It's time for Obama to support a UN rights monitor on Iran
Foreign Policy / Dokhi Fassihian
03-Sep-2010 (13 comments)

Over the past year, the Obama Administration has missed successive opportunities to bring real international pressure on the Iranian government to address the severe human rights crisis gripping the country. Instead, it has focused its political muscle on the singular objective of convincing Iran's leadership to stop nuclear enrichment. The result has been an almost cruel disregard for the plight of the Iranian people and their urgent need for international attention to their human rights situation. 

Since joining the UN Human Rights Council in June 2009, the United States has worked to address crises in places as diverse as Haiti, Honduras, Burma, Sudan, Guinea, Kyrgysztan, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Yet, since the Green uprising started last summer, not a single resolution has been presented by the United States or European states on the brutal repression taking place in Iran.

 

By November 2009, five thousand Iranians were in prison, hundreds tortured and raped, and dozens put on show trials and sentenced to death or long prison terms solely for their peaceful demands for free and fair elections. Iran's leading human rights defenders, including Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi, and over a hundred human rights organizations from each corner of the world, called urgently for the UN to increase its attention on the human rights situation in Iran. 

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Veiled Prophet of Khorasan

If US

by Veiled Prophet of Khorasan on Mon Sep 06, 2010 08:04 PM PDT

 

wants Iranians to focus on something other than nukes they should not ban trade. Specially trade in innocent things like rugs and nuts. If they ban normal trade all there is left is irrationality. I see no benefit out of banning rugs and nuts.


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Onlyiran

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by Onlyiran on Mon Sep 06, 2010 07:14 PM PDT

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Onlyiran

VPK Jaan

by Onlyiran on Sun Sep 05, 2010 09:20 PM PDT

You're correct in both comments.  The Israel red herring is becoming a ubiquitous presence in all of the known IRI agents on this site.  They even write blogs about it and single out certain users for attack--users who I guess annoy them the most.

As far as Obama, I think that he has had a pretty weak policy toward IRI rulers.  The sanctions are, and will be, ineffective and will hit the population hard in all kinds of ways, the most important of which will be higher prices for pretty much everything.  And of course, the threat of a war is not a good thing either, because it gives the IRI the excuse to further oppress the people (as if they need another excuse).  

I think that the best that the U.S. can do to help the people of Iran is to press on human rights front.  What is suggested in this article is a good start.  Making the IRI look like the lying, deceitful abuser that it is is always a good tactic.


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Veiled Prophet of Khorasan

Obama

by Veiled Prophet of Khorasan on Sun Sep 05, 2010 08:11 PM PDT

 

has a pretty ineffective foreign policy. He has managed to ban Persian rugs and pistachio nuts as of September 29th! This is the extent of his "pressure". Meanwhile IRI is getting all the oil revenue it needs to murder Iranians.

Meanwhile innocent merchants and farmers are going to get hit. To expect Obama to do any good for Iranians is a huge stretch. The major good thing about Obama is he is not Jimmy aka dhimmi Carter.


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Veiled Prophet of Khorasan

Israel

by Veiled Prophet of Khorasan on Sun Sep 05, 2010 08:07 PM PDT

 

is being brought up by IRI supporters on all occasions. They have nothing else to say. Like a recording they just play their program. That program is: Zionist ... blah; blah. Israel .. .. blah and nothing useful. It is the essense of their bankrupt idea.


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Onlyiran

You're right AO - I shouldn't waste my time on this yahoo

by Onlyiran on Sun Sep 05, 2010 08:03 PM PDT

and his two brain cells.  I'm just glad that I'm getting under their skin enough to be one of their favorite targets.  It makes me proud!!!


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Anonymous Observer

OI, What do you expect from a character called "IRI"?

by Anonymous Observer on Sun Sep 05, 2010 07:41 PM PDT

Do you expect honesty?  Do you expect an objection to human rights abuses?  Do you expect remorse for torture, murder and rape?  Do you expect remorse for 31 years of oppression?

What one should expect from them are threats, abuse, name calling, slander and diversion tactics, and this is exactly what you have with this character who, at least is honest enough to call himself "IRI". He truly IS IRI. He has nothing to say.  Three comments and all he has done is slandered you and talked about Israel.  Not a single word on the subject of the piece.  I don't think that pathetic is the right word to describe this clown. 

It shows how they operate.  As you pointed out below in your link, this is what they're calling Mousavi and Karoubi back in Iran.  Apparently, they are Israeli agents as well now.  karoubi, the former Majlis speaker, and Mousavi, a two term prime minister of the Islamic Republic are both Israeli agents.  Do you really expect them to not call you that when you post an article about human rights violations? Do I need to say anything more?

Keep up the good work and keep exposing these subhuman vermin. 


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thexmaster

It appears that the cyber Basijis have been trained

by thexmaster on Sun Sep 05, 2010 06:35 PM PDT

in the art of trolling.


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IRI

IsraelFirst don't act innocent

by IRI on Sun Sep 05, 2010 06:29 PM PDT

Too late for that. If you don't know who you are working for, you are even worse character than if you were getting paid.


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Onlyiran

YAWN.....IRI

by Onlyiran on Sun Sep 05, 2010 07:19 AM PDT

if you criticize the IRI you're an Israeli...you're an Israeli agent...Israeli, Israeli, Israeli....we connect everything to Israel...Mousavi and Karoubi are Israeli agents....YAWN...

PS-where did I get hurt?  I asked you to talk about the article and address your fantasies about Israel elsewhere.  Bomb away, my IRI friend.  Can I even help you with a one way ticket to Gaza to fight your good fight?  I offer that free ticket to all you Palestine Chest Beaters ("PCB").  Better to ship all you all there to fight your battles where you belong that leaving you in Iran to torture, murder and rape Iranians.   


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IRI

See how it feels OnlyIsrael

by IRI on Sun Sep 05, 2010 06:22 AM PDT

When you come here as an Israeli agent and talk about my country, see how you get hurt when someone talks about yours. Terrorists Israeli Zionists


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Onlyiran

You know "IRI", for a moment I was wondering why

by Onlyiran on Sat Sep 04, 2010 02:54 PM PDT

Israel was being brought up by you in an article that has nothing to do with it and that is solely about human rights in Iran.  But then I realized that I was dealing with "IRI" and just in line with IRI (the regime that you represent) everything that you don't like has to be related to Israel somehow to deflect attention from the regime's crimes against humanity.  Kind of like here:

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Now, you want to advocate bombing Israel, be my my guest.  Write a million blogs about it.  See if any real Iranian gives a s##t. But this piece is about human rights in Iran.  Either offer an opinion on the subject or take a hike.  We know your tricks.  It ain't gonna work here.  


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IRI

Best way to deal with ME

by IRI on Sat Sep 04, 2010 10:03 AM PDT

is a surgical strike on Israel. Pure and simple and problems solved.


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