http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2008/February2008/27-02.htm
27 February 2008 LONDON, (CAIS) -- During the first season of archaeological research inNakhl-e Ebrahim village, in the Persian Gulf’s Hormozgan Province, Iranianarchaeologists have discovered a fortress dating back to the third Iraniandynasty, the Parthians (248BCE-224CE).
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Lost Achaemenid City of Lidoma May Have Loomed Into Sight
http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2008/February2008/24-02.htm
LONDON, (CAIS) -- A team of Iranian and Australian archaeologists working in Sorvan near Nurabad Mamasani in Fars Province believe that they may have discovered the lost Achaemenid city of Lidoma, which has been named in a collection of ancient tablets previously unearthed at Persepolis.
LONDON, (CAIS) -- A team of Iranian and Australian archaeologists working in Sorvan near Nurabad Mamasani in Fars Province believe that they may have discovered the lost Achaemenid city of Lidoma, which has been named in a collection of ancient tablets previously unearthed at Persepolis.
Iran Stepping Up Its Uranium Work
TEHRAN (AP) — Iran said Sunday that it had started using new centrifuges that can enrich uranium at more than twice the speed of the machines that now form the backbone of its nuclear program.
Iran says work plan closed, U.S. intelligence fake
Reuters Sunday, February 24, 2008; 11:35 AM
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday it had cleared up all past outstanding issues over its nuclear program with the United Nations nuclear watchdog and accused the United States of providing intelligence that was fake.
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday it had cleared up all past outstanding issues over its nuclear program with the United Nations nuclear watchdog and accused the United States of providing intelligence that was fake.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Kosovo: Islamism's New Beachhead?
By Julia GorinFrontPageMagazine.com Friday, February 22, 2008
As Americans look quizzically at their TV sets while non-Muslim protestors in Europe torch a U.S. embassy, they should know that yesterday’s 200,000-person protest in Belgrade (whose members are separate from the fire starters) is the first time in two decades that Serbs are showing a glimmer of rational behavior--amid 20 years of the “free world” foisting terrorist neighbors upon them.
As Americans look quizzically at their TV sets while non-Muslim protestors in Europe torch a U.S. embassy, they should know that yesterday’s 200,000-person protest in Belgrade (whose members are separate from the fire starters) is the first time in two decades that Serbs are showing a glimmer of rational behavior--amid 20 years of the “free world” foisting terrorist neighbors upon them.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Iranian cyclists visit Hampton Roads to promote peace
By Jim WashingtonThe Virginian-Pilot© February 21, 2008
NORFOLK
Jafar and Nasim Edrisi met at the top of a mountain in Iran nine years ago.
Both computer engineers and athletes, their life together has included participating in Iranian national rock-climbing championships, running eco-tourism trips, and now cycling around the world to promote peace and environmental conservation.
NORFOLK
Jafar and Nasim Edrisi met at the top of a mountain in Iran nine years ago.
Both computer engineers and athletes, their life together has included participating in Iranian national rock-climbing championships, running eco-tourism trips, and now cycling around the world to promote peace and environmental conservation.
How Canada's gay refugees get stuck in legal limbo
Arsham Parsi was forced to leave his life behind. Threats loomed large. He spent years looking over his shoulder, carefully concealing the truth about himself from everyone he knew. Still, the dangers grew.
The Divider
By Jacob LaksinFrontPageMagazine.com Thursday, February 21, 2008
A critical plank of Sen. Obama’s presidential campaign has been his appeal for national unity. In speeches crafted to bridge partisan divides, he has assailed the “drama and division and distraction” of Washington politics and urged Americans to rise above their differences. Whatever one makes of this approach, and substantively it leaves a great deal to be desired, there is little doubting its success thus far. Whether in southern states like South Carolina, with their large black electorates, or majority-white states like Iowa and Wisconsin, Obama’s message has found popular purchase. So it is not a little ironic that the cross-racial bonhomie engendered by the Obama campaign is threatened by the woman closest to the senator: his wife Michelle Obama.
A critical plank of Sen. Obama’s presidential campaign has been his appeal for national unity. In speeches crafted to bridge partisan divides, he has assailed the “drama and division and distraction” of Washington politics and urged Americans to rise above their differences. Whatever one makes of this approach, and substantively it leaves a great deal to be desired, there is little doubting its success thus far. Whether in southern states like South Carolina, with their large black electorates, or majority-white states like Iowa and Wisconsin, Obama’s message has found popular purchase. So it is not a little ironic that the cross-racial bonhomie engendered by the Obama campaign is threatened by the woman closest to the senator: his wife Michelle Obama.
Native killer Canadians are enemy of Iran
Greetings to All,
As you may know I have constantly warned of the Bernard Lewis Plan to divide the (so-called) "MIddle East" into puny statelets for the sake of controlling the oil of theh Caucasus, Central Asia and the Persian Gulf. The principal targets of this plan are Iran, Iraq and Turkey, however the entire region is implicated as you will see on the maps below. View Bernard Lewis Plan unveiled in Austria in late May 19179 after the revolution in Iran Map by retired General by Ralph Peters (source: Peters, R. (2006). Blood Borders: How a better Middle East would Look. in Armed Forces Journal, June Issue.) Here is a quote from Dreyfus and LeMarc:"According to Lewis, the British should encourage rebellions for national autonomy by the minorities such as the Lebanese Druze, Baluchis, Azarbaiajni Turks, Syrian Alawites, the Copts of Ethiopia, Sudanese mystical sects, Arabian tribes…the goal is the break-up of the Middle East into a mosaic of competing ministates and the weakening of the sovereignty of existing republics and kingdoms…spark a series of breakaway movements by Iran’s Kurds, Azaris, baluchis, and Arabs…these independence movements, in turn would represent dire threats to Turkey, Iraq, Pakistan and other neighbouring states" {Dreyfus and LeMarc, 1980, P.157}.Saddam Hussein was supported by the west to help sever Khuzistan. One of the major reasons the scheme failed, was that the Iranian-Arabs themselves fought against the pan-Arabists: Iranian Arabs preparing to fight Saddam Hussein Baathist legions during the Iran-Iraq War. Note that the only non-Arab man is the individual with a green beret and rocket launcher. Engdahl notes that the Bernard Lewis Plan endeavours to “…promote the Balkanization of the entire Muslim Near East along Tribal and religious lines” (Engdahl, ,2004, p.171)There is now a new book that clearly exposes this scheme clearly:"Israel and the Clash of Civilizations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East"By: Jonathan Cook http://www.jkcook.net/Clash-of-Civilisations.htmBelow is a quote from Cook:"The Pentagon and CIA are also active in "black operations" in Iran, have been for many months, and it's no secret why. As in Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine, it's to create ethnic tensions throughout the country, promote conflict, and hope it will destabilize the government and force it into a mistake Washington can jump on in response. A Pentagon source told Seymour Hersh that their operatives are working with Azeris in the north, Baluchis in the southeast, Kurds in the northeast, and their own special forces in-country as well." I just recieved news that pan-Turk activists are distributing thousands fo leaflets in Urumiya to encourage people to run into the streets to "protest against Persian chauvensim in the name of mother language day". There is also a silent cultural war being raged agianst Iran - many UN and EU bodies have issued statements that target the country of Iran (not just the government) - there have been motions passed in western parliaments such as Sweden and England (i.e. Keith Vaz in particular) condemning Iran's culture. Note the shocking photo below: LEFT: The Prime Minister of Canada Harper (before his election as Prime Minister) greets Rafiq Abu-Sharif on November 22, 2001. RIGHT: Abu-Sharif embraced by the Canadian Prime Minister of the time, Paul Martin (the same meeting seen on picture to the left on November 22, 2001). The woman to the left behind Abu-Sharif may be the England-based Dr. Al-Assad, who wrote bitterly against me after I posted an article with Mahan Abedin on Asia Times exposing Abu-Sharif's groups links with Great Britian. Her best retort was that we were stating "Pahlavi-era narratives". The openly racist leader of the Al-Ahwaz group proudly brags about "blowing up Persians". Interestingly, neither Harper nor Martin, indeed noone in the west or the UN in general, has ever condemned the terrorist actions of abu-Sharif's group nor the fact that his organization openly embraces Baathist ideology and regalia. The purported western excuse for shedding these crocodile tears is the worn-out expression: "language rights". There are now so many expressions for "rights", that one wonders what and whose "rights" they will advocate next - It would be nice if they were honest and simply stated "Petroleum Rights". Best RegardsKaveh Farrokh
New Book: "Israel and the Clash of Civilizations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East"In his thought-provoking new book, British journalist Jonathan Cook argues that Israel’s desire to be the sole regional power in the Middle East has shaped the Bush Administration's objectives in the 'war on terror'. Cook shows that the current chaos in the Middle East, far from being a disastrous mistake, is the true goal of the U.S. administration. It is a policy that has been greatly to the benefit of Israel.http://www.jkcook.net/Clash-of-Civilisations.htmSix months before the 2003 reinvasion of Iraq, the egregious neocon Michael Ledeen wrote: "We do not want stability in Iran, Iraq, Syria Lebanon and even Saudi Arabia; we want things to change. The real issue is not whether, but how to destabilize". Clearly, a cynical travesty of Schumpeter's "creative destruction" has become the motto for a breed of militaristic ideologues whose element is chaos.http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9289.shtmlThe Pentagon and CIA are also active in "black operations" in Iran, have been for many months, and it's no secret why. As in Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine, it's to create ethnic tensions throughout the country, promote conflict, and hope it will destabilize the government and force it into a mistake Washington can jump on in response. A Pentagon source told Seymour Hersh that their operatives are working with Azeris in the north, Baluchis in the southeast, Kurds in the northeast, and their own special forces in-country as well. The pot is bubbling, and Iran knows it.It's a new version of the older colonial "divide and rule" scheme that so far proved ineffective, and Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, thinks he knows what's going on. He says Israel and Washington want to partition Iraq, Iran, Lebanon and Syria. If he's right, as seems likely, it means the idea is to change the way colonial powers ruled post-WW I, and Cook challenges it.He concludes his book saying a generation of Washington policy makers have been "captivated" by thinking the Middle East can be remade by "spreading instability and inter-communal strife." Instead, Cook sees a different outcome - new political, religious and social alliances forming across the region. If Washington pursues its "war on terror," he sees continued "war without end" with no victory. After the chaotic Bush years, it's hard disagreeing with him.http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/16423On 24 May 2006, Israel’s prime minister, Ehud Olmert, was invited to address a joint session of U.S. Congress. In his widely publicized speech, he claimed that Iran stood 'on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons', a development that would pose 'an existential threat' to Israel. He added: 'It is not Israel’s threat alone. It is a threat to all those committed to stability in the Middle East and to the well-being of the world at large'.Less than two months later, on 12 July 2006, Israel launched a war against the Hezbollah, publicly – if simplistically – identified by Israel and the U.S. as a proxy for Iran.Had Hezbollah been beaten [in 2006], what would this plan have required next? The answer, it seems, is an attack on Syria, with Israeli air strikes forcing Damascus into submission.105 According to reports in the Arab media during the early stages of the war against Lebanon, that was the fear in Syria and Iran. The newspaper al-Watan reported a phone conversation in which President Bashar Assad of Syria was supposedly told by the Iranian leader Ahmadinejad: ‘The Zionist-American threat on Damascus has reached a dangerous level, and there is no choice but to respond with a strong message so the aggressors will reconsider whether to launch a preventive attack against Syria.http://www.jkcook.net/Clash-Extract.pdfhttp://www.jkcook.net/Clash-Preface-Extract.pdf-----Original Message-----From: A AryaianTo: manuvera@aol.comSent: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 2:26 amSubject: Chaos & Creative DestructionNew Book: "Israel and the Clash of Civilizations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East"In his thought-provoking new book, British journalist Jonathan Cook argues that Israel’s desire to be the sole regional power in the Middle East has shaped the Bush Administration's objectives in the 'war on terror'. Cook shows that the current chaos in the Middle East, far from being a disastrous mistake, is the true goal of the U.S. administration. It is a policy that has been greatly to the benefit of Israel.http://www.jkcook.net/Clash-of-Civilisations.htmSix months before the 2003 reinvasion of Iraq, the egregious neocon Michael Ledeen wrote: "We do not want stability in Iran, Iraq, Syria Lebanon and even Saudi Arabia; we want things to change. The real issue is not whether, but how to destabilize". Clearly, a cynical travesty of Schumpeter's "creative destruction" has become the motto for a breed of militaristic ideologues whose element is chaos.http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9289.shtmlThe Pentagon and CIA are also active in "black operations" in Iran, have been for many months, and it's no secret why. As in Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine, it's to create ethnic tensions throughout the country, promote conflict, and hope it will destabilize the government and force it into a mistake Washington can jump on in response. A Pentagon source told Seymour Hersh that their operatives are working with Azeris in the north, Baluchis in the southeast, Kurds in the northeast, and their own special forces in-country as well. The pot is bubbling, and Iran knows it.It's a new version of the older colonial "divide and rule" scheme that so far proved ineffective, and Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, thinks he knows what's going on. He says Israel and Washington want to partition Iraq, Iran, Lebanon and Syria. If he's right, as seems likely, it means the idea is to change the way colonial powers ruled post-WW I, and Cook challenges it.He concludes his book saying a generation of Washington policy makers have been "captivated" by thinking the Middle East can be remade by "spreading instability and inter-communal strife." Instead, Cook sees a different outcome - new political, religious and social alliances forming across the region. If Washington pursues its "war on terror," he sees continued "war without end" with no victory. After the chaotic Bush years, it's hard disagreeing with him.http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/16423On 24 May 2006, Israel’s prime minister, Ehud Olmert, was invited to address a joint session of U.S. Congress. In his widely publicized speech, he claimed that Iran stood 'on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons', a development that would pose 'an existential threat' to Israel. He added: 'It is not Israel’s threat alone. It is a threat to all those committed to stability in the Middle East and to the well-being of the world at large'.Less than two months later, on 12 July 2006, Israel launched a war against the Hezbollah, publicly – if simplistically – identified by Israel and the U.S. as a proxy for Iran.Had Hezbollah been beaten [in 2006], what would this plan have required next? The answer, it seems, is an attack on Syria, with Israeli air strikes forcing Damascus into submission.105 According to reports in the Arab media during the early stages of the war against Lebanon, that was the fear in Syria and Iran. The newspaper al-Watan reported a phone conversation in which President Bashar Assad of Syria was supposedly told by the Iranian leader Ahmadinejad: ‘The Zionist-American threat on Damascus has reached a dangerous level, and there is no choice but to respond with a strong message so the aggressors will reconsider whether to launch a preventive attack against Syria.http://www.jkcook.net/Clash-Extract.pdfhttp://www.jkcook.net/Clash-Preface-Extract.pdf
As you may know I have constantly warned of the Bernard Lewis Plan to divide the (so-called) "MIddle East" into puny statelets for the sake of controlling the oil of theh Caucasus, Central Asia and the Persian Gulf. The principal targets of this plan are Iran, Iraq and Turkey, however the entire region is implicated as you will see on the maps below. View Bernard Lewis Plan unveiled in Austria in late May 19179 after the revolution in Iran Map by retired General by Ralph Peters (source: Peters, R. (2006). Blood Borders: How a better Middle East would Look. in Armed Forces Journal, June Issue.) Here is a quote from Dreyfus and LeMarc:"According to Lewis, the British should encourage rebellions for national autonomy by the minorities such as the Lebanese Druze, Baluchis, Azarbaiajni Turks, Syrian Alawites, the Copts of Ethiopia, Sudanese mystical sects, Arabian tribes…the goal is the break-up of the Middle East into a mosaic of competing ministates and the weakening of the sovereignty of existing republics and kingdoms…spark a series of breakaway movements by Iran’s Kurds, Azaris, baluchis, and Arabs…these independence movements, in turn would represent dire threats to Turkey, Iraq, Pakistan and other neighbouring states" {Dreyfus and LeMarc, 1980, P.157}.Saddam Hussein was supported by the west to help sever Khuzistan. One of the major reasons the scheme failed, was that the Iranian-Arabs themselves fought against the pan-Arabists: Iranian Arabs preparing to fight Saddam Hussein Baathist legions during the Iran-Iraq War. Note that the only non-Arab man is the individual with a green beret and rocket launcher. Engdahl notes that the Bernard Lewis Plan endeavours to “…promote the Balkanization of the entire Muslim Near East along Tribal and religious lines” (Engdahl, ,2004, p.171)There is now a new book that clearly exposes this scheme clearly:"Israel and the Clash of Civilizations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East"By: Jonathan Cook http://www.jkcook.net/Clash-of-Civilisations.htmBelow is a quote from Cook:"The Pentagon and CIA are also active in "black operations" in Iran, have been for many months, and it's no secret why. As in Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine, it's to create ethnic tensions throughout the country, promote conflict, and hope it will destabilize the government and force it into a mistake Washington can jump on in response. A Pentagon source told Seymour Hersh that their operatives are working with Azeris in the north, Baluchis in the southeast, Kurds in the northeast, and their own special forces in-country as well." I just recieved news that pan-Turk activists are distributing thousands fo leaflets in Urumiya to encourage people to run into the streets to "protest against Persian chauvensim in the name of mother language day". There is also a silent cultural war being raged agianst Iran - many UN and EU bodies have issued statements that target the country of Iran (not just the government) - there have been motions passed in western parliaments such as Sweden and England (i.e. Keith Vaz in particular) condemning Iran's culture. Note the shocking photo below: LEFT: The Prime Minister of Canada Harper (before his election as Prime Minister) greets Rafiq Abu-Sharif on November 22, 2001. RIGHT: Abu-Sharif embraced by the Canadian Prime Minister of the time, Paul Martin (the same meeting seen on picture to the left on November 22, 2001). The woman to the left behind Abu-Sharif may be the England-based Dr. Al-Assad, who wrote bitterly against me after I posted an article with Mahan Abedin on Asia Times exposing Abu-Sharif's groups links with Great Britian. Her best retort was that we were stating "Pahlavi-era narratives". The openly racist leader of the Al-Ahwaz group proudly brags about "blowing up Persians". Interestingly, neither Harper nor Martin, indeed noone in the west or the UN in general, has ever condemned the terrorist actions of abu-Sharif's group nor the fact that his organization openly embraces Baathist ideology and regalia. The purported western excuse for shedding these crocodile tears is the worn-out expression: "language rights". There are now so many expressions for "rights", that one wonders what and whose "rights" they will advocate next - It would be nice if they were honest and simply stated "Petroleum Rights". Best RegardsKaveh Farrokh
New Book: "Israel and the Clash of Civilizations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East"In his thought-provoking new book, British journalist Jonathan Cook argues that Israel’s desire to be the sole regional power in the Middle East has shaped the Bush Administration's objectives in the 'war on terror'. Cook shows that the current chaos in the Middle East, far from being a disastrous mistake, is the true goal of the U.S. administration. It is a policy that has been greatly to the benefit of Israel.http://www.jkcook.net/Clash-of-Civilisations.htmSix months before the 2003 reinvasion of Iraq, the egregious neocon Michael Ledeen wrote: "We do not want stability in Iran, Iraq, Syria Lebanon and even Saudi Arabia; we want things to change. The real issue is not whether, but how to destabilize". Clearly, a cynical travesty of Schumpeter's "creative destruction" has become the motto for a breed of militaristic ideologues whose element is chaos.http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9289.shtmlThe Pentagon and CIA are also active in "black operations" in Iran, have been for many months, and it's no secret why. As in Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine, it's to create ethnic tensions throughout the country, promote conflict, and hope it will destabilize the government and force it into a mistake Washington can jump on in response. A Pentagon source told Seymour Hersh that their operatives are working with Azeris in the north, Baluchis in the southeast, Kurds in the northeast, and their own special forces in-country as well. The pot is bubbling, and Iran knows it.It's a new version of the older colonial "divide and rule" scheme that so far proved ineffective, and Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, thinks he knows what's going on. He says Israel and Washington want to partition Iraq, Iran, Lebanon and Syria. If he's right, as seems likely, it means the idea is to change the way colonial powers ruled post-WW I, and Cook challenges it.He concludes his book saying a generation of Washington policy makers have been "captivated" by thinking the Middle East can be remade by "spreading instability and inter-communal strife." Instead, Cook sees a different outcome - new political, religious and social alliances forming across the region. If Washington pursues its "war on terror," he sees continued "war without end" with no victory. After the chaotic Bush years, it's hard disagreeing with him.http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/16423On 24 May 2006, Israel’s prime minister, Ehud Olmert, was invited to address a joint session of U.S. Congress. In his widely publicized speech, he claimed that Iran stood 'on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons', a development that would pose 'an existential threat' to Israel. He added: 'It is not Israel’s threat alone. It is a threat to all those committed to stability in the Middle East and to the well-being of the world at large'.Less than two months later, on 12 July 2006, Israel launched a war against the Hezbollah, publicly – if simplistically – identified by Israel and the U.S. as a proxy for Iran.Had Hezbollah been beaten [in 2006], what would this plan have required next? The answer, it seems, is an attack on Syria, with Israeli air strikes forcing Damascus into submission.105 According to reports in the Arab media during the early stages of the war against Lebanon, that was the fear in Syria and Iran. The newspaper al-Watan reported a phone conversation in which President Bashar Assad of Syria was supposedly told by the Iranian leader Ahmadinejad: ‘The Zionist-American threat on Damascus has reached a dangerous level, and there is no choice but to respond with a strong message so the aggressors will reconsider whether to launch a preventive attack against Syria.http://www.jkcook.net/Clash-Extract.pdfhttp://www.jkcook.net/Clash-Preface-Extract.pdf-----Original Message-----From: A Aryaian
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Excavations In Iran Unravel Mystery Of 'Red Snake'
LONDON, (CAIS) -- The 'Great Wall of Gorgan'in north-eastern Iran, a barrier of awesome scale and sophistication, including over 30 military forts, an aqueduct, and water channels along its route, is being explored by an international team of archaeologists from Iran and the Universities of Edinburgh and Durham.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Georgetown U's Wahhabi Front
By Patrick PooleFrontPageMagazine.com Tuesday, February 19, 2008
In December 2005, Georgetown University announced receipt of a $20 million gift to endow the school’s Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding by Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, after whom the Center was renamed. The Center’s director, John Esposito, has been known for his vigorous apologetics for Islamic extremism, authoring several books prior to the endowment’s announcement dismissing the global influence of extremist Islamic ideology. Under Esposito’s oversight, the Center has also developed questionable ties to individuals and organizations directly involved in Islamic terrorism. One example of these ties is the joint conference held by the Center with the United Association for Studies and Research (UASR) in July 2000. By that time, UASR had long been identified as the political command for HAMAS in the United States, and Esposito’s co-chair for the conference was then-UASR executive director Ahmed Yousef, who fled the country in 2005 to avoid prosecution and currently serves as the spokesman for the HAMAS terrorist organization in Gaza.
As a result of the Saudi funding and terror ties, Rep. Frank Wolf last week directed a letter to Georgetown president John DeGioia expressing his concerns as an alumnus of the university over the activities of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and the seeming absence of criticism or discussion by the Center of human rights abuses and denial of religious freedom by the Saudi regime. An article by Steven Emerson of the Investigative Project reporting the contents of Rep. Wolf’s letter also noted Esposito’s long history of defending radical Islam and his vocal support and praise of his self-described “good friend”, convicted Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Sami Al-Arian.
In fact, there is much more for Rep. Wolf and other Georgetown alumni to be concerned about. Since Prince Alwaleed’s gift, the Center at Georgetown under Esposito’s direction has since become a haven for Muslim Brotherhood-connected scholars and longtime paid representatives of the Saudi Wahhabi regime. Two individuals that have recently been appointed to top positions within the Center, Susan Douglass and Hadia Mubarak, have been active in leadership positions with known front organizations for the international Muslim Brotherhood – identified as such in court documents by the Department of Justice. Douglas, who has additionally been a longtime paid employee of the Saudi regime (discussed below) is listed as the Center’s educational consultant and Mubarak is identified as the senior researcher for the Center. A third staff member is Abdullah Al-Arian, the oldest son and family spokesman for Sami Al-Arian, who is listed as a researcher for the organization.
In December 2005, Georgetown University announced receipt of a $20 million gift to endow the school’s Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding by Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, after whom the Center was renamed. The Center’s director, John Esposito, has been known for his vigorous apologetics for Islamic extremism, authoring several books prior to the endowment’s announcement dismissing the global influence of extremist Islamic ideology. Under Esposito’s oversight, the Center has also developed questionable ties to individuals and organizations directly involved in Islamic terrorism. One example of these ties is the joint conference held by the Center with the United Association for Studies and Research (UASR) in July 2000. By that time, UASR had long been identified as the political command for HAMAS in the United States, and Esposito’s co-chair for the conference was then-UASR executive director Ahmed Yousef, who fled the country in 2005 to avoid prosecution and currently serves as the spokesman for the HAMAS terrorist organization in Gaza.
As a result of the Saudi funding and terror ties, Rep. Frank Wolf last week directed a letter to Georgetown president John DeGioia expressing his concerns as an alumnus of the university over the activities of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and the seeming absence of criticism or discussion by the Center of human rights abuses and denial of religious freedom by the Saudi regime. An article by Steven Emerson of the Investigative Project reporting the contents of Rep. Wolf’s letter also noted Esposito’s long history of defending radical Islam and his vocal support and praise of his self-described “good friend”, convicted Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Sami Al-Arian.
In fact, there is much more for Rep. Wolf and other Georgetown alumni to be concerned about. Since Prince Alwaleed’s gift, the Center at Georgetown under Esposito’s direction has since become a haven for Muslim Brotherhood-connected scholars and longtime paid representatives of the Saudi Wahhabi regime. Two individuals that have recently been appointed to top positions within the Center, Susan Douglass and Hadia Mubarak, have been active in leadership positions with known front organizations for the international Muslim Brotherhood – identified as such in court documents by the Department of Justice. Douglas, who has additionally been a longtime paid employee of the Saudi regime (discussed below) is listed as the Center’s educational consultant and Mubarak is identified as the senior researcher for the Center. A third staff member is Abdullah Al-Arian, the oldest son and family spokesman for Sami Al-Arian, who is listed as a researcher for the organization.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Toronto couple sue Iranian Nobel Prize winner Shirin Ebadi over book deal
A Canadian couple is suing 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi for reneging on an agreement to co-author a book.
Brief synopsis of Shirin EBADI's book and the Islamic Republic of Iran under banner of reform:
“What made Khatami different was precisely what made him useful. The Islamic Republic badly needed to receive its credibility in the eyes of the disillusioned younger generation. With his youthful appeal and his deep allegiance to the Islamic system, Khatami was the ideal way to loosen up Iran without weakening the regime.”[1]
“It seemed to me students were becoming more and more anit-shah without knowing why, as though it were a badge of intellectual status, like reading Simon de Beauvior…neither of us had absorbed the revolution really. What idiot we were.”[2]
They observed and heard one activist to chant in confrontational slogan, and Ebadi told her two daughters “your decision to chant along with him is no measure of your commitment to justice or freedom or whatever lofty principle is at hand. Sometimes, radical slogans are a trap…your objective is to avoid being a pawn, to avoid getting dragged into trouble because you are a curious, or to believe you are seeing history being made.”[3] According to above statement Ebadi is a well calculated person and self-absorbed.
All in all, Shirin EBADI is a puppet of Islamic Republic of Iran, and going around and spreading propaganda that Iran is moving toward reform. Reforming what? The cleric gave title of ayatollahs to themselves which mean they are signs of god on earth and they are the one who would rule Iran in the name of god, and others are incompetent to make decision.
Since 1979 the cleric regime has murdered anyone for speaking against their establishment, and how come she is in position to reform the establishment in Iran?
[1] Ebadi, Shirin. Iran Awakening. TO ON Alfred A. Knopf Canada. 2006. PG 146
[2] Ebadi, Shirin. Iran Awakening. TO ON Alfred A. Knopf Canada. 2006. PG 44
[3] Ebadi, Shirin. Iran Awakening. TO ON Alfred A. Knopf Canada. 2006. PG 40
“It seemed to me students were becoming more and more anit-shah without knowing why, as though it were a badge of intellectual status, like reading Simon de Beauvior…neither of us had absorbed the revolution really. What idiot we were.”[2]
They observed and heard one activist to chant in confrontational slogan, and Ebadi told her two daughters “your decision to chant along with him is no measure of your commitment to justice or freedom or whatever lofty principle is at hand. Sometimes, radical slogans are a trap…your objective is to avoid being a pawn, to avoid getting dragged into trouble because you are a curious, or to believe you are seeing history being made.”[3] According to above statement Ebadi is a well calculated person and self-absorbed.
All in all, Shirin EBADI is a puppet of Islamic Republic of Iran, and going around and spreading propaganda that Iran is moving toward reform. Reforming what? The cleric gave title of ayatollahs to themselves which mean they are signs of god on earth and they are the one who would rule Iran in the name of god, and others are incompetent to make decision.
Since 1979 the cleric regime has murdered anyone for speaking against their establishment, and how come she is in position to reform the establishment in Iran?
[1] Ebadi, Shirin. Iran Awakening. TO ON Alfred A. Knopf Canada. 2006. PG 146
[2] Ebadi, Shirin. Iran Awakening. TO ON Alfred A. Knopf Canada. 2006. PG 44
[3] Ebadi, Shirin. Iran Awakening. TO ON Alfred A. Knopf Canada. 2006. PG 40
Canada Is Sponsoring Terrorism
Rafsanjani is an international terrorist and wanted by Interpol has following assets in Canada.
“CIC2004001660 Citizenship and Immigration Canada Media 6/14/04 0:00 "any memos, reports, letters, emails, voicemail transcripts or other written or recorded material concerning direct foreign investment by companies and individuals of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Canada, including but not limited to Highway 407, the Centre Point Shopping Centre in Toronto. Also any material on visits, official or unofficial, to Canada by members of the Iranian government, and/or family members of former Pres. Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (aka Rafsamjani), including son Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani (aka Rafsamjani), and daughter Faezeh Hashemi. Timeframe - January 1, 2000 - June 14, 2004.”[1]
Rafsanjani has more assets in Canada, and Canada is not disclosing his assets to anyone. He is also residing in Laval, Québec, and may have Canadian landed immigrant status.
Argentina seeks Rafsanjani arrest
“An Argentine judge has issued an arrest warrant for former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani over the 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires.”[2]
Criminal Code of Canada
“ PART II.1: TERRORISM
Financing of Terrorism
Providing, making available, etc., property or services for terrorist purposes
83.03 Every one who, directly or indirectly, collects property, provides or invites a person to provide, or makes available property or financial or other related services
(a) intending that they be used, or knowing that they will be used, in whole or in part, for the purpose of facilitating or carrying out any terrorist activity, or for the purpose of benefiting any person who is facilitating or carrying out such an activity, or
(b) knowing that, in whole or part, they will be used by or will benefit a terrorist group,
is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years.”[3]
Laws Are Written by Stronger not by Rational People.
Law Enforces in Canada is selective for executing the law.
Canadian Politicians are well fed with Mullah Money, like Mayor of Toronto David Miller.
Nonprofit Organizations and Academic Institutes are receiving Mullah Money.
Today’s breakfast meant to generate revenue for West Coast LEAF. Who is paying for this breakfast and other expenses? Obviously, the Islamic Republic of Iran is paying for all expenses.
Today, Lawyers in Canada are plundering Iran’s wealth too.
[1] http://www.onlinedemocracy.ca/CAIRS/Amber_Jn04.pdf PG 4 to 5
[2] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6134066.stm
[3] http://www.iijcan.org/ca/sta/c-46/sec83.03.html
“CIC2004001660 Citizenship and Immigration Canada Media 6/14/04 0:00 "any memos, reports, letters, emails, voicemail transcripts or other written or recorded material concerning direct foreign investment by companies and individuals of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Canada, including but not limited to Highway 407, the Centre Point Shopping Centre in Toronto. Also any material on visits, official or unofficial, to Canada by members of the Iranian government, and/or family members of former Pres. Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (aka Rafsamjani), including son Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani (aka Rafsamjani), and daughter Faezeh Hashemi. Timeframe - January 1, 2000 - June 14, 2004.”[1]
Rafsanjani has more assets in Canada, and Canada is not disclosing his assets to anyone. He is also residing in Laval, Québec, and may have Canadian landed immigrant status.
Argentina seeks Rafsanjani arrest
“An Argentine judge has issued an arrest warrant for former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani over the 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires.”[2]
Criminal Code of Canada
“ PART II.1: TERRORISM
Financing of Terrorism
Providing, making available, etc., property or services for terrorist purposes
83.03 Every one who, directly or indirectly, collects property, provides or invites a person to provide, or makes available property or financial or other related services
(a) intending that they be used, or knowing that they will be used, in whole or in part, for the purpose of facilitating or carrying out any terrorist activity, or for the purpose of benefiting any person who is facilitating or carrying out such an activity, or
(b) knowing that, in whole or part, they will be used by or will benefit a terrorist group,
is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years.”[3]
Laws Are Written by Stronger not by Rational People.
Law Enforces in Canada is selective for executing the law.
Canadian Politicians are well fed with Mullah Money, like Mayor of Toronto David Miller.
Nonprofit Organizations and Academic Institutes are receiving Mullah Money.
Today’s breakfast meant to generate revenue for West Coast LEAF. Who is paying for this breakfast and other expenses? Obviously, the Islamic Republic of Iran is paying for all expenses.
Today, Lawyers in Canada are plundering Iran’s wealth too.
[1] http://www.onlinedemocracy.ca/CAIRS/Amber_Jn04.pdf PG 4 to 5
[2] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6134066.stm
[3] http://www.iijcan.org/ca/sta/c-46/sec83.03.html
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Peaceful Assembly against cleric regime agent Shirin EBADI and Canada sponsering terrorism
On Friday February 15th, 2008 “Shahrvand” Magazine published an article that West Coast LEAF invited Ms. Shirin EBADI to city of Vancouver, Province of British Columbia (BC) Canada.
Asking Iranian person this coming Friday February 29th, 2008 at 0730 a.m. to appear at Hyatt Regency Hotel Vancouver, 655 Burrard Street, Vancouver and say to Canada for sponsoring terrorism.
Also, University of Victoria has invited Ms. Shirin EBADI “a human rights activist from Iran and a Canadian who became the focal point for human rights abuses in the aftermath of 9/11 will both be coming to campus as part of the President’s Distinguished Lectures program.” She will speak on March 03rd, 2008 at 0800 p.m. at Farquhar Auditorium.
Canada has a long history of sponsoring terrorism like allowing mullah Rafsanjani to own HWY 407 and Center Point Mall in Ontario which is contrary to Criminal Code of Canada 83.03. Kindly be advice that mullah Rafsanjani has family are Canadian citizens too.
Asking Iranian person this coming Friday February 29th, 2008 at 0730 a.m. to appear at Hyatt Regency Hotel Vancouver, 655 Burrard Street, Vancouver and say to Canada for sponsoring terrorism.
Also, University of Victoria has invited Ms. Shirin EBADI “a human rights activist from Iran and a Canadian who became the focal point for human rights abuses in the aftermath of 9/11 will both be coming to campus as part of the President’s Distinguished Lectures program.” She will speak on March 03rd, 2008 at 0800 p.m. at Farquhar Auditorium.
Canada has a long history of sponsoring terrorism like allowing mullah Rafsanjani to own HWY 407 and Center Point Mall in Ontario which is contrary to Criminal Code of Canada 83.03. Kindly be advice that mullah Rafsanjani has family are Canadian citizens too.
Other Canadian sponsering terrorism:
Vancouver Sun
ZSA Legal Recruitment
Lawson Lundell
Singleton Urquhart LLP {Law Firm}
Ratcliff & Company
Nathanson Schachter and Thompson LLP{ law Firm}
Mooore & Company
Rush, Crane Guenther
BC Federation of Labor
Bborder Ladner Gervais
Murphy Battista
Conkie & Gould
BC Government and Service Emplyees' Union
Davis LLP {Law Firm}
Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP {Law Firm}
UFCW 1518
Heenan Blaikie LLP {Law Firm}
Legal Rights:
Legal Rights:
1) Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
Article 19:
“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”[1]
2) Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms:
“Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms
a) freedom of conscience and religion;
b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication;
c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and
d) freedom of association.”[2]
Legal Case:
Superior Court. In case of Wyeth-Ayerst Canada Inc., Petitioner v. Louise Phaneuf Respondent. Date: February 21, 2002. The HON. John H. GOMERY, J.S.C. Canada Province of Québec, District of Montreal.
…
“[6] Petitioner's Motion for slander and for the respect of privacy seeks an injunctive order to compel Respondent to cease and refrain from "expressing anything, directly or indirectly, in any manner whatsoever, concerning, naming, involving or in respect of the
Petitioner...its affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, management and employees..." and specifically, to withdraw from her web-site "any declarations, allegations or references, concerning the Petitioner, its affiliates" etc. The Motion also asks the Court to condemn Respondent to pay Petitioner the sum of $100,000.00 for punitive and exemplary damages.
[7] The justification alleged for this massive assault upon Respondent's freedom of expression is the supposedly defamatory nature of the contents of Respondent's website, which, according to Petitioner, invades its privacy and damages its reputation. Petitioner also alleges that the privacy of its senior management is violated by the publication of their e-mail addresses on the web-site
[8] The Court is not seized with the merits of Petitioner's proceedings. The application now being made is for a safeguard order in accordance with article 766(4) C.C.P. which empowers the Court, at the time of presentation of a motion and before it has been heard, to "make all orders necessary to protect the rights of the parties for the time and on the conditions it determines."[3]
…...
[14]…"The other value to be balanced in a defamation action is the protection of the reputation of the individual. Although much has very properly been said and written about the importance of freedom of expression, little has been written of the importance of reputation. Yet, to most people, their good reputation is to be cherished above all. A good reputation is closely related to the innate worthiness and dignity of the individual. It is an attribute that must, just as much as freedom of expression, be protected by society's laws. In order to undertake the balancing required by this case, something must be said about the value of reputation. Democracy has always recognized and cherished the fundamental importance of an individual. That importance must, in turn, be based upon the good repute of a person. It is that good repute which enhances an individual's sense of worth and value. False allegations can so very quickly and completely destroy a good reputation. A reputation tarnished by libel can seldom regain its former luster. A democratic society, therefore, has an interest in ensuring that its members can enjoy and protect their good reputation so long as it is merited."[4]
….
“[16] The same remarks apply to the respect to be given to private life, a value guaranteed in article 5 of the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms R.S.Q. c.C-12. The extent to which the right to privacy may limit the fundamental right to freedom of expression guaranteed in article 3 of the Charter will vary according to the degree of privacy to which each person is entitled. Corporations have a lesser right to privacy than individuals. Furthermore it is far from apparent that publication of the email address of a corporate officer constitutes an invasion of the latter's privacy.
[17] Petitioner cites the decision in Investors Group Inc. v. Hudson (1999) R.J.Q. 599 (C.S.) in support of its application. The judgment rendered in that case is not a useful precedent, since the facts upon which it was based cannot be compared to the present circumstances, for two reasons. First of all, in the Hudson case the safeguard order followed a full hearing of the litigation between the parties and a careful reading of the judgment rendered, reported at J.E. 98-1329, reveals that most of Mr. Hudson's allegations about the treatment he had received at the hands of Investors Group Inc. were held to be unfounded. In other words, the defamatory nature of the statements published on his web-site had already been established. Secondly, the particulars of the statements is not known; possibly they were much more intemperate than those by Respondent in the present case.
[18] Respondent is defending herself in this matter without the assistance of an attorney. She says she does not have the means to engage counsel. This is unfortunate; she finds herself embroiled in litigation where the resources of her opponent are enormous, and its readiness to use all the means at its disposal to intimidate her and to contest her claims is evident. Furthermore, because she is not a member of the Bar, costs in her favour cannot be awarded.
[19] For These Reasons, Petitioner's application for a safeguard order is dismissed without costs.”[5]
Criminal Code of Canada:
“423.1 (1) No person shall, without lawful authority, engage in conduct referred to in subsection (2) with the intent to provoke a state of fear in
….
(c) a journalist in order to impede him or her in the transmission to the public of information in relation to a criminal organization.
(2) The conduct referred to in subsection (1) consists of
(a) using violence against a justice system participant or a journalist or anyone known to either of them or destroying or causing damage to the property of any of those persons;
(b) threatening to engage in conduct described in paragraph (a) in Canada or elsewhere;
(c) persistently or repeatedly following a justice system participant or a journalist or anyone known to either of them, including following that person in a disorderly manner on a highway;
(d) repeatedly communicating with, either directly or indirectly, a justice system participant or a journalist or anyone known to either of them; and
(e) besetting or watching the place where a justice system participant or a journalist or anyone known to either of them resides, works, attends school, carries on business or happens to be.
(3) Every person who contravenes this section is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than fourteen years. 2001, c. 32, s. 11.”[6]
Summing up above legal framework:
Authors, of this article, is allowed to express their views on Canada, Canadian politicians and criminal agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran that they are residing in Canada and posing themselves as investors, philanthropists or educationalists because Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as, Canadian legal rights already gave its blessing to us to express our views on Canada, Canadian politicians and terrorist agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Canada, as long as, it has merit. In case, Canada, Canadian politicians, element of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Canada or any given entity commenced a civil-action against the authors of this book, the civil-action will be constituted as an instrument to cause fear and to intimidate the authors. Consequently, the authors will seek criminal charge against the petitioner/s from a Justice of Peace, and in case Canadian legal system fails us, this matter will be brought before United Nations for violation of Human Rights forthwith. In event, law enforcers commence criminal charges against the authors, these authors will ask the legal system to lay criminal charge against the law enforcers, and if the legal system fails us, this matter will be taken to United Nations for Human Rights Violation forthwith.
[1] http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html July 17th, 2007.
[2] http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/charter/index.html#juridiques July 17th, 2007.
[3] http://www.canlii.org/en/qc/qccs/doc/2002/2002canlii37381/2002canlii37381.pdf July 17th, 2007. PG 02
[4] http://www.canlii.org/en/qc/qccs/doc/2002/2002canlii37381/2002canlii37381.pdf July 17th, 2007. PG 04-05
[5] http://www.canlii.org/en/qc/qccs/doc/2002/2002canlii37381/2002canlii37381.pdf July 17th, 2007.
[6] http://www.canlii.org/ca/sta/c-46/sec423.1.html August 03rd, 2007.
Legal Rights:
1) Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
Article 19:
“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”[1]
2) Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms:
“Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms
a) freedom of conscience and religion;
b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication;
c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and
d) freedom of association.”[2]
Legal Case:
Superior Court. In case of Wyeth-Ayerst Canada Inc., Petitioner v. Louise Phaneuf Respondent. Date: February 21, 2002. The HON. John H. GOMERY, J.S.C. Canada Province of Québec, District of Montreal.
…
“[6] Petitioner's Motion for slander and for the respect of privacy seeks an injunctive order to compel Respondent to cease and refrain from "expressing anything, directly or indirectly, in any manner whatsoever, concerning, naming, involving or in respect of the
Petitioner...its affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, management and employees..." and specifically, to withdraw from her web-site "any declarations, allegations or references, concerning the Petitioner, its affiliates" etc. The Motion also asks the Court to condemn Respondent to pay Petitioner the sum of $100,000.00 for punitive and exemplary damages.
[7] The justification alleged for this massive assault upon Respondent's freedom of expression is the supposedly defamatory nature of the contents of Respondent's website, which, according to Petitioner, invades its privacy and damages its reputation. Petitioner also alleges that the privacy of its senior management is violated by the publication of their e-mail addresses on the web-site
[8] The Court is not seized with the merits of Petitioner's proceedings. The application now being made is for a safeguard order in accordance with article 766(4) C.C.P. which empowers the Court, at the time of presentation of a motion and before it has been heard, to "make all orders necessary to protect the rights of the parties for the time and on the conditions it determines."[3]
…...
[14]…"The other value to be balanced in a defamation action is the protection of the reputation of the individual. Although much has very properly been said and written about the importance of freedom of expression, little has been written of the importance of reputation. Yet, to most people, their good reputation is to be cherished above all. A good reputation is closely related to the innate worthiness and dignity of the individual. It is an attribute that must, just as much as freedom of expression, be protected by society's laws. In order to undertake the balancing required by this case, something must be said about the value of reputation. Democracy has always recognized and cherished the fundamental importance of an individual. That importance must, in turn, be based upon the good repute of a person. It is that good repute which enhances an individual's sense of worth and value. False allegations can so very quickly and completely destroy a good reputation. A reputation tarnished by libel can seldom regain its former luster. A democratic society, therefore, has an interest in ensuring that its members can enjoy and protect their good reputation so long as it is merited."[4]
….
“[16] The same remarks apply to the respect to be given to private life, a value guaranteed in article 5 of the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms R.S.Q. c.C-12. The extent to which the right to privacy may limit the fundamental right to freedom of expression guaranteed in article 3 of the Charter will vary according to the degree of privacy to which each person is entitled. Corporations have a lesser right to privacy than individuals. Furthermore it is far from apparent that publication of the email address of a corporate officer constitutes an invasion of the latter's privacy.
[17] Petitioner cites the decision in Investors Group Inc. v. Hudson (1999) R.J.Q. 599 (C.S.) in support of its application. The judgment rendered in that case is not a useful precedent, since the facts upon which it was based cannot be compared to the present circumstances, for two reasons. First of all, in the Hudson case the safeguard order followed a full hearing of the litigation between the parties and a careful reading of the judgment rendered, reported at J.E. 98-1329, reveals that most of Mr. Hudson's allegations about the treatment he had received at the hands of Investors Group Inc. were held to be unfounded. In other words, the defamatory nature of the statements published on his web-site had already been established. Secondly, the particulars of the statements is not known; possibly they were much more intemperate than those by Respondent in the present case.
[18] Respondent is defending herself in this matter without the assistance of an attorney. She says she does not have the means to engage counsel. This is unfortunate; she finds herself embroiled in litigation where the resources of her opponent are enormous, and its readiness to use all the means at its disposal to intimidate her and to contest her claims is evident. Furthermore, because she is not a member of the Bar, costs in her favour cannot be awarded.
[19] For These Reasons, Petitioner's application for a safeguard order is dismissed without costs.”[5]
Criminal Code of Canada:
“423.1 (1) No person shall, without lawful authority, engage in conduct referred to in subsection (2) with the intent to provoke a state of fear in
….
(c) a journalist in order to impede him or her in the transmission to the public of information in relation to a criminal organization.
(2) The conduct referred to in subsection (1) consists of
(a) using violence against a justice system participant or a journalist or anyone known to either of them or destroying or causing damage to the property of any of those persons;
(b) threatening to engage in conduct described in paragraph (a) in Canada or elsewhere;
(c) persistently or repeatedly following a justice system participant or a journalist or anyone known to either of them, including following that person in a disorderly manner on a highway;
(d) repeatedly communicating with, either directly or indirectly, a justice system participant or a journalist or anyone known to either of them; and
(e) besetting or watching the place where a justice system participant or a journalist or anyone known to either of them resides, works, attends school, carries on business or happens to be.
(3) Every person who contravenes this section is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than fourteen years. 2001, c. 32, s. 11.”[6]
Summing up above legal framework:
Authors, of this article, is allowed to express their views on Canada, Canadian politicians and criminal agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran that they are residing in Canada and posing themselves as investors, philanthropists or educationalists because Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as, Canadian legal rights already gave its blessing to us to express our views on Canada, Canadian politicians and terrorist agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Canada, as long as, it has merit. In case, Canada, Canadian politicians, element of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Canada or any given entity commenced a civil-action against the authors of this book, the civil-action will be constituted as an instrument to cause fear and to intimidate the authors. Consequently, the authors will seek criminal charge against the petitioner/s from a Justice of Peace, and in case Canadian legal system fails us, this matter will be brought before United Nations for violation of Human Rights forthwith. In event, law enforcers commence criminal charges against the authors, these authors will ask the legal system to lay criminal charge against the law enforcers, and if the legal system fails us, this matter will be taken to United Nations for Human Rights Violation forthwith.
[1] http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html July 17th, 2007.
[2] http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/charter/index.html#juridiques July 17th, 2007.
[3] http://www.canlii.org/en/qc/qccs/doc/2002/2002canlii37381/2002canlii37381.pdf July 17th, 2007. PG 02
[4] http://www.canlii.org/en/qc/qccs/doc/2002/2002canlii37381/2002canlii37381.pdf July 17th, 2007. PG 04-05
[5] http://www.canlii.org/en/qc/qccs/doc/2002/2002canlii37381/2002canlii37381.pdf July 17th, 2007.
[6] http://www.canlii.org/ca/sta/c-46/sec423.1.html August 03rd, 2007.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Syria Denies Joint Iran Investigation
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria denied Iranian claims that the two countries would conduct a joint investigation into the assassination of a top Hezbollah commander, the Syrian state news agency reported.
Friday, February 15, 2008
ZCHTHD to Make Covering-Protections for Archaeological Sites in Chehrabad Salt Mine
http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2008/February2008/15-02.htm
LONDON, (CAIS) -- The Zanjan Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Department (ZCHTHD) plans to make appropriate coverings for the archaeological sites in the Chehrabad Salt Mine to safeguard them against rainfall.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Ahmadinejad announces landmark visit to Iraq
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article3369758.ece
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran, will make an unprecedented two-day trip to Baghdad from March 2 to hold talks with the Iraqi Prime Minister and other top officials, an Iraqi government spokesman said today.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran, will make an unprecedented two-day trip to Baghdad from March 2 to hold talks with the Iraqi Prime Minister and other top officials, an Iraqi government spokesman said today.
Iran summons Danish ambassador over reprint of Prophet Muhammad cartoons
TEHRAN, Iran: Iran summoned the Danish ambassador to Tehran in protest over the reprinting of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad by leading Danish newspapers, state TV reported on Thursday.
Israel on High Alert Following Death of Hezbollah Leader
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem14 February 2008
Teeple report - Download (MP3) Teeple report - Listen (MP3)
Israel put its embassies on high alert and advised Jewish institutions around the world to be on guard against possible attacks, following the assassination of a senior Hezbollah leader Tuesday in Damascus. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem.
Discovery of a Sasanian Circular Structure Behind Salman-e Farsi Dam
http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2008/February2008/14-02.htm
LONDON, (CAIS) -- Iranian archaeologists have unearthed a post-Sasanian (651-861 CE) architectural remains in the second phase of excavations at the Salman-e Farsi dam.
Iron Age Sites Found in Gilan
LONDON, (CAIS) -- Noted South Korean archaeologist has announced the discovery of Iron Age sites in the caves of the heights of Samdor Valley, in Gilan province.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Many Iranians says revolutionary ideals still unmet
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0212/p25s01-wome.html
Tehran, Iran - To honor the anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, the Bayuni family spent days preparing for the annual anti-American effigy contest. First prize: a gold coin stamped with an image of revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
پیام شاهزاده رضا پهلوی به مناسبت ۲۲ بهمن
هم میهنان عزیزم،نزدیک به ســه دهـۀ پیش در چنیـــن روزی، ملت ما مــردمی بودنـد که امیــد را در فــردای خود می جستند. ۲۹ سال پس از آن هــرج و مـرج بزرگ، حکومتی برایران چیــره شده است که تمام توانش را برآن گذاشته تا امید را ریشه کن کند. این حکومت برآن بوده و هست تا از شب، ابدیتی ســازد. شبــی کــــه سپیــده نــــدارد. شب سیــاه از فســاد. شب عــدول از حــق. شب دروغ. شب بی بخشش. شب سرد زمستانی که راکبان دروغ، بی بهارش می خواهند. ۲۹ سال از ۲۲ بهمن ۱۳۵۷، سالروز غروب امیــد، می گذرد. شبی که اگر بپایـــد، سرانجامش ویرانه ای خواهد بود فاجعه آمیزتر از ویرانۀ کنونی.هم میهنم،خطاب من در این روز سیـاه، فـرد فـرد شما عزیزان اید. جمهوری تباهی، امروز در سخت ترین تنگناهــای درونی و برونی گرفتارآمده است. نسلی نــو به میان آمده است. نسلی که هم از تجربـۀ ویرانگر پدران خود آموخته و هم نگاهش به فراسوی ماتم است. نسلی که بدنۀ هرم جمعیتی ایران و نیروی محرکۀ اصلی افکارعمومی این ملت را تشکیل می دهد. نسلی که بــرآنست که بساط غم برانــدازد و بـــرای میهن و زنــدگی خویش طرحی نــو دراندازد. نسلی کـــه، از این پس، هستی ایران در گروی ارادۀ آن نهفته است. هم میهنانم،من برآنـم تا همراه بــا شما و دست در دست هم، طومـار «آن دروغ بـــــزرگ» را درهم پیچیــم. حاکمیت می بــایست کــه از آن ملت ایـران باشــد. در ایـن راه، من برآنـم، این خواست دیــــرینۀ شما ملت بزرگ جامۀ حقیقت پوشد.هم میهنانم،پایان شب سیـه، صبح سپیــد است. بهــاران آزادی در راه است. امــروز جهان آزاد آماده است تا از حرکت شما پشتیبانی کند. بیاییــم دست دردست هم نهیم و فــرارسیدن فصل شادی را شتابی نو بخشیم، که پیروزی در انتظار ملت ایران است.خداوند نگهدار ایران بادرضا پهلوی
Saturday, February 09, 2008
Scientific Research Testifies the Parthian Origin of Hegmataneh Tappeh
LONDON, (CAIS) -- Thermoluminiscence and C14 testing carried out on Hegmataneh Tappeh (Ecbatana mound) remains, confirms the date of the construction to the third Iranian dynasty, the Parthians (248 BCE-224 CE), the Persian service of ISNA reported on Saturday.
Friday, February 08, 2008
Gates Says Anger Over Iraq Hurts Afghan Effort
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/09/world/asia/09gates.html
MUNICH — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Friday that many Europeans were confused about NATO’s security mission in Afghanistan, and that they did not support the alliance effort because they opposed the American-led invasion of Iraq.
UPDATE: Discovery of an Achaemenid-Persepolitan Architectural Style in Sorvan
LONDON, (CAIS) -- In the second season of excavations in the historical site of Achaemenid Sorvan in Nurabad, Mamasani, of Fars province in Southern Iran, a restricted amount of remains of a columned Ayvan and a hall and its stairway, were discovered; this is one of the ten largest buildings having a structure similar to Persepolis.
Thursday, February 07, 2008
New Mining License Endangers the Ancient Iranian Salt Mummies
LONDON, (CAIS) -- A renewed permit issued by the Islamic Republic’s mining industry to the private company have sparked new rows between the regime's and Iranian's cultural authorities over the ancient Chehr-Abad salt mines.
Two Women Stoned: Feminists Mum
By David Horowitz, Robert Spencer and Janet LevyFrontPageMagazine.com Thursday, February 07, 2008
Two sisters – identified only as Zohreh and Azar – have been convicted of adultery in Iran. They have now been sentenced to be stoned to death. Adultery is a crime punishable by death in the Islamic Republic of Iran, in accordance with the canons of Islamic Sharia law. The Iranian Supreme Court has upheld the stoning sentence.
Two sisters – identified only as Zohreh and Azar – have been convicted of adultery in Iran. They have now been sentenced to be stoned to death. Adultery is a crime punishable by death in the Islamic Republic of Iran, in accordance with the canons of Islamic Sharia law. The Iranian Supreme Court has upheld the stoning sentence.
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
South Korean Archaeologists to Track Palaeolithic Traces in Gilan
http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2008/February2008/06-02.htm
LONDON, (CAIS) -- Professor Kidong Bae and several outstanding South Korean archaeologists are currently in Iran to prepare for a joint summer research project with Iranian experts in Gilan province.
LONDON, (CAIS) -- Professor Kidong Bae and several outstanding South Korean archaeologists are currently in Iran to prepare for a joint summer research project with Iranian experts in Gilan province.
Archaeologists Return to Sasanian City Threatened by Salman-e Farsi Dam
http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2008/February2008/06-02-archaeologists.htm
LONDON, (CAIS) -- A team of archaeologists have recently returned to the Sasanian city site in the future location of the reservoir of the Salman-e Farsi Dam in southern Iran’s Fars Province.
LONDON, (CAIS) -- A team of archaeologists have recently returned to the Sasanian city site in the future location of the reservoir of the Salman-e Farsi Dam in southern Iran’s Fars Province.
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
UN Watch in the News
Rights charter hateful workArbour's judgment suspect after initial support of charterFebruary 3, 2008
Human rights are just that -- rights for all humans, regardless of political ideology, ethnicity, religion or other category. That simple message seemed at first to be lost on Louise Arbour, the UN high commissioner for human rights, when she uttered her support for an Arab charter on human rights that states "efforts must be deployed for (the) elimination" of Zionism.
Human rights are just that -- rights for all humans, regardless of political ideology, ethnicity, religion or other category. That simple message seemed at first to be lost on Louise Arbour, the UN high commissioner for human rights, when she uttered her support for an Arab charter on human rights that states "efforts must be deployed for (the) elimination" of Zionism.
Police officer accused of 'spiritual reign of terror'
Jan 30, 2008 02:49 PM Bob Mitchell Staff Reporter
A police officer who pretended to be a black magic practioner used "a spiritual reign of terror" on a Toronto family to get "false confessions" about a murder, a defence attorney told jurors today.
A police officer who pretended to be a black magic practioner used "a spiritual reign of terror" on a Toronto family to get "false confessions" about a murder, a defence attorney told jurors today.
Liberals won't call inquiry into police corruption case
Ontario's Liberal government vowed to accelerate the workings of the province's justice system, but shrugged off demands for a public inquiry Monday after lengthy delays forced a judge to stay corruption charges against six Toronto police officers.
Quality of police investigation questioned at probe
TAMARA KING
The Canadian Press
February 5, 2008
WINNIPEG -- A small Manitoba police force was once again the focus yesterday during the first phase of an inquiry looking into a controversial court case that allowed an off-duty police officer to avoid jail time for a fatal car crash.
Spector, Rock to appear before ethics committee
Former Mulroney aide, Liberal minister to speak on Schreiber affair
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 10:15 AM ET
CBC News
Brian Mulroney's former chief of staff and a former Liberal cabinet minister will appear Tuesday before a parliamentary committee examining the business dealings between the former prime minister and German-Canadian lobbyist Karlheinz Schreiber.
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 10:15 AM ET
CBC News
Brian Mulroney's former chief of staff and a former Liberal cabinet minister will appear Tuesday before a parliamentary committee examining the business dealings between the former prime minister and German-Canadian lobbyist Karlheinz Schreiber.
Monday, February 04, 2008
Looking back at 1979 Revolution
When 1979 Revolution took place in Iran and Iranian citizens revolted against their King of Kings Mohammad Reza PAHLAVI I because Khomeini HENDI promised to Iranian people that he would make everything free to Iranian people.
Khomeini was going to make public transit, electricity, gas, oil for free, and Khomeini was so generous that he was going to give 750 Rials or 75 Tomans to each person. Iranian people believed to Khomeini’s idea of magic beans, and one reason was that he was one of children of Prophet Muhammad. Iranian people were so eager to say death to the King. Even Iran’s so called intellectual took part in the revolution, and His Majesty left Iran in peace.
Now looking back at what Iran had, Iran had White Revolution that students were receiving foods for free, and university student’s tuition fee was paid whether in Iran or outside of Iran. Therefore, illiterate rate was on decline in Iran. White Revolution went beyond border of education; it was about “pursuing the public good by enhancing civil society and social justice.” Quite frankly, this White Revolution was moving Iran toward gate of great civilization. However, today, there is a different reality in Iran under the cleric regime which has adopted Black Revolution where there is no secular education but education system which is endorsing the cleric’s superstition about none sense and has no reflection to science, and faith of Islam is rejected by Iranian people as a faith of hate and propaganda and means to occupy Iran, the legal system has adopted rule of chopping off people into small pieces, and the clerics are plundering Iran’s wealth and depositing their stolen assets from Iranian people in countries like Canada, the clerics are sexually assaulting Iranian ladies and Iranian men are standing and watching outlaw Revolutionary Guard or Besij or other form of state thug to carry on their atrocity.
There is this natural conclusion that Iranian people revolted against themselves and did not revolt against their King. Please have more magic beans in name of reform from Akbar GANJI, Mohsen SAZEGARA or casting your vote in this upcoming election.
Khomeini was going to make public transit, electricity, gas, oil for free, and Khomeini was so generous that he was going to give 750 Rials or 75 Tomans to each person. Iranian people believed to Khomeini’s idea of magic beans, and one reason was that he was one of children of Prophet Muhammad. Iranian people were so eager to say death to the King. Even Iran’s so called intellectual took part in the revolution, and His Majesty left Iran in peace.
Now looking back at what Iran had, Iran had White Revolution that students were receiving foods for free, and university student’s tuition fee was paid whether in Iran or outside of Iran. Therefore, illiterate rate was on decline in Iran. White Revolution went beyond border of education; it was about “pursuing the public good by enhancing civil society and social justice.” Quite frankly, this White Revolution was moving Iran toward gate of great civilization. However, today, there is a different reality in Iran under the cleric regime which has adopted Black Revolution where there is no secular education but education system which is endorsing the cleric’s superstition about none sense and has no reflection to science, and faith of Islam is rejected by Iranian people as a faith of hate and propaganda and means to occupy Iran, the legal system has adopted rule of chopping off people into small pieces, and the clerics are plundering Iran’s wealth and depositing their stolen assets from Iranian people in countries like Canada, the clerics are sexually assaulting Iranian ladies and Iranian men are standing and watching outlaw Revolutionary Guard or Besij or other form of state thug to carry on their atrocity.
There is this natural conclusion that Iranian people revolted against themselves and did not revolt against their King. Please have more magic beans in name of reform from Akbar GANJI, Mohsen SAZEGARA or casting your vote in this upcoming election.
Why Does Obama's Pastor Matter?
By John PerazzoFrontPageMagazine.com Monday, February 04, 2008
Barack Obama, in a way that recalls John F. Kennedy, a politician to whom he's frequently compared, has carefully controlled and burnished his image to create the impression of an independent figure, free from dogma and ideological entanglements. But there is one man who threatens to undermine Obama's appealing narrative as a man above the ugly quarrels and divisive partisanship of the past: his longtime pastor and spiritual adviser, Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
Barack Obama, in a way that recalls John F. Kennedy, a politician to whom he's frequently compared, has carefully controlled and burnished his image to create the impression of an independent figure, free from dogma and ideological entanglements. But there is one man who threatens to undermine Obama's appealing narrative as a man above the ugly quarrels and divisive partisanship of the past: his longtime pastor and spiritual adviser, Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Facebook used to target Colombia's FARC with global rally
The below article is one example that how Iranian people can unify their force against their unjust ruler.
Bogotá, Colombia - Hundreds of thousands of Colombians are expected to march throughout the country and in major cities around the world Monday to protest against this nation's oldest and most powerful rebel group.
Saturday, February 02, 2008
An address by Reza Pahlavi
http://www.metimes.com/Editorial/2008/01/31/editorial_an_address_by_reza_pahlavi/5797/
Just two days after U.S. President George W. Bush gave his State of the Union address, Reza Pahlavi, the son of the late shah of Iran and heir to the Peacock Throne – in the unlikely event that Iranians ever reinstate the monarchy – delivered his state of the country's address at Georgetown University.
Royal Dutch Shell's Q4 net profit rises 60 per cent to US$8.47 billion
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5j1GubenybkWm5YtDknthC3BKXyEw
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Europe's largest oil company, reported Thursday that fourth-quarter profit rose 60 per cent due to asset sales and higher oil prices.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Europe's largest oil company, reported Thursday that fourth-quarter profit rose 60 per cent due to asset sales and higher oil prices.
Shaking the foundations
The nation's manufacturing sector has been hit by a double whammy: Oil wealth has ignited the loonie, hurting exports, and the higher energy prices are squeezing profits. Now the factory-dependent provinces are looking greedily at Alberta..Derek DeCloet explores whether Confederation will be the casualty in this sea change of economic power
Friday, February 01, 2008
Hillier says Kandahar deployment means combat role
Mike Blanchfield, Canwest News ServicePublished: Friday, February 01, 2008
OTTAWA - If Canadian troops remain in the Kandahar area, they will be involved in combat, Gen. Rick Hillier, chief of the defence staff, said Friday.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Crown Prince Reza PAHLAVI
An address by Reza Pahlavi of IranGeorgetown University - January 30th, 2008I am indeed very pleased to be back at Georgetown University, and to once again have the opportunity to spend some time with you and discuss important matters which, without a doubt, concern all of us in these troubled times.Iran’s clerical regime’s continued support for terrorism and confrontational behaviour, both regionally and beyond, its lack of transparency on issues such as its nuclear program, its continued repression of its citizenry, and a host of other issues, has rightfully led the world to the conclusion that, as such, this regime cannot be trusted. The Iranian people continue to suffer while the world ponders where all this might lead to. There are numerous topics worthy of discussion. But in light of time, I have chosen to focus tonight on the most recent issues preoccupying the international community.Let me start by stating that, despite a brief respite owing to the hype created by the publication of the National Intelligence Estimate last December, my homeland Iran, has managed to once again reclaim – for all the wrong reasons – its coveted place as one of the leading headline grabbers in world affairs. Not even Pakistan’s tense situation following the assassination of my friend, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, nor the chaotic presidential elections and its violent aftermath in Kenya, as well as the continuing crisis in Iraq and the Levant, have managed to keep Iran and its contentious rulers off the front pages. At the same time, as the primary season peaks here, and people are increasingly consumed by the election fever sweeping America, Iranians are also being asked to go to the polls on March 14 – to elect a new Majlis (parliament). Interestingly, despite the fact that Iran keeps making headlines on a whole host of other issues, and unlike the constant emphasis being made about the “free and fair” nature of the forthcoming Parliamentary elections in Pakistan, or the degree of irregularities in Kenya’s much disputed presidential elections last month, very little effort is underway to accurately describe the hoax and circus that is being passed on as “elections” by the ruling clerics in Iran. While news is gradually surfacing that more than two thirds of the 7000 plus candidates, who have registered to contest 290 seats in the “Islamic Consultative Parliament,” are likely to be “disqualified” – for a variety of reasons, but primarily based on the extent of their commitments to the tenets of the autocratic constitution – there has been no attempt to try and apply the same standards that are being demanded of, say President Musharaf in Pakistan, to the ruling autocrats of Iran!What is worse is that the international media, eager in having an entrée into Iran, are so obsessed with the prospect of getting a “live interview” with any one of Iran’s controversial figures over such contentious issues as their calling for the “wiping of Israel from the face of the earth,” or other similarly preposterous statements, that they pay little to no attention to the fact that they are being hoodwinked into a trap that essentially helps the clerical authorities achieve their aim of passing off their classic Soviet-style elections as something genuine or likely to make a difference to the overwhelming majority of the people. Let me be clear: the upcoming Majles elections in Iran is nothing but a sham, and the Iranian people – whether they are compelled by a variety of reasons to take part, or whether they are able to withstand enormous pressure and boycott the elections – know full well that, no matter who gets into the next Majles, they are unlikely to truly represent their will, desire and vision for Iran. Consequently, the next Majles will continue to remain a mere pawn in the hands of the “Supreme Leader” and his cohorts.Let me now turn to a different subject which must today be at the top of the mind of every student of Iranian affairs: The effect of the NIE, especially amongst Iranians. From my perspective, the most positive aspect of the NIE has been the fact that in the ongoing dispute between Iran and the international community over the regime’s exposed nuclear program and ambitions, the worst option – namely the dreaded military option, against which I have continuously spoken – has been firmly placed in context. In the weeks prior to the release of the National Intelligence Estimate, despite the fact that it was clearly obvious that diplomatic efforts were by no means exhausted in pressuring the clerical regime to adhere to the will of the U.N. Security Council and the I.A.E.A. vis-à-vis it’s uranium enrichment program, there was, nonetheless, a crescendo of media-based hype and frenzy, giving the impression that the military option was likely to be exercised much sooner than anyone imagined.As a consequence of the NIE, there is no question that focus has once again been shifted to reliance on negotiations and diplomatic measures in attempting to resolve this matter. So, while the United States has maintained that its military option has not been removed from the table, there is now a much more sober atmosphere that is most conscious about not allowing matters to get out of hand.While this development has been a source of relief to me and many Iranians who were dreading the prospect of a catastrophic war, it has at the same time served to lower morale amongst ordinary citizens looking for international moral support of their struggle for democracy and human rights, by creating the false impression that the U.S. and its allies were caving into the Islamist regime’s pressures in places like Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan.This impression was fuelled, not only by the kind of misleading publicity the NIE generated within the international media, but also by the way in which the regime’s propaganda machine projected it as its ultimate vindication and victory over “the Great Satan and its European surrogates.” The level of misperception and deliberate misrepresentation regarding the actual meaning and content of the National Intelligence Estimate has been such that key figures of the clerical regime – believing their own propaganda – have actually demanded that Iran be exonerated of all suspicions, and that its nuclear case at the Security Council be terminated and handed back to the IAEA.It is a fact that – as a consequence of the NIE – the Islamic regime has been able to gain extra time in the “cat and mouse game” it has so masterfully played with the international community for the past several years. However, it was also inevitable that they could not continue misrepresenting realities beyond a very limited period of time. Fortunately, as we speak, the implications of the NIE report can be viewed in much more sober terms as they pertain to Iran – as opposed to whatever connotation one might want to attach to it from the perspective of U.S. politics. As far as Iran is concerned, the NIE confirms the fact that the clerical leadership had in fact concealed and mislead the world about their plans for acquiring and developing nuclear weapons, in the sense that according to the report, it was not until 2003 that they actually put a halt to their “nuclear weapons” program – meaning Iran’s nuclear weapon design and weaponization work. The remainder of the report, while making a number of other comments with varying “degrees of confidence,” entirely misses a critical point in that the underlying reason behind the regime’s troubles with the U.N. Security Council had little to do with its at-the-time covert weaponization work, but instead was due to the regime’s opacity and failure to cooperate with the IAEA on one hand, and its continuing production of fissile material and haste in the development of long range missiles on the other. To be clear, there was never any question that, unless the Iranian authorities properly addressed the demands that were being put to them over these issues, nothing would be resolved. Hence, it is no surprise that after a delay of some 30 days or more, the “5+1” group are once again in the process of circulating a draft text that will be the basis of a third punitive U.N. Security Council resolution against Iran.Within Iran, these past several weeks have been a period of extreme concern and anxiety. Although there is general relief over the lowered prospects of military conflict, there is today grave concern about the fact that the U.S. and the international community might be willing to forego the cause of democracy and human rights in Iran, should the Islamist clerical regime demand it as its price in exchange for halting its agitations in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. Such a development, were it to occur, would not only serve to demoralize freedom loving people and democratic movements world wide, but it would more dangerously hand victory to murderers and terrorists throughout the Middle East.I believe that the current thrust of U.S. policy in the Middle East which is centred on the resolution of the long standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, is a positive development and one which I hope will be sustained by the next administration. Undoubtedly, the resolution of this 60 year old conflict will serve as the cornerstone of moderation and stability in the region as a whole. However, have no doubt that Tehran’s theocracy also has its plan, one which is not compatible with the regional and the international community’s vision of a two state resolution. Through its surrogates and allies in Syria, Lebanon and Palestine, the clerical regime is guaranteed to do its utmost to derail and block the current initiative from ever taking off. I believe President Bush’s public comments on Iran, during his recent trip to the Middle East, are partly reflective of his administration’s realization of the same. Of course, this feeds into a greater general unease about the clerical regime’s implicit and explicitly declared long term regional ambitions, threatening the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, rendering the clerical regime a problem State irrespective of who takes charge of the next U.S. Administration.In closing, I must state the sobering fact that, in the course of the past three decades, since the arrival of Ayatollah Khomeini and the establishment of the world’s first modern-day theocracy, we have witnessed a pattern of escalating violence, war and conflict at unprecedented levels. A cursory review of some of the regional developments during this period in places like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon and Israel, clearly illustrate the point I am making. Uncertainty about the future, coupled with constant fear of violence and instability, has deprived the people of the Middle East from creating the kind of environment that is both peaceful and conducive for developing their full potential. The question which begs attention is: what must be done to avoid a similar pattern in the next 30 years, or better yet, how best to put an end to it?Seen from that perspective, the choices are very clear. It is essential that forces of moderation, tolerance and enlightenment succeed in isolating and neutralizing the forces of darkness and violence which have no compunction whatsoever in resorting to mass terror in order to promote their hateful agenda. It is in this overall battle of ideas that the solid and unwavering moral support of the West and its liberal democratic values are so essential in determining the final outcome.I firmly believe that the people of Iran have a huge role to play in this great battle. As a nation, we have experienced and directly endured the consequences of an inept, corrupt and oppressive government that has failed to meet the daily needs of a robust population that is craving to play its rightful part, in line with the demands of the 21st century. I am convinced that with the establishment of secular democracy in Iran – something that is fully understood and compatible with the wishes of the overwhelming majority of Iranians – and the end of the regime’s sponsorship of terror, the region will get its chance to start anew. A democratic Iran will usher a new era that will, within a generation, positively transform the Middle East and beyond.Therefore, let me conclude by saying that my compatriots need your moral support today in their struggle for freedom and human rights. We need to be assured that the free world will never deviate over matters of principle.Help us help you in the greater battles that must be won, if we are to succeed with the positive visions we all share: putting an end to tension, violence and instability, and promoting peace, understanding and tranquillity in the Middle East.
NEW DELHI - India 's lucrative outsourcing industry struggled
The disruption which has hit a swath of users from Egypt to Bangladesh -- began to affect much of the Middle East on Wednesday, when outages caused a slowdown in traffic on Dubai 's stock exchange.
Such large-scale disruptions are rare but not unknown. East Asia suffered nearly two months of outages and slow service after an earthquake damaged undersea cables near Taiwan in December 200 6.
Such large-scale disruptions are rare but not unknown. East Asia suffered nearly two months of outages and slow service after an earthquake damaged undersea cables near Taiwan in December 200 6.
ALEXANDER HODZKO as adiscoverer of the Azerbaijan culture in the West
Please open the link below
This is a dangerous for Iran in terms of her ancient legacy. Thanks to prodigious funding and support for Soviet-era invented narrative-history, there is now a movement to establish "Azarbaijani Studies" in the west - the link you see is in Poland. Iranians are incredibly silent and say nothing just as Iranian figures are being "Turkisized" - figures such as Nizami, Ganjei, Babak Khorramdin, Shah Ismail, etc.We all share the burdon of responsibility for defending Iran's true legacy and heritage.
My regardsKaveh Farrokh
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Al-Qaed in Iran
It is for past three days and nights Al-Qaed terrorists are hired by the cleric regime are charging at university dormitories and murdering university students at night. Now, Iranian people rise from every corner of world, and assist university students to defend themselves. They need us more than ever.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Teen alleges she was assaulted by Victoria police
Police burtality os common practice in Canada, and this victim of police was lucky to cause awarness. There are other police victim that no one hears about them.
CTV.ca News Staff
The Victoria Police Department and B.C.'s police complaints commissioner have launched separate investigations into police conduct after a teenager alleged she was assaulted and tied to a door by officers at a city lockup.
The Victoria Police Department and B.C.'s police complaints commissioner have launched separate investigations into police conduct after a teenager alleged she was assaulted and tied to a door by officers at a city lockup.
Iran Reports 7th Shipment of Russian Nuclear Fuel
By VOA News 26 January 2008
Iran's official news agency says the country has received a seventh shipment of nuclear fuel from Russia for its first atomic power plant.
Iraqi Archaeologists Excavate New Sites and Find ‘Rare’ Parthian Artefacts
http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2008/January2008/25-01.htm
LONDON, (CAIS) -- Iraqi archaeologists have resumed excavations in southern Iraq uncovering three important ancient sites and collecting magnificent items.
LONDON, (CAIS) -- Iraqi archaeologists have resumed excavations in southern Iraq uncovering three important ancient sites and collecting magnificent items.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Iranian people fear new wave of sanctions
By Anuj Chopra in TehranThursday, 24 January 2008
Mustafa Ibrahim, 52, has been dreading a new wave of sanctions for more than a year. Since the first wave was imposed on Iran in December 2006, there has been a visible impact on his printing business. It has made doing business directly with European manufacturers and dealers of printing plates cumbersome, forcing him to seek the costly services of middlemen in Dubai. Profits have shrunk by nearly half, and he is now considering opting for cheaper Chinese imports, which he fears will diminish his quality.
Mustafa Ibrahim, 52, has been dreading a new wave of sanctions for more than a year. Since the first wave was imposed on Iran in December 2006, there has been a visible impact on his printing business. It has made doing business directly with European manufacturers and dealers of printing plates cumbersome, forcing him to seek the costly services of middlemen in Dubai. Profits have shrunk by nearly half, and he is now considering opting for cheaper Chinese imports, which he fears will diminish his quality.
Persian Gulf's Roudan City Under Study
LONDON, (CAIS) -- Stratigraphical studies in Roudan city, located 35 kilometres from Strait of Hormoz in Persian Gulf, have resulted in the discovery of architectural layers ranging from the third millennium BCE up to the Parthian (248 BCE-224 CE) and Sasanian (224-651 CE) dynastic eras.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Powers agree modest new Iran sanctions draft
BERLIN (Reuters) - World powers agreed on Tuesday on the outlines of a new sanctions resolution against Iran, but diplomats said the draft did not contain the punitive economic measures that Washington had been pushing for.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Discovery of an Achaemenid-Persepolitan Architectural Style in Sorvan
LONDON, (CAIS) -- During the second season of the archaeological research in the village of Sorvan, located in Nurabad Mamasani in Fars Province, archaeologists have unearthed further Achaemenid architectural evidence. The second season of archaeological research began on December 31st 2007 by Iranian and Australian archaeologists under a joint team under the directives of Alireza Asgari and Daniel Potts.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Canada needs to be added in list of nations for violation of human rights
Canada placed US name in list of country that violated human rights under section of torture. Also, Canada needs to add its own name in the list because Canada violate human rights all the time. Canadian police all the time, torture ethnic people in their custody, and some die in hand of authority.
In Canada organize crime have police in their payroll, courthouses are in payroll of powerful class, and organize crime.
The above comments are not just allegation but reality. You want fact, soon you will have facts that how Canada is violating human rights.
Gearing up for another Durban
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/295480
Jan 20, 2008 04:30 AM Anna Morgan
After years of debate, the UN General Assembly recently allocated a budget for a follow-up to the 2001 World Conference Against Racism held in Durban, South Africa.
Jan 20, 2008 04:30 AM Anna Morgan
After years of debate, the UN General Assembly recently allocated a budget for a follow-up to the 2001 World Conference Against Racism held in Durban, South Africa.
Why Do You Torture Us, Canada?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lionel-beehner/why-do-you-torture-us-ca_b_82373.html
Oh Canada. Americans look up to you, both literally and figuratively. But your laid-back-ness and refusal to offend the powers that be in Washington can make us cringe--as it did last week when you redacted the United States from your torture manual.
French-Iranian filmmaker released from Iran
France's Foreign Ministry confirmed the return of Montreal-based filmmaker Mehrnoushe Solouki to Paris late Friday morning, the same day Iranian officials permitted her departure after nearly a year in Tehran.
The charge made by Robert Gates
Globe and Mail Update
January 18, 2008 at 7:58 AM EST
In a Los Angeles Times report published Wednesday, U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates said NATO forces involved in a brutal and apparently interminable struggle against Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan "don't know how to do counterinsurgency operations." The assessment has been rejected in North Atlantic Treaty Organization capitals as a bizarre and offensive slur. But could he be right - not with respect to Canada, but with.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Nasreddin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasreddin
[edit] Delivering a Khutba
Once, Nasreddin was invited to deliver a khutba. When he got on the minbar (pulpit), he asked "Do you know what I am going to say?" The audience replied "NO", so he announced "I have no desire to speak to people who don't even know what I will be talking about" and he left.
The people felt embarrassed and called him back again the next day. This time when he asked the same question, the people replied "YES". So Nasreddin said, "Well, since you already know what I am going to say, I won't waste any more of your time" and he left.
Now the people were really perplexed. They decided to try one more time and once again invited the Mullah to speak the following week. Once again he asked the same question - "Do you know what I am going to say?" Now the people were prepared and so half of them answered "YES" while the other half replied "NO". So Nasreddin said "The half who know what I am going to say, tell it to the other half" and he left!
Once, Nasreddin was invited to deliver a khutba. When he got on the minbar (pulpit), he asked "Do you know what I am going to say?" The audience replied "NO", so he announced "I have no desire to speak to people who don't even know what I will be talking about" and he left.
The people felt embarrassed and called him back again the next day. This time when he asked the same question, the people replied "YES". So Nasreddin said, "Well, since you already know what I am going to say, I won't waste any more of your time" and he left.
Now the people were really perplexed. They decided to try one more time and once again invited the Mullah to speak the following week. Once again he asked the same question - "Do you know what I am going to say?" Now the people were prepared and so half of them answered "YES" while the other half replied "NO". So Nasreddin said "The half who know what I am going to say, tell it to the other half" and he left!
Monday, January 14, 2008
Ahmadinejad's Academic Pilgrims
By Robert SpencerFrontPageMagazine.com Monday, January 14, 2008
When Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke at Columbia University, Columbia’s President Lee Bollinger offered to travel to Iran himself, in the interests of promoting freedom of speech there: “Let me,” he implored Ahmadinejad, “lead a delegation of students and faculty from Columbia to address your university about free speech, with the same freedom we afford you today. Will you do that?”
When Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke at Columbia University, Columbia’s President Lee Bollinger offered to travel to Iran himself, in the interests of promoting freedom of speech there: “Let me,” he implored Ahmadinejad, “lead a delegation of students and faculty from Columbia to address your university about free speech, with the same freedom we afford you today. Will you do that?”
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Tehran Pledges to Answer UN Nuclear Questions by March
Iran's foreign ministry is pledging to answer all questions that the United Nations nuclear agency still has about its past nuclear activities.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Dozens killed in Iran blizzards
At least 28 people are reported to have died in Iran's heaviest snowfall in recent years. Eight people froze to death as severe blizzards left 40,000 people stranded in their cars, authorities said. Although most have now been rescued, another 20 people are reported to have died in car crashes caused by the weather, officials said.
Alberta premier threatens to sue blogger
Canadian politicans are like the cleric regime, in case, Canadian politicans do not like someone, they use civil action against someone in order to silent the person. It is a shame, and Canadian police is like the cleric regime's police officer burtality is top priority.
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Alberta/2008/01/10/4765203-sun.html
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/politics/story.html?id=8b9ac07f-966b-4fd6-bbbb-db028ee1c31b&k=58541
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Alberta/2008/01/10/4765203-sun.html
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/politics/story.html?id=8b9ac07f-966b-4fd6-bbbb-db028ee1c31b&k=58541
New Ammunition for Bush Against Tehran
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jmsKTURI66j-ZnzyHoNWZiwk9atwD8U2K88O0
By ROBERT BURNS – 17 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Persian Gulf confrontation between U.S. and Iranian forces ended without a shot being fired. But it handed the Bush administration new ammunition in its battle to convince allies that the Tehran government is a threat even without nuclear weapons.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Persian Gulf confrontation between U.S. and Iranian forces ended without a shot being fired. But it handed the Bush administration new ammunition in its battle to convince allies that the Tehran government is a threat even without nuclear weapons.
Iraqi civilian death toll more than 150000
About 151,000 Iraqi civilians were killed in bomb attacks and other violence in Iraq in the first three years after the invasion, according to the most comprehensive study yet into the number of fatalities.
Iran Accuses U.S. of Faking Persian Gulf Video
TEHRAN — Iran’s Revolutionary Guard accused the United States on Wednesday of fabricating a video showing Iranian speedboats confronting United States Navy warships in the Persian Gulf over the weekend, according to a report carried by the semiofficial Fars news agency and state-run television.
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Palaeolithic Iran Under Study
http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2008/January2008/09-01-paleolithic.htm
LONDON, (CAIS) -- An Iranian and international archaeological team have began their studies on the oldest human and animal remains found near Iran's Kermanshah city.
Archaeologists Resume Mamasani Excavations
http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2008/January2008/09-01.htm
LONDON, (CAIS) -- Archaeologists have started the second phase of archaeological research in Nourabad Mamasani located in the country's southern Fars Province.Alireza Asgari from Iran's Archaeology Research Centre and Daniel Potts from Australia's Sydney University are in charge of the project which started on December 31st, 2007.
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Vandals Smash Achaemenid Column Bases of Susa's Apadana Palace
LONDON, (CAIS) -- Column bases of the Achaemenid Apadana Palace of ancient Susa in Khuzestan Province have recently been demolished by vandals.
The palace’s remaining column bases have been broken into two pieces and the Old-Persian cuneiform inscriptions on the base have been obliterated, the Khuzestan Cultural Heritage Lovers Society (Tariana) spokesman Mojtaba Gahestuni told the Persian service of CHN on Sunday.
The stone inscriptions have been severed and scattered around the ancient archaeological site, he added.
“The reason for the destruction of the artefacts is not clear,” Gahestuni remarked, adding, “The incident probably results from the vandals’ ignorance of the historical significance of the relics.”
He went on to say that many problems are caused by the lack of protection and appropriate fencing around the site which covers about 360 hectares.
“The Khuzestan Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department (KCHTHD) undertook the installation of rods around the zone, but the measure was inadequate and has not prevented unauthorized people from entering the precinct,” Gahestuni explained.
According to Gahestuni, the use of concrete and iron rods for demarcation purposes has even led to some damage to the area.
The Apadana Palace is also being threatened by the construction of a preparatory school on its perimeter.
In early December, Tariana sent letters to the Islamic regime’s president Mahmud Ahmadinejad, asking him put a stop to the project – but the letter not so surprisingly was ignored.
The school building, which is to be four stories tall, will spoil the horizontal view from the palace ruins.
In addition, the historical metropolis of Susa, which has been inhabited for over 7000 years, is being spoilt by regime’s Municipality’s construction of a passenger bus terminal in the Shush city’s southern section.
Experts have previously given warning of the chaotic situation at the site, pointing out that such disorder has facilitated the illegal activities of smugglers who have managed to carry out excavations in search of antiquities.
The palace’s remaining column bases have been broken into two pieces and the Old-Persian cuneiform inscriptions on the base have been obliterated, the Khuzestan Cultural Heritage Lovers Society (Tariana) spokesman Mojtaba Gahestuni told the Persian service of CHN on Sunday.
The stone inscriptions have been severed and scattered around the ancient archaeological site, he added.
“The reason for the destruction of the artefacts is not clear,” Gahestuni remarked, adding, “The incident probably results from the vandals’ ignorance of the historical significance of the relics.”
He went on to say that many problems are caused by the lack of protection and appropriate fencing around the site which covers about 360 hectares.
“The Khuzestan Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department (KCHTHD) undertook the installation of rods around the zone, but the measure was inadequate and has not prevented unauthorized people from entering the precinct,” Gahestuni explained.
According to Gahestuni, the use of concrete and iron rods for demarcation purposes has even led to some damage to the area.
The Apadana Palace is also being threatened by the construction of a preparatory school on its perimeter.
In early December, Tariana sent letters to the Islamic regime’s president Mahmud Ahmadinejad, asking him put a stop to the project – but the letter not so surprisingly was ignored.
The school building, which is to be four stories tall, will spoil the horizontal view from the palace ruins.
In addition, the historical metropolis of Susa, which has been inhabited for over 7000 years, is being spoilt by regime’s Municipality’s construction of a passenger bus terminal in the Shush city’s southern section.
Experts have previously given warning of the chaotic situation at the site, pointing out that such disorder has facilitated the illegal activities of smugglers who have managed to carry out excavations in search of antiquities.
Monday, January 07, 2008
Confirmed: Barack Obama Practiced Islam
In a recent analysis, “Was Barack Obama a Muslim?” I surveyed available evidence and found it suggests “Obama was born a Muslim to a non-practicing Muslim father and for some years had a reasonably Muslim upbringing under the auspices of his Indonesian step-father.” In response, David Brock’s organization, Media Matters for America (MMfA), which calls itself a “progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media,” has criticized one of my sources of information.
Iran boats 'threatened US ships'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7175325.stm
Five Iranian speedboats harassed three US navy ships at the weekend, approaching them and radioing a threat to blow them up, US officials say.
Five Iranian speedboats harassed three US navy ships at the weekend, approaching them and radioing a threat to blow them up, US officials say.
Who will save Iran from tyranny of the cleric regime?
For Machiavelli "end justifies means". Thus burtality is product of greater good for all. However, Cyrus the Great visioned a happy state of life for people in His Kingdom, using reason before taken any action against anyone.
Mahciavelli did read Cyrus the Great books, and praised Him and that is how Machiavelli came with concept of a prince needs to be a cunning fox and brave like a lion.
Machiavelli praised Prophet Moses civil disobediance against tyranny of Pharo. Machiavelli came to conclusion that love is not so abiding, once people are out of hazard, they would forget their savior. Thus, fear, fraud, and force became corner stone of his thoughts about how a prince shall govern a nation.
Today the cleric regime is using Machiavelli political thoughts to rule Iran with Iron fist, and only a person who would act like Moses, and Cyrus the Great could save Iran from hands of the cleric regime.
Mahciavelli did read Cyrus the Great books, and praised Him and that is how Machiavelli came with concept of a prince needs to be a cunning fox and brave like a lion.
Machiavelli praised Prophet Moses civil disobediance against tyranny of Pharo. Machiavelli came to conclusion that love is not so abiding, once people are out of hazard, they would forget their savior. Thus, fear, fraud, and force became corner stone of his thoughts about how a prince shall govern a nation.
Today the cleric regime is using Machiavelli political thoughts to rule Iran with Iron fist, and only a person who would act like Moses, and Cyrus the Great could save Iran from hands of the cleric regime.
Sunday, January 06, 2008
Iran Says No Plans to Normalize Relations With US
By VOA News 06 January 2008
Iran has attacked President Bush's planned trip to the Middle East and says it has no plans to normalize relations with the United States.
My view on above news:
The US and the cleric regime are playing cat and mouse game, it is obvious someone is benefit from this game. Now, who is gaining what?
It is interesting Saddam Hussein was saying that Iraq did not have WMD and US attacked Iraq, now clearly the cleric regime is tuanting the whole world withn nuclear bombs and second genocide of Jewish people, and we are watching.
I do not mean let's bomb Iran, I mean let's topple the cleric regime by empowering Iranian people to remove the cancer from surface of earth.
It is interesting Saddam Hussein was saying that Iraq did not have WMD and US attacked Iraq, now clearly the cleric regime is tuanting the whole world withn nuclear bombs and second genocide of Jewish people, and we are watching.
I do not mean let's bomb Iran, I mean let's topple the cleric regime by empowering Iranian people to remove the cancer from surface of earth.
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Who is Bahram Moshiri?
According to this piece of edvidence, Mr. Bahram MOSHIRI i s misleading and distorting Iran's history.
Sixth Salt Man is the Next Victim of Disregard for Iran's Pre-Islamic Cultural Heritage
LONDON, (CAIS) -- The Sixth Salt Man is being damaged due to the Zanjan Industries and Mines Organization’s total disregard for the Iran’s pre-Islamic cultural heritage.
The organization, which possesses the right to exploit the salt from the Chehrabad Salt Mine, wherein all six of the “salt men” were discovered, has prevented the Zanjan Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Department (ZCHTHD) from making an appropriate covering to safeguard the Sixth Salt Man.
The Sixth Salt Man was discovered by chance when the remains were partially uncovered by a rivulet created by an early June rainfall that trickled into the salt mine, which is located in the Hamzehlu region near Zanjan.
However, it was left in-situ due to the dearth of equipment necessary for its preservation.
ZCHTHD experts have only diverted the rivulet and covered the Sixth Salt Man with salt and earth.
The winter rainfalls will seriously damage the Sixth Salt Man due to the lack of a covering over the area where he is buried, ZCHTHD official Abolfazl Afshari told the Persian service of CHN on Wednesday.
Experts believe that the Sixth Salt Man lived during the late Parthian dynastic era, roughly around 1800 years ago.
The First Salt Man is on display at the National Museum of Iran in Tehran and the other four are being kept at the Rakhtshuikhaneh Museum in Zanjan.
The organization, which possesses the right to exploit the salt from the Chehrabad Salt Mine, wherein all six of the “salt men” were discovered, has prevented the Zanjan Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Department (ZCHTHD) from making an appropriate covering to safeguard the Sixth Salt Man.
The Sixth Salt Man was discovered by chance when the remains were partially uncovered by a rivulet created by an early June rainfall that trickled into the salt mine, which is located in the Hamzehlu region near Zanjan.
However, it was left in-situ due to the dearth of equipment necessary for its preservation.
ZCHTHD experts have only diverted the rivulet and covered the Sixth Salt Man with salt and earth.
The winter rainfalls will seriously damage the Sixth Salt Man due to the lack of a covering over the area where he is buried, ZCHTHD official Abolfazl Afshari told the Persian service of CHN on Wednesday.
Experts believe that the Sixth Salt Man lived during the late Parthian dynastic era, roughly around 1800 years ago.
The First Salt Man is on display at the National Museum of Iran in Tehran and the other four are being kept at the Rakhtshuikhaneh Museum in Zanjan.
Friday, January 04, 2008
IN REMEMBRANCE OF CYRUS THE GREAT, UCLA January 26 2008
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Thursday, January 03, 2008
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
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