Iran : une troisième voie, pour éviter la catastrophe, par Prince Reza Pahlavi

vec l'aggravation de la crise iranienne, un tumulte sans précédent s'empare de la sphère diplomatique et déborde sur la scène médiatique. Ces derniers jours, les déclarations du ministre français des affaires étrangères, homme doté d'une longue expérience des crises, notamment lorsqu'il fut en charge de la province du Kosovo mandaté par les Nations unies, ont ravivé les débats.

http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0,36-957945,0.html

Iran: Plans Ready To Bomb Israel

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1663454,00.html?xid=rss-topstories

(TEHRAN) — The deputy commander of Iran's air force said Wednesday that plans have been drawn up to bomb Israel if the Jewish state attacks Iran, according to the semiofficial Fars news agency.

Two Further Fortresses Identified on Path of Gorgan’s Wall

http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2007/September2007/18-09.htm

LONDON, (CAIS) -- Geophysical operations of Iranian-British joint team on more than 2 hectares of Gorgan’s wall led into identifying two underground fortresses.

Hamid Omrani, Iranian head of the team and head of the cultural heritage base of Gorgan’s Great Wall announced the discovery of two buried Sasanian fortresses which are denoted to Gorgan’s wall during geophysical operations.

Unwarranted Adjuncts Spoil Authenticity of Taq-e Bostan: Researcher

LONDON, (CAIS) -- The beauty and authenticity of the Sasanian site of Taq-e Bostan has been spoilt by unwarranted additions, Taq-e Bostan Research Centre director Siamak Khadivi said.

http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2007/September2007/19-09.htm

Second Season of Archaeological Salvation Operation behind Salman Farsi Dam

http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2007/September2007/19-09-archaeological.htm

LONDON, (CAIS) -- The second season of salvation operation behind the Salman Farsi dam will start in mid-October, announced by Alireza Jafari director of archaeological research in the area.

Iran accuses Canada of torture and racism

Undiplomatic exchange part of sparring over rights abuses since death of Zahra Kazemi
September 15, 2007 Olivia WardFOREIGN AFFAIRS REPORTER

Canada and Iran sparred yesterday at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, as Tehran slapped back Ottawa's accusations of boosted executions and ill treatment of women with its own allegations of rights violations.

Canada's envoy John Von Kaufmann said that Iran's "deteriorating human rights situation" contravened its international and domestic obligations, citing "treatment of women as second-class citizens" and suppression of peaceful demonstrations for women's rights. The complaints were echoed by those of the European Union. But Iran's envoy, A. Eshragh Jahromi, said that Canada should have its own record scrutinized.

"Human rights violations include social exclusion policies, blatant racism and racial discrimination, police brutality, unlawful detention, torture and deaths in custody, violence against women and children and indigenous people, who are being treated as second class ... by the Canadian government," Jahromi said.

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/256966

Kidnapped Person

Consulate General of the Republic of Turkey
6300 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles , CA 90048

September 16, 2007


To Whom It May Concern:

Your country has for the past twenty eight years graciously opened its borders to our compatriots who have been forced to escape the hands of the terrorist Mullahs of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Our compatriots have chosen life as refugees to life in their own homeland in the hopes of finally migrating to countries which would provide them a future. Turkey has graciously given them a home while they try to find a country to go to. On behalf of all Iranians we thank your government for this gesture.

Five of our compatriots who had been refugees in Turkey had gone to renew their “Kimlik” but are missing since. We are gravely concerned for the safety of our friends: Ali Alamzadeh, Abolfazl Ajorloo, Alireza Ranjbar, Mojtaba Vatanpour, Pejman Tiran. These refugees had approval from the UN and two of them were in the process of coming to the United States .

The families of these gentlemen are truly concerned that the government of Turkey has returned them to the Islamic Republic of Iran. This would truly be a tragedy since the Islamic Republic is known for the torture and killing of our youth and political activists.

Our compatriots in Los Angeles some of whom were political prisoners themselves, or families of political prisoners in the Islamic Republic and some who were once refugees in Turkey will be starting a hunger strike to show their concern for our fellow countrymen in front of the office of the Consulate General of the Republic of Turkey starting at 8:00 am Tuesday September 18, 2007continuing to Wednesday September 19, 2007 evening. We would greatly appreciate an investigation on the status of our compatriot’s location and need your help in obtaining that information.

Iranians hope we can count on your country to keep protecting our compatriots while they search for new host countries. We hope to be able to locate these gentlemen safe in order to help them get to their host country.

Sincerely,

Amir Hakim
Secretary General

Khashm Organization U.S.A
468 North Camden Dr. Suite 204 Beverly Hills , CA 90210
KhashmOrg@aol.com Tel: (310) 204-IRAN Fax: (310) 204-SHAH

Prepare for war with Iran, France warns

France has caused anger in Iran and delight in Israel today with a hawkish statement saying that the world should be ready to go to war to stop Tehran getting nuclear weapons.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2473281.ece

UPDATE: Train Vibrations Threaten Tomb of King Xerxes

LONDON, (CAIS) -- Vibrations caused by passing trains are likely to broaden existing cracks in the tomb of Xerxes I and result in its collapse if a nearby railway route becomes operational, archaeologist Mohammad-Taqi Ataii said during a seminar at the University Of Tehran (UT) on September 11.

In addition to Kaba of Zoroaster, King Xerxes Tomb also will be destroyed if Esfahan-Shiraz Railway Project to be constructed

http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2007/September2007/12-09-king.htm

LONDON, (CAIS) -- In addition to destruction kf Kaba of Zoroaster less than 10 years, also based on existing evidence such as the cracks which exist on the body of Xerxes’ and the other Achaemenid imperial tombs in Naqsh-e Rostam, and the close distance of Esfahan-Shiraz railway to this historic site, experts give a strong possibility that the rumbling of the trains would break the tomb of Xerxes in two halves.

American Women In Iran

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPWLqZG10c4

Partho-Sasanian Sites of Abyaneh are in Danger

LONDON, (CAIS) -- Continuation of hotel construction in Abyaneh by families of Islamic regime’s prominent members and their close allies has put the status of this historical village at risk. Recent decision of an investor for erecting a hotel in eastern part of this historic village has raised the concern of cultural heritage enthusiasts and people of Abyaneh about the real harm which will pose to the first evidence of settlement in historic village.

http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2007/September2007/04-09.htm

Hunger strike protestors bailed

Two of seven people arrested for trespass during a protest in support of Iranian asylum seeker Ali Panah were today granted bail when they appeared in court.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10461615

Iran claims atomic milestone

Sep 03, 2007 04:30 AM

TEHRAN–Iran claimed yesterday that it had reached its goal of running 3,000 centrifuges for uranium enrichment, a much higher number than recently estimated by the United Nations' atomic agency.

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/252586

Canada should pull troops from Afghanistan now & lead push for peace:Layton

TORONTO (CP) — Federal NDP Leader Jack Layton is repeating his call for Canada to safely and securely withdraw its troops from Afghanistan now and take the lead in forging peace talks to end the bloodshed there.

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jxzXUsR_2k2ac_k0Rjv7dvs9260g

Rastakhiz - uprising

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5qNeJ4to0I

700 Historic and Prehistoric Sites Identified in Sistan Plain

http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2007/September2007/02-09.htm

LONDON, (CAIS) -- In pursuing their researching activities in Sistan plain, archaeology team of Sistan va Baluchestan University has succeeded to identify more than 700 historic and prehistoric sites in this part of Sistan va Baluchestan province.

Since the excavations in Sistan plain have not been wrapped up yet, Rasoul Mousavi Haji, one of the heads of the archaeology team in Sistan plain gives the possibility for identifying some more historic sites in the area.

Dr. kaveh Farrokh and Iran

It's important to not focus too much on that website - although it is telling of a strong pulse in the US-Israeli mainstream: anti-Iranian feelings run high. I do concur with Dr. Babak Rezvani of Holland on the following point:

the more rational people still are uneasy with Iran. Because it is a large, populous country with resources. Which can act as a main global player and in any case is a natural regional leader. it is GEOPOLITICALLY detrimental to their interests.

The western forces who supported Khomeini did so hoping that a fanatic religious theocracy would destroy Iran's culture, history and common identity by forcing the population to become pan-Arabo-Islamists. This fully documented by Dreyfus & Llemarc (1979) and as well as Engdahl (2003).

The decision to remove the Shah was taken in 1973 (I would argue that it was as early as the Matteo affair of the 1960s) when the decision was taken by petroleum conglomorates, CFR and the Trilateral Commission to remove the Shah. The reason is the same as Dr. Rezvani explains it:

(1) Iran was rapidly becoming an advanced industrial, economic, technological giant
TODAY: Iran's arms industry has become nearly self-sufficient and there have been strides within Iran in a number of medical and technical centres. I DO NOT support the IRI and see them as pan-Islamic fanatics, however the PEOPLE of Iran are extremely ingenious - and this (believe me) is seen as an economic threat to the "lobbies". I have numerous references that document how a number of western diplomats such as George Ball hated the Shah and wanted him removed because he and his "allies" felt that Iran "should remain a third-world country".

George Ball (left) and President Lyndon Johnson (right)

(2) The Shah was demanding higher and higher prices for oil revenues
(3) Iran was projecting itself into the Near east economically and politically - this was unacceptable to the Anglo-Dutch petroleum consortiums who see the Persian Gulf as their lifeline.



I recall as a boy the bitter and racist cartoons in the western papers of how "dangerous" and "threatening" Iran was becoming to "world-stability". My father worked as a career-diplomat for the Shah-regime for 30 years.

This sounds familiar to the shrills we hear today: the Iran "nuclear threat". I fully share deep worries of a fanatic such as Ahmadi-Nejad (along with his anti-Israel rhetoric) wielding nuclear weapons - But how about Pakistan? They have a huge nuclear arsenal, the country's populace is extremely anti-western and Palistan intelligence is the creator of the Taliban and has supported Al-Qaida (and some say that this is continuing). Dr. Choussedevsky of Ottawa University has written a number of books and articles on these issues - interesting how we do not hear of this is major journalistic outlets.

While I fully concur that corruption-nepotism was rampant in the Shah's era, as well as serious human rights violations, etc. the excuses that were used to sow chaos within Iran and to oust that regime were the same ones we are now hearing today: "Human Rights". Only now, we hear "Human Rights" with a new twist: "Human Rights for Iran's Minorities". The same mantra was used by the former Soviet Union against Iran.

As I noted before, the petroleum conglomorates and the neo-cons, etc. care little for the Iranian people and least of all for "Human Rights".

Remmember that the assault on Iran's integrity has been in full swing since the 1979 revolution:
(1) the promotion of "academic" venues for terms such as "Arabian Gulf", "South Azarbaijan", "Al-Ahwaz", etc.
(2) The mobilization of the EU, UN and other "Human Rights" venues to (a) fabricate and (b) internationalize the so-called "plight of Iran's minorities".

We are entering a dangerous slippery slope. - we are starting to resemble the Ottoman Empire in 1914 as well as post-Tito Yugoslavia. Iran too has a dangerous fanatic president (recall Milosevic) who wishes to sacrifice Iran for "Felesteen e Aziz".

There is also little comprehension within Iranians (both inside Iran and within the diaspora) of how much intent there is to dismember Iran for economic reasons (translation: petroleum). The fact is that Ahmadi-Nejad and the IRI are giving these dynamics greater excuse and impetus. Yes, I do not like the IRI at all, however we need to take notice of the forces that have been at work even during the time of the Shah (and even Reza Shah).
Not to repeat what I say and what Dr. Rezvani says: the forces at work care little for who sits in Tehran. It is Iran and its integrity that they do not like.

Once again, I have humble mentioned these things in the PART VI of my humble on-line book:
http://www.rozanehmagazine.com/NoveDec05/AZPartVI.html

The media is now repeating a dangerous mantra:
Iran is a menace to the world - we must "remove" that threat.

Note that we NEVER hear "Islamic Republic" - we always hear "Iran". Perhaps the time has come for all of us to awaken from our complacence and never-ending pettiness.

Iran expanding its atom program, UN agency reports

By Elaine Sciolino

Published: August 30, 2007

VIENNA: Iran is slowly but steadily expanding its nuclear program in defiance of United Nations resolutions, even as it has promised to answer questions about an array of suspicious nuclear activities in the past, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/30/asia/nuke.php

U.S. military releases Iranians in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. soldiers released eight members of an Iranian delegation on Wednesday, a day after the group was arrested at a hotel in eastern Baghdad, the U.S. military and an Iraqi government spokesman said.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/29/iran.us/index.html?eref=rss_world