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| Iranian Youth Organization to Supreme Leader Khamenei: ’What A Huge Lie You Are Telling!’ |
| 2004-04-01 |
| Translated by MEMRI; hat tip to "The Corner;" EFL. On the occasion of the Iranian holiday of Nourouz, or New Year, the Iranian Organization of Combatant Youth criticized a declaration by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in which he thanked "enthusiastic" Iranian citizens for turning out in such large numbers for February’s elections for the Majlis (parliament). Khamenei praised the citizens for thus "nullifying the plots of the enemies against Iran." The following is the organization’s reaction: "We must say to him [i.e. Khamenei], ’What a huge lie you are telling!’ The majority of the people of Iran know that, despite all the games and actions taken by the agents of the Velayat Faqih [’rule of the jurisprudent,’ that is, Khamenei’s] regime, and despite all their intervention in the ’forced elections,’ it was declared that 51.5% of qualified [voters] participated in the elections. In dictatorial regimes, this cannot be called ’enthusiastic participation,’ because in such regimes 98% of the people vote. "As far as is known, in the recent forced election, only 14% of the eligible voters came to the polls. The highest estimate of [voter] numbers, which was in greater Tehran, was 400,000, [and] many of them were regime employees or their relatives, and many came to the polling places out of coercion or fear. And even so, some of them voted a blank ballot. . . . "The akhounds [clerics [2] ] who rule Iran have no respect for the national rights of the Iranian people; rather, they use Islam to further their own satanic goals – even if this results in the ruin of the nation and the uprooting of religious principles. [But] the most important thing is that their own demonic games are protected at any price. "My dear countrymen, we must wake up. Our homeland is going to wreck and ruin. In our current circumstances, we must unite. Our disunity is what the enemy of this godly land desires. We must unite in order to save our beloved Iran from the rule of these thieves and criminals. We must rebuild our land. We cannot remain silent, and we must have a united front with good plans. "We must advance towards our sacred goal – liberty, justice, and equality." |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #6 Fred Pruitt censors truth while Americans die in Iraq on basis of lies. |
| Posted by: Jason TROLL 2004-04-01 7:51:58 AM |
| #5 I do not condemn the preemptive nature of Shrub's attack on Iraq. I question whether the invasion was of anywhere near the priority it was made out to be. Regarding my supposed wish to "tie his hands," who knows where you got that one. Claiming that I would whinge about an attack on Iran is a spurious accusation. Anyone who is waiting for Iran's people to overthrow the mullahs is asleep at the switch. Iran's recent election is proof enough that their clerics have no intention of surrendering one iota of power without a gruesome struggle. We do not have the luxury of waiting for that struggle to play out. Additionally, many of the troublesome issues surrounding Iran's covert weapons program were obvious well before the invasion of Iraq. If the EU is unwilling to back deposing Iran's government, then their nuclear facilities will need to be bombed flat. I dislike the notion of radiologically poisoning so many innocent Iranian people solely because we committed ourselves to a less important goal without considering the downstream implications beforehand. I'll also request that you refrain from making ill-founded pronouncements about my political orientation. It doesn't help your arguments in the least and only betrays your own prejudices. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-04-02 5:34:50 AM |
| #4 Zenster, you Dem (dim) Libs are a piece of work! You condemn Bush for acting preemptively on Iraq and try to tie his hands domestically so that he can never act preemptively again (as would be the case with Iran and North Korea, also) and then carry on about "What's he waiting for?" wrt the mullahs! If he launched an invasion of Iran, you'd bitch about the same stuff you're doing now about Iraq! I'm sure the Bush Administration is watching events in Iran very closely, but we're hoping that the Iranian people will rise up on their own to overthrow the mullahs. That would be less work for us--our military's kinda stretched to capacity right now, thanks to Clintoon--and less hassle from our EUro-weasel "friends and allies." |
| Posted by: Jen 2004-04-02 4:22:26 AM |
| #3 I don't see where we have time to wait for whatever subversive elements there are to overthrow the mullahs. Iran is on a collision course with reality. Their covert nuclear weapons program needs to be shut down sooner and not later. It is not inconceivable that Iran would give terrorists a nuclear device for use against Israel or a Western nation. In and of itself, Iran is so unstable where the chance exists that whatever meager arsenal they might build could fall into the hands of even more extreme radicals should they somehow manage to take over. America has wasted critical military and moral capital with its adventure in Iraq. Iran and North Korea both represent much more puissant threats to global stability. The EU's warnings of economic sanctions against Iran are of little to no use. If they prove uncooperative, there should be a concerted multinational effort to depose the Iranian government by force and dismantle their atomic weapons program. The traces of polonium-210 found at their facilities are sufficient indication of their malign intent. The world cannot afford Iran having nuclear weapons. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-04-02 3:49:13 AM |
| #2 [Troll droppings deleted] |
| Posted by: Murray TROLL 2004-04-01 7:51:58 AM |
| #1 Actually only posted on a website, this has yet to receive anything like wide distribution. If the Western Press doesn't pick it up and shout it from the rooftops, these people will be very quietly picked off by the Mad Mullahs' goon squads. If it is, then they do it noisily. The Black Hats stopped actually caring a long time ago - it will take more than declarations, regardless of how eloquent or stirring. The kids are going to have to get themselves armed and fight the Guard. I don't know how connected any group within Iran is to an outside source, but it is obvious to me that this is where they should be concentrating: getting sources of funding and arms. Perhaps some RBers can tell us how they're doing. Perhaps that would be a monumental mistake, so better not. From where I sit, this does little other than invoke assisted suicide. I hope there's a plan and resources to fight. Maybe, just maybe, the release of an article like this indicates they are ready to fight. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-04-01 3:42:08 AM |