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khoda lanat koneh harchi

khoda lanat koneh harchi akhondeh va harki ke akhond ha ro support mikoneh! ma mellateh IRAN key mikhahim adam beshim va harchi akhond o bekoshim va hozeh elmiyaro atish bezanim????????? Key???? NEVER!!! why??? chon ma mellateh Iran, akhond parast hastim, az bi savad ta tahsil kardamon, az dahati ta shahrimon, akhond parast hastim!!!!

I only have one thing to say about this

MARG BAR IRI!

Way too long, Cameron

I hope you realize people do not read long blocks. Please make your responses shorter and break up the blocks into small paragraphs. That way it's not a CHORE to read your words.

I disagree with a whole of what you say. For instance, you think the IRI is much more than they are. If America wanted to destroy them in a week it could, by putting a gasoline blockade around Iran. The mullahs would shit in their pants and they know it. Iran would grind to a halt. That's all I have to say now because there's too much I disagree with you. And I rather have a "psuedo-nationalist" in charge of Iran than a sheepisho akhund, period!

To BBc's Mulah

Pakistan – so far – has been in the hands of the Americans (from Musharaf to B. Buttho (an impressive lady with much charisma, who was soft spoken and you could see she is highly intelligent - married to Mr. 10%!)  and thus and ally to both the US and Israel.  It is only recently that due to the idiotic move of Bush (and continued by Obama) disturbing the hornet’s nest in northern Pakistan (with constant aerial attack killing civilians) that the Taliban has managed to capitalize on the anger of the tribal lords in that region, expanding their power from Afghanistan and virtually BE all over Pakistan.  These poeple are all related to each other  and many of them Pattans  (have you ever met a pattan???   I hope you never will) …  They have infiltrated the Pakistani army and intelligence and sooner or later will swarm that country - if not totally taking over.  As it stands now, the only place that are intact is Lahore and Islamabad.  Don’t believe the mainstream media reporting that 100 and 1000 there of the militants are killed.  It is a bunch of lies - mostly it is about civilians being killed - creating more militants - which also explains the wave of refugees fleeing, estimated to be around a million people!!!
So, so far Pakistan has not been part the equation that I mentioned above.  The development mentioned above is very recent.  As the matter of fact, the Israelis are getting jitters about it already now.
You think IRI is an extremist regime …  well then welcome to TALIBAISTAN!!!

Second of all IRI getting nuclear weapons is not a game changer for Iran's domestic issues affecting a change of regime.  IRI will be stronger in the region, and use its nukes as a leverage.  One of the outcomes will be that there will be no external pressure on Iran anymore -  not militarily anyway and not to same extend.  There will be a change in the most pressing issues such as economic sanctions, and military threats no less existential threats such as changing the name of Persian Gulf.  Guess what all this will result in?  Well more economic exchange and better life for the average Iranian.  More academic, scientific and cultural exchange etc.  all of which will contribute to the empowerment of our nation and people.
I say it is too late because in every single analysis and report it is clearly mentioning that IF IRI wants, it can develop nuclear weapons.  As the matter of fact, they all indicate that the surest way to have an Iran armed with nukes is to attack it, as Iran will withdraw from NPT, and race towards producing nukes.  Latest estimate about such scenario is around six months before Iran has nuclear missiles.  The carries (missile technology exists in Iran – as OMID showed it to the whole world) and they already have mastered the enrichment cycle.  This is just looking at it from a logical way - a 2+2 kinda thing.  But there has also been numerous reports that iran is sitting on Nukes already.   Around a dozen of nuclear missiles disappeared at the time of the soviet disintegration.  No one knows where 5-6 of them has ended up.  This is also confirmed y a colleague of mine who was an advisor to the Canadian military.
IRI is NOT struggling to survive.  Au contraire, they are cementing their power.  They have been reinforcing their power since the war with Iraq ended in late 80s.  The latest invasion of Iraq, Bush’s extremist forging policy, alienating Latin America pushing it towards countries like Iran, Russia and China, removal of Saddam and the Taliban (at least for the first 3-4 years), sky rocketing oil prices for about a year, their grip on the Iraqi government (Basra is called ‘Little Tehran’ …  and I am not even talking about Najaf, Baghdad and the political echelon in Iraq -  most of them trained in Iran during Saddam), ineffective sanctions, technological advancement in Iran  and many other factors have made IRI stronger.  The latest?   Obama’s so called extended olive branch!
To remove IRI is ONLY possible (in my humble opinion) through gradual and radical empowerment of our people. Flow of knowledge, technology and better economic situation for our people.  IRI will never let go of power; even If they have to stay until the very last moment use every single soul of the brainwashed Basijis, last drop of oil, last bullet, they will hold on.
You cannot bring down IRI through force.  If that was possible, US had done it long ago.  They tried and failed miserably in many ways, from encouraging a colored revolution (as they did in Ukraine) to push the regime off the cliff economically, to demonizing Iran, and of course not to forget …  NEVER to forget the imposed war through Iraq.  The akhunds are master chess players.
Again and agiain I assert my view that if want a free Iran with a government that truly is an agent of Iranians, we need to first empower our people, then to slowly infiltrate the IRI – not as political agents as then we all will be hanged or pushed aside – but as scientists, academics, artists, and in all other domains of the society …  investing in Iran, starting NGO’s etc.   WE NEED TO BECOME PART OF IRAN again.  Cuz as long as WE ‘Meydoon ro khali konim’ the IRI will remain.  Let’s focus on building IRAN from its foundation first.   Knowledge, education … let’s have a people which is confident and enlightened that not only IRI but no other despot could ever fool them or gain power of them.  It is a long term strategy I know …  but if you don’t want Iran to turn into a graveyard, if you don’t want Iran to be more and more trenched an Abrahamic religion (Islam), then there is no other way.
There is a lack of leadership here -  but most importantly a lack of followership. 
Even if we had authentic leadership working for Iran and Iranians, leadership without somewhat enlightened followers will not be much of help and we will again fall back under the hands of pseudo-nationalists, or another IRI or something even worse.
We have all left the battle field and hope for someone else to fix it for us.  No wonder MKO could still be around and ask to be removed from terrorist list in UK and EU.  No wonder still today, after all that we have seen Monarchist believe that they once again can come back.  And no wonder IRI is so strong in Iran.  We have all acted like wimps who fled …  or like ‘Bache Ghahroo’ didn’t want to be part of the game anymore -  ME INCLUDED!

Only groups such as MKO and Monarchists would not mind foreign intervention.   Shah was brought back to Iran twice by foreign powers and MKO a lackey of Saddam.
I for one denounce such strategy.
We cannot continue blaming other for our misery and it is high time that WE Iranians – all of us -  inside and outside- start taking an interest and part in the governance of Iran.
But first – as I have said it a million times before -  we HAVE TO ward off foreign threat.  Whether it is from Pakistan in the hands of the Taliban, or Israel, or US or anyone else.

We also must ward off any cultural and national attack on us.   Whether it is from Hollywood, or Arab countries trying to change the name of Persian gulf, or careless emotional people who produce videos such as this one here in this blog.
If you or I or anyone else really wants to do something, then DO it in a way that can have long lasting effects.  Again knowledge is power.
But you know …  the beauty with these discussions here is that we start to think … 
So my compliments to JJ.
I hope I have answered your questions.
PS.  our current situation is very complex and things cannot be viewed from a mathematical point of view …  such IRI is bad, IRI more powerful with nukes, so nukes is bad.  There are many nuances in this situation and many twists.
 

Cameron

You write:

"If Israel attacks Iran it is to prevent any other nation to gain nuclear weapons in the region - a clear game-changer. But they know and everybody else knows that is too late."

First of all, another nation already has nukes in the region: Pakistan. Secondly, you seem to imply that it is OKAY with you if the mullahs get their hands on nukes. Is that true? Do you really want the mullahs to have a life insurance policy, because we all know this is not about nuclear energy.

Lastly, you claim that it's too late and everybody knows this??? Do you know something we don't? Last I checked, every intelligence agency places Iran one to five years away from acquiring the "know-how" let alone the bombs.

Again, I think you're way too sensitive on this issue. And if you really despise the mullahs, your posts do not appear that way, I'm sorry to say. Please do NOT confuse Iran's welfare with the mullah's welfare. What could be good for the mullahs is almost NEVER good for Iran. Remember that. The country of Iran does NOT need nuclear weapons! The mullahs do!!!

That's because they're in a life and death struggle to survive as a beastly entity and nuclear weapons ensures their beastly survival (so they think)! They also want to expand their rule! In short, they want to create an empire in the middle east, and that's not in the interests of the Iranian people, so why would any rational patriotic Iranian advocate the nuclear cause of the turbaned terrorits in Tehran???

Cameron,

I agree with you.

My earlier comment about "Iran will be attacked" as excessive and exaggerated it seemed, it was merley intended to warn and wake and not to scare people!

With all due respect to you and all my fellow countrymen and women, we must accept the fact that due to our own passiveness (in our own era), in some apparent and deliberate ways, we have let terrible things to happen to us as individuals, communities and the nation and our country as a whole!

We love to put the blame alone on others (U.S., the western powers and etc.) for our own shortcomings and serious lack of courage collectively.

We like to not take things seriously enough and worse, mock and make a joke out of them instead...

Well, geuss what? We have lost our country to the EVIL I.R. !!! Note: I am not a Shahi but that poor guy looked and acted like an angle compare to the Evil. I.R.

Now, The main question is how can we convince the Western powers and the whole world that attacking our MOTHERLAND and killing innocent people is not the right thing even if that means the entire Evil I.R. will be defeated and disappear!

Evil I.R. and its psychotic rulers and officials want to end more than 2500 years of Iranian civilization and identity once and for all by intentionally creating an inevitable attack by foreign powers against us! That is a very very serious threat to all of us!!!!!!

We have no more time to be passive and worse make a joke out of it anymore!

Think, Decide and Act NOW!

May GOD bless Iran, Iranians and the entire Peaceful world.

Dear Iranian-concerned - Please DON’T

 please don’t scare people.   Now I am confused to which one I am addressing this to – the real one (Reza) or the fake one.In any event …  First of all it is not yet sure that Iran will be attacked.  The danger is there and very tangible, but nothing is sure.  Russia for one will not sit silent.  Iran is of the most strategic importance to Russia.  They lost Iran once (after the WWII) and they will never commit the same mistake again.  They already showed that they will not back down in the ‘Georgia war/incident’.Russia has thousands of engineers and technicians placed in Iranian nuclear site.  Any one of them killed, by an attack of Israel, it would virtually be a declaration of war.Secondly, even if Iran is attacked it does not mean that the game is over.   Unless Israel uses its arsenal of nuclear weapon on our major cities (which would be total suicide), their aerial attack will not break Iran’s back – even if mini-nukes are used.  There is too much on stake here.Studying various analysis of such attack clearly shows that nothing can be taken for granted at this point and the outcome of such an attack is way too hard to predict.And my friend a lost battle is not the same as losing the war.I agree with you that IRI and in particular AN’s rhetoric has put Iran in danger.  But Israel never needed any excuse to be aggressive.  Their whole short history of 6 decades has proven that.  If Israel attacks Iran it is to prevent any other nation to gain nuclear weapons in the region -  a clear game-changer.  But they know and everybody else knows that is too late.Nevertheless an attack on Iran will be devastating for all sides and I pray to God that it will never happen.What WE need to do is as a community is that we show to the world that an attack on Iran is going to have all of us in fire and rage and none of us (hopefully) will swallow such atrocity. 

Cameron jaan,

Now you truly showed your gentleman-ness and true self my fellow countryman...

Now I understand and I am also sorry for going a little over board about your earlier comment!

After all we are all human and Iranian and want the best for Iran and Iranian... (not to mention the entire world)

Keep up the good work and stay positive...

Truth, Freedom and Justice shall prevail...

Best wishes,

Reza

Dear REAEL Iranian-concerned.

 As you pointed out yourself, what I wrote was obviously not directed at you since your sign-in name was hijacked.For what is worth, you should perhaps look at what was written to me originally.  Now, I can take anything about myself and what names they call me but when this ‘FALSE’ Iranian-concerned crossed the limit, I had to precipitate.Thank you for your suggestion of alternative beverages but I keep to my coffee.Cameron

Dear "Cameron A. Batmanghlich",

I´m sure you are committed and dedicated writer, suffering a lot because of the IRI and therefore doing this all for the best reason. This is something I appreciate. That doesn´t mean that I approve your acting or agree with your opinions.

It is not to you to insult someone with words like it comes from someone like you who is not even Iranian. Who do you think you are? God? Only because you are a passionate Iranian it´s not your job to decide who is Iranian and who not.

Besides, this is a typically Iranee-bazee, blaming others for eveything, being (self-)opinionated and showing latent nationalism. If Khuzestan, Baluchestan, Kurdestan and Azerbaijan want to separate, why not? Who are you to control different societies? You want a free country but you force others to live the way you want to live? Preaching abstinence whilst drink wine is not gentleman-like.

Concerned Iranian!!! and Cameron Batman...

Dear Concerned Iranian,

I have written many posts here and for so long...

Now you, by using my ORIGINAL Anonymous name here, you have indirectly subjected me and my mother to Mr. Batman's very polite metaphores about mothers, whores, pimps,molestations and so on here as a well! (LOL) So please next time kindly choose another "Anonymous" name so at least one us(me) could be spared from such in depth and kind words raining down on us, Thank you... :-)

Dear Cameron Batman,

I'm glad you had your coffee so you can perhaps understand a little better!

Sir, have you looked at yourself and your beautiful photo posted here as in depth and as long as you took the time to answer back and insult people, their mothers and families? Your foul mouth/ writing here is truly beyond despicable Sir and doesn't make you look any better than any Evil I.R. supporter out here and there!

You started a post to attract attention to your disturbed self and succeeded in receiving few negative responses, Bravo... Apparently you enjoy this psychotic back and forth responses and get a false self gratification! Your sick mind and ego is not capable of civilized communication and true consciousness!

Please PROMISE US ALL NOT to write any such insults again or at least know that we do NOT consider your insulting views and comments of any value and we don not take you as seriously as YOU TAKE YOURSELF!

You have got way to go to even become a civilized individual let alone a true human being javan...

Meanwhile, stay away from coffee in the evening, take your chill pills and stick to Camomile tea instead...

heart wrenching

powerful clip that bring tears to eyes, when you watch those young women and men being brutalized, victimized and MURDERED. Absolutely no justification for this, the sheer magnitude of the crimes by this regime  blows ones mind away. 

Ideology aside, whom ever even attempts to whitewash this atrocity is committing crime against Iran. How can a human being watch the terror on the face of that young woman and not flinch? How can a human being justify that with any ideology? This is not an ideology, this is blatant crime and brutality.

It is one thing to be brutal with a combatant enemy, totally different thing to be this sadistic with your own brothers and sister. These people, these so called religious criminal are lower than animals. My God even animals are not this cruel about their pray, let alone about their own kind.

Sorry people but calling these genocidal criminals an animal is disrespect to mother nature.

-YT

Cameron

I think you're being a little over-sensitive (probably due to films like "300"), as such, I think you're "off" on your thinking here. Watch the clip again. It's not as bad as you think. But you're also not really giving us any substance as to "how" you would remove the Taliban in Tehran. You say that's your objective, but you're very short on specifics.

And I think a lot of people exaggerate the complications of the immediate aftermath of a mullah-free Iran. It won't be like Iraq because Iraq is not a real country, neither is Afghanistan, both of which were created in the 19th and 20th centuries by the British colonial pen.

The only thing possibly worse than the akhunds in Iran is perhaps the MEK, and no one really believes they're relevant in Iran anymore, not after their act of monumental betrayal during the Iran-Iraq war. That was political suicide. And they deserve it, as they were the foot soldiers of the UK/US (wink, wink) "Islamic" revolution.

And if you ask me, if the akhunds had not been up to their eyeballs in creating chaos in Iraq during the last 6 years, then the whole experience would not have been as horrific. All the suicide bombings in restaurants, coffee houses and mossques, the akhunds were financing and arming BOTH the Sunnis and the Shiites, so as to bleed the US and the Iraqis in Iraq and save their own filthy rear-ends in Iran.

It didn't matter to them one bit that they were slaughtering innocent Iraqi women and children in the process of saving their own decrepit skin.

Yes, the war was a terrible idea and terribly executed, and NO ONE wants that for our tortured homeland, but the mullahs are just as culpable and responsible, if not more, for the manufactured chaos in the aftermath of the Iraq invasion.

It's time for the end of the mullacracy in Iran! Thirty brutal years is FAR more than enough! The end-game MUST start NOW!

So, STAY HOME ON SHAM "ELECTION" DAY
AND HUMILIATE THE MULLAHS!!!

As promised here is my reply to you all … one by one.

 Jeez this is gonna be a long one …  ok here it comes . I will reply to you all one by one by the order you posted your comments.

First is Concerned Iranian.

I do apologize for writing something with the view point that the ALL the readers were blessed with normal intelligence and the ability to read a piece, analyze it and not taking things out of context -  and by doing so overlook your handicap.  And so I will rephrase it. I was comparing our history depicted in this video, where we were presented as poor illiterate savages, who deserved nothing than to be a ‘nokar’ for the foreigners, ordering us around with his pipe in his mouth and that the only reason these sub-humans got attention was the oil.  I compared the Iran then (beginning of the century) with the US and other countries such as Sweden at the same time.They progressed.  Sure they did.  Why wouldn’t they?  While benefiting from the work of slaves, grabbing land etc. they progressed.  They also were left alone at their home country (The US that is).  Now as far as other industrialized nations such as Britain, France, Germany etc. goes …  open any history book and read their history from 1100 century and you may have an answer why they are here today and you would not be so proud about their achievements anymore. Now, today we are here because of our past.  Khomeini and IRI got power because of the state our population was at.  But also because of interference of other powers.   The day Reza Khan got himself the Nazi’s as a best friend, was the day Iran became a real target.  Post war Soviet as threat and Iran’s strategic location did the rest.My point here was and still is that IRI must be removed.  But not through another revolution, and for sure not through the intervention of a foreign power.  The more we hang out our dirty laundry at YOUTUBE the more demonized and dehumanized we become.  This is very dangerous in a time where the stakes in the geopolitics is running high and Iran being caught in the middle and as the matter of fact a determining factor in who will have the edge in the future.  If IRI gives in now, our country will be cut into pieces, bombed into the stoneage, and if you think that what we see today is bad, then you will change your mind.Let me give you an example that perhaps you can relate to.  Let say that your mother was whore living with her boyfriend of a pimp in the house of that your father had built, who would beat you and molest you.  And let say that you lived in a time (say 100 years ago) where bastards and whores had no rights.  At the same time you had a house that the bully in town wanted (the house that your father – whoever it was had built).  Now what would you do?   Go out and tell everyone that you are a bastard and your mother a whore and that her boyfriend beats you day in day out just so that you could get a mob and get rid of him …  and the same time give the bully the perfect excuse to run the pimp out of the house but instead of giving it to you, the bully would enter your home replace the pimp, and not only take the house but rape your mother day in day out and beat you and make you his little slave?I hope this language is more at your level and thus helps you to understand what I meant.    

To Anonyed,

Thank you for your concern ... but somehow I get the feeling that you need much more information before entering a debate that has taken such course.   Wish you all the best.

 To Benyamin,

Thank you for your respectful note.Iran at this point and at best can hope for a level of decency in the future.  Achieving what has been achieved in the western world with their gradually developed humanitarian and secular culture is not a realistic goal for us at this point, when we are ruled by a bunch of fanatics who would beat you bloody because you like to have this or that hairstyle or sip on your wine or stone you to death because you have a different sexual orientation or  … or … It is a commendable goal.  I also agree that if we aim for the stars maybe we can reach the treetops.  But setting unrealistic goals will fail us miserably.  I think the rush for secularizing the Iranian society by Pahlavi’s when Reza khan’s soldiers and police would beat women who would wear chador, when we had nightclubs in front of Masjeds etc. has proven that to us.So gradual but radical change is the way forward.And yes it is about Israel and other nations who have plans for us.  Iran is under threat.  I keep saying this over and over again.  External threat.  We are still crying and have our blood boiling when thinking about what Arabs did to us 1400 years ago.  Do we want to see this happen again?  Do we want our cities bombed?  Do we want Khuzestan, Baluchestan, Kurdestan and Azerbaijan separated?  I think not.IRI at this time and for the past 30 years has proven to be one of the most cruel, destructive governments of Iran, uprooting everything that we held dear.  It has ruined us culturally and spiritually, economically.  I am sure I don’t need to go on describing what they have done and still do.But if we fail to see and understand that at this point in time they are in Iran and hold the power and will never let go even if they had to drag the country into ruins, then we are mistaking.  The only way you can confront and change this regime is to uproot their support in Iran through disturbing their manipulative and indoctrinating machinery.BUT NOT NOW. Not now that Netanyahu can’t contain himself to attack.  Not when with the slightest success in the coming surge in Afghanistan the US would get embolden, not when according to numerous reports, the Talibans are cementing their power in Pakistan and sooner or later will sit on those nukes.Not when the chips of the current power struggle between China and Russia on one hand and US and EU on the other hand has not fallen down.We need to choose the time right. By posting such humiliating video clips that are absolutely one-sided we promote another ‘Without my daughter and another 300’ with our very own hands.Imagine the way we will be looked at when we show all our dirty laundry to the world …  and for what?Do we really think that UK, US, Russia, China or any other power is there to help the Iranian nation to gain their freedom and pave the way for our progress???   Are we out of our minds?  So then what is the purpose?It is time that WE, Iranians inside and outside take our destiny in our hands and change it without outside interference.This video clip causes more shame, feeling of humiliation and curbs Iranians’ opportunities outside.  Racism is bad as it is already.  We don’t need to add fuel on the fire.   

 To JJ

Although much of what I wanted to say in response to your question has already been said in my reply above, I still feel that I owe you the courtesy to directly address your question.JJ Jan you are a media man.  You know the power of media, you know how it can be used constructively and destructively.  You also have access to the latest news, analysis and potential scenarios of what can happen to Iran.All our hearts are bleeding.  God knows what I have witnessed when it comes to Iranians in various parts of the world.  Young women and men prostituting, being beaten, insulted, discriminated against …  and I am not even talking about the real poor souls stuck in Iran under that murderous regime.But WE KNOW ALL THIS.What else is there to highlight?  We know that there is not one single crime against humanity that IRI has not committed against our people.  We know that they have ruined our economy and we know that while many in Iran can’t even dream of having meat one a month, Rafsanjani’s son has his own floor at Burj Al Arab in Dubai.  This video has its title as 100 years.  Where do you see any achievement of the Iranians here?  Where do you see any glimpse of the history of Iranians reaching heights aboard for the past 30 years?  Who do you think is going to watch this on YOUTUBE? JJ you know what is going on today.  You know that had the US and its allies succeeded even in one of their campaigns (either in Iraq or Afghanistan) Iran had been the next target.  This video has several purposes.  One is to agitate us more and play on our emotions so that one day we turn around and say ‘Har ki biyad za in kesafatha behatare’ and who will that ‘Harki’ be?  Pahlavi? MKO or how about a military junta or god forbid all the so called intellectuals who would form a government!  I have time after time held this position that when there is an external existential threat we need to ward that off first.Iran is NOT ready for another revolution and besides, IRI will never let go of power unless Iran is utterly ruined and there would be nothing for them to hold on to or to gain.The way forward is change within.  Gradual but radical …  slowly but solidly and WE CAN DO THIS.  We can because we have a young population …  we can because the threshold of science and technology in Iran has been past, we can because we have brilliant minds abroad and we can because we can fall back on our history and solid culture.  But none of this will happen if we are attacked from outside.  And this video is part of soft power being exercised to remove the administration through another emotional act of revolt resulting in an absolute state of chaos.   Iranvalizad

No reply for you as Javabe ablhan khamooshit.  

 To mullah,

 Sweden does matter.  And I tell you why. Sweden matters cuz it was almost without exception the country being singled out as a role model for Iran at the dinner table by Mir Heydar (Moavene Bazargan), Sarhang Javan and Manoocher Azadi and may more.  I can testify for that because I was around those tables as a kid.  When they talked about its independent, its technology, its welfare system etc.   The other week there was a video posted here about Farah Diba (an interview) in which she claimed that Shah wanted to have an institutional monarchy … she was not lying.  What they did not know was HOW Sweden had achieved this.  And what was around the corner for it when European countries would fully recover form the devastation caused by WWII.  We can see that today.  What you say about IRI is absolutely right.  Their systematic indoctrination and Islamzation of Iran will have long lasting effects.  But remember …  just as you said …  if you want to change you do it within.The talk was about this video …  had it not come out in this critical time, I would have not said anything and taking it as a product of someone who just does something….out of anger, emotions or boredom  or whatever …  but I have here mentioned the reason WHY I oppose the timing of this video -  which also holds low standard as it is biased and one sided, bearing in minds its title (100 years).    To Mhernaz,   Thank you for your support.Meharnaz Jan, we are a damaged people.  We have much sorrow form our past and recent history.  We are also a frustrated nation. We see that we have talent, wealth and ambition and yet suffer from negative reputation in the West (where most Iranians abroad reside), being discriminated etc.  The hardliners some of them are just angry and frustrated.  Others have an agenda.  Their agenda is the good old notion of power.  That is ok.  As long as there are other voices, they can be kept in check.     To BBC Mulluhs,

 You are dead wrong.Homegrown tyranny is NOT the same as external tyranny.  Wanne argue with that?   Take a good look at Iraq! As for the rest of your comment I hope you are satisfied with the answers I have provided above.    To MiNeum71  Your first few points are so off and wrong and your analysis faulty that I am not going to turn this into a tutorial.But for your last comment that this is NOT our culture.  WAKE UP!  THIS IS OUR culture.  But not everything is bad.  No culture is pure in a Kantian sense.  Nothing is.As far as your comment about Iranian culture being bullshit, I don’t take offence as it comes from someone like you who is not even Iranian (and no … being born in Iran does not make you an Iranian if you denounce it as you do).  I hope you had fun watching this clip and have a good time when you get off watching 300 and ‘not without my daughter’.

 To Hatieri

Please read what I wrote again in my first post and read again and again before accusing me of being an IRI supporter …  and watch out for your pants ‘Khestake khodeto toye in vaze kharabe eghtsadi alaki pare nakon.    I hope I have replied to you all. I dream of an Iran free and safe and I KNOW one day it will happen if not in my life time but for the future Iranians.

Sepas va dorood be hame

Cameron  

HATEIRI

You make a lot of excellent points, but you're wasting yout time to reach out to the likes of Trita Parsi, who is the ring leader of these IRI apologists. Other than that, well said!

Iran will be attacked beacause of Islamic Republic !

We are all so dillousional!!!!!!!!

Islamic Republic Regime is another TOOL and VEHICLE for Foreign powers to invade IRAN!!!

You all heard this so many times that it has become a joke to you now, But mark my words, Iran will be attacked by Israel directly and tens of other countries behind the scene! They will hit us so hard and fast that those bastard (I.R.) who put us in this situation will be dead in Tens of thousands if not millions! Evil I.R. will be completely and helplessly disoriented and paralyzed!!! and consequently all dead and defeated...

But at what price????

Thousands of innocent Iranian women,men and children will be killed for what? The crimes of EVIL Islamic Republic in the past?

Billions of dollars in damages to Iranian Civilian, technological and historical infrastructures, FOR WHAT?
EVIL I.R. ?

Evil Islamic Republic has left the world community no other option!

Evil I.R. invaded and has taken more than 50 million innocent Iranians hostage inside our own country and has inflicted murders,tortures and unbearable pain and anguish on millions of innocent Iranians and human beings in IRAN and outside Iran since 1979.

Let's face it! We Iranians have unfortunately been defeated so far.

But, Non-Iranians WILL NOT be defeated by bunch of EVIL, IGNORANT,PSYCHOTIC AND RETARD THUGS!

United States, Europe and the Free world will hire Israel to assassinate EVIL I.R. and during this invasion Iran and Iranians will pay the highest price that would make 1979's Islamic Devolution and 8 year of war with Iraq and all the losses we had in the past 30 years look like a joke!!!!

Get ready Ladies and Gentlemen,

We are about to pay perhaps the highest price in our history for our sheer ignorance and lack of courage yet another time!

For not standing up for our RIGHTS, FREEDOM and IRAN !

Inevitable is about to unfold !!!

May God have mercy on our souls!!!

As above

Agree with Cameron.
Countries are like people, some are developed, others are developing. Wait another 100 or so years
and Iran will catch up with Europe and US in human rights etc.
Don't forget we are about 300 years behind.
Can the Akhonds repeat the 1970s massacre No!

To Those IRI supporters who think this is propaganda

Of course this is a propaganda but for freeing Iran and Iranian people that have been ruled, oppressed under the 1500 year old islamic law sharia.

I lived in Europe and N. America and I don't disagree that injustice and unfair treatment exits; howvere there is dramatic difference between ths countries and Iran. In here people debate, talk and those who are responsible for their crimes will become accountable. Even their impeach the most powerfull people in thei country like their preseindts.

In Iran, you get killed, stoned, executed, raped or tortured to death when yu open yor mouth.

1. Women in Iran are treated like dogs.
2. Bahais in Iran are treated like dogs.
3. Jews, Christian and Zoroastrian in Iran and other minorities in Iran are treated like dogs.
4. Iranian people in Iran are treated like dogs

Poverty, hunger and humiliation of our people have been their mission statement.

The mullahs have a vision for Iranian people and that is to make Iran the second Palestine.

Do you still want to defend the causes of IRI regime?
Do you still justify their action and causes?
Do you still believe that the current regime has done everything it can for the people?

Then my question for you is what the *** are you doing here.

For the pat 10 years I have been asking for referendum and I will ask for it every time.

That is the only solution to the free and democratic Iran without foreign intervention and violence.

Mr. Javid, thank you for your stance and the powerfull questions

There are some facts here and no one can argue that unless you are ignorant or point blank stupid:

1. Hundreds of thousand of Iranian mostly young men and women have been executed by the Mullah regime in Iran due to political belief, freedom of expression, and or religious or their ethnicity.

2. The current murderous regime has isolated the most powerfull and colorfull country in the world

3. The IRI regime has put on the labels on the Iranian nation by the whole world such as terrorist, Holocaust deniers, anti semitic, anti women, women beaters and so on

4. The IRI regime has brought the countries' economical infrastructure to it knees. Inflation, unemployment rate and poverty rates are at 30%, 40% and 60% respectively.

Mr. Jahanshah Javid, Mr. Trita Parsi and other community leaders I call upon you to have a forum on the future of Iran and the future of our country, our identity the future of our kids.

Please help arrange a two or three day summit about the future of Iran and what we the ex patriots ca do to help.

We are at a critical juncture point and this administration can truly help us. But we need to initiate and take the first steps.

Please help and please unite.

Shai, Mujahid, socialist, communist, etc this is the time to unite and find ways how we can turn the table around.

Cheers
FREE IRAN

in due time

Just woke up and in need of some STRONG COFFEE!

I will answer you all .... I am here and will clarify my point in a few hours ...  so till then hold your horses.

Cameron

Mr. Cameron A. Batmanghlich,

This is one of the most absurd comments I´ve ever read on Iranian.

1) There is one immense difference between the European countries you mentioned and Iran: Maybe they had poor histories, but nowadays they have great cultures, they have learned from their past. Iran? Great history, but a poor culture.

2) National pride is exactly the reason, why IRI could rule in Iran. National pride? Countries in the world are growing together, and Iranians still maunder something about national pride? This is fascistoid. You write about the horrible Nazis, but use their tools for a good Iran. What the hell is this: ... we don’t NEED to be reminded of that by outsiders ... Israel is conducting military rehearsal for attacking Iran ...? Paranoia?

This is not propaganda, this is reality. Comparing cultural diseases in Iran with few terrible cases in Europe is nonsense.

Iran has one of most embarrissing performances in treatment of woman, children, animals, criminals and minorities. Evidence?.

Women abuse rates (2007, UN): 81% of Iranian wives have already faced domestic violence (slapped, beaten, choked, attacked with Knives) in the first year of marriage, 35% of them wanted to commit suicide, 9% of them tried it but failed, 38% of the Iranian women have faced sexual violence, 19,3% of pregnants were beaten.

Child abuse rates (2007, UN): USA 1,23% p.a., Scandinavia 0,32% p.a., Iran 16,75% p.a.

Death sentence rate (2007, AI): Iran 4,40 per million, USA 0,14 p.m., EU 0,00

Culture is the the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution, organization or group. It´s not possible to say We do this and that but this is not our culture. These this and that build up the culture.

Forget the few urban-educated Iranians, the rest is bee-savad and vah-shee. An improved society treats their women, children, minorites, criminals and animals well and with respect.

Women abuse (dominated, beaten, marital raped), child abuse (mistreated), minority abuse (harrased), criminal abuse (lashed, stoned and killed), animal abuse (maltreaded and slayed) are the attitudes, values, goals and practices of the qualified majority of the Iranians (in and outside of Iran), and they characterize the Iranian institutions, organizations and groups. Iranian society and culture: Very old but not improved, backward and a bad joke.

Iranian culture is bullshit, and I´m convinced of it.

Exactly!

JJ --

That is a fantastic question!!!
This is exactly what I mean when I wrote in my post that IRI apologists always confuse the issues at hand and answer a question with a question!

If you ask a question like, "Why does the mullah regime kill our children in public squares," a typical response by the typical IRI apologist is, "Well, why does America kill Iraqi children in Iraq?" OR "Why does Israel kill so many Palestinian children?"

Sickening!

They NEVER answer to the crimes of the mullahs happening today in IRAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And when people like me say that we should work on Iran's problems first, (let's fix our broken home first, before we help our neighbors), then I, and others like me, get labeled as CIA or American/Israeli stooges or an Iranian Chalabi. Mind you, all of this is a lot of hot air, DESIGNED TO BURRY THE ALL-IMPORTANT QUESTION, which you just eloquently asked.

When will we say enough is enough?
When will we stand up to Mullah tyranny and end the 30-year reign of terror? Homegrown tyranny results in the same thing as EXTERNAL tyranny = bloodshed, misery, mayhem, favoritism, abuse, greed, and hopelessness!

Cameron

Cameron, thank you for your clarity, as always.  You have always, unfailingly expressed your disapproval and opposition to the abuses and wrongdoings in Iran.  However, for 'hardliners' here that does not make the slightest difference, they still label you, as myself and others, because nothing short of black and white hateful remarks against Iran and total disparagement of every development and any bit of goodness is satisfactory to these people.  As you say: "This video has one single purpose …  to make us feel ashamed, wearing down our national pride.  This is pure propaganda!".  What I see on this website is an orchestrated attempt, not just to attack Iranian leadership, BUT to attack Iranian history and culture and to make us feel ashamed and in need of leadership and rescue.   

So, Just to let you know, I send you my warm wishes my friend, for your awareness and resilience and good heart.

Mehrnaz

Question

When is it OK to highlight crimes committed by the Islamic Republic and not call it propaganda by Zionists, CIA, Shahis, and...?

If this is propaganda, what is the correct way of revealing and condemning these crimes?

How long will you keep silent and allow these crimes to continue?

Don't we as human beings have a responsibility to at least defend our own people who have been victimized by our own government?

Cameron forget Sweden

If you're really worried about "Iran and the Iranian nation," worry a little bit more about TODAY"S Iran and a little less about YESTERDAY'S Sweden.

CB writes: "This clip is part of a multifaceted attack on us Iranians and the Iranian nation."

You're DEAD WRONG! Do you wanna know who's really attacking "Iran and the Iranian nation?" The seyyeds and their "Islamic Republic!" They even wanna build a dam that would drown all of Persepolis under water so as to erase all of Iran's pre-Islamic history. It is the reign of terror, aka, the "Islamic Republic" that is attacking everything Iranian, including our culture, history, landmarks, reputation, future, past and present.

What brought down Rome was not the barbarians at the gate, but rather, the barbarians within!

It is the akhunds and their reactionary ilk that is responsible for the plight of "Iran and the Iranian nation." Since 1851, the mullahs have been responsible for the destruction of EVERY modernizing leader Iran has produced, starting with Amir Kabir, to Reza Shah, to Mossadegh, to the late Shah.

A modern and democratic Iran would be a DEATH SENTENCE for the mullahs, and no one knew that better than the EVIL ONE, mullah Khomeini, aka Ayatollah BBC.

Death to the enemies of Iran.
Long live Iran and the Iranian nation.

Head stuck in akhonds' you know where

Cameron A. Batmanghlich states  that it is OK for moslem clerics to kill Iranians, plunder the country, destroy the nation, ruin lives of generation after generation of Iranians because a few Swedish people stole fruits when they migrated to US over 100 years ago.  What sort of reasoning is that?  That is the most pathetic and outright sick excuse I have ever heard to justify what moslem clerics doing to Iran and Iranians.   This “khood forokhteh” needs to take his head out for fresh air, at least once a day.  He needs to understand he doesn’t need to plunge his head so far up moslem clerics you know what in order to smell shits that he so expertly talks about.

To Cameron A. Batmanghlich

I like your comment and I applaud you for the way you think and your national pride . I speak for myself and believe that we are indeed a proud nation and must hold our heads up!

But we should not look up to other nations such as the ones you mentioned, we should and must hold ourselves even higher than those nations you mentioned as we say in farsi they are bunch of "tazeh be dowran resideh hastand" meaning in compareson with Iran`s rich history they indeed are.

But this video has nothing to do with Israel, it has everything to do with the fact that unfortunately it is true whatever it is or at least most of it is true. that is the part that makes people like me SAD.

To Cameron, get out of your head....

To cameron, dude, I do not know what world you live in, snap out of it dude. This clip is a short summery of realities happening in Iran. Even blinds can see that. Do not try to link it to western propaganda? Try to get out of your Head and come back to reality.

Still not too late

There is is a Persian proverb that says anytime you catch the fish from water it still will be fressh.

The main thing is people have to demand it and want it.
It is like a product. The customer drive the demand and supply.

Iran's fate is in our hand. We can sit in our comfort zone, make a comment on Iranian.com or write a small paragraph about the atrocities and crimes committed by the current and past regimes and be quite about it. Or we can choose to be pro active and start together join an army of organized people and demand for democracy and freedom for Iranian people.

First you can demand that this will be carried out by NIAC, iranian.com and other Iranian media or organization outlets. And then through these medium we can organize a lobby and petition group to demand democracy and freedom for our people and our country.

The only way to achieve a non violent and peaceful resolution is thorough referendum.

If people vote the the current regime's sole authority on the nation is illegitimate and must be renegotiated and reformed then through democratic and non violent movement that reform myst be carried out.

However, if people choose to stay with the current regime and are happy with the current status quo then so be it.

Only referendum is the solution to a none violent problem.

take care

This is not like "300"

To Cameron Batmanghelich: You are comparing this with the American history. when you ask:" How about the American history for the past 100 years? " Well, every year in America, life has gotten better for its citizens. A hundred years ago (in fact 40 years ago,American blacks could nt sit next to a white person on a bus). Now, we have a black president. In iran, it is EXACTLY the opposite: 4o years ago, our mothers (okay, maybe not yours, necessarily), were smarter and much more liberal than the smelly Chadoris of today. 40 years ago, your uncles and sisters were not killed in groups by the government. Today they are. 40 years ago, we were not being hanged and whipped in public. We are today. Are you blind, deaf, or dumb? Or all of the above?