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How can a morally bankrupt nation induce the world to punish a law-abiding state and by so doing, violate not only international law, that of the nonproliferation treaty (NPT), but the Geneva Conventions? Sanctions are warfare. It cost Iraq over half a million innocent lives, a genocide, in preparation for the ‘shock and awe’ that was to come. America and her co-conspirators violated all Geneva Conventions when the sanctions were imposed – lives were snatched -“collateral damage” they called it. This rogue state, America, in violation of all laws, God’s and man’s, is dictating to the world, demanding that all countries join it in its march towards more infamy – total moral bankruptcy, to claim yet more lives.
After receiving marching orders from Israel’s Olmert, Dick Cheney mocked the NIE and put the CIA Chief Michael Hayden on parade. In line with this White House wishes, Hayden said he ‘believes’ that in spite of the NIE findings, Iran is pursuing a nuclear bomb1. It seems that the CIA, the agency created by Truman in 1947 to gather intelligence and “other functions” has concentrated so much on “other functions” that it seems to lack all the intelligence. A more recent example is CIA chief, William Casey. A Catholic Knight of Malta, who during the arming of the Afghan mujahedeen at times even confused the difference between the Catholic organization such as the right wing Opus Dei with the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood2. According to Johnson (2006), the CIA operatives have planted false information in foreign newspapers, covertly fed large amounts of money to allies, had clandestine agents devote themselves to tasks such as depressing the global prices of agriculture products in third world countries, engaged in assassination of foreign leaders, coups, sponsored guerilla warfare, and so on. While the rendition flights of the CIA has shocked the world over, using the CIA’s secret airline is nothing new. Air America, used until 1976, had flown weapons and supplies into, and heroin out of, Laos during the Vietnam War3. How credible is the CIA especially given that this White House has a taste for war?
Hayden’s bases his assessment on Iran not buckling under the weight of illegal and immoral sanctions and continuing with its inalienable right within the framework of international law to pursue alternative fuel. Contrary to popular belief, Iran’s weakness is its oil and gas industry - Iran’s livelihood. Saad Rahim, an analyst at Washington consultancy PFC Energy claims that Iran needs to diversify its energy needs in addition to a change in its policies, otherwise, "Iran's net crude exports could fall to zero."1 The government is aware that it needs to change its subsidy programs but given the policies of the day, it is not acting on it. As Ebrahim Sheibani, the governor of the Central Bank of Iran, has warned, “Something needs to be done otherwise…[the subsidies will] lead to an unfettered rise in consumption.”2
Various statements from Iranian government officials often justify the development of a nuclear program by pointing to the limited supply of energy sources as well as the export value of oil. Iran’s former negotiator to the IAEA, Salehi explained, “The best use that a country like mine can make out of its uranium ores is to replace oil as a primary source of energy…within two decades most of our oil production will be consumed internally, leaving nothing tangible for export.”3
Even environmentalists who had once shunned the nuclear industry, now hail it as a solution to global warming and there is growing cooperation between them and the nuclear industry (The Economist) 5. Another reason for Iran’s pursuit of nuclear energy is the adverse effects of oil consumption on the environment. Given that Iran’s industries use oil for energy, the contamination is not limited to the air, but sips into the water and soil with dire consequences. Numerous rivers and coastal waters have been contaminated and drinking water supplies have been threatened. Moreover, a deputy head of Department of Energy (DoE) for human environment has been quoted by the Iranian Fars news agency as saying that oil pollution has a negative impact on farm products which can in turn effect the human life cycle. For this reason, a new plan has been implemented to screen crops for oil pollution, specifically those obtained from farmlands located in south Tehran6.
Iran’s nuclear energy program would result in the development and nurturing of new and unprecedented capabilities for building technological infrastructures, as well as the cross-fertilization and diversion of nuclear-related know-how, research, and development into other industries and branches of science, such as medicine and agriculture. On every continent nuclear and radiation techniques are put in the service of humankind. Recently, it was witnessed that due to a problem with a Canadian nuclear reactor that produces medical isotopes used to diagnose and treat cancer and cardiovascular disease, patients in Canada, U.S. and other countries had their tests and treatment postponed 7. In South America, nuclear technology is being used to map underground aquifers, so that water supplies can be managed sustainably. The Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMRI) which was changed to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) because of the negative connotations associated with the word nuclear in the late 1970's would be explored to diagnose and treat patients. In Vietnam, farmers plant rice with greater nutritional value that was developed with IAEA assistance – rice is also the staple food of Iranians. It is these components of nuclear technology that are the fundamentals of ‘Atoms for Peace’.
During much of the Qajar period (1870’s to the 1920’s), the rivalry between Russia and Britain, deprived Iran from development. At the time, railroad was a key economic factor (similar to the role that nuclear technology is today) to the development of the country, but the powers opposed a trans-Iranian railroad because they thought it would threaten their expansion. When the railways was finally built, it exploited Iran’s resources.
One of the concessions granted by the Persian government to the (Russian) Discount and Loan Bank of Persia for the construction of the railway line Julfa-Tabriz (1913) is as follows: The line gage is Russian. The time of concession is 75 years. The Persian government has the option of redeeming the railroad after the expiration of 35 years; in this case it pays back all the capital that has been spent plus 5 per cent interest, provided the concession has yielded so much. The concession grants the bank the right to exploit coal and oil deposits within 6o versts on either side of the railroad, and also to construct branch lines leading to the mines.” Pavlovich 1913, p. 143)3.
Adding insult to injury, during World War II, the occupying forces of the British, Russian (and American) made use of the railroad free of charge against Nazi Germany. The Persian Corridor, or “Bridge to Victory” against Nazi Germany as it was called, provided a vital link for war supplies in one direction while at the same time serving as a humanitarian passage for Jewish and Polish refugees, many of whom arrived in Iran by crossing the Caspian in ships that had delivered supplies to ports in Baku, Azerbaijan or Krasnovodsk, and Turkmenistan (Burgener 1997)9. The ‘allied’ forces in line with Winston Churchill advice, forced the man who had built the railroad, Reza Shah Pahlavi, to abdicate and leave the country. Iran was defeated in another fight for independence when its democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mossadeq whose nationalization of oil was opposed by the British, was removed by a CIA-backed coup.
Today, once again, Iran’s independence and sovereignty are threatened – with false allegations made by the U.S. and Israel, the international community has been trapped in a web of indecency and inhumanity, and with every threat that has been used to spin this web, we see a violation of international law and the laws of the Geneva Convention. The UNSC members, either dazzled by the silk threads, or inadvertently glued to the sticky thread, refuse to remove themselves from the immoral actions of the U.S. government and fail to realize that they too will become victims unless they tear away from their captor.
As to the spider that so skillfully spins the web - For those who listened to the President of the United States lead this nation to a war with Iraq based on 16 words of lies, with CIA’s chief, Tenent standing by him, it is worthwhile understanding which nation may have inspired the idea.
“After the 1967 war, France stopped supplies of uranium to Israel. These supplies were from former French colonies of Gabon, Niger, and the Central Africa Republic. Israel had small amounts of uranium from Negev phosphate mines and had bought some from Argentina and South Africa, but not in the large quantities supplied by the French. Through a complicated undercover operation, the Israelis obtained uranium oxide, known as yellow cake, held in a stockpile in Antwerp. Using a West German front company and a high seas transfer from one ship to another in the Mediterranean, they obtained 200 tons of yellow cake. 10 Not much later, Ariel Sharon, an outspoken proponent of “Greater Israel” was quoted as saying, “Arabs may have the oil, but we have the matches.”(Farr 19994)11.
While the neocon media paints a doomsday picture triggered by Iran, leading us to another bloody and senseless war, there are far more precarious scenarios which are kept hidden from the public. The probability of Gush Emunim, a right wing religious organization, or others, hijacking a nuclear device to “liberate” the Temple Mount for the building of the third temple is quite realistic. A 1997 article reviewing the Israeli Defense Force repeatedly stressed the possibilities of, and the need to guard against a religious, right wing military coup, especially as the proportion of religious recruitment in the military increases.12 Avner Cohen has stated: “It [Israel] must be in a position to threaten another Hiroshima to prevent another holocaust.”13 Israel is in that position and has no moral qualms about exercising it.
Among his accomplishments, Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard obtained satellite-imaging data of the Soviet Union, allowing Israel to target accurately Soviet cities. This showed Israel's intention to use its nuclear arsenal as a deterrent political lever, or retaliatory capability against the Soviet Union itself. With its German supplied Dolphin submarines, it is unstoppable. Yet, it insists on the annihilation of Iranians. It also has a political lever against Europe. Has it used its leverage so that like Iraq, Iran too can be annihilated? Is the community so filled with hate that they are willing to sacrifice their country to rid themselves of a regime they despise?
[1] “Subsidized Energy”. Iran Daily. 8 Mar 2005.
[2] State Department. “Iran’s Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities: A Pattern of Peaceful Intent?”
[3] All references relating to Israel are from Warner D. Farr, LTC, U.S. Army
The Counterproliferation Papers, Future Warfare Series No. 2, September 1999
USAF Counterproliferation Center ,Air War College ,Air University
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama “The Third Temple's Holy Of Holies: Israel's Nuclear Weapons”
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thanks Soraya
by Raha darband (not verified) on Sat Apr 19, 2008 01:39 AM PDTYour work is indeed superb.
In case you missed it:
Iran should be "Set Up for an Attack"
//www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&...
China and America: The Tibet Human Rights PsyOp
//www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&...
Here is a secrete.
by Mehdi Mazloom (not verified) on Fri Apr 18, 2008 08:03 AM PDTKhanom Soriya,
You seem to have your "finger" in every conceiable conspiracy out there.
Psst. If you promise not to tell anyone. I have a secret to tell you. Just keep it between us.
My "sources" tell me that , Mullah Ahmad janneti is a former rabbi, and member of Israeli Mossad Talmud's committee, (Equivalent to Islamic Hadith). How do you find out?. Just look at his "Jewish big nose",
history
by Transparent (not verified) on Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:55 PM PDTI feel your pain. Book a trip to Iran. It's the best thing you can do for yourself.
Mr. khodaande, I can never
by Farhad Kashani (not verified) on Tue Apr 15, 2008 04:47 PM PDTMr. khodaande, I can never be amazed enough when some Iranians talk about “Mujahedeen”. Dear sir, Mujahedden are one of the most insignificant movements in the Iranian opposition, but one of the most vocal ones because they are ideologically driven, just as the leftist movement, like some of their posting on this site shows, are a tiny minority among Iranians, but one of the most vocal ones. Mujahedeen are probably as unpopular among Iranians inside Iran as the fascist regime itself. So please explain sir what threat do you feel the Mujahedden pose? Furthermore, the U.S and EU have declared the Mujahedeen as a terrorist organization, and before the day they entered Iraq, there were hardly any contact between the two, so I wonder how you call that “support”? Sir are you aware what “support” mean? Finally, please explain to us what should the world, and the U.S do, when the regime In Tehran has been for the last 30 years, on 24/7 basis, bashes and trashes and threatens and scares and demeans and provokes and intimidates the world? Are you saying the world should shut up and take it? What benefit is Iran and Iranians are getting from being part of this clash of civilization and this provocation campaign started by these warmongerers in Tehran? Please list the benefits, and please compare Iran with countries who have made it, such as China, India, Malaysia, South Korean, Indonesia, ,,,and others, what is the difference between us and them? Are you gonna claim that they’re not “independent”? Do you believe that for constant intimidation and provocation, there should be a reaction or not? Who started this provocation? Even if they’re not serious sir, then why are they doing it? I tell you why sir, because in those monster’s doctrine, human life and Iranian life means absolutely nothing.
Aman azeez, please read what
by Farhad Kashani (not verified) on Tue Apr 15, 2008 04:46 PM PDTAman azeez, please read what you wrote. You’re saying the “monarchs” took the money and then you say “U.S” should give it back! Does that even makes sense? Lets even say that’s the case, for every action my friend, there is an APPROPRIATE reaction. For example, when someone steals something , you don’t chop their hands off (Oh wait, the Mullah regime does that already!), ok, when someone steals something, you don’t chop their head off, so even if U.S took the money, taking diplomats hostage was not by far, the appropriate reaction to that. My friend, there is civilized and uncivilized reaction to every action, please don’t justify the uncivilized and barbaric ones !
Bijanam.....
by Kaveh Nouraee on Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:52 AM PDTThis woman obviously has her own agenda, which is, to promote the agenda of the IRI. It should be quite obvious by now to everyone that this woman is working for the IRI in some kind of public relations (propaganda) capacity.
By referring to and regurgitating the plethora of written and broadcasted material that has been argued by or on behalf of the IRI, in a consistently feeble attempt to pull the wool over the eyes of those of us who know better, her propaganda, or the IRI's propaganda, rather, takes shape in the format seen here on this website.
If you notice, this woman submits her post, then retreats into cyberspace until her next post. In the meantime, she watches as her tripe manages to polarize the diaspora even further.
In previous posts, I've made my opinions of this woman crystal clear, and whether or not anyone likes what I have to say about her or the manner with which I have said it is something I couldn't possibly care any less about.
You know, I know, and every person in the world with even a shred of common sense knows with absolute certainty, that while the Iranian nation and the Iranian people have every right to the technology that enables the use of civilian atomic energy to generate electricity, it is the IRI that cannot be trusted, as they have proven to be shadier than a room full of used car salesmen.
Bijanam, you called this woman a master of deception, which gives her undeserved credit.
She's deceiving nobody, except perhaps herself. But I have serious doubts that she has the sense to realize that. If she did, she wouldn't be such an obvious IRI puppet.
Soraya, Oh Soraya
by bijanam (not verified) on Mon Apr 14, 2008 07:33 PM PDTWhat a master of deception you are. Writing a biased opinion with so many references that support your prejudiced view to paint them as facts. I bet your Mr. Ulrich is financially well off to afford you sitting at home doing nothing but searching for references to support your distorted view. If you are so concerned about Iran’s sovereignty and independence, she lost it 30 years ago to a bunch of illiterates and extremists.
I guess you expect the entire human race should trust your word or that of your masters in IRI that nuclear technology is used only for energy and peaceful purposes. Even IAEA has reported in multiple occasions that your activities have not been transparent.
How can you deny the clear hostility of your masters towards civilized nations? How can you deny your master’s open and clear desire to wipe another nation off the map of the earth? You can produce all references you want in support of your deceptive argument, but I guarantee you there are twice as many articles and publications to suggest that IRI with nuclear arms is the deadliest threat to existence of human race.
Please do not deceive your readers by quoting some IRI official that Iranian petroleum resources would not be enough to support their consumption in the next 20 years. Because, I know for a fact that it is...
The irony is that you mix so many factual statements in your argument to hide your misguided intentions, that it appears genuine to those who have the same prejudices as yours.
My argument is not pro US or pro UN or pro Israel, it is simply pro common sense. How can the western civilization risk and take a chance (even one in a trillion) that the IRI have nuclear weapons. IRI has demonstrated, time and again, that life has no value when it comes to matters of pride or religion. They have done and continue to do enough damage even without nuclear arsenals.
If the intent for nuclear technology is truly for energy and peaceful purposes, why reject various offers that addressed those needs?. Oh, it is out of line with nationalism, sovereignty and independence. Soraya, you know, I know, and everyone around the world knows that the intent is to build nuclear weapons. Any Iran, without IRI mentality controlling it, is entitle and has the alienable right to the nuclear power. But IRI has revoked this right by the actions of its leaders.
To:Transparent: No one prescribe bombing Iran, except...
by aaj sr (not verified) on Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:02 PM PDTExcept a few who believe there is no enough local power to get rid of Basij,Pasdar,Lebas-Shakhsi, Neghab- Dar, Motor-Savar, Lebas-Palangi, Zahra and Mehdi gangs etc,. No ones is advocating any kind of war against Iran, having said that, condemning Mullahs' atrocities, demanding reform, abiding by the rules, dercrees, promises annouced before and after revolution, pushing for equality, demanding transparencies for oil money, has nothing to do with yours nor Soraya's appeasing agendas.
(Soraya never ever, said anything, even one word condenming the regime and that makes many people suspecious of her agenda to say the least.)
Iranian inside need support, any kind of support, even a word of "afarin" make them happy and encouraged, IF YOU AND SORAYA AND ALIKE can not contribute to the cause, at least you should stay silent rather than discouraging them or creating divisions among oppositions.
Cisco, AT&T and alike never stoped selling to Iran since day one, however Iranian are paying about 50 to 250% more going through 3rd,4th,5th different parties. This is a sad story that Khameneie and his cronies do not understand (remember: Khomaini said," Economy belong to donkey") and will never get it. They do not understand that the oil money is not theirs, they do not understand that they are supposed to be the servant of people, they do not understand that even if they try to buy some votes from oil/tax revenue in UN or, some member of IAEA, at the end of the day they all vote against Iran, including BROTHER Syria and BROTHER Shia government of Iraq were both signed multiple declarations against Persian Gulf for the benefit of Arab BROTHERS.
China and Russian approved the 3rd. sanction and will do the same for the 4th and the fifth and beyond.
Regarding some Jews rejecting $10,000.00 relocation to Israel; if you have followed some of their interviews/news, you would have noticed that their assets and belonging worth millions of dollar and they would not leave for a lousy "pocket money", aside from that, many of them love to stay in their birth place and do not want to start all over again as most of us did, voluntarily or by force.
Staying on course of the topic; all and all, Soraya and et all must condemn IRI if they really love Iran and Iranain and no one stopping you and her for criticising USA and her allies.
Remember: Freedom is not free
Good enough....
by Transparent (not verified) on Mon Apr 14, 2008 09:58 AM PDTBund,
I see room for compromise, and that's all the author and her following are trying to convey.
Nobody is suggesting that the IRI should be put on a pedestal or force their way of life and ideology on people, including hamvatans of non Islamic faith.
But if the alternative is bombing Iran's infrastructure so Alcoa, At&t, Ford, Halliburton, Boeing, and GE's alike can spark sales to reignite the western economy for the Sandy Weil's alike to retire with a billion dollar pension as the working class are conned into buying assets they can’t afford, or looting of Iran's museums so the regions art and history can funnel it's way to Paris or London, or killing of thousands of civilians under the notion of women's rights, IRI atrocities and other self serving propaganda, then let the IRI rule until London, Paris, Washington and their cronies are blue in the face.
Bund, China is on the move, Russia is drafting behind, and the west is on its heels while the mullah’s were last into the revolving door, but first to come out. They will continue to do so unless western arrogance and racism is pushed aside.
Have a productive week!
Anonym7
by massoud khodabandeh on Mon Apr 14, 2008 08:59 AM PDTMassoud Khodabandeh
Thank you for making the correction.
cheers
Massoud
Transparent , Yes Right On,
by jimzbund on Mon Apr 14, 2008 07:02 AM PDT1- Irani Aseel is the one who cheers for Iran and right of the Iranians for a better life free from any outside junk like Arab-Islam Fundamentalism or Zionism or Imperialism. Anyone who agrees with that in my books is an Irani no matter what religion or ethnicity they belong to.
2- If you still believe that the IRI is not supported by the British and
are not dealing with the US behind the curtains then you probably believe in Santa Clause too.
3- No body wants a war but IRI to consolidate their power again so don't beat the war drums .
4- Bund is more authentic than transparent !!! .
Bund, Jimz Bund
Re: Anonymous12345
by Aman (not verified) on Sun Apr 13, 2008 03:54 PM PDTyou say:
Kashani, Hostage crisis was the outcome of United State’s refusal to return back the billions of dollars that the Monarchs had piled away here in the United States. The Mullah’s considered that fortune Iran’s wealth and wanted it back. That’s what started the 30 year long hostilities.
Actually the embassy situation was a result of few Coupe attempts that IRI thought was being orchestrated by the Embassy. IRI did not yet felt the smell of "green" then!!!!!
Politically charged patient...
by Transparent (not verified) on Sun Apr 13, 2008 03:15 PM PDTaaj sr,
The literary celebration of Iran's diversity and heritage sounds good, but when it is one sided and inconsistent, it’s politically charged, thus fabricated and artificial, and therefore seasoned for propaganda.
If we'd been indulged with an objective debate, this discussion could have advanced into the ugly business aspect of this conflict for the enlightenment of the readership.
If Tehran's 25000 Jewish families rejected the Zion’s $10K per person offer to relocate to Israel, and the replay of the barbaric acts of Iraq and Afghanistan still fulfills the hatred and desire, all the more reason why its best for the civil highness to vomit all the way to the emergency room.
thank you Mr. Khodabandeh
by Anonym7 (not verified) on Sun Apr 13, 2008 01:00 PM PDTMr. Khodabandeh, although you confused me with the person that made his usual unwise statements (i.e., local chapter of the ultra right fox news) I appreciate your response to him. I could not have done better than you Ostad.
Best regards,
to:Transparent; Your words are disgustingly divisive
by aaj sr (not verified) on Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:34 PM PDTIranian lived together more than thousand years under much vaster mosaic of cultures, languages, religions, background harmoniously and amicably than what we see today. The "Irani Assil" IS the same combination of people from ancient time and nothing has changed since, therefore your words and interpretation is disgustingly divisive, and that make me to vomit from anger.
Soraya is using or better say abusing her linguistic skills blaming entire world on behalf of IRI without mentioning let alone condemning the regimes' crimes. Obviously, intelligent readers in this and other sites have learned over and over again where she is coming from. She can be an asset for forming a united opposition.
How dare you say "...The so called IRI atrocities...." are you from the same breed who denies holocaust? are you from the same breed, denying homosexuality in Iran, are you blind not seeing between 4000- 5000 young, treasures of our country men and women take refuge in western countries every year? are you blind not seeing the inequality between men and women, executions, oppression of students, the list can go on and on.
Please have moral, intelectual decency and honor to acknowledge the REAL ATROCITIES taking place in Iran.
I disagree with your disagreement Madam/Sir
by massoud khodabandeh on Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:04 PM PDTMassoud Khodabandeh
Anonym7 wrote:
"... the problem of IRI has nothing to do with Neocons, oldcons, conservatives,liberals, Republican, Democrats, Bangladesh or unicorns. Just remember what date they took power, in 1979, 30 years ago my frind..."
and if you are as old as I am, you will probably remember that it has been the Neocans and company who have for the past 30 years supported Mojahedin Khalq, Saddam, ... and likes at the expense of the true grass root opposition to the IRI. The delay in the democratic changes in Iran is more than any other time on the sholders of the disterbing outside forces who have interfered only to protect their short term interest. (At the expense of you and me!)
And at the present time! Nuclear and oil!?
If tomorrow Ahmadinejad accepted to stop what ever he is doing in Natanz (and the other usual commitments that someone like Mobarak gives),would the outsiders care about me/you or the Iranians inside the country? I don't think so.
History is the best school for all of us.
Exelent article (As usual)
Anonym7, I disagree with lot
by Farhad Kashani (not verified) on Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:58 AM PDTAnonym7, I disagree with lot of things Bush did, however, it is obvious to me and the majority of Iranians that the problem of IRI has nothing to do with Neocons, oldcons, conservatives,liberals, Republican, Democrats, Bangladesh or unicorns. Just remember what date they took power, in 1979, 30 years ago my frind. Also, what else are you wanting or waiting for the regime to do to prove to you they are facsits? You wanna go down the list?
Right on?
by Transparent (not verified) on Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:54 AM PDTIt seems like Bund and the Kashani alike blog to promote a division among Irani Aseeli vs. Irani arbzadeh, Bahai, Kurds and others. This is, once again, a Winston Churchill strategy replay which was effective 50 years ago, but today, its era has passed not to mention its purpose is completely misguided.
The so called IRI atrocities narrow down to establishing and maintaining Iran's independence. Their assassinations aren't any different than what happened to the Kennedy’s, Lennon, Luther King, the attempt on Reagan’s life, or the link between Jack Abramoff and administration who was murdered in England a couple of years ago.
Uniting with others in the region has given the IRI momentum to counter the 30 years of sanction by the west and its constant efforts to stumble Iran's momentum to advance in science. Why are you placing blame on the IRI for our politicians missed opportunities? Do you think the iranian subculture is that elementary?
Naive or otherwise, your Iranian audience in the west is far too small for creating a real political movement to play into the strategy of the war mongers.
Your argument, Mr. Bund, with proper do respect, is as flawed as your login profile.
Right on Farhad Kashani
by jimzbund on Sun Apr 13, 2008 09:14 AM PDTI agree with your points . US dosn't have the moral authority on many issues but does the Iranian regime have ? people try to equate Iranian rights with the IRI' rights which is wrong. many have selective memories regarding the Open IRI atrocities but can dig out the US intelligence service files ! for US atrocities !.
Payandeh Iran va Irani Aseel
Bund, Jimz Bund
This is unfortunately true
by My Old USA (not verified) on Sat Apr 12, 2008 10:38 PM PDTWhy do you think that most politicians in USA think that America is in the wrong path currently?
We surely are takingmajor and blunt steps to put this country in a down turn. The world is not dumb and knows the truth.
I'm sure that the current policy in middle east is NOT even serving the long term interest of Israel. So, why all this hatred and arrogance are down-poured in the name of domination, hypo-democracya and hypo-human rights?
Is it SELFISHNESS? That is the only explanation I can find.
Healthy Skeptic
by Anonymous12345 (not verified) on Sat Apr 12, 2008 06:53 PM PDTKashani, Hostage crisis was the outcome of United State’s refusal to return back the billions of dollars that the Monarchs had piled away here in the United States. The Mullah’s considered that fortune Iran’s wealth and wanted it back. That’s what started the 30 year long hostilities.
It’s great that you are in touch with western media and take their reporting at face value, but the fact is while Saddam attacked Iran in the 80’s, the United States navy annihilated Iran’s naval forces. You may recall they even downed a commercial airliner over the Persian gulf as a strong signal to keep Iranian F14’s at bay.
During the same period, the other noble member of your “world community” sold brand new fighter jets to Saddam, and had to send their own airmen to Iraq as Iraqi’s didn’t have enough talent and time to train pilots to operate the new Mirage jets. In case, you are wondering, the French pilots flew the new French jets under the Iraqi flags and hit targets inside of Tehran.
I recommend you take Soraya’s article seriously. Some analytical thinking of issues she has put forth will help greatly in understanding the roles of these government bodies, including internal agencies like the PUC’s FCC, FDA, and how they are put in place to protect your rights. Dissect the special interest lobbies while you are at it.
Your “world super powers” are mainly Japan, Germany, South Korea, Spain, France, UK and US. Except for the later three, neither one of your “world community” members’ possess a military and all of them including the Arab tribes that settled in Saudi and the gulf regions, are homes to massive US military basis.
Don’t think Iranian in Iran are a bunch of illiterate pushovers. In fact to the contrary, the more we push our pop & porn culture to influence their communities, the more they will crack down to preserve their way of life. West is doing a good job of exposing some of the issues in that society. Now it should demonstrate some nobility and let the educated and experienced Iranians engage in dialogue with the leaders in Iran to convey human rights issues. We don’t need the United States’ Airforce fleet of F22 raptors to take on that responsibility.
Finally, since you are such a human rights advocate, where have you been in the past few years? Hundreds of thousands of men, women and children have been getting raped and machete to peaces in Sudan and Darfur, while over 500,000 Iraqi civilians have died because the west is refusing to take it’s hands out of the pockets of the middle east.
Hate whoever you want, but as a fabric of your national community I can’t see the logic behind your promotion for inviting the fox into the hen house.
easy Kashani!
by Anonym7 (not verified) on Sat Apr 12, 2008 03:31 PM PDTKashsni says: "misguided coalition of Anti U.S fascist governments along with China, n Korea, Syria, Zimbabwe and others?"
Kashani, as usual you are getting carried away with using the word "fascist" and you are all over the map!
Anyhow going back to the topic here is what Pat Buchanan said:
"No, it is not Iran that wants a war with the United States. It is the United States that has reasons to want a short, sharp war with Iran." (//news.yahoo.com/s/uc/20080411/cm_uc_crpbux/o...)
Necon disasters have been such disasters (for US and the world) that even conservative Republican Pat is fed up!
Ms. Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
by nxgiran (not verified) on Sat Apr 12, 2008 03:18 PM PDTI would like to commend you for your great article. I enjoy your essays as they reveal the true and hidden face of the global tyranny headed by US and their Zionist co-conspirators.
Soraya, You wrote” How can
by Farhad Kashani (not verified) on Sat Apr 12, 2008 01:19 PM PDTSoraya, You wrote” How can a morally bankrupt nation induce the world to punish a law-abiding state” Are you serious, what “law” are they abiding? Human rights law? Civility laws? International law? The U.N has clearly stated Iran should stop enriching Uranium, the same U.N who didn’t give U.S the approval to go to Iraq, so don’t give me the argument that U.N is a U.S puppet! The only “law” they are abiding is the fundamentalist shia law. You wrote” Sanctions are warfare”. No they’re not. “Warfare” is warfare. Also, what do you suggest the U.S do when its getting bashed and trashed 24/7 by the regime for the last 30 years, when it is the center of Islamic fundamentalism movement which has proved to be not only the greatest threat to the U.S, but to human beings all over the world? What do you suggest the U.S do when Khomeini declared we will not rest until the “flag of Islam has been risen over the White House”? You really think that’s not the official policy of the IRI? What do you expect the U.S to do when Iran, for absolutely no benefit to its people, has been the center of a blind, illogical, misguided coalition of Anti U.S fascist governments along with China, n Korea, Syria, Zimbabwe and others? Why are you surprised that there is animosity? Who started it? The U.S recognized the revolution, Carter did, and what did it get in return? The most barbaric and savage thing, their diplomats taken hostage, and an irrational, continues till today, hate for modernism, with, according to the regime itself, U.S being the center of it? You wrote” After receiving marching orders from Israel’s Olmert, Dick Cheney mocked” what a pathetic way of analyzing complex political issues! Where is your proof? When did Olmert say that? Soraya, your writing have way passed illogical, it’s comical at this stage! I mean it really sounds exactly like the most ultra of the leftist you can find in today’s world! You wrote” the CIA operatives have planted false information in foreign newspapers” How did they do that? Which newspaper? Soraya, lets just stop beating around the bush. Lets say for the sake of the argument, just for that reason, you are absolutely right about the Iran’s nuclear program. Lets pretend what you say is 1000% correct. I know, you know, and most intelligent and open minded readers of this article know that is not why you have beef with West! Let me tell you what you’re really trying to say. First of all I believe in the following: It is very difficult for Iran to develop a nuclear bomb, but it not in any way impossible since we have incompetent organizations such as the IAEA and CIA monitoring the program, that Iran as a nation (Not just the government) has the right to a peaceful nuclear energy, that it is highly unlikely (but not impossible) that Islamic fascists will use nuclear bomb to attack U.S (If they were given one by Iran), but. your beef is this: you believe that U.S and what you guys call the “West” is responsible for everything that is wrong in Iran and elsewhere in the world and there is huge conspiracy between Israel and the U.S to rule the world and, most notably and extremely pathetic, everything the IRI does is justified because it came within a “people” revolution, and more importantly to you guys, is “anti U.S” and anti what you would call “Imperialist”. The nuclear issue that you guys are just outraged about is only one issue you guys are outraged when it comes to the world community (not just the U.S) pressuring Iran about, if someone talks about human rights issue, it’s an “imperialist conspiracy”, if someone talks about Iran support for terrorism , it an “imperialist conspiracy”…but here is the reality, next time, which is probably now because it happens on 24/7 basis, an Iranians is getting hanged or beaten to death or beaten up by a basidji in Iran, you are partners in the crime with IRI. Because you justify those horrific realities in Iran. You have no idea what articles like this do to the movement of Iranian people inside of Iran to remove this fascist regime. Soraya, the nuclear issue has been used to put pressure on the regime to maybe somehow weaken it, and the world, and Iranians like us, have the responsibility to engage is “weakening” this fascist regime. So what happens after the nuclear issue is resolved? That’s one issue out of the way, then what? Let me tell you what! The regime will continue provoking the world, will continue support for Islamic fundamentalism, will continue oppress its people, will continue to be one of the biggest violators of human rights, will continue its murderous and inhumane fascist like policies, will continue trying to export its revolution, and will continue to lead Iran to another disaster, and more. and all of this, for absolutely no benefit to our people! If there was a benefit, I would be the first person to support the regime. Soraya, blind hatred is an act of savagery. Can you just take a moment and think outside the box and see what really is going on Iran? What really this regime is up to? Why the world has responsibility to fight the regime? The fact that colonialism is over? The fact that many ex colonies have successfully emerged from those dark eras and have become world powers, let me name you a few: India, Indonesia, South Africa , Brazil, S Korea, …so the rule that “Colonialism” is the root of all evil in the world has proven false because of those and other examples! The fact that communism has proven ineffective, inhumane and at best, utopian? That nothing can justify what the Islamic fascist are doing? Soraya, what colonials did does not , logically and legally, justify what regimes such as Iran, China, Syria, and others are doing, event if what they’re doing is a bi product of colonialism! It does not, you know why? Because human experience progresses, it does not regress, even if regressive policies are in place in some countries like Iran, and we as humans live in the information age, in the internet age, we have developed, so when a fascist regime such as the IRI executes an 18 years old girl because she had sex with another man, and then justify it as being anti imperialist, and anti U.S, and “we wanna keep our independence and dignity and culture”, and no one should talk about it……is not only wrong and unaccepted to the majority of people around the world, but its, like I said, comical!
great work!
by Anonymous12345 (not verified) on Fri Apr 11, 2008 06:31 PM PDTThis is an outstanding essay!
It's objective and it's eloquently articulating facts that substantiate a "grand" view of economics and the way things are unfolding.
All the nuclear controversy, freedom and human rights abuse rhetoric aside, Iraq was simply taken down by a storm of greed that has originated inside a pirate culture of the viking.
Your work is superb, but your critics may or may not catch on.
What's so incredabily ironic is that while plans are being drawn for Teheran, the clergy (of all people) may turn out to be the patriots in Tehran.
aaj sr
by Mammad (not verified) on Fri Apr 11, 2008 05:44 PM PDTPlease read my comments below entitled Femme Fatal, before deciding whether Soraya is honest or not. It is, of course, up to you.
Ironies of Iranian case!
by Anonym7 (not verified) on Fri Apr 11, 2008 05:10 PM PDTIsn't it ironic that those who make the most noise about Iranian nuclear program (US and Israel) are loaded with nukes and have or are in the process of building the tactical nukes!
They are so loaded that as a few of their officials such as US general Abizaid and former Israeli head of Mosad Efraim Halevy have said they have no worries even if Iran does have a nuke program!
The other irony is that the Russians are concerned about "expensive" Iranian nuclear program and want the program stopped!!! ......so that they can continue selling their outdated technology to Iran, get paid for the same crap multiple times and extort Iranians like they are extorting their former republics and Europe for Gas. see: //en.rian.ru/analysis/20080409/104227839.html
Soraya: You are a good writer but not an honest writer..
by aaj sr (not verified) on Fri Apr 11, 2008 04:24 PM PDT"a law-abiding nation"?
you owe and must explain it in this site what do you mean? I hope you do not mean the clandestine nuclear operation untill 2003?
I hope you do not mean all the UN International laws/treaties signed by Iran and as far as I know none is being fully implemented.
IRI is not honoring many laws legislated by Majlis let alone abiding with international laws!!, read any on line Persian papers and I know you are fully aware about them.
"cho dozdi ba cheragh ayad, gozideh tar barad kala" "A thrive with a light can pick more valuable goods".
That explain your dishonesty as a good but not an honest writer. A writer like any other profession has some type of obligation and responsibilty and so far you are far from it.
I have read some of your writings for sometimes and all without exception are one sided, if you disagree with "WEST", it's understandable, but it doesn't mean you ignore all atrocities, all injustice, all inequality, forced in to throat of your countrymen and women. Have you ever mentioned anything about injustice toward women? have you ever wrote anything about execution of youth under aged were Iran have signed and accepted the UN treaty? I can list a couple of pages, but again I am sure you know them all, but why you are not writing about them! I am NOT puzzled, let the readers make their own judgements.
This is a fatherly, a brotherly advise if you will, for your future:
If you want to be taken as a serious writer, if you want to be considered as a credible, honorable writer, change your mental attitude at least toward your "hamvatans". If you cannot be biased for any reason, at least be neutral.
Remember: based on history, no brutal regime will stay in power for ever.
Why take the line of the Mojahedin-e-Khalq?
by sadegh on Fri Apr 11, 2008 04:03 PM PDTAs Mammad and various others have pointed out time and again in a slew of articles, Iran is not in violation of the NPT. It is this which is the standard bearer for whether sanctions are warranted and everything else IN THIS SPECIFIC MATTER TO WHICH THE THREE ROUNDS OF SANCTIONS PERTAIN is irrelevant. I suggest you check out Mohammad Kamaali's informative article on the subject:
//iranian.com/main/2008/politics-non-proliferation-0
The US has no compelling evidence and even the evidence it proffers is from a glorified cult and terrorist organization according to the US's own State Department, the Mojahedin-e-Khalq. Please forgive me if I don't take at face value the word of a group that was willing to fight with the likes of Saddam against Iran and kill Iranian soldiers in cold blood with no links to the regime, or set themselves on fire upon the arrest of their 'quasi-divine leader'. I know this is an obvious question but how can the US with a straight face condemn Iran's support of Hezbollah while relying on the intelligence gathering of a group the US itself declares a terrorist organization? Again I think Mammad was dead on target when he said that it appears that many here have unfortunately let their legitimate hatred of the IRI obscure their view of Iran's long term strategic interests i.e. access to nuclear energy, that will have repercussions well beyond our own generation. Iran's oil reserves in 10 years will be spent as far as export is concerned thereby making it absolutely necessary that we quickly avail ourselves of nuclear technology. This necessity transcends the regime currently in power, it's a national issue. For more info see:
//www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1749323.
The author is an American Johns Hopkins prof and not an 'agent of the IRI' nor is he a member of the Mojahedin-e-Khalq or any other declared terrorist organization.
Below is an article confirming the 'source' regarding the so-called 'Nuke Laptop Data':
Inter Press Service March 1, 2008 Iran Nuke Laptop Data Came from Terror Group by Gareth Porter The George W. Bush administration has long pushed the "laptop documents" . 1,000 pages of technical documents supposedly from a stolen Iranian laptop . as hard evidence of Iranian intentions to build a nuclear weapon. Now charges based on those documents pose the only remaining obstacles to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) declaring that Iran has resolved all unanswered questions about its nuclear program. But those documents have long been regarded with great suspicion by US and foreign analysts. German officials have identified the source of the laptop documents in November 2004 as the Mujahideen e Khalq (MEK), which along with its political arm, the National Council of Resistance in Iran (NCRI), is listed by the US State Department as a terrorist organization. There are some indications, moreover, that the MEK obtained the documents not from an Iranian source but from Israel's Mossad. In its latest report on Iran, circulated Feb. 22, the IAEA, under strong pressure from the Bush administration, included descriptions of plans for a facility to produce "green salt," technical specifications for high explosives testing and the schematic layout of a missile reentry vehicle that appears capable of holding a nuclear weapon. Iran has been asked to provide full explanations for these alleged activities. Tehran has denounced the documents on which the charges are based as fabrications provided by the MEK, and has demanded copies of the documents to analyze, but the United States had refused to do so. The Iranian assertion is supported by statements by German officials. A few days after then-Secretary of State Colin Powell announced the laptop documents, Karsten Voight, the coordinator for German-American relations in the German Foreign Ministry, was reported by the Wall Street Journal Nov. 22, 2004 as saying that the information had been provided by "an Iranian dissident group." A German official familiar with the issue confirmed to this writer that the NCRI had been the source of the laptop documents. "I can assure you that the documents came from the Iranian resistance organization.," the source said. The Germans have been deeply involved in intelligence collection and analysis regarding the Iranian nuclear program. According to a story by Washington Post reporter Dafna Linzer soon after the laptop documents were first mentioned publicly by Powell in late 2004, US officials said they had been stolen from an Iranian whom German intelligence had been trying to recruit, and had been given to intelligence officials of an unnamed country in Turkey. The German account of the origins of the laptop documents contradicts the insistence by unnamed US intelligence officials who insisted to journalists William J. Broad and David Sanger in November 2005 that the laptop documents did not come from any Iranian resistance groups. Despite the fact that it was listed as a terrorist organization., the MEK was a favorite of neoconservatives in the Pentagon, who were proposing in 2003-2004 to use it as part of a policy to destabilize Iran. The United States is known to have used intelligence from the MEK on Iranian military questions for years. It was considered a credible source of intelligence on the Iranian nuclear program. after 2002, mainly because of its identification of the facility in Natanz as a nuclear site. The German source said he did not know whether the documents were authentic or not. However, CIA analysts, and European and IAEA officials who were given access to the laptop documents in 2005 were very skeptical about their authenticity. The Guardian's Julian Borger last February quoted an IAEA official as saying there is "doubt over the provenance of the computer." A senior European diplomat who had examined the documents was quoted by the New York Times in November 2005 as saying, "I can fabricate that data. It looks beautiful, but is open to doubt." Scott Ritter, the former US military intelligence officer who was chief United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq from 1991 to 1998, noted in an interview that the CIA has the capability test the authenticity of laptop documents through forensic tests that would reveal when different versions of different documents were created. The fact that the agency could not rule out the possibility of fabrication, according to Ritter, indicates that it had either chosen not to do such tests or that the tests had revealed fraud. Despite its having been credited with the Natanz intelligence coup in 2002, the overall record of the MEK on the Iranian nuclear program has been very poor. The CIA continued to submit intelligence from the Iranian group about alleged Iranian nuclear weapons-related work to the IAEA over the next five years, without identifying the source. But that intelligence turned out to be unreliable. A senior IAEA official told the Los Angeles Times in February 2007 that, since 2002, "pretty much all the intelligence that has come to us has proved to be wrong." Former State Department deputy intelligence director for the Near East and South Asia Wayne White doubts that the MEK has actually had the contacts within the Iranian bureaucracy and scientific community necessary to come up with intelligence such as Natanz and the laptop documents. "I find it very hard to believe that supporters of the MEK haven't been thoroughly rooted out of the Iranian bureaucracy," says White. "I think they are without key sources in the Iranian government." In her February 2006 report on the laptop documents, the Post's Linzer said CIA analysts had originally speculated that a "third country, such as Israel, had fabricated the evidence." They eventually "discounted that theory," she wrote, without explaining why. Since 2002, new information has emerged indicating that the MEK did not obtain the 2002 data on Natanz itself but received it from the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. Yossi Melman and Meier Javadanfar, who co-authored a book on the Iranian nuclear program last year, write that they were told by "very senior Israeli Intelligence officials" in late 2006 that Israeli intelligence had known about Natanz for a full year before the Iranian group's press conference. They explained that they had chosen not to reveal it to the public "because of safety concerns for the sources that provided the information." Shahriar Ahy, an adviser to monarchist leader Reza Pahlavi, told journalist Connie Bruck that the detailed information on Natanz had not come from MEK but from "a friendly government, and it had come to more than one opposition group, not only the mujahideen." Bruck wrote in the New Yorker on Mar. 16, 2006 that when he was asked if the "friendly government" was Israel, Ahy smiled and said, "The friendly government did not want to be the source of it, publicly. If the friendly government gives it to the US publicly, then it would be received differently. Better to come from an opposition group." Israel has maintained a relationship with the MEK since the late 1990s, according to Bruck, including assistance to the organization. in beaming broadcasts by the NCRI from Paris into Iran. An Israeli diplomat confirmed that Israel had found the MEK "useful," Bruck reported, but the official declined to elaborate.
Iran’s independence and sovereignty ???
by Darius Kadivar on Fri Apr 11, 2008 01:31 PM PDT//iranian.com/main/singlepage/2008/nefrin-nameh
Indeed Soraya, Indeed ...