6/16/03 

An open letter to the world community:

Freedom loving Iranians are once again taking to the streets to denounce the oppressive Islamic Regime of Iran. Since June 11th, thousands of people have demonstrated in Tehran and other cities in one of the biggest anti-establishment protests. The unrest was apparently motivated by hostile feelings at governments’ plans to privatize the Iranian universities. Nonetheless, the main reason is hatred for a regime that has terrorized its constituents since its inception in 1979. Iranians have used every possible occasion to show their abhorrence for the ruling clerics, as they stayed away in February’s local elections, to announce that they no longer have any faith in any faction of the Islamic Regime. They have denounced Ayatollah Khomeinie and called for President Khatami’s resignation.

This movement is aimed to undermine the legitimacy of the Islamic Regime with an objective to overthrow it through civil disobedience and non-violent struggle.  

Unfortunately the European Union, part of the US Administration including U.S. State Department, in a way completely opposite of President Bush’s position, several U.S. lawmakers including some members of the House of Representatives have tried to legitimize this regime by shamelessly calling it a democracy!  

Sadly, by their words and actions, they have practically formed a second front against the Iranians struggle for freedom and democracy.  

Anyone who chooses to ignore the suffering of the Iranian people at the hands of the terrorist regime in the Islamic Republic in favor of their short-term economic interests must realize that

Iranian people are determined to free themselves from the tyranny of this backward regime.  

The victory of the Iranian people is imminent. Those who side with this terrorist regime are in effect siding with the loser. The people of Iran do not welcome trade and investment with the terrorist clerics regime. Trade and investment relations with a terrorist regime is in effect siding with and aiding the Terrorist. All those who are interested in establishing trade and investment with the people of Iran must wait until the fall of this terrorist regime. The people of Iran will prevail.  Stand with the people of Iran in their struggle for democracy and freedom, stand for humanity, stand for human rights, and let the Iranians gain their freedom from this corrupt, terrorist regime of the Islamic Republic.  

We do not need the interference of any foreign government and, we are absolutely against any military action by an outside power. We ask that you show some respect for a nation that is fighting for its freedom, denounce their abusers rather than praising them, do not support this terrorist regime, and do not recognize it as the representative of their victims.

Respectfully,  

MEHR IRAN
P.O. Box 2037
P.V.P., CA 90274

Tel: (310) 377-4590
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E-mail: mehr@mehr.org
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