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Iran's Only Solutions
07-Nov-2007
Neither the US nor heroes topple this despised Islamic regime in Iran. People with their raised fists, roars, and red blood need to be organised to crush this regime. Only thanks to an organised movement freedom will come.
The lack of such an organised movement has left the arena for the IRI for further bloodshed. Millions of chests are ready to confront the enemy, but bullets of mercenaries are loud and suffocate voice of freedom.
Unfortunately, the worst-ever conditions of our people have not enough stimulated responsible reactions among all activists on how to form such a national movement to free the country from the plague of the IRI.
Sadly, yet the people of Iran must wait; such a movement remains as a dream.Such a movement should simply be formed without nonsense delay. It should learn from all experiences of all peoples how to free the country. It should realistically use any tactical method and independently use any international assistance to hasten the fall of the IRI.
Its strategy consists of forming a democratically elected new state in Iran, in which all political authorities will be directly elected by people. Such authorities must be secular and democrat; their political background must be clean with no ties or sympathy for the last two dictatorial regimes. They should oath to unconditionally respect Human Rights and democracy; they should be competent and independent--our people's interests should never be bargained by whims of key powers.
Our society will no more be a lab of any ideological experiment. National state will be be the fruit of Iranian people’s struggles for freedom from any dictatorial regime for ever; our people will never bow to any ideology or religion of submission.
An Iranian democratic movement should immediately present its programme after the fall of the IRI. The programme must contain effective solutions to free the country from the long yoke of backwardness and dictatorship.
It is to explain how to prepare the conditions for unconditional democracy, social justice, gender equality, development of national economy, rehabilitation of an Iranian identity, reviving of art and culture, negation of Islam as state religion, elimination of all religious institutions, removal of all religious influence from education, judiciary, and all aspects of social life.
Any new regime after the IRI is expected to bring all criminals of the IRI and their collaborators before an international court for their crimes against humanity. However, we should not ignore the fact that the essence of such a process is not the individual punishment but the rehabilitation of our country. As such, the process should emphasise:
No Iranian woman is half that of a man, no Iranian can be punished for his political or religious belief, no dungeons, no torture, d no political prison can be anymore tolerated, no amputation, no stoning, no lashing, or no human humiliation will ever be permitted.
By condemning the medieval belief system, such a process will mainly contribute a lesson to our history, a return to our civilised past.
As we know, the key powers are traditionally interested in the economic gains. The EU still ignores that their barrels of Iranian oil cost many lives in the hands of Islamists’ squad deaths. Russia and China have not yet learnt Human Rights and moral politics. The US, despite rhetoric of regime change, can be satisfied with some reforms by and within the regime. An Iranian democratic movement should not rely on any foreign agenda.
US conflicts with the IRI have nothing to do that the IRI is trampling democracy and Human Rights in Iran, but because of stirring sectarian conflicts in Iraq, and its atom ambitions which can be a future ganger for Israel.
All these accusations are true of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and many other allies of the US. The US have already found compromises with any dictatorial regime in the past. This can be also true with the IRI. For the matter of fact, if today the bellicose IRI refuses to enrich uranium for its nuclear programme and does not disturb the US in Iraq, a “regime change” will not be necessary taken into consideration.
With or without the IRI, the US want to advance their strategy in the region.In the highest probability, their “regime change” can mean a replacement of another IRI’s faction--they might have already found or will find new allies within the IRI for such a change, à la military coups of Muslim generals in Pakistan or an Iraqi model of a Shiite-based government.
In some critical conditions, and under pressure of a chain of crises, the ruling IRI can be divided into several cliques and factions. The ruling apparatus may even seek for handles with inner or outer interlocutors. A democratic movement should avoid accepting any variation which keeps the IR or one of its Islamic factions in power.
The fact that a nuclear Iranian regime will have greater bargaining power to use as a lever to intensify its dictatorship must be recognised; therefore an Iranian intelligent movement should take part in any international campaign against the IRI’s nuclear ambitions. However, it should not be forgotten that the greatest danger is not the regime’s nuclear programme but its existence itself.
What practically can be used from this conflict is to internationally isolate the regime. Therefore, an Iranian democratic movement, beside of condemning IRI’s nuclear programme, should always put the priority on the question of defending the basic rights of people which cannot be guaranteed under IRI’s existence.
The nuclear conflict is intentionally propagated by the IRI to mask its totalitarian character; it is a cover-up for to associate its parasitic existence with the "natinal"right of having a nuclear programme for the "peaceful" cause of the nation.
No stone must be left unturned, the IRI cannot legally be forced to give up the right of nuclear programme--the country is expressly allowed as a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty. This also included enrichment of uranium.
It is wrong to reduce the whole legitimacy of the IRI to the right of atom, for Iranians the problem is the existence of the IRI itself with or without this conflict. In the nuclear dispute, both the IRI and the US are adding fuel to the flames and making all nonsense of assertions to attempt a dangerous escalation. This is however not our main problem, one should argue that the IRI is a totalitarian regime with a capacity of thousands of brainwashed jihadi who can blow up any "enemy" of God. So, nuclear technology in the hands of such Islamists means a new weapon for jihadis; only because of this jihadi character, a nuclear arsenal should not fall into the hands of IRI's seniors.
Nevertheless, there are no military solutions to atom ambitions of the IRI. Neither economic sanction can solve the problem. Not only these are highly immoral, but also counterproductive and even exacerbate both Mullahs’ mafia and repression in Iran.
The IRI must be internationally isolated, all diplomatic, and sport contacts with it must be suspended. All foreign accounts of IRI’s officials must be frozen. Their mafia activities in the Persian Gulf and around Iran must be internationally under controlled.
International mandates must be issued against IRI’s officials for their crimes against humanity. So, there are many other sanctions that can be proposed on IRI’s officials, but neither military nor economic sanctions must be accepted.
The outstanding point is the illegitimacy of the IRI: it is illegitimate because its Supreme Leader is an unelected instance, and its repressive organs permanently violate Human Rights. Therefore, the UN and the Council of Europe must be demanded to approve resolutions which put the IRI and the political Islam on an equal status of fascist, racist, and criminal organisations. Such resolutions are not beyond judicial facts, but legal contributions to elaborating a charter of principles for the totalitarian IRI.
In the meanwhile, such an Iranian democratic movement, once formed, must try to represent Iranian people in the UN as the only legitimate delegation of people.
In short, although a common platform is difficult to all opposition groups, but at least such a movement must respond to the following four major aspirations of most Iranian people:
-Organising and leading Iranian people’s struggles to sweep away the IRI and all its Islamic relics, institutions, and suppressive organs.
-Forming a temporary government to organise a constitutional assembly for a new constitution. The new constitution is only legal when it is approved by the majority of people in a referendum supervised by the international inspectors.
-Preparing conditions as short as possible for a democratically elected parliament and government based on the right that people can elect and dismiss all key authorities.
- Transferring the power to the hands of the new government without monopolising or influencing the political apparatus.
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JR, I know your line of
by alimostofi on Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:05 AM PSTJR, I know your line of argument, and I have debated it many a times. But I don't think you have quite understood what I said.
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Yes of course if the people went into the streets, they would get thumped.
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No, what is needed, is that the people stay indoors.
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So the argument I present to the Seyyeds is this. What will you do, if the people decided to stay indoors?
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See what I mean.
Ali Mostofi
//www.alimostofi.com
R. Ali Mostofi
by Jahanshah Rashidian on Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:34 AM PSTIt would be ideal if the IRI respects people's peaceful and non-violent resistence. But let's see if this ideal can practically be realisable. Let's see if IRI's thugs attack "bad hijabs", unislamic youth, Baha'is ...because these people are violent or even politically active.
How baout Jihad-fi sabillah, Nahy-az monkar or any Coranic guidance cwhich have institutionalised repressive organs like Guidance Ministry, Morality Police, suicide-jihadis.. Do these concepts and their aggressive organs violate only aggressive citizens or political activists?
No, these organs do not attack people because of their aggersive attitudes or political ideas. The IRI mainly violates the most private field of individuals freedom because it is another kind of totalitarian system that legalises violence as divine rules.
Therefore, I do not see one-way methode of people's struggle. Any method of resistence is morally and politically is permitted to push back th eevil.
The question is for grass-roots and people not politically concerned, the followin: When the IRI inevitably attacks on them is any difference if people resist or submit?
Shoar Shoar, Lengesh Kon, Lengesh kon...
by Hesam (not verified) on Thu Nov 08, 2007 11:49 PM PSTEmshab shabe mahtaabeh, Habibam ro mikham...
Shoma yek chizi ro faramoosh kardin. keh mellate Iran hamchin az enghelaabe ghablish bala ovord keh hanuz marizeh.
Hatta fekre dobareh too khiabun rikhtano daad zadano khoonrizi adam-hesabi haye Iran ro vahshatzadeh mikoneh.
Man 30 sal pish tamaame havaadese 30 saale ghabl ro pish-bini kardam. Jeddi migam. Hatta 9/11 ro. Hala ham behetun migam Iran chetori dobareh azaad misheh:
Iran az dakhel avaz misheh na az kharej. Yani Molla ha va hezbollahi ha kamkam az tarighe internet va media ba donyaye azad ashna mishan va kamkam mifahman keh dar che khariiate amighi gharghan. Agar haal ro ba 1980 moghayeseh konin fargh ro mibinin.
Albateh dar taarikh hichi tond anjam nemisheh. Har tagheeri 10 sal, 20 sal hatta bishtar tool mikesheh. 2500 sal tool keshid keh shahanshahi tabdil beh jomhuri shod. 50-60 sal ham tool mikesheh keh in jomhurie gheire-mardomi tabdil be yek nimeh-democracy besheh. 100-120 sal digeh ham keh molla-bazi va bisavadi tamoom shod shayad ma ham yek Democracye vagheii peida konim.
Pas hala takieh bedin va ba man bekhoonin:
Emshab shabe mahtaabeh habibam ro mikham....habibam agar khaabeh tabibam ro mikham....
Actually JR I beg to differ
by alimostofi on Thu Nov 08, 2007 03:15 PM PSTActually JR I beg to differ on that last comment of yours. In my analysis, the end does not justify the means. Winning the peace is more difficult, than winning the war, as GWB has found out in Iraq.
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It is then quite mandatory, that the attitude be non-violent, so that peace will win from the start. Otherwise what would be the difference between them and us.
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Ali Mostofi
//www.alimostofi.com
Agree
by JR (not verified) on Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:10 PM PSTMr. Ali Mostofi
I am not a fanatical intellectual of 70th. Any sort of collective struggle can be accordingly effective.
One may ideologically accentuate on one or another style of resistence.
For me, every kind is ok and has a successful background and can be pragmatically used. From the Orange to red revolutions or from Gahndi's peaceful to Che's guerilla warfare, all are different styles for the same legitimate cause, the freedom.
As I have said, time and
by alimostofi on Thu Nov 08, 2007 11:06 AM PSTAs I have said, time and time again, the only way to get rid of this awful regime, is to show how weak it is.
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Your article misses one very important point. All movements start with good questions that the people in power (that is they think that they are in power), cannot answer. The fact that they cannot answer certain questions leads people to realise that the rulers have no power.
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So what is the great question to ask, which your article does not ask? It is really simple. And you know what I am going to say. The question is, "what will the Seyyed do, if the true Iranians did not bake bread for him?" Or to put it in golombeh solombeh language, "what will the Seyyeds do if there was a Non Violent General Strike?"
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Apathy is the worst enemy the Seyyeds know. And it must be pointed out, that the more the world writes about the power of the Iranian nation using inaction and apathy through non violent resistance, then we can have peaceful regime change.
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The argument is more powerful than sticks and stones. And the world press needs to present this.
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Ali Mostofi
//www.alimostofi.com
JR is a true Iranian.
by Mehran (not verified) on Thu Nov 08, 2007 08:44 AM PSTI am going to read any comments any more. I only read articles. JR is a true Iranian. IRI and its agents smearing all voices here under fake names and persian names.
Forget Israel and Arabs. Stick with Iran. Mullahs and Islam must be out so that Iran can be free.
The Author makes no sense
by XerXes (not verified) on Thu Nov 08, 2007 07:46 AM PSTYou are a self righteous stupid ass. This is really stupid and what a sell out.
to mama
by yek-iraniye-waghe-bin (not verified) on Thu Nov 08, 2007 06:54 AM PSTyou can master those traits only when you are given opportunity and chance.
this regime is in business of killing your spirit and make an obedient hurd of sheep out of society. they are in the business of raising suicide bombers to be used at the time of need. their whole educational system is based on these principles. how can you develope anything good under such repressive condition?! There is no perfect society anywhere in the world but the situation in Iran is getting worse every day passes and the more this system continues to poison the culture and children of Iranians, the hardest it will become in future to fix it. your words are just an excuse for inaction in the face of tyrany and madness of the system which is enemy of anything humane and anything Iranian.
Mr. Rashidian: A True Member of MKO
by Amoo (not verified) on Thu Nov 08, 2007 02:47 AM PSTDoostan, before you take this guy seriously you should know that he is a life-long member of MKO (Mojaheedin Khalgh Organization). As for this garbage post these are few responses:
(1). Iranian government official are elected by the vote of the people. The elections are as free as any election elsewhere in the world.
(2). Regardless of what you hear, Iranian people like IRI. Otherwise they would have changed it by know.
(3). Mr. Rashidian and his fellow MKO friends were killers Iranian soldiers. The notion of democracy and human rights by these people is nothing short of a joke.
To Mehdi and his like
by Jahanshah Rashidian on Thu Nov 08, 2007 01:57 AM PSTI cannot convince a compatriot who prefers to use his real name for mild or cover-up-complaints on Mullahs while keeping his Iranian passport to collect his pension salary from Iran.
How neutral such a double-character comments when claiming my aspirations for Iran’s freedom from the IRI are my personal dreams whereas schizophrenic crimes of Mullahs are acceptable routines of people.
I wonder if such a person's dream is not a nightmare of our oppressed people.
Ey kamangir, ey tirandaz, ey
by VF (not verified) on Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:08 AM PSTEy kamangir, ey tirandaz, ey hippo....to ke tirato ba saddam endakhti, hala miay ba amrika bendazi!
Don't stain name of Arash kamangir ghahreman!
To Rashid: javid iran, bedoone rahbare arab.
by KL (not verified) on Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:09 PM PSTjavid iran, bedoone rahbare arab.
I'm packing and going to teach mellat a leeson!!!!!YEAH RIGHT!
by rashid jahanshahian (not verified) on Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:19 PM PSTWe're damn good at destroying something and very bad at construction and even worse in maintaining what we constructed. This JR guy is having some roshanfekry dreams while seeping on his latte to feed somebody;
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Watch this video and be serious as JR
by Wake Up (not verified) on Wed Nov 07, 2007 09:36 PM PSTJR is serious; you damn be serious too
//kamangir.net/
Wake Up
JR oversimplifying? That's the understatement of the century!
by Anonymous8 (not verified) on Wed Nov 07, 2007 03:36 PM PSTIf you're familiar with this guy's writing, over simplification is his middle name. The thought that the people of Iran just may have decided that peaceful reform is the solution never even enters the mind of JR or many other pro-war people.
Anonymous^1/2, Good Riddance
by Mehdi on Wed Nov 07, 2007 03:13 PM PSTI am glad you decided not to argue. Put your tail between your legs and go back to your psychology class. Insulting a whole religion is a sign of cowardice, not intellect.
I am not going to argue with a person who has been named...
by Anonymous^1/2 (not verified) on Wed Nov 07, 2007 03:03 PM PSTafter the 12th Arab Imam, Mehdi Farrari who disappeared 1200 years ago while crossing the desert on his way to Keerbala...
Anonymous^1/2 Proves mama's Point!
by Mehdi on Wed Nov 07, 2007 02:45 PM PSTWith such imbeciles like Anonymous^1/2, how can we ever have a democratic government? Morons like Anonymous^1/2 will submit to the first person who promisses them a position in the "next government" and topple any democratic government with pleasure! We first need to improve ourselves so that such morons are not likely to have any effect.
I Agree With mama
by Mehdi on Wed Nov 07, 2007 02:41 PM PSTThe writer is extremely oversimplifying things. What he says is a great daydream but nowhere near practical. 28 years of trying to do that should be enough to prove that such a sweet dream is not likely to happen. The only way to remove the IRI is to be connected to a huge power. Some people had hoped that Russia would have been that power. Well today there isn't even a Russia. So the only choice left is the "west." Probably that is why Mojahedeen now seem to be collaborating with their original main enemy, the imperialist US, in order to hopefully weaken the IRI or remove it - which is very funny by the way if you have a very strong sense of humor.
I just realized that the fate of us Iranians has become in some ways like the fate of the jewish community. Because of the persecusion, a lot of iranians left their homeland and established themselves in other more democratic countries. And after 28 years, a lot of them are now very well educated, and their kids are very well educated and have amassed money and power and knowledge of the inner workings of the international community and actually started to have a voice on the international scene.
But I think we should follow this trend through and not fall into the temptation of using force instead of more wisdom. Look what happend to the jewish community when they decided to use force. It's been a scene of untold violence and suffering ever since, and unfortunately there is no quick end to it in sight. So I say let's not make that mistake. Let's have more evolution and not revolution! I know it is hard work but if you think about it, the final rewards are well worth it. Besides once we get going in that direction, we build up momentum and will go faster and faster. What do you say?
Mama is right but, hey...
by Anonymous^1/2 (not verified) on Wed Nov 07, 2007 02:37 PM PSThow are we going to forward given the fact we lack those traits... I suggest bombing of Iran as an interim solution...
There is no replacement
by mama (not verified) on Wed Nov 07, 2007 02:08 PM PSTYou know, I hear these ridicules statements all over the place.
“We must free ourselves from IRI”
“We must form a democratic and free government”
“We must topple IRI and replace it with something”
If Iranians were free and democratic people, we wouldn’t have IRI in the first place. Khomeini, Ahmadinazhad, Shah, Reza Shah, didn’t come from plant Mars. They came from the Iranian society. And if IRI goes, another tyrannical regime will replace it.
There is no quick solution. That doesn’t mean that there is no solution. The solution will take time. It takes time for an infant to become an adult. It can not be replaced.
We have to start with being honest with each other, stop cheating each other, stop being dictators and respect each others opinions, stop being complacent, stop pretending all the time.
When we master all these traits, everything will be just peachy.