scroll down to read and see about those who
heroically confront evil with weapon of reason.Thanks.
Hossein Khorram from Bellevue
WA
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 8:25 pm Post subject: Iranian student protests are spreading!
Iranian students protest against presidential bans
23 May 2005 18:51:58 GMT
Source: Reuters http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/OLI365571.htm
TEHRAN, May 23 (Reuters) - Iranian students, often the spearhead of the bludgeoned reformist movement, on Monday protested against the banning of presidential candidates, chanting slogans against the authorities.
A Reuters witness said 100 to 150 students were clapping, whistling and shouting "down with dictators" from inside their university dormitory in central Tehran.
About 50 ventured out into the street, but were pushed back inside by a line of police. The students then began to chant "down with the police".
Some 100 regular police had gathered in the streets with a handful of riot police holding key positions in back alleys.
Tehran's student dormitories and the surrounding streets have been the scene of violent clashes between students and the authorities, most recently in 2003.
Iran's hardline legislative watchdog on Sunday cleared six out of 1,014 hopefuls to stand in the June 17 election, including poll frontrunner ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and four other conservative loyalists.
Mostafa Moin, the candidate proposed by Iran's largest reformist party, was banned.
As minister for higher education, Moin had stood up for student rights and criticised heavy crackdowns on students by the police and Islamic vigilantes.
The Reuters witness said the protest had been going on for more than three hours despite orders that it stop, but did not appear to be spreading.
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 10:36 am Post subject: SMCCDI News Tehran Students Protest Against Dictatorship
From SMCCDI: daneshjoo.org
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Tehran Students Protest Against Dictatorship
SMCCDI (Information Service)
May 24, 2005
Hundreds of students of Tehran University gathered, yesterday night, in order to protest against the Islamic regime,
Slogans, such as, "Marg bar Jomhoori e Eslami" (Down with Islamic republic), "Marg bar Estebdad" (Down with repression), "Azadi, Azadi" (Freedom, Freedom) were shouted by students.
Security forces encercled the area of the dorms and installed road blocks in order to avoid the spread of the action as it happened on July 9, 1999.
Several arrests were made lated in the night.
The protest action was initiated by a small group of students who are backing the regime's so-called pro-reform faction but soon was taken over by several hundreds of students seeking a secular regime.
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from Democracywatch at kafieblogspot.com:
Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 11:02 pm Post subject:
20 pics here: http://www.iranian.com/PhotoDay/2005/May/p1.html
also on Peykeiran: http://web.peykeiran.com/net_iran/irnewsbody.aspx?ID=23951
PS. I'm no fan of the Refromist candidate Mo'een guy whose censure they're protesting Spenta
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 11:09 pm Post subject:
Meanwhile the reporters have been protesting too
Placard reads: Insulting Journalists is Insulting Freedom.
It would be good if these separate protest actions could somehow converge into a single tsunami wave, but that is what the Mullah$ have been fighting all along. One of these days though, they will make a huge mistake, push too hard and then face an eruption in reaction
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Yes Spenta, the journalists protesting lack of press freedom, the workers protesting unpaid wages, the students and teachers protesting academic corruption and freedom of speech, the women protesting their lack of freedom, alll the ethnic groups protesting discrimination, the true clergy objecting to the misuse of religion, all those who fear the mullahs are leading the country into a terrible war, all just have to draw the same conclusion at the same time, and the whole rotten regime will come crashing down!
Six hours, the RG report said, the regime would last after the people take the streets! Everyone would stand in line for 6 hours for a fair chance to vote such a regime out of power, just think of it as standing in a really long line to vote for freedom! (Bring a snack and some beverages.)
THIS IS THE STATE OF MIND THAT GOT THE SYRIANS OUT OF LEBANON:
Their revolutionary bravado is the sort of force that can change history. "We have nothing to lose anymore. We want freedom or death," says Indra Hage, a young Lebanese Christian. "We're going to stay here, even if soldiers attack us," says Hadi Abi Almouna, a Druze Muslim. "Freedom needs sacrifices, and we are ready to give them." Brave words, in a country where dissent has often meant death.
ONLY THIS ATTITUDE WILL KICK THE MULLAHS OUT OF POWER! ONE DAY OF DEFIANCE MEANS A FUTURE OF FREEDOM!
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 6:00 am Post subject: Tehran University Students Protest For 2nd Consecutive Night
From SMCCDI: daneshjoo.org
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Tehran University Students Protest For 2nd Consecutive Night
SMCCDI (Information Service)
May 25, 2005
Hundreds of students of Tehran University gathered, for the 2nd consecutive night, in order to continue protesting against the Islamic regime,
Security forces were rushed to the area in order to close all perimeters around the famous Amir-Abad dorms. Plainclothes agents helped by militiamen were seen welding the entry doors and putting chains in order to contain the students inside the premises for avoiding their exit and a spread of the protest action.
Several students who were able to jump from the walls and get into the Amir-Abad avenue were attacked, beaten up and arrested by intelligence officers.
Sharp slogans, such as, "Azadi, Azadi" (Freedom, Freedom), 'Tahrim e Entekhabat, Vazife ye Irani" (Boycott of election, duty of Iranians), "Eslahtalab e bi khassyat, Khejalat, khejalat" (Incompetent reformist, shame, shame), "Na ghom khoobe, na kashoon, khak bar sar har do shoon" (Nor ghom is good, nor kashan, damned bee both - by making allusion to regime's both factions), "Moin e bikhassyat, khejalat, khejalat" (Moin the incompetent, shame, shame) , "Daneshjoo mirazmad, estebdad milarzad" (Student fights, regime shakes), "Marg bar Jomhoori e Eslami" (Down with Islamic republic), and "Marg bar Estebdad" (Down with repression), were shouted by students.
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 8:25 pm Post subject: Iranian student protests are spreading!
Iranian students protest against presidential bans
23 May 2005 18:51:58 GMT
Source: Reuters http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/OLI365571.htm
TEHRAN, May 23 (Reuters) - Iranian students, often the spearhead of the bludgeoned reformist movement, on Monday protested against the banning of presidential candidates, chanting slogans against the authorities.
A Reuters witness said 100 to 150 students were clapping, whistling and shouting "down with dictators" from inside their university dormitory in central Tehran.
About 50 ventured out into the street, but were pushed back inside by a line of police. The students then began to chant "down with the police".
Some 100 regular police had gathered in the streets with a handful of riot police holding key positions in back alleys.
Tehran's student dormitories and the surrounding streets have been the scene of violent clashes between students and the authorities, most recently in 2003.
Iran's hardline legislative watchdog on Sunday cleared six out of 1,014 hopefuls to stand in the June 17 election, including poll frontrunner ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and four other conservative loyalists.
Mostafa Moin, the candidate proposed by Iran's largest reformist party, was banned.
As minister for higher education, Moin had stood up for student rights and criticised heavy crackdowns on students by the police and Islamic vigilantes.
The Reuters witness said the protest had been going on for more than three hours despite orders that it stop, but did not appear to be spreading.
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 10:36 am Post subject: SMCCDI News Tehran Students Protest Against Dictatorship
From SMCCDI: daneshjoo.org
SMCCDI News
Tehran Students Protest Against Dictatorship
SMCCDI (Information Service)
May 24, 2005
Hundreds of students of Tehran University gathered, yesterday night, in order to protest against the Islamic regime,
Slogans, such as, "Marg bar Jomhoori e Eslami" (Down with Islamic republic), "Marg bar Estebdad" (Down with repression), "Azadi, Azadi" (Freedom, Freedom) were shouted by students.
Security forces encercled the area of the dorms and installed road blocks in order to avoid the spread of the action as it happened on July 9, 1999.
Several arrests were made lated in the night.
The protest action was initiated by a small group of students who are backing the regime's so-called pro-reform faction but soon was taken over by several hundreds of students seeking a secular regime.
© Copyright 2003 SMCCDI: daneshjoo.org
from Democracywatch at kafieblogspot.com:
Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 11:02 pm Post subject:
20 pics here: http://www.iranian.com/PhotoDay/2005/May/p1.html
also on Peykeiran: http://web.peykeiran.com/net_iran/irnewsbody.aspx?ID=23951
PS. I'm no fan of the Refromist candidate Mo'een guy whose censure they're protesting Spenta
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Posts: 1496
Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 11:09 pm Post subject:
Meanwhile the reporters have been protesting too
Placard reads: Insulting Journalists is Insulting Freedom.
It would be good if these separate protest actions could somehow converge into a single tsunami wave, but that is what the Mullah$ have been fighting all along. One of these days though, they will make a huge mistake, push too hard and then face an eruption in reaction
Rasker
Joined: 03 Feb 2005
Posts: 485
Location: USA
Yes Spenta, the journalists protesting lack of press freedom, the workers protesting unpaid wages, the students and teachers protesting academic corruption and freedom of speech, the women protesting their lack of freedom, alll the ethnic groups protesting discrimination, the true clergy objecting to the misuse of religion, all those who fear the mullahs are leading the country into a terrible war, all just have to draw the same conclusion at the same time, and the whole rotten regime will come crashing down!
Six hours, the RG report said, the regime would last after the people take the streets! Everyone would stand in line for 6 hours for a fair chance to vote such a regime out of power, just think of it as standing in a really long line to vote for freedom! (Bring a snack and some beverages.)
THIS IS THE STATE OF MIND THAT GOT THE SYRIANS OUT OF LEBANON:
Their revolutionary bravado is the sort of force that can change history. "We have nothing to lose anymore. We want freedom or death," says Indra Hage, a young Lebanese Christian. "We're going to stay here, even if soldiers attack us," says Hadi Abi Almouna, a Druze Muslim. "Freedom needs sacrifices, and we are ready to give them." Brave words, in a country where dissent has often meant death.
ONLY THIS ATTITUDE WILL KICK THE MULLAHS OUT OF POWER! ONE DAY OF DEFIANCE MEANS A FUTURE OF FREEDOM!
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 6:00 am Post subject: Tehran University Students Protest For 2nd Consecutive Night
From SMCCDI: daneshjoo.org
SMCCDI News
Tehran University Students Protest For 2nd Consecutive Night
SMCCDI (Information Service)
May 25, 2005
Hundreds of students of Tehran University gathered, for the 2nd consecutive night, in order to continue protesting against the Islamic regime,
Security forces were rushed to the area in order to close all perimeters around the famous Amir-Abad dorms. Plainclothes agents helped by militiamen were seen welding the entry doors and putting chains in order to contain the students inside the premises for avoiding their exit and a spread of the protest action.
Several students who were able to jump from the walls and get into the Amir-Abad avenue were attacked, beaten up and arrested by intelligence officers.
Sharp slogans, such as, "Azadi, Azadi" (Freedom, Freedom), 'Tahrim e Entekhabat, Vazife ye Irani" (Boycott of election, duty of Iranians), "Eslahtalab e bi khassyat, Khejalat, khejalat" (Incompetent reformist, shame, shame), "Na ghom khoobe, na kashoon, khak bar sar har do shoon" (Nor ghom is good, nor kashan, damned bee both - by making allusion to regime's both factions), "Moin e bikhassyat, khejalat, khejalat" (Moin the incompetent, shame, shame) , "Daneshjoo mirazmad, estebdad milarzad" (Student fights, regime shakes), "Marg bar Jomhoori e Eslami" (Down with Islamic republic), and "Marg bar Estebdad" (Down with repression), were shouted by students.
