Iranian Woman Jailed & Forgotten - World Focuses on "Hikers"

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Iranian Woman Jailed & Forgotten - World Focuses on "Hikers"
by BoosBoos
23-Aug-2011
 

Below is the appalling character asassination of an Iranian woman, Sharzad Gholikhan, by a Miami news paper; Sharzad (a mother of 2) was arrested because her husband bought binoculars (that are legal to own but not to ship); and very few of the people expressing concern for the purported hikers convicted in Iran say anything about the treatment of this woman (or other Iranians mistreated by legal systems outside of Iran). That's shocking to me.

These are all quotes from a Miami Newspaper below -- I want you to imagine if the hikers were described in this way.

QUOTES FROM THE MIAMI PAPER - APPALLING JOURNALISM & CHARACTER ASSASSINATION:

"She dressed stylishly, in Western clothes, with makeup and jewelry."

"her shady ex-husband's international plot, an unwitting victim of both Muslim traditions "

"She was a slick operative"

"Gholikhan wanted to meet for an interview, but jailers at the Federal Detention Center in Miami forbade it."

"Sexual urges are accommodated by "temporary marriage".

" If a stranger man would ever see only one hair of yours," her grandmother would say, "you are going to be hanged in Hell forever and ever with only that one hair, because you sinned!" 

" When she disembarked, five officers fingerprinted her and seized her passport and thousands of dollars in jewelry. "

And at trial, the prosecutor described Sharzad, 26 at the time of her trial, as intelligent, resourceful, cunning, manipulative, deceitful, and independent." How the hell would he know? The transaction for the binoculars took place in Austria. Imagine if Iran's courts had given statements about the *hikers* in this fashion - a lot of people would have criticized the courts in Iran, but people where are you on the issue of Sharzad? Your kids in the diaspora may face similar treatment in the future.

HERE'S THE AGENT'S TESTIMONY AS TO WHAT HAPPENED TO EVIDENCE OF HER GUILT:

"At the time, I believed it was recorded. Did I check to see that the equipment was functioning? That someone pressed record? I requested assistance from the Austrians to provide the evidence. I couldn't demand it. I could only ask for it." Later, Kriske (the investigator) contradicted himself, saying he didn't record the meeting because it would have been illegal under Austrian law.

Sharzad was denied the right to have her family visit her, even though she has 2 young children; she was also convicted twice (once in Austria she served 1 month in prison and now she is in a U.S. prison on the same offense).  

Sharzad Gholikhan said she felt "the prejudice of the American nation."

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SILENT ON THE ISSUE:

And to those who say that Amnesty International and other rights groups did not have the resources to call attention to her I simply ask what resources did Amnesty require to post a 1 minute entry on their website about an Iranian-woman (and mother of 2) imprisoned on the basis that husband tried to buy some night-time binoculars ? Don't you think Amnesty could have diverted $2 of the budget they allocated to the world-wide media blitz they devoted to the *hikers* ?

WHY THE CASE OF THE HIKERS DOES NOT BOTHER ME AS MUCH:

My view is that under any government and under any judicial system, there appears to have been enough evidence to detain, charge, and convict the so-called *hikers* -- I can very easily see how a Judge in another jurisdiction could reach a conclusion that they were guilty. That doesn't mean I agree with every case tried before the courts of Iran.

 

I ASK MYSELF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL FACTS OF THE CASE:

* Who in their right mind, would ever take a chance to go into hostile territory for a hike?

* From among that population of *hikers* in California, what are the chances that 2 people, at least one of the Jewish faith, would want to go in the precise location where sectarian military violence is taking place between several competing Muslim factions?

* (Note: Think about how bizarre it would be for an American to get caught hiking on the German border during World War 2 or vice versa.)

* Add that the countries that the *hikers* originate from are actively funding and promoting terror groups on the same border (U.S. & Israeli politicians routinely and publicly support MEK and PJAK).

* Add that the countries the *hikers* are linked to (the U.S. and Israel) are beating the war drums against Iran, threatening to bomb Iran to the stone age almost on a daily basis while they both maintain a military presence near that border.

* Add that the country the *hikers* originate from just invaded 2 of the neighboring countries (Iraq and Afghanistan).

* Add that one of the alleged co-participants (Sara Shourd) jumped bail and that fleeing is often admitted as evidence of consciousness of guilt in criminal trials (I provided a link for that).

* Add that the U.S. has a history of sending operatives into Iran to manipulate the political landscape (Have you forgotten about Mosadegh? ... I promise the Judge didn't.)

 

       If you don't see how authorities can form a reasonable suspicion to arrest and charge the *hikers*, you're only kidding yourself. By automatically making it a *human rights* violation you're also cheapening genuine human rights violations; and endangering others.

A judge may very well have found -- based on the CIRCUMSTANTIAL evidence -- that these 2 were involved in some form of intelligence gathering, meeting a contact at the border, delivering cash to operatives already in iran, or a number of acts that most other governments would object to under these same circumstances. In espionage cases, you never learn all of the details (or even in regular criminal cases).

The hikers were convicted after a trial and represented by a lawyer. Now you might not be happy with the trial that they got; however, they had lawyers and received some form of legal process (the Iranian woman represented herself). I raise this point also because the U.S. diminished its own moral authority to complain about trial standards when it started rounding up 'middle eastern' looking men, sending them to Guantanamo Bay Cuba WITHOUT TRIAL & WITHOUT A LAWYER for and INDEFINITE amount of time -- Not to mention that some of those 'detainees' were not even captured on the U.S. border (but in their home countries) and many were tortured: Have you forgotten the pictures of people standing naked holding electrical wires or having to rub human excrement on themselves? Have you forgotten the detainees that died while being interrogated?)

The *hikers* were properly arrested and the Judge used his common sense in reaching a verdict - that's what I believe happened. The reality is that a similar process takes place in U.S. courts every day (and even U.S. courts sometimes incorrectly convict a person).

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Veiled Prophet of Khorasan

Thank you BoosBoos

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Thank you for writing this blog and bringing her plight to our attention. I do not know the details of this case I admit it. Not knowing means I am not going to put my foot in my mouth and take a major stance.

But I am going to do my homework and inform myself. I would suggest other people also do the same thing. Knee jerk reactions are not helpful. Most of us probably do not know what really happened in this instance. 

I am bothered that so many people automatically assume she is guilty. While at the same time assuming the hikers were innocent. All I ask is to have an open mind and do the home work.


BoosBoos

Selling out your own country is a shame

by BoosBoos on

Here's the difference between an Iranian buying binoculars and the 3 hikers.  Iran can purchase all of the binoculars in the world, but Iran can't attack the continental United States with binoculars (I don't care if the binoculars could see Santa Claus sitting on the moon in his underwear).   In contrast, the U.S. and Israel have been sponsoring terrorists directly on Iran's border; coordinating assassinations of civilians in Iran; and waging a public-relations campaign to "bomb Iran" - To carry out and coordinate those activities you need boots on the ground (real people) and both Israel and the U.S. are DIRECTLY ON IRAN'S BORDERS (the binoculars are a million miles away from Washington D.C. - they can't directly affect someone sitting in Chicago).   When the three so-called *hikers* were apprehended they were right on Iran's border.  They were arrested for what they did and because it was a proximate security risk to Iran.  

Now I understand that some people on here are not really Iranians - and that they are pushing the agendas of other countries (or perhaps even Iranian separatist groups).  But I promise: patriotic Iranians "get it."  Preserving national security is something that's independent of who is in office in Iran or who you want to be in office.   


yolanda

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Hi statira,

    Thank you for your post! Well-said!......It is military night vision goggles, they planned to buy 3500 sets of them........they wanted to purchase them on behalf of IRI:

//www.payvand.com/news/09/mar/1120.html


statira

@ BoosBoos

by statira on

I bought a binocular but surprise, I didnt get arrested. You should be an akhoondzadeh or very kaflah to believe that they arrest someone just because her ex bought a binocular. Apparantly, they were involved in money laundering, illegal activities and smuggling.


BoosBoos

@statira: If there's more to this story, you should add it

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"There is more to this story

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If there's more to this story that you find relevant, you should add it and discuss it; everyone can go around saying "there's more to this story."  Watch I'll do it right now:  "The Hikers were guilty - there's more the their story."  Satisfied I didn't give reasons?   


statira

There is more to this story

by statira on

Here is not Iran. They dont arrest someone just because her husand bought a biocular. Doorogham ke meegeed, yejor begeed ke beshe bavar kard.


Reality-Bites

One thing I forgot to say

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Leaving aside that it is full of distortions and her pro-IR judiciary comments (i.e that she is rehashing the IR's stance on the case of the hikers word for word), I'll give credit to BoosBoos for posting this blog about Sharzad Gholikhan's case, which she did after I continually urged her to do in this ealier discussion about the hikers' case:

//iranian.com/main/2011/aug/u-s-hikers-jailed-spying

Now BoosBoos, in that earlier blog I also asked if you knew for certain thas Amnesty has not made any comments on the case of Sharzad Gholikhan? And if not, have you informed Amnesty of her case? But I didn't get a reply!


BoosBoos

Hooshang, when you go for a hair cut ...

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do you call the barber "Comrade"?   


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Actually Che's daughter was invited to Iran last year, to give

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a talk.

To make a long stroy short, she (metaphorically speaking) pissed on the hosts party, and politely told them that: they are a bunch of scum bags. They had to cut short her speech in Tehran University and end the event in a big embaressment. I'll try to find the report and post it in you blog. 

Before you get too many 'ideas' you shall clear your obtuse mind of all that SAVAKi, Cold-War horse manor. 

 


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It's all about POLITICAL EDUCATION, MOBILIZATION & ORGANIZATION

by Hooshang Tarreh-Gol on

The fact that Komala has been able to successfully organize two, not one, but two, GENERAL STRIKES in Kurdestan should tell any objective observor what they are dealing with. A mature radical current with deep ties whitin the community. As mentioned before, we will also overthrow your most misreable Islamic Republic of Hell through a NATIONAL GENERAL STRIKE. Read the post below this, to see how it was done before. It shall give you a clue, as how it will be carried out in the future.


BoosBoos

Hooshang tarreh-Gol

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I get the idea that all of these militant Kurdish groups buy their guns first, and then scour the internet for books on Che Guevara to build new justifications and excuses for separatist movements.  Remember what happened to Che?  How's Cuba's outlook today?  

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مرداد 1384 روزی به یادماندنی در تاریخ مبارزات مردم کردستان

Hooshang Tarreh-Gol


غروب
روز 18 تیرماه سال 1384 مامورین جمهوری اسلامی یکی از مبارزان شهر مهاباد
به نام "کمال اسفرام" معروف به "شوانه سید قادری" را به قصد دستگیری
دنبال کردند. آنان پس از ناتوانی در دستگیری "شوانه" وی را به رگبار گلوله
بستند و زخمی كردند. دژخیمان این جوان زخمی را شکنجه دادند، او را کشتند و
جنازه مثله شده اش را با بی احترامی حمل کردند و به خانواده اش تحویل
دادند. قصد آنان از این عمل ددمنشانه مرعوب ساختن مردم بود، اما نتیجه عکس
گرفتند. اهالی شهر به محض مطلع شدن از جنایت مامورین رژیم، دسته جمعی در
مقابل منزل این جوان مبارز جمع شدند، با خانواده وی همدردی کردند و نفرت
خود از رژیم را نشان دادند.

 

روزهای
19 و 20 تیرماه مردم معترض مهاباد و به ویژه زنان و مردان جوان با
تظاهرات خیابانی و سردادن شعارهای ضد رژیمی به سرکوبگران نشان دادند که
اعمال جنایتکارانه آنان بی جواب نخواهد ماند. در روز 21 تیر تظاهرات دامنه
وسیع تری به خود گرفت و یورش نیروهای سرکوبگر رژیم با مقاومت و مقابله
رزمندگان شهر مواجه گردید. سرکوبگران تا دندان مجهز در تهاجم خود از
پشتیبانی هلیکوپتر برخوردار بودند. در کشاكش های بین سرکوبگران و معترضین
50 نفر از تظاهرکنندگان دستگیر شدند. روز 22 تیر اهالی مهاباد برای نشان
دادن اعتراض بیشتر به رفتار خشونت آمیز ماموران و میلیتاریزه کردن شهر در
کنار تداوم تظاهرات خود، مغازه ها را بستند و مراکز کار را تعطیل کردند

به
دنبال تظاهرات، رویارویی دلیرانه و اعتراضات توده ای در مهاباد، تظاهرات و
اعتراضات علیه جمهوری اسلامی به دیگر شهرهای کردستان ایران سرایت کرد.
مردم مبارز و جوانان انقلابی در شهرهای اشنویه، پیرانشهر، بانه، سقز،
سردشت، مریوان، سنندج، دیواندره و بوکان به تظاهرات و اعتراضات پیوستند و
با محکوم کردن اقدامات سرکوبگرانه رژیم خواهان تحقق خواست های خود شدند که
عبارت بودند از معرفی و مجازات آمران و عاملان جنایات اخیر، آزادی فوری
دستگیر شدگان و توقف کشتار در کردستان.

مقامات
جمهوری اسلامی به جای جواب دادن به خواست بر حق اهالی از یک طرف نیروهای
سرکوبگر و به شدت تقویت شده اش را به جان مردم انداخت.

این
مبارزات گرچه مطالبات روشن داشت، اما به طور پراکنده در شهرهای مختلف
کردستان پیش می رفت و جنگ و گریز خیابانی به حرکاتی پر تلفات تبدیل شده
بود. در شهر سقز افراد مسلح رژیم بر روی مردم تظاهركننده آتش گشودند، عده
ای جان باختند و شمار زیادی زخمی شدند. لحظه ای فرا رسیده بود که می بایست
قدرت مردم مبارز در یک حرکت سازمانیافته و هماهنگ به دشمن نشان داده شود.
کومه له سازمان کردستان حزب کمونیست ایران،  به این منظور روز 16 مرداد
1384 را روز اعتصاب عمومی در کردستان اعلام کرد. فراخوان  کومه له طی
اطلاعیه ای که در روز 11 مرداد منتشر گردید به اطلاع عموم رسید. در
اطلاعیه پس از اشاره ای کوتاه به چند هفته کشمکش پر از رشادت مردم کردستان
در مقابل سرکوبگران، خواست های مردم به صورت زیر جمع بندی شد:

معرفی و مجازات آمران و عاملان جنایات اخیر در شهر مهاباد و دیگر شهرهای کردستان.

آزادی فوری و بدون قید و شرط همه دستگیر شدگان.

عادی کردن فضای شهرها و بازگرداندن نیروهای تقویتی به مراکز خویش.

به رسمیت شناختن حقوق مردم برای تظاهرات و بیان عدم رضایت در جهت تحقق خواست های مذکور.

با
پخش فراخوان كومه له، فعالین و پیشروان کارگری و جوانان و پیشروان سایر
جنبش های اجتماعی در کردستان در جهت آماده سازی برای به پیروزی رساندن
اعتصاب عمومی دست به کار شدند، همزمان نیروهای رژیم برای ممانعت از تحقق
این اعتصاب عمومی اقدامات تهدیدآمیز و پیشگیرانه خود را آغاز كردند و
سازمان های سیاسی مخالف نیز از هیچ اقدام محلی برای جلوگیری از پیروزی
اعتصاب خوداری نكردند و حتی یكی از آنها كه متاسفانه نام كومه له را هم بر
خود نهاده است كار را به جایی رساند كه رسما از مردم خواست كه در این
حركت اعتراضی شركت نكنند. علیرغم همه این تمهیدات، روز 16 مرداد میلیون ها
زن و مرد معترض با بستن مغازه ها، کارگاهها، ادارات، مدارس و سایر مراکز
کار مشت محکمی بر دهان جمهوری اسلامی کوبیدند و بی اعتنایی خود را به
فراخوان های منفی به مخالفین نشان دادند. مردم معترض در شهرهای مهاباد،
سقز، بوکان، سنندج، اشنویه، پیرانشهر، بانه، سردشت، ربط، مریوان، کامیاران
و دیواندره و شهرها و مناطق روستایی دیگر كردستان به صورتی گسترده به
استقبال فراخوان آمدند. در شهرهای نقده و ارومیه نیز بخش قابل توجهی از
مردم شهر در اعتصاب عمومی شرکت نمودند.

این
اعتصاب پیروز و شکوهمند به عنوان یک روز تاریخی در پیشینه مردم مبارز
کردستان ثبت گردید. این اعتصاب بار دیگر نشان داد علیرغم تمام جنایات و
توطئه هایی که جمهوری اسلامی در کردستان مرتکب شده است، اراده مردم در
مقابله بار رژیم محکم تر و صفوف آنان متحدتر گشته است. پیروزی این اعتصاب
در همانحال که ریشه در چند دهه مبارزه مالامال از فداکاری مردم داشت، از
رهگذر جسارت و مبارزه پیگیرانه و یکماهه مبارزین شهر مهاباد و سایر شهرهای
کردستان تثبیت گردید. با این اعتصاب پیروزمند، سراسری، سازمانیافته و
سنجیده مبارزه مردم علیه رژیم وارد مرحله تازه ای گردید. در این مرحله کار
و مبارزه هدفمند، سازمانیافته و با برنامه نقشی موثرتر در مبارزات
کارگران و توده مردم ایفا نمود. رژیم که قدرت مبارزه متحدانه مردم را
مشاهده کرده بود، روز بعد از اعتصاب عمومی ریاکارانه هیئتی از  اعضای مجلس
اسلامی خود را روانه شهرهای کردستان کرد تا به اصطلاح از مردم دلجویی
کنند. اعضای هیئت مذبور با یاوه های مقامات رسمی، نظیر امام جمعه و
فرمانداران شهرها، صفحاتی را سیاه کرده و عملا خواست های مردم را پشت گوش
انداختند، اما درس های اعتصاب عمومی به ذخیره پایان ناپذیر تجارب غنی مردم
برای تداوم جنبش انقلابی کردستان افزوده شد.

با
استفاده از این درس و تجربه غنی بود که یکبار دیگر مردم مبارز کردستان در
اعتراض به اعدام فرزاد کمانگر و یارانش، اعتصاب شکوهمند ۲۳ اردیبهشت ماه
سال 1389 را برپا داشتند.

حركت
مردمی 16 مرداد سال 1384 اولین اعتصاب عمومی و سراسری بود كه بعد از 26
سال در كردستان در چنین مقیاس شكوهمندی انجام می پذیرفت. این روز به تاریخ
پرافتخار مبارزات مردم كردستان پیوست. گرامی باد یاد این روز تاریخی،
پیروز باد جنبش انقلابی مردم كردستان.

گفتار روز تلويزيون كومه له

15 مرداد 1390


BoosBoos

Kurdistan's Komunist Kalashnikovs?

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What's KKK?  Kurdistan's Komunist Kalashnikovs?   

 I know what Komalah is up to; it's an armed separatist group (see link):  Iranians will reject it.  There are about 200 million speakers of Persian languages - including the Tajiks of Afghanistan who defeated the USSR at the height of its military power.  Trust me, these armed Communist groups will only bring misery upon themselves from several directions, Turkey, Syria, Iran, Iraq ... you're setting yourself up for horrible failure.    

//articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-World-Insurgency-and-Terrorism/Kurdish-Communist-Party-of-Iran-Komala-Iran.html 

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" KKK: I got news for you, your IR is the one making us so popular

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SK:

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FYI:

A) Have taken more than one anger management course,I still have no patience for SAVAKi sounding Hezbollah mouth pieces. That's Boos Boos, not you. To your credit you have evoloved from your "FIFA Debate" days, congrats & mazol tov.

B) The sarcastic reference to 'erotic' avatar was meant for Boos Boos, not you. My line of thought is all for Free Love, remember.

C) And why the heck in the world would anyone want to creat a new, land locked nation, surrounded by all these other hostile nations. The ultimate solution for Kurdish population within each country is to institutionalize democratic rights and laws within each nation-state that they live in. 

D) Looking forward to poetic moments with thou on tis site, cheers


Soosan Khanoom

Hooshang

by Soosan Khanoom on

you need to take some anger management class .... Seriously.  

Now how can every one be NP ?   

I know I AM NOT ...... and I know I am not supporting many things said recently by new comers either but I do respect them as much as I respect everyone else . Yes we can still argue and discuss things . Sometimes agree and sometimes disagree.....

Now on the subject of kurds in Iran ...... For your information, I have always believed that even if the kurds want to be independent they should be allowed ... why not ?  I care for human beings and their lives more than the a piece of shit that we call land. We are not going to be send to hell for giving up on our lands but for sure we will be send to hell for killing people .... 

You are so rude while I have never been rude to you .....

you call that erotic avatar.... WOW .... but if that  bothers you I can change it to a woman with burqa ....


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I got news for you, your IR is the one making us so popular

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A: Komala is only  the Kurdestan Organization of CPI. CPI in a national formation with clandestine and above ground organizations through out Iran, not only in Kurdestan.

B: The fact that CPI has been in forefront  and a consistent leader of political, economic and military struggle gaginst IR for the past 32 years makes it one of the few, some would say THE ONLY, such formation in Iran, obviously very attractive for all who despise IR. That's a whole lot of Iranians. But above and beyond that, it's the utter poverty and lawlessness, misery and the all the corruption created by IR that has made CPI such a pole of attraction, especially for the youth.

C: CPI's bases and HQ were more than once attacked by Sadam's air force, with chemical weapons, only because of CPI independent political line, and our condemnation of the reactionary 8 year war between Iran and Iraq. Komala and CPI have long been admired and respected exactly because of our independent thinking.

D: Your 40 years old SAVAKi propaganda of calling all internal opposition, agents of foriegners is way too pathetic and old. It didn't work for Shah, it's not working for IR

E: Back to real world and real people: After Libya, who's next" Your paymasters?


BoosBoos

You can't force Iranians to join a Kurdish-Communist Faction

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Hooshang: You can't force Iranians to join a Kurdish-Communist Faction.  Focus on advancing your education and get a good job in the diaspora and be happy. 

 Pushing a militant communist agenda is not something the majority of iranians will accept -- you have to come around to the fact that a minority of people cannot force a majority into this position.  

The more you push - the more you also push kids into heartbreaking situations; actually the responsibility is on hard-headed militants that are really the pawns of other nations' agendas.

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"by Hooshang Tarreh-Gol on Komala: The Kurdistan Organization of Communist Party of Iran, has been the leader of Kurdish peopele's struggle for freedom for the past 32 years in Iran. So far it has organized two successful GENERAL STRIKES in Kurdistan. The next GENERAL STIKE shall be a national one. In you utterly racist, prejudiced view of Kurds, we're all called 'terrorist" while Kurdestan has shown the highest level of political culture inIran for the past 32 years.


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One 'needs' sympathy from your type, like a hole in thier brain!

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The individuals pictured in my avatar,  the ones executed were members of Fadayian. They were medical doctors that went to Kurdestan to help people. They weren't even combatants. You keep repeating your tape-recorder propaganda over and over again without once mentioning that:

-All those killed by the orders of  your Thug in Cheif Khomeini were innocent Iranian Kurds (who regardless of their ethnicity, are full citizens of Iran). The fact that you have never once condemned all the crimes of IR against them means that you support all such crimes: shame on you.But apparently you lack such feelings, true to your Hezbollah education.

- Komala: The Kurdistan Organization of Communist Party of Iran, has been the leader of Kurdish peopele's struggle for freedom for the past 32 years in Iran. So far it has organized two successful GENERAL STRIKES in Kurdistan. The next GENERAL STIKE shall be a national one. In you utterly racist, prejudiced view of Kurds, we're all called 'terrorist" while Kurdestan has shown the highest level of political culture inIran for the past 32 years.

- Komala has always put an emphasis on political education, political mobilization and political organization of the oppressed masses and the workers. And that's exactly how we are going to overthrow your misreable Islamic Republic of Hell. Sleep on that thought.

S.K. The fact that you and now this Khanom, both, remind people of NP, is a fact that's widely shared by many,  if not all on this site.


BoosBoos

You're not going to get sympathy from me for PJAK Houshang

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Hooshang, every country regardless of who is in its governmentwill combat armed and seditious political factions (you can't take the law into your own hands and form a militia) -- it's no secret that PJAK (and the armed Kurdish movement that preceded it) sought to violate Iran's territorial integrity and partition Iran.  That's the real reason those people are being shot in your picture.  The present government of Iran doesn't have sympathy for that conduct; the Pahlavi government didn't have sympathy for that conduct; and no future government of Iran will have sympathy for armed separatist gangs that are against law and order and will cause injury to the nation and its people.     It's no secret that Kurdish groups -- working with Israel -- constantly place content on the internet wishing the demise of Iran; the partition of Iranian land (more than 2,500 years as a part of Iran -- Iran is NOT Turkey); and they express hostility to the non-Kurdish people of Iran.  What do you expect? Flowers and chocolates?    It's no secret that PJAK and PKK are on the terror list of several countries, including the U.S.   Even the U.S. fought its bloodiest war when the South tried to secede from the North -- the U.S. celebrates that victory and I will celebrate the victory of Iran (regardless of who is in power) over any armed separatist faction.     I value Kurds as a people - but not the movement you are trying to advocate on behalf of through pictures that falsely seek sympathy.  Let me remind you that Kurds also participated in the Armenian genocide (where 1.5 million Armenians were killed); I can't imagine any Iranian government letting Kurdish militant groups run wild through Iran.  It's not going to happen.     You can't build a new country on top of a preexisting country with a history of more than 2,500 years, like Iran.   The sooner you realize that; the happier you'll be.  


Soosan Khanoom

XOXO

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Thanks for bringing up her case to our attention.  What is the latest news on her?  Any hope for appeal or something? 

By the way,Some people here are in love with Neelofar Parsi .. Like Majnun every where they turn they see Laylee ... every face becomes her ... every blog becomes her writings .... every view is her view ..... 

get used to it and do not ask me either I have no clue who NP is ... 


yolanda

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Hi! Reality-Bites,

     I noticed that Boosboos is interested in defending sigheh.....his argument is that Sigheh is not that bad 'cause US has Hugh Hefner with multiple girlfriends......

Shahrzad and her hubby tried to buy military night vision goggles for IRI, he calls them "binoculars".....anyway, he white-washes Shahrzad's actions and calls the hikers spies without any evidence!

It is so weird!

Hi! Hooshang Tarreh-Gol,

    Thank you for the website! Please say "Hi" to the relatives of the hikers. I hope they get released soon! I hope the couple can be reunited and get married soon!


Reality-Bites

Yolanda jaan

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Don't bother, my friend.

Booboos doesn't want to know and doesn't repsond to questions about Islamic Republic's mistreatment and imprisonment of Iranian citizens.

BoosBoos considers it a bullying tactic if you ask him/her about IR's gross violations of human rights in Iran.


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Dearest Khanom Kissy Kissy aka KKK, if you could only pay

by Hooshang Tarreh-Gol on

attention to the my avatar ( the historic picture of execution of innocent Iranian civilains, injured civilians at that, being executed by Islamic Republic thugs in Kurdestan) you might have an idea of just how much attention I've paid in my life to the plight of Iranians.

For your information I have very close contacts with friends and relatives of all three hikers, and all three are profoundly progressive Americans. Of course in a Hezzbollah thugish mentality progressive Americans don't exist, but reality is otherwise.

What is more curious about your "sensetivites" and inclination is the fact that in a country as repressed and oppresed as Iran, where every single day we have political prisoners sent to jail, or the ones in jail being tortured, abused or worse ( as we say in Persia: of all the prophets, you've chosen Jerjis). Hundreds and thousands of honorable, couragous, proud Iraninas are jailed in Iran, but no, you don't deem any of them worthy of your kind KKK attention, but as your very first blog on this site, you chose an IR smuggler to defend. Enough said.

"Welcomeback" Abji Nilo, we kinda of missed you, I guess!


yolanda

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 Why are you so devoted to promoting three non-Iranian hikers while ignoring the plight of Iranians?

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So you don't ignore the plight of Iranians! Great! You care about Iranians, great! Here is the list of political prisoners in IRI's jail! What have you done for them?

حسین رونقی ملکی
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki

امیرخسرو دلیرثانی
Amir Khosrow Dalirsani

لاله حسن پور
Laleh Hassanpour

محمدصدیق کبودوند
Mohammad Sedigh Kaboudvand

حسین ملک پور
Hossein Malekpour

فرید طاهری
Farid Taheri

نادر کریمی جونی
Nader Karimi Jooni

سید مرتضی موسوی
Seyed Morteza Mousavi

حسین کاظمینی بروجردی
Hossein Kazemeini Boroujerdi

رسول بداغی
Rassoul Badaghi

سعید ماسوری
Saeed Massouri

حبیب الله لطیفی
Habibollah Latifi

عماد بهاور
Emad Bahavar

روناک صفارزاده
Ronak Saffarzadeh

بهروز جاوید تهرانی
Behrouz Javid Tehrani

محبوبه کرمی
Mahboubeh Karami

ارژنگ داوودی
Arjang Davoodi

هفت رهبر بهایی
Seven Bahai Leaders

هیوا بوتیمار
Hiva Boutimar

عدنان حسن پور
Adnan Hassanpour

ابوالفضل عابدینی
Abolfazl Abedini

لیلا توسلی
Leila Tavassoli

امیر اصلانی
Amir Aslani

حشمت الله طبرزدی
Heshmatollah Tabarzadi

حسین درخشان
Hossein Derakhshan

محمد پورعبدالله
Mohammad Pourabdollah

پیمان عارف
Peyman Aref

احسان مهرابی
Ehsan Mehrabi

محمد غزنویان
Mohammad Ghaznavian

علی ملیحی
Ali Malihi

مینا احراری
Mina Ahrari

سام محمودی سرایی
Sam Mahmoudi

امیررضا مقسمی
Amir Reza Moghassemi

دانیال زرگری
Danial Zargarian

احمد هاشمی
Ahmad Hashemi

فریدون صیدی
Fereidoon Seydi

فوژان شفایی
Foojan Shafaee

حسن یونسی
Hassan Younesi

حسن رضایی
Hassan Rezaee

بهمن موسوی
Bahman Mousavi

عبدالله صدری
Abdollah Sadri

مهرداد فرنوش
Mehrdad Farnoush

سارا باقری
Sara Bagheri

فرشاد موسوی
Farshad Moussavi

فرهاد رفیعی
Farhad Rafiee

شیما وزووایی
Shima Vezoovaee

سیاوش جباریان
Siavash Jabbarian

علی صابری
Ali Saberi

داریوش جلالی
Dariush Jalali

کیوان مهتدی
Keyvan Mohtadi

امیرهوشنگ نوایی
Amir Houshang Navaee
سامان فرحت
Saman Farhat

امین مهدوی
Amin Mahdavi

علی اکبر محمدزاده
Ali Akbar Mohammadzadeh

سینا جمولی
Sina Jomooli

بهنام مومنی
Behnam Momeni

عارف بلند نظر
Aref Bolandnazar

مجید پیر حسینلو
Majid Pirhosseinloo

میثاق محمد علیپور
Misagh Mohammad Alipour

سعید ابریشمی
Saeed Abrishami

محمد طیب طاهری
Mohammad Tayeb Taheri

انیسا مطهر
Anisa Motahar

یاشار امینی
Yashar Amini

کوروش خانمحمدی
Kourosh Khanmohammadi

امیر بینظیر
Amir Binazir

مرتضی موسوی لاری
Morteza Mousavi Lari

عبدالله رنجبر
Abdollah Ranjbar

عباس صالحی
Abbas Salehi

علی صدیقی
Ali Seddighi

حسن فتحی زاده
Hassan Fathizadeh

سپهر صاحبان
Sepehr Saheban

فراز فشارکی
Faraz Fesharaki

محمد کریمی
Mohammad Karimi

امید عبادی
Omid Ebadi

وحید نصرتی
Vahid Nosrati

فریبا ابتهاج
Fariba Ebtehaj

نزهت امیرآبادیان
Nezhat Amirabadian

حمید حسینی
Hamid Hosseini

فاطمه مسجدی
Fatemeh Masjedi

بهنام ایرانی
Behnam Irani

مهدی حسین زاده
Mehdi Hosseinzadeh

سامان فرحت
Saman Farhat

امین مهدوی
Amin Mahdavi

طره تقی زاده
Torreh Taghizadeh

هیوا پورمند
Hiva Pourmand

شاهین زینعلی
Shahin Zeinali

سیما اشراقی
Sima Eshraghi

محمدعلی کفعمی
Mohammad Ali Kafami

رضا رخشان
Reza Rakhshan

عثمان عبدی
Osman Abdi

وحید سلیم ایقانی
Vahid Salim-Ighani

محمود توکلی
Mahmoud Tavakoli

نعیم آقایی
Naeem Aghaee

حمید والایی
Hamid Valaee

علی قادری
Ali Ghaderi

محمدرضا مقیسه
Mohammad Reza Moghisseh

فاطمه رهنما
Fatemeh Rahnama

جاوید هوتن کیان
Javid Hootan Kian

سجاد قادرزاده
Sajad Ghaderzadeh

سینا چگینی
Sina Chegini

نسرین ستوده
Nasrin Sotoudeh

محمدرضا رزاقی
Mohammad Reza Razaghi

قادر شیری
Ghader Shiri

حسن اسدی زیدآبادی
Hassan Asadi Zeidabadi

عابد توانچه
Abed Tavancheh

فرح واضحان
Farah Vazehan

علی تارخ
Ali Tarokh

سیامک قادری
Siamak Ghaderi

سینا طحانی
Sina Tahani

زینب بایزیدی
Zeinab Bayazidi

لطیف حسنی
Latif Hassani

کامیار علایی
Kamyar Alaei

زینب جلالیان
Zeinab Jalalian

بهروز صادق خانجانی
Behrouz Sadegh Khanjani

آرش سقر
Arash Saghar

محمدعلی شیرزادی
Mohammad Ali Shirzadi

ارسلان ابدی
Arsalan Abadi

یوسف ندرخانی
Youcef Nadarkhani

هاشم خواستار
Hashem Khastar

احسان عبده تبریزی
Ehsan Abdeh Tabrizi

سعید متین پور
Saeed Matinpour

شیرکو معارفی
Shirkoo Moarefi

داوود سلیمانی
Davood Soleimani

محسین امین زاده
Mohsen Aminzadeh

محسن صفایی فراهانی
Mohsen Safaei Farahani

مصطفی تاج زاده
Mostafa Tajzadeh

محمد جواد مظفر
Mohammad Javad Mozaffar

قربانعلی بهزادیان نژاد
Ghorbanali Behzadian Nejad

محسن میردامادی
Mohsen Mirdamadi

مهدیه گلرو
Mahdieh Golroo

سید ضیاءالدین نبوی
Ziaeddin Nabavi

احمد کریمی
Ahmad Karimi

عبدالله مومنی
Abdollah Momeni

احمد زیدآبادی
Ahmad Zeidabadi

جعفر اقدامی
Jafar Eghdami

مجید توکلی
Majid Tavakoli

بهاره هدایت
Bahareh Hedayat

عاطفه نبوی
Atefeh Nabavi

مهدی محمودیان
Mehdi Mahmoudian

محمد داوری
Mohammad Davari

بهمن احمدی امویی
Bahman Ahmadi Amouee

بهزاد نبوی
Behzad Nabavi

مجید دری
Majid Dorri

فیض الله عرب سرخی
Feizollah Arab-Sorkhi

عالیه اقدام دوست
Alieh Eghdamdoost

شبنم مددزاده
Shabnam Madadzadeh

فرزاد مددزاده
Farzad Madadzadeh

جهانبخش خانجانی
Jahanbakhsh Khanjani

حامد روحی نژاد
Hamed Rouhi Nejad

کیوان صمیمی
Kayvan Samimi

عبدالکریم سلیمانی
Abdolkarim Soleymani

یونس رستمی
Younes Rostami

پارسا بهمنی
Parsa Bahmani

مسعود باستانی
Massoud Bastani

عیسی سحرخیز
Issa Saharkhiz

رامین پرچمی
Ramin Parchami

محمد جواد نوروزی
Mohammad Javad Noroozi

دراویش گنابادی
The Gonabadi Dervishes

علی ابراهیمی
Ali Ebrahimi

رضا منصوری
Reza Mansouri

حمید مشایخی
Hamid Mashayekhi

همایون پناهی
Homayoun Panahi

زهرا یزدانی
Zahra Yazdani

ایرج محمدی
Iraj Mohammadi

علی اصغر محمودیان
Ali Asghar Mahmoudian

محمد سیف زاده
Mohammad Seifzadeh

مصطفی دانشجو
Mostafa Daneshjoo

مهناز محمدی
Mahnaz Mohammadi

فرهاد جهانگیری
Farhad Jahangiri

سیما دیدار
Sima Didar

علیرضا رجایی
Alireza Rajaei

مائده قادری
Maedeh Ghaderi

شورش سعید زاده
Shooresh Saeedzadeh

احمد شهرضایی
Ahmad Shahrezaei

منوچهر تمری
Manouchehr Tamarri

ساسان وهابی وش
Sassan Vahabivash

لقمان قدیری
Loghman Ghadiri

اصغر بنازاده امیری
Asghar Banazadeh Amiri

کبری بنازاده امیری
Kobra Banazadeh Amiri

حمید بنازاده امیری
Hamid Banazadeh Amiri


BoosBoos

Hooshang Tarreh-Gol

by BoosBoos on

Hooshang Tarreh-Gol  you have no argument? Just propaganda?  Why are you so devoted to promoting three non-Iranian hikers while ignoring the plight of Iranians?  

If you can't overcome substantive points, I'll assume you agree with what I wrote then ...  

And why are you accepting $100 donations on behalf of the *hikers* on a Kurdish site?   

 


BoosBoos

Who is NP?

by BoosBoos on

Who is Niloufar Parsi?  It's somehow pertinent to the story?  Confusing.  


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FREE THE INNOCENT HIKERS NOW!

by Hooshang Tarreh-Gol on


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مژده، مژده: نیلوفر پارسی، "عزیز" گمگشته من و همگی ما برگشته

Hooshang Tarreh-Gol



اگر این "عزیز" ن. پ. نباشد ، حداقل همشیره یا از اقوام نزدیک میباشد. نظر شما چیست؟