[Mb-civic] FW: Controversial AEI meeting mobilizes Iranian activists

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> Controversial AEI meeting mobilizes Iranian activists
>
> SMCCDI (Information Service)
> October 21, 2005
>
> The controversial meeting which is to take place on October
> 26th, at the WDC based "American Enterprise Institute"
> (AEI),  is mobilizing Iranian activists across the world.
> Protesters are objecting to the conference named "The
> Unknown Iran - Another Case for Federalism? " that they see
> it as a gradual promotion of a policy intended for
> splitting and the disintegration of Iran.
>
> The protest campaign which has started, by the "Committee
> for Defense of Iranian Territorial Integrity" (CDITI), is
> now being amplified by several abroad based Iranian
> satellite TV or radio networks. Iranian opposition - to the
> Islamic regime - press or websites are also reporting the
> case and are helping increase the general awareness. Public
> Protest letters, to AEI and the conference's organizers,
> are circulating on the Internet. Many of the writers were
> known for their friendly regards toward the AEI and its
> scholars.
>
> An online protest petition is getting more and more
> endorsements, as Iranians and Americans are becoming aware
> of its existence. This petition entitled "Defend Iran's
> territorial integrity from separatists" can be visited
> and/or signed at: http://www.petitiononline.com/O4N7L2Y6/
>
> Many Iranians are believing that the AEI's suggestions are
> well listened by the Bush Administration and that the
> famous think tank institute was looking, till now, to help
> Iranians to free themselves from the tyrannical and
> terrorist rule of the Islamic republic. Such positive
> thought had become even stronger following the July 16,
> 2005, comment of President Bush who stated: ""America
> believes in the independence and territorial integrity of
> Iran!"
>
> Most Iranian opponents, to the Islamic regime, would have
> never dreamed that AEI could host meetings that could open
> a Pandora box and jeopardize the future of Iran and
> Iranians. They also fear that the demagogue Islamic regime
> will use the AEI's mistake to reverse the pro-American
> feelings of millions of Iranians by stating: "You see, what
> they did in the Balkans or in Iraq?.. Now they want to
> split your country!.." Such propaganda has already started
> in part of the state controlled media in Iran.
>
> It's in reaction to the such a grave mistake and its
> consequences that the dissident "Hez e Mellat e Iran"
> (Iran's Nation Party) has sound the alarm in its communiqué
> issued yesterday in Tehran. The 'illegal' -labeled by the
> clerical regime - group which its historical leaders,
> Darioush and Parvaneh Foroohar, were slaughtered in 1997 by
> the Islamist security agents, has condemned strongly the
> conference.
>
> Dr. Michael Ledeen, who's the moderator of the event,  is
> stating that the meeting is just "to inform the Americans
> on Iran's diversity" and that "no separatist subject would
> be allowed in the conference". Nerveless concerns are
> increasing on the future impacts of the event. Its sudden
> and strange timing and especially the choice of most of its
> speakers, who are separatist elements, is leading to
> legitimate questions.
>
> One of the speakers, named "Rahim Shahbazi", is mainly
> known by some internet-user circles and is lacking of a
> real social or historical knowledge or of a credible
> academic background. The later is notorious for promotion
> of dark goals, such as, turning Iran into a blood bath and
> to split the Iranian province of Azarbaijan.  An
> investigation of his background and the astonishing
> finding, via www.google.com  search engine, of a 1999
> comment has increased the worries of many Iranians who are
> seeing the pattern of a genuine fascist, racist and
> genocidal element.
>
> In his comments, Shahbazi's writing: "Aryan ponk (meaning
> Iranian), remember my name, also remember that I am from
> Tabriz, South Azerbaijan (meaning the Iranian province). I
> hope one day I will see bastard in some place, I will make
> you eat you own Aryan s..t you S. O. B." ..."We are able
> and we will kick you Persian A.. wipes and throug you s..t
> head, out of our country South Azerbaijan" ... "Hope to see
> you in front of Sniper you basterd, we South Azerbaijanis
> will teach you a listen that you never and ever forget"
>  (Most parts of Shahabzi's kind of political manifesto have
> not been reported or have been censored in this SMCCDI
> Information Report due to extreme use of hate language or
> vulgarity. The integrality of his comments can be seen by
> visiting:
>
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.iranian/browse_thread/thread/9a1e
863e8f328a9c/73cffc274db93de6?lnk=st&q=Rahim+Shahbazi+fuck+persian&rnum=3
>
> Responding to a written protest which was formulated by
> Aryo B. Pirouznia, the SMCCDI's Coordinator, Mr. Ledeen has
> responded: " Some of the speakers MAY have had separatist
> ideas but this is no more the case".
>
> Dr. Ledeen has been, in the past, in relation with a
> notorious separatist element named "Chehregani". This
> individual who was openly calling for the separation of
> Azarbaijan, had to chose a low key profile and started to
> claim having become a "federalist" just few years ago.
>  This sudden change of position happened after the
> publication of several consecutive American reports on the
> deep rejection of separatism by the absolute majority of
> Iranian-Azaris.
> It's believed that Chehregani and Shahbazi likes have only
> changed tactic and are waiting for a more favorable
> circumstance that in their mind might happen in the months
> or years to come. Then they would reach their long dated
> dream of turning Iran into another Yugoslavia.
>
> Even the Iranian "United Front of Baloochistan" has
> objected to the conference and has issued a written protest
> about the misuse of its name as the sender of an official
> speaker to the conference. Abdol-Satar Doshooki, the
> speaker of this regional movement and opponent to the
> clerics, has condemned strongly the AEI in several
> interviews made with Iranian opposition -to the Islamic
> regime- media.
>
> The AEI had initially 'selected' four speakers in the name
> of the Iranian-Azari, Iranian-Kurd, Iranian-Arab and
> Iranian-Balootch ethnicities. Such questionable selection
> which was curiously just limited to Iran's border zones has
> helped fuel the controversy. But a supposed member of the
> Iranian-Lor ethnicity has been added to the panel, as of
> yesterday and following several days of the start of the
> protest campaign and its increase among Iranians. It's
> believed that this sudden additive selection, is in reality
> just a tactic in order to place a more friendly individual
> in the conference in order to give it a kind of legitimate
> aspect.
>
> The daughter of this last minute solution has been
> reported, by several sources, as having started a smear
> campaign against those involved in the protest movement
> against the Conference.
>
> Many Iranians and Americans would have hoped that a
> credible conference on Iran's Territorial management would
> have been focused on genuine and important factors which
> are apparently not on AEI's agenda at this time.
> Credible speakers could have been involved with strong
> academic background and impartial views.  Also many other
> Iranian ethnicities, such as, Guilaki, Deylami, Turkman,
> Khorassani, Sistani, Persian, Ghashgha-i, Bakhtiari and
> many others have been left from a panel which is supposed
> to "inform the Americans".
>
> The protest campaign should increase in days ahead and
> complementary information would be provided.
>
>
>
> Note: SMCCDI's website is down and its mailing system can
> be stopped also, at any minute, but you can check updated
> news in reference to this campaign, by visiting:
> http://marzeporgohar.org/
>
> For contacting smccdi, use: smccdi at hotmail.com
>
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