(Persian Dutch Network) – On Saturday, 27th Aug. 2011, supporters of the Islamic regime of Iran, organized a gathering in The Hague. Most of the attenders were from Arab countries, not Iran, and most of the slogans were in Arabic, not in Persian.
The organizers were hanging a big photo of Ayatollah Khomeini, leader of 1979 Islamic revolution in Persia [Iran] who ordered the execution of more than 3000 political prisoners in 1988.
Being allowed to held this gathering in front of Dutch parliament was quite surprising for many Dutch-Persians. They believed the gathering “supports the terrorists in Tehran”. Some people even talked to the police in The Hague and expressed their disappointment.
More than 32,000 Persians live in The Netherlands and most of them have fled from their country because socio-political restrictions. Currently in Iran, many political/social activists and journalist are in jail and during the peaceful pro-freedom demonstrations in 2009 many were arrested, tortured and killed in Iranian prisons.
SOURCE: PERSIAN DUTCH NETWORK (in English, Dutch and Persian)
