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فقط براي گول زدن مردم است

گذشته هرچهار نامزد نشان ميدهد كه همه ذوب در ولايت هستند و فرقي باهم ندارند. فرض بر اينكه برنامه هايي هم داشته باشند – كه فقط براي گول زدن مردم است – مگر خاتمي بعد از هشت سال رياست جمهوري نگفت كه رئيس جمهور فقط يك تداركاتچي ميباشد, مگر وي چندين بار نگفت كه هرگونه تغير در قانون اساسي ولايت فقيه خيانت است. با ولايت مطلقه فقيه كدام برنامه؟ مگر فرقي دارد كه چه كسي انتخاب – بخوانيد انتصاب – شود. برنامه كلي اين نظام آمريكا ستيزي در سياست خارجي و فلسطين محوري در داخل است..

Hamsade, so you're saying...

that you have discovered there's variety of opinions about IRI on this site, and since some contributors have certain opinions, pro or con, then they must be "PR" agents "mixed among us"?!!!

BTW, I have yet to see anyone claim he/she is "impartial", especially when they are discussing the IRI and the elections in Iran. It would be quite silly to claim impartiality discussing politics! Maybe you're a rare breed, if you're claiming that.

hamsade ghadimi

I haven't seen those web sites, but thanks for the clarification about this one.

I know on consumer product sites (let's say for digital cameras for example), there are marketing people from digital camera companies who come in on the forums and "push" for their cameras under regular user names. I actually know some of their ways too, and actually, I've seen the same ways used on this site for arguing certain political points. Now whether that is a coincidence remains to be seen, but I would say people who sometimes qualify/label others as paid agents aren't exactly paranoid. Although when they label me as an agent it's a different story... :-)

In any case, I think we have so many gullible characters/personality types among us that the IR (or other political entities) won't really need to pay people to do their publicity on web sites like this! If they do, they're probably not doing too well actually, and they know it!

Cheers.

parham

no, i don't think this site is a front.  but i think iri's public relations campaign includes its representatives posing as impartial authors, experts, and commentators on western media.  in other words, their agents are mixed amongst us and pretend iran is a pluralistic democracy or that they (the commentators) represent women's point of view (obviously one of the most oppressed segment of today's society in iri).  this is in addition to the "impartial" websites that they have created to generate their propaganda such as iran-interlink.org or irandidban.com (among many other).

hamsade ghadimi, on the side

So you think this web site is a frontman of the IR?

the Minimal Solution

Any totalitarian reime may victimize some of cronies, stooges, collaborators, and even a number of its founders to rescue the whole. This regime also is not an exception an dhas done the same with some its members. The demand of an extra commission to shed light on the crimes of 88 is not an impossible step of this regime once facing a risk of collapse. This regime represents a belief system which has historically created inevitably rimes, destruction, backwardness, and un-reformability. The only solution is to avoid any compromise with the regime in any form and condition, starting with a boycott of their show elections.

anche ke ayan ast, che hajat be bayan ast...

the only thing this regime has improved on during the past 30 years is their intricate web of deceit: creation of hundreds of phony political parties, illusion of reform-minded politicians, using slick front-men as political analysts, authors, experts and commentators in western media (including this site!).  who would have thought that mousavi, the original prime minister, khamenei's crony in the past 30 years would be passed as a "reformer?"  all means are justified to preserve one end, their stronghold in iran.

We don't need just a new

We don't need just a new face in office. When I heard Mr. Mousavi said in his interview, "brother Rafsanjani" and criticized Ahmadinejad's economic policies, that was a red flag to me. At least Ahmadinejad tried to stand up against the rich criminals and didn't call them brothers. And most of Ahmadinejad's economic failures have been as the result of the reaction of rich criminals in challenging Ahmadinejad, using their power and money to create inflation to make Ahmadinejad look bad.

When Mr. Musavi spoke about himself, khomeini and cigarette price increase, I thought it was a sad joke. That was another red flag. Still these are nothing compare to negative or neutral positioning with respect to human rights in the past 30 years.
Speaking of their past will show what the future holds.

I just say these because we should and can do better, not for kissers, spies and traitors like HATEIRI or BBC's Mullah or Anonymous^2 to take advantage of them.

If majority of voters elected a president from these four, that is the end of the story for me and national security comes first. If we do not like it, we have four years to change people opinion for the next election and organize and try to nominate others with proven record, not raging war with government. This is the right and democratic approach.

These criminals have already

ruled over dumb Iranians during the past 30 years. Both Mousavi and Karroubi have been in the position of leadersheep several times. What makes you think this time they will rule any differently than before...

When is the dumb people of Iran going to wake up?

Hey Obama, when are your going to order the bombing of the Islamic Republic? Faster please!

To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before ... ;0)

Voting Process in the IRI is like Space ... 

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NPbpKyal_U&feature...

They should be reminded that its a Dangerous Job ;0)

If Only it had happened in North Korea instead ... Poor Fellow ;0(

South Korea stunned by Roh's suicide

South Koreans have expressed deep shock at the apparent suicide of former president Roh Moo-hyun, who was under investigation for alleged corruption.

Indeed, WILL not forget !

Mr. Bagher Zadeh,

As the author of some of the more coherent articles on this site, I find myself in agreement again with the gist of your argument. However, your argument stops short of demanding justice for the genocidal behavior of the Islamic regime. Specifically, I find the following statement in your article quite objectionable:

ولی این‌ها واقعیت است و نمی‌توان آن‌ها را فراموش كرد و

نادیده گرفت. اشاره به آن‌ها هم به معنای آن نیست كه آقایان كروبی و موسوی را از مسببان این قتل عام بشناسیم و یا آن‌گونه كه مثلا آقای دكتر ملكی خواسته آنان را به «دادگاه رسیدگی به جنایت علیه بشریت» بكشانیم

First, I would like to know, on what basis are you forgiving these individuals (Mousavis and Karrubi) from their possible guilt and responsibilities regarding the genocide of the 1980s, and therefore, denying justice to the tens/hundreds of thousands of survivors of these murders ?

Next, I would like to remind you of the International Criminal Court Statute that was adopted at a diplomatic conference in Rome on 17 July 1998 and it entered into force on 1 July 2002. Although not ratified by the IRI, but the Islamic Republic is a signatory to this treaty. The Rome Statute defines Crimes Against Humanity as follows:

"…..are particularly odious offences in that they constitute a serious attack on human dignity or grave humiliation or a degradation of one or more human beings. They are not isolated or sporadic events, but are part either of a government policy (although the perpetrators need not identify themselves with this policy) or of a wide practice of atrocities tolerated or condoned by a government or a de facto authority. Murder, extermination, torture, rape, political, racial, or religious persecution and other inhumane acts reach the threshold of crimes against humanity only if they are part of a widespread or systematic practice. Isolated inhumane acts of this nature may constitute grave infringements of human rights, or depending on the circumstances, war crimes, but may fall short of falling into the category of crimes under discussion."

Per above definition, every state sponsored murder and acts of brutality within IRI with special circumstances, and certainly all the political murders of the 1980s falls within this category: Crimes Against Humanity. Please tell us why such an interpretation is, or may not be, feasible by any competent judge at the Hague Court, or anywhere else ? Issuing warrants for the arrest of the entire Islamic Republic cadre does not equate to a guilty verdict for their crimes against humanity. It merely puts the burden of proof on these individuals to defend themselves and clarify the degree of their involvement in these crimes at a competent tribunal such as the Hague court. This process will reveal the facts and details surrounding these crimes and will determine the level of responsibility for each individual associated with the crimes.

Moreover, a separate tribunal is also needed to underline and reveal the extent of criminal damage this cadre of ideologues have inflicted on a nation and generations of their people. And that can only be fair!

جنایات ٣٠ ساله

جنایات ٣٠ ساله نظام منحصر به قتل عام ٦٧ نیست و لیست ان اتمام ناپذیر نیست. قتل عام کردهای ایران در اوایل انقلاب و دلایل شروع جنگ ایران و عراق و ٨ ساله شدن ان و قتلهای زنجیری و زندانی و شکنجه زندانیان سیاسی و فساد مالی رفسنجانی و اعتیاد و فقر و فساد و و و و و و٠٠٠٠٠ درخت از بنیان پپوسیده است و برکندن ان تنها راه باقی مانده است.

مشکل دیگر

این که بیشتر مردم قائدتاً دستشان آمده که اینها همگی سر و ته یک کرباسند٫
از همه ساده تر و بدون احتیاج به اینهمه موشکافی٫

Dear Mr. Bagher Zadeh,what an excellent article you have written

Dear Mr. Bagher Zadeh, what an excellent article you have written.  You have written about claims of some presidential candidates

and what role they had or did not have in 1367 executions. I like your balanced approach. 

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