Towards Freedom

I read in BBC

سایمون تیسدال در قسمتی از مقاله خود می نویسد که در عین حال این روزها شایعات تایید نشده ای شنیده می شود مبنی بر اینکه بانک های بریتانیایی تصمیم گرفته اند یک ممیز شش میلیارد دلار از حساب های بانکی به نام مجتبی خامنه ای، پسر آیت خامنه ای را مسدود کنند.

تیسدال می نویسد که چنانچه این موضوع حقیقت داشته باشد، احتمالا در افزایش میزان ناخرسندی مقامات عالی رتبه ایران در باره بریتانیا موثر بوده است.

Very good question

Stop these demonstrations. There is no real need for them. Stop violence and stop blaming others for everything. A country will improve with positive work and not with violence and disruption. Iran has some relative democracy because peopl worked and made it possible for a huge number of people to have Internet, cell phones and access to foreign news. Let's not destroy all of this in the name of a "freedom."

from: dailykos

just read part of a blog post from someone in Iran. She wrote the following words fully prepared to die at the hands of the Basij. They were posted on niacINsight, and translated from Farsi at a reader's request.

It is a prayer, a preparation.

Normally, I'm not one to post on the spur of the moment, but after reading her words... Well, read them yourself, and you'll understand.

I've searched Daily Kos for these words, but turned up nothing, so I'm assuming it hasn't been posted. If it has, I will gladly take down this diary.

Yasuragi's diary :: ::
"I will participate in the demonstrations tomorrow. Maybe they will turn violent. Maybe I will be one of the people who is going to get killed. I’m listening to all my favorite music. I even want to dance to a few songs. I always wanted to have very narrow eyebrows. Yes, maybe I will go to the salon before I go tomorrow! There are a few great movie scenes that I also have to see. I should drop by the library, too. It’s worth to read the poems of Forough and Shamloo again. All family pictures have to be reviewed, too. I have to call my friends as well to say goodbye. All I have are two bookshelves which I told my family who should receive them. I’m two units away from getting my bachelors degree but who cares about that. My mind is very chaotic. I wrote these random sentences for the next generation so they know we were not just emotional and under peer pressure. So they know that we did everything we could to create a better future for them. So they know that our ancestors surrendered to Arabs and Mongols but did not surrender to despotism. This note is dedicated to tomorrow’s children..."

//www.dailykos.com/story/2009/6/22/17413/2515...

You Are Right On Farah Jan....

Dear Farah, you are right on… it is not within the savage nature of this barbaric government to exit in a dignified manner.
They learned a great lesson from Shah…
what ever miscalculation he made in 1979; mullahs are trying not to make the same mistake.

Anonymous Irani I hope you are wrong

about "I am afraid that their sacrifices will end up in further suppression". I think at this stage it is almost impossible to predict what will happen - only time will tell. But I sure can wish and hope for a better outcome than what you predict.

Few points...

Imagine someone imprisoned in a cell with all doors close; once he notices a narrow opening through bars on a small window, he tries to squeeze himself out, probably in vain.

Mousavi is of the same cloth, but people who see their ship (aka, country) sinking are hanging to the only piece of floating wood that they can find; it may be a useless rotten wood, but a drowning person still reaches out for it.

Regime is too brutal, and there is absolutely no leader to lead people. I am afraid that their sacrifices will end up in further suppression. On the other hand, a deadly beast is better to be broken in half first before defeat; if rafsanjani succeeds to get rid of khamenei, the whole system may be weaknened. Obviously people are ahead of Mousavi, but there is no one to lead them and their efforts are way too scattered to be effective.

Rafsanjani claimed that they cheated in 2005 elections as well; apparently, first swapped AN with number 2 so AN would face rafsanjani in re-run, and then boosted AN's votes to succeed over rafsanjani.

I would not be surprised if this rigging of election has been going on ever since 1979, and since people never "got" it, they became bold this time and wanted to seal the deal without a re-run and got caught. IRI assumed that other candidates are insiders and would not complain about rigging, and people are idiots and would not get it. They were wrong.

I would not be surprised that even the 1979 vote for islamic republic (yes/no vote) was also rigged. Come to think of it, it was very weird to have only 2% of population side with monarchy or secular republic and vote "no". I bet it was rigged too.

she did not die in vain...

...at least, that's what i like to believe.

well said sbglobe. i'd like to echo your sentiments.

to david and rusta:

could it be possible that both of you may be right? at least partially? it may be true in a country that organized opposition is banned, those who were fed-up just needed a symbol, a focal point, to bring the people out in masses. even if that symbol was a false prophet. look, it's happened in iran before. although, there are many differences between khomeini and mousavi. for one, khomeini had a grass-root following and his organization made sure that he be visible throughout the 1979 uprising. mousavi came with a lot of baggage, made many misstatements in this short period of time as rusta points out one of them in this blog, and has failed to sustain this uprising. he has threatened to call for strikes if he is arrested. david, i know you question that threat as well.

the question is what happens when this so-called catalyst leaves the scene. it all seems that all those who are attached to the establishment (which covers every single political player) are waiting to see what kind of deals will be made behind closed doors.  while they're doing their wheeling and dealing, the masses are being brutalized.

even if none of the reformers and conservatives takes a bullet when it's all said and done, i can't deny the heroism and iconic chants of the young and the old that took to the street and showed the world a side of humanity that we all wish we possessed. whether it is her video when you hear "natars neda, natars" or when the unarmed protesters are chanting "natarsid, natarsid, ma hameh ba ham hastim" forever will be etched in my mind and i'm indebted to these brave souls. 

I am grateful to Iranian people on the streets

Neda’ death was unjust without any questions. As sad as most events have been since last Friday, please let’s not forgot all the good things that came out of these events - that is mainly Iranian’ image. What Iranian in Iran did in the last 10 days or so, we could not do in the last 30 years and that is to truly show who we are – that we ARE good people. When was the last time that they called Iranians brave? I want to thank all Iranians who are out on the street and fighting for our freedom. I am grateful! 

Neda's family's answer:

Like I said the goal is not Mousavi but the path. I don't need to answer what Neda's family think. Here is your answer: 

Caspian Makan, Neda Agha-Setan's fiancee, was interviewed by BBC Persia, noting that Neda would have turned 27 this year. "Neda's goal was not Mousavi or Ahmadinejad, it was her country and was important for her to fight for this goal," the BBC narrator says while introducing the segment. "She had said many times that if she had lost her life or been shot in the heart, which indeed what happened, it was important for her to continue in this path. Considering her young age she has taught a lesson to us all."

فاطی من فقط

فاطی

من فقط سوال کردم ، داوود خان پیش بینیش رو کرده بود فتواش هم صادر کرده خودشم تو همین کالیفرنی تشریف داره. حالا برو دختر دهنتو آب بکش.

FR

David ET: Please don't make me laugh - this is not funny

I take it that your knowledge of chemistry may not be something to shout about but you should be, I hope, able to read English. Did you read a couple of sentences into the definition of catalyst. Here is what it says:

Unlike other reagents that participate in the chemical reaction, a catalyst is not consumed by the reaction itself.

You don't need to be chemist to know the meaning of the above sentence. A catalyst does not react with the reagents (the compounds taking part in the reaction). Your choice of catalyst (God help me remain solemn) is part and parcel of the compounds, if not the root compound, taking part in this reaction.

Not you nor anyone lese, not even Mussavi, could imagine or predict  in their widest nightmare that the situation will develop into something like this. If you claim that you had anticipated that the situation will get bloody and there will be loss of life due to this election, then you have your share, as little as it may be, in the death of every single person who dies or has died. 

I have no beef with you in person but my beef is with those who in their blind zeal, well intended as it may have been, but blind nontheless, voted for the founding pillar of this regime and hoped that "enshaallah ke gorbeh khahad bood".

You and thousands like you will survive this crackdown and if the regime eventually collapses, after a bloody confrontation with the people, you will be the first to claim victory.

But try to explain this to Neda's and many more Nedas' parents not me.

FR

وای به وقتی که فاتی روستا امر جهادم دهد

بابا روستا فتوای جهاد داده. ایشان می گوید اسلحه دست بگیریم همگی و اینها را همه شان را بکشیم تا همه راحت شویم و آزاد شویم.

این هم سند این ادعا:

//iranian.com/main/blog/farah-rusta-3

خوب بد حرفی هم نمی زند. فقط سوال اینجاست که چرا خودش دست بکار نمی شود؟ این گوی و این میدان. از هر آژانسی می شود بلیط ایران خرید و رفت. کسی که شعار می دهد اول باید خودش عمل کند نه اینکه یک عده جوان بی گناه را به کشتن بده و خودش راحت در آمریکا بنشیند و از تلویزیون تماشا کند و پاپ کورن بخورد و وبلاگ بنویسد و دستور جهاد دهد تا بقیه جهاد کنند.

To Farah Rusta

I have tried to explain to you ever since I called for voting and even before the 4 candidates were approved but you just don't seem to get it that Mousavi and alike are/were not and have never been the ultimate goals but the only "available tools" to take us to the goal within the limits that we had and were provided.

May be if you read this , you may understand me better. The word is :

Catalyst: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalysis

The ingerdiants were there and once the catalysts were applied the results depsite all expectations actually created an erruption which showed even before the election day in form of green mass movement.

The funcations of history, society  and politics in fact follow the same scientific rules that apply to rest of nature!

I ask you to reconsider your positions with what you have seen and realize those of us who have always wanted secular republic were not voting for Mousavi but for means to change. Our ideals and gaols continue to remain the same even if at this stage we still support Mousavi since he is still more progressive than the regime ...until he runs out of steam and he will sooner or later and as long as he does stay WITHIN THE PATH , and with the position that he has , he should be supported.

To reach 10 you must count from 1 or you will always stay there. That is the 30 year error of some of the so called opposition .

Absolutism will not get us anywhere and it only divides us. Join this  "evolutionary movement" but not blindly instead of putting it down or putting down those who are or instead of standing in its way.

It is not about Moosavi

It is about respecting people willingness.

It is their right to vote for Moosavi or Kahroobi or somebody else and NOT for Ahmadi Nejad. Their right should be respected. Even if many people dont like their choice. It is Freedom.

Wake Up Farah Khanoom

Musavi Kiyeh?!! What are you talking about? The fight is for freedom and HAS NEVER BEEN FOR HIM. It is a fight to get rid of injustice and Geda Ali as the epitomy of injustice.  Get with the program my lady.  Musavi was just an excuse to detonate the anbaeh Baroot. Despite of his position, nobdy seriously considers him as the leader of this movement. People of Iran are way smarter than that. You need to inform yourself abit more and try to catch up. Otherwise, this wave will pass you like it did Khatami and Musavi.