FREE IRAN Project, May 11, 2005
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Ms. Homa Ehsan’s speech Washington D.C.
FREE IRAN Project, May 11, 2005 |
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Translation by Ramin Etebar, M.D. My dear Intellectuals: Today, I speak of a people that humanity’s civilization and welfare is indebted to them. The great grandchildren of Cyrus the great whose voice from the dawn of knowledge and wisdom has echoed in the passage of time for more than 2500 years. Cyrus whom at the conquest of Babylon,Sumer and Akkad ordered that no one’s home shall be ruined and everyone is free to worship their own god. During his coronation; He said: As long as I live, I will never impose my rule on any people. The people are free to choose or reject my rule. The document has been hailed as the first charter of human rights, and in 1971 the United Nations published translation of it in all the official U.N. languages. The replica of Cyrus’s cylinder and his decree is displayed in the UN. I speak of a nation that good thoughts, good deeds and good words by the order of their Ahuramazda religion seek to create beauty, joy and quest for discovering the secrets of universe has been their way of life. A people who ponder of love which encompasses affection, light and knowledge. Here and today; I speak of a people that humanity’s civilization and welfare is fearful of them. A nation as such resembling an ancient tree that has been uprooted in a historical storm separated from its own culture and dispersed branch by branch. The Iranians within their own frontiers, in sadness, fear and bad fortune are prisoners of religious leaders whom killing and being killed is their motto, creating hatred, war and mourning ,death and destruction is their value metric. It is disheartening for me to discuss Iranian human rights whom were the pioneers of first charter of human rights in the world. However it is encouraging that honorable human beings such as yourselves are concerned with the destiny of these fine people. We need help from all the good human beings to free Iranians and the world from fear, hatred and anger caused by the presence of a blood thirsty regime in Iran. A regime that has created an instrument from religion to frighten all, a regime that has legalized killing, suppression, and human rights violation referencing these rules to god in which case any objections to these laws are labeled as immorality on earth and combatant against god punishment for which is death. A regime that unfortunately and astonishingly despite all its anti-humanity legislations is accepted officially in the international community membership. A regime that concedes to be non-representative of the people, but assigned to govern by god, alas its delegates are sitting in the United Nations replacing the true representatives of the Iranians. In the 2nd article of IRI constitution it is stated that the foundation of governing, and legislation only comes from God. Foundation and basis of legislation comes from Quran and living tradition of profit Mohammad and his family. “Imam” supreme leader or (Velayate Faghih) is the interpreter of the legislations. Article 4 of IRI constitution states that all civil, penal financial, economic, administrative, cultural, military, political, and other laws and regulations must be based on Islamic criteria. This principle applies absolutely and generally to all articles of the Constitution as well as to all other laws and regulations, and the fuqaha' of the Guardian Council are judges in this matter. The guardian council members are selected by the Imam. Article 5th of IRI constitution states that during the Occultation of the Wali al-Asr the wilayah and leadership of the nation devolve upon the just and pious faqih until reappearance of the 12th Imam whom the Shia world has been expecting for 14 centuries. Article 12th of IRI constitution states that the official religion of Iran is Islam and the Twelver Ja'fari school and this principle will remain eternally immutable. In practice the punishment for changing religion is death. In the article 13th of IRI constitution it is stated that Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian Iranians are the only recognized religious minorities. In practice the rest such as Bahais are considered infidels whom are denied their civil rights and killing them has been legal. This regime has been granted membership in the United Nations which the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been adopted in its charter, where in UDHR article 21, it emphasizes that “the will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures”. In the article 18th of the UDHR everyone has been given the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance. Article 207 of IRI’s penal code states that if a Muslim kills a non-Muslim he will not be subject to death penalty and article 222 states that anyone who kills an insane individual is not subject to prosecutions. Under article 220 of IRI’s Penal Code, a man who kills his own child or his son's child is not subject to discretionary punishment (qesas). Article 201 of IRI criminal law states that a thief shall be subject to amputation of four fingers of right hand for first offence, the left foot for the second offence, prison for third and execution for the fourth even if the offence occurs in jail. please note ; what can one steal in prison in comparison to the astronomical lootings by the regime leaders. Eye gouging, stoning, executions in public and amputations of limbs are all legal in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In 1988, more than 10,000 of the political dissidents were executed in prison by the order of Khomeini. The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights sufficed by issuing a statement criticizing the IRI regime for this genocide, however this mass murder was legal under Article 186 of IRI penal code which states that any person who is involved with or supports an armed opposition against the Islamic government and the divine rule is subject to capital punishment even though the culprit may not be a direct participant in the armed insurgency. In the regime’s prison’s, young virgin girls are raped in order to prevent them from going to heaven. The dissidents against the divine regime are not permitted entry to the paradise. It is regrettable that UDHR refers the humans’ quest for justice to the decision of national courts. A political system is constituted of its legislation, when the inhuman laws are attributed to divine rule, where can one seek justice? In which court? With the continued existence of IRI, observation of human rights in Iran is unimaginable. IRI is anti-humanity in its entirety, It must be removed. The consequences of this regime’s practices is not the only cause of advancing poverty, corruption, prostitution, addiction and crimes in Iran as they consider themselves as the representatives of god that are obligated to promote their rule throughout the world. Article 11 of the IRI constitution referencing Quran’s Al-Anbiya chapter verses 92 states that the Iranian armed forces’ duties are to engage in Jihad (holy war) for god and to promote the divine rule throughout the world. Based on that verse the Moslems must be armed with the most modern weapons to frighten the enemy and kill the infidels. Therefore regime’s quest to acquire nuclear weapons meaning the most modern arsenal is a divine matter under the god’s direction and is the rule of law, thus chanting slogans of death to America and Israel. They believe that the citizen’s of these countries should be killed. One of the required principals in Shia Islam is Taghieh, which means that they lie even under oath, when they think their action is helping Islam. Therefore when the regime leaders are under pressure to sign an agreement, they submit only to perform Taghieh and do the exact opposite at a later time. How can one negotiate and reach an agreement with these people? Recently we broadcasted footage from Dr. ‘Hassan Abbasi, one of regime’s famous theorizing strategists in which he took pride in training suicide bombers and terrorists. Several days ago, a news report indicated that 400 people have graduated from his training camp with a mission to conduct acts of terrorism in the land of “infidels” such as America. Oh humans To free the humanity, Iranians or non-Iranians from worry and anxiety caused by the IRI threat, there is only one solution. That is regime changed in Iran. We do not advocate war and destruction of our innocent Iranian compatriots. Other than appeasement or bombing Iran, there is another solution that we suggest. Help Iranians to remove this mafia-like regime with a systematic approach. The time has come to end the international religious terrorism feeding off the Mullahs in Tehran. Contact Information: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iran of Tomorrow Movement Ms. Homa Ehsan and Dr. Iman Foroutan are Available for lecture and Interviews with Media to schedule for lecture and interview please call. URL: http://www.sosiran.com/HTML/English/eng1.html Phone: 888-SOS-IRAN (888-767-4726) Office: 818-986-0200 FAX: 818-474-7229 |