A plea from the Iranian people
Common Dreams
by Akbar Ganji
09/25/07
The people of Iran are experiencing difficult times both internationally and domestically. Internationally, they face the threat of a military attack from the US and the imposition of extensive sanctions by the UN Security Council. Domestically, a despotic state has — through constant and organized repression — imprisoned them in a life-and-death situation. Far from helping the development of democracy, US policy over the past fifty years has consistently been to the detriment of the proponents of freedom and democracy in Iran...
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/24/4080/
Iran reformist warns democracy at stake
Rocky Mountain News
09/26/07
One of Iran’s top reform politicians said Wednesday that demonizing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - such as in this week’s Columbia University forum - only strengthens hard-liners’ hand as Iranians rally around their otherwise unpopular leader. Even more damaging would be a military strike against Iran, which Mohsen Mirdamadi said would set back democracy a decade or more...
http://tinyurl.com/26tybg
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Akbar+Ganji
by Akbar Ganji
09/25/07
The people of Iran are experiencing difficult times both internationally and domestically. Internationally, they face the threat of a military attack from the US and the imposition of extensive sanctions by the UN Security Council. Domestically, a despotic state has — through constant and organized repression — imprisoned them in a life-and-death situation. Far from helping the development of democracy, US policy over the past fifty years has consistently been to the detriment of the proponents of freedom and democracy in Iran...
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/24/4080/
Iran reformist warns democracy at stake
Rocky Mountain News
09/26/07
One of Iran’s top reform politicians said Wednesday that demonizing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - such as in this week’s Columbia University forum - only strengthens hard-liners’ hand as Iranians rally around their otherwise unpopular leader. Even more damaging would be a military strike against Iran, which Mohsen Mirdamadi said would set back democracy a decade or more...
http://tinyurl.com/26tybg
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Akbar+Ganji
rudkla - 26. Sep, 15:06
