Iran Had a Democracy Before We Took It Away
Truthdig.com / Chris Hedges
23-Jun-2009 (3 comments)

I am no friend of the Iranian regime, which helped create and arm Hezbollah, is certainly meddling in Iraq, has persecuted human rights activists, gays, women and religious and ethnic minorities, embraces racism and intolerance and uses its power to deny popular will. But I do not remember Iran orchestrating a coup in the United States to replace an elected government with a brutal dictator who for decades persecuted, assassinated and imprisoned democracy activists. I do not remember Iran arming and funding a neighboring state to wage war against our country. Iran never shot down one of our passenger jets as did the USS Vincennes when in June 1988 it fired missiles at an Airbus filled with Iranian civilians, killing everyone on board. Iran is not sponsoring terrorism within the United States, as our intelligence services currently do in Iran. The attacks on Iranian soil include suicide bombings, kidnappings, beheadings, sabotage and "targeted assassinations" of government officials, scientists and other Iranian leaders. What would we do if the situation was reversed? How would we react if Iran carried out these policies against us?

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IRANdokht

Harf-e hessab

by IRANdokht on Tue Jun 23, 2009 01:08 AM PDT

"Iranians, as these street protests illustrate, have proved in recent years far more courageous in the defense of democracy than most Americans. Where were we when our election was stolen from us in 2000 by Republican operatives and a Supreme Court that overturned all legal precedent to anoint George W. Bush president? Did tens of thousands of us fill the squares of our major cities and denounce the fraud? Did we mobilize day after day to restore transparency and accountability to our election process? Did we fight back with the same courage and tenacity as the citizens of Iran? Did Al Gore defy the power elite and, as opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi has done, demand a recount at the risk of being killed?"  


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Dear Maryam

by IRANdokht on Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:14 AM PDT

I signed the petition that you included in your previous comment on the petition post.

Thank you for your comments

IRANdokht


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Maryam Hojjat

Thanks, IRANdokht

by Maryam Hojjat on Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:12 AM PDT

Excellent , truthful article about graetest power country in the world.

Payandeh IRAN & IRANIANS


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