My posts (what there are of them) about Dr. Ahura Pirouz Khaleghi Yazdi have drawn lots of attention from googlers and no wonder. When you put his name into the search engine this blog is only one of five sites that comes up (at the time of this posting). One would think a man who intends to free Iran on October 1, 2004 by flying 30 chartered planes filled with Iranian dissidents into it would be getting lots of attention (you can view his National Press Club conference here). The fact that his conference and claims are being virtually ignored, coupled with the information that he’s been awarded a contract to provide air service from occupied Iraq to the U.S. and boasts of ties to DynCorp, leaves me wondering what the silence itself means. At least the Bush administration should be asked to give their opinion of this business partner’s mission.
I’ve been looking for Iranian bloggers who might be expressing their thoughts on him and this proposed trip. If you’re reading this and have information or opinions on the subject know that many people are interested in learning more and would appreciate links, etc…
While searching for new voices I came across a blog entry that could have been written by a lot of Americans I know regarding the upcoming November election.
Elections; bullshit!
Nobody I know is gonna vote, yet nobody seems to care.
I have learned long ago to give up reform and care about myself. Why not?
Who’s more important than me? I mean, my fathers cared only about themselves, didn’t they?
If they hadn’t been so selfish, we could have had something at least similar to a semi democracy.
And you know what? Democracy is even more dangerous. What if the majority decide to vote for more Mullahs?
So, you see, this is how I learned to stop worrying and care about myself. And myself only.
cheers
Democracy. Bit of a paradox, isn’t it. Mostly a sham.
AT THE TIME OF THE SHAH THE PEOPLE OF IRAN WANTED BETTER..THEY WERE LEFT WITH THE MULLAHS..WHO CAN BE SURE THAT BY HAVING ANOTHER SO CALLED REVOLUTION THINGS WONT GET WROST FOR THE IRANIANS!! EVEN THOUGH IRAQ IS FREE FROM SADAM THEY STILL HAVE PROBLEMS JAST AS BAD AS HS REGIUM. WHAT HAS AFGHANISTAN GOT NOW EVEN THOUGH THE TALIBAN HAS GONE?? I AM JUST HOPING FOR EVERY IRANIAN SOUL THAT THIS GOES WELL BECAUSE IF IRAN IS LEFT WROST THAN IT ALREADY IS..I DONT KNOW HOW THEY WILL EVER HAVE THE HOPE OF FREEDOM
What you mention as “Ahura Pirouz ” is the same Khaleghi Yazdi who has a lot files in Holland and Belgium for perjury, stealing and chrlatanism.
You better ask Police in those countries about him.
Hi Sara,
I worry about all of those same things. The U.S. way of making things worse is due its self-centered priorities. If my gov’t truly cared about the Iraqi people there would not have been bombs, an invasion, and the continuing occupation, since they knew all along there wasn’t an imminent threat. 10 years of brutal sanctions ensured that.
Hi Mehdi,
Yazdi is a very difficult person to research, at least for me, someone with little to no skill doing it intensively.
I’d read somewhere about problems he’d had in Holland but lost the page and haven’t been able to find it again.
I noticed his communications interests as well as the airline business.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/47/47412.html
And I’ve been wondering how to find out if he’s related to this man, Abbas Yazdi:
Excerpt:
Olav Fjell, the chief executive of Statoil, Norway’s state-owned oil company was voted to continue as the firm’s boss after a 13 hours questioning session by the company’s directors over a 15.5 million US Dollars bribes paid to an intermediary group to secure solid access in the lucrative Iranian oil market.
What makes the case interesting is that the man suspected to have opened the doors of Statoil to Iran’s south Pars gas fields in the Persian gulf is Mr. Mehdi Hashemi, one of the five children of Iran’s number two man, Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
According to Norwegian press, Statoil paid 15.5 millions to Horton Investments, a small company registered in Turks and Caicos Islands of the Caribbean and owned by a young Anglo-Iranian businessman named Abbas Yazdi, who hired Mr Hashemi, a Director of the National Iranian Oil Company for the purpose.
Statoil’s board chairman, Leif Terje Loeddesoel, said on Wednesday at a news conference that the contract ”smelled bad”, and he directed sharp criticism at Mr. Fjell. But he said that Mr. Fjell could continue in his job after explaining his actions in a 13-hour meeting that ended late Monday night.
http://www.iran-press-service.com/articles_2003/Sept-2003/norway_iran_bribe_17903.htm
man az amadan shoma be iran besiyar khoshnood hastam faghd atehad
I as many others have been searching about this man Ahura Khaleghi Yazdi and have not found much. What I have come across is http://www.ahura.info and some sites that indicate close US government ties. Is this guy working for the US government? It is quite a coincidence that he showed up right when the US and Israeli Armies are days away from attacking Iran. Let’s not forget the EU who are clearly more tactful in their approach to the nuclear disarmament in Iran and the removal of the government.
We are also witnessing a significant internal uprising in Iran and support from around the world. Is this finally the real deal? We still don’t have many answer regarding Ahura but in the meantime his site has gotten 400k+ hits in a few weeks and according to many Iranians that I have spoken to about him there are millions viewing his show from around the world. Another person in Tehran said that apart from Iranians seeing his show on satellite they are listening to radio broadcasts, reading underground news papers and even distributing copied tapes and CDs of his program.
One thing I can tell you is that this guy is either crazy to risk his life or working for the government. If my memory serves me correct there has not been such an uprising in 25 years. I guess we’ll have to see how this plays out; all I personally care about is a free Iran.
Hi Freedom,
When you say working for the gov’t do you mean the Iranian one? I’m sceptical that millions are viewing his show. And anyone who considers ties to Dyn Corp something to brag about isn’t a dove.
Is he hoping to instigate an international crisis, I wonder? Fly in some mercenaries?
Dear All
Please be patient until Octobre the first .Iran WILL BE FREE >…. Not by Hakha but by considering of the people
no comment. I just sit back and watch the show
Dr. yazdi has done something in iran never seen before and will become victorious
Ahura Khaleghi is just a person who entertain mankind. He is a just bullshitters. The only way Iranian Governemnt will collapse is by Israel and USA Bomb on Akhoonds. Untill then it is just a fantazy oct1 iran freedom. May be next year but ther is no way . I do monitore 50 Radio and TV stations and 3000 web sites. http://www.rense.com http://www.newsmax.com and http://infowars.com stilli dont have anything news about collapse of faget Aytoolahs. DFawn Dawn Ayatoolahs fuckers.
Mr Ahura Yazdi Khaleghi he is mental patient in hospital and he escaped netherland. Donot listen to him , he is just bullshitting you all. OCT 1 may be called October SUprise by the Israel bombing all Iran nuclear sites and including 600 F19 and will take 2 minutes to finish the mission. Untill Octoner surose there is no way Aytoolahs will collapsed. Before what happened to Iraq will happen to Iran as well a total Civil War. Only way is Armed rebilion against Ayatoolahs. If he can arm Iranian then there is chance other wise Ayatoolahs will remian in Iran untill October or Novemember suprise? http://www.ahura.info.com
Dr. yazdi ma hame montazerim.
be omide didar 1th of october in our Iran.
Mr. Mehdi Azadi,
You say that Dr. Ahura Khaleghi Yazdi has a lot of files for perjury, stealing and charlatanism in Belgium and Holland – My question to you is how can you back up your accusation against him? I’m not a supporter of his, because I do not know enough about him, but I like people to back up their claims when accusing someone for perjury and charlatanism.
You can count me as number 1 on the list of those who despise the criminal anti-Iranian regime in power in Tehran today. BUT my fellow Iranians, I will not allow myself to be fooled by the same powers who have interfered in the affairs of our country with a horrible attitude of arrogance, ignorance and supremasism in the past, by thinking that they are trying to stop the mullahs from obtaining nuclear weapons for the sake of the “safety of the world”! That’s not why they’re so eager to stop them. The real reason is that they want to prevent Iran from being its own master!
Look at our history for the last couple hundred years – we have been the victims of the imperialist Russians who stole all of our northern territories – then we were the victims of the greedy British imperialists who were not content with their tiny island in the north Atlantic, but wanted half of the world, and to fill their empty treasury chests with the jewels and wealth of the Near, Middle and far East. They still were not content, and decided to robb our nation furhter by stealing part of our Khorasan province (Afghanistan) and later our oil. Then we were the victims of the cold war between the Americans and the Soviets. And when our Shah had designed his plans for his visions of “The Great Civilization” (of Iran) then they got together and decided that they had had enough!
My fellow Iranians! It’s about high time that we become the rightful masters of our own nation, our own destiny and our own wealth and resources! As long as we do not have a weapon that we can use as a tool of detente, they will never let us become masters of our own country! That weapon of detente is a weapon of power! And that weapon of power is nuclear weapons!
Why, why, why should Israel, a tiny, tiny country with a population of a couple million, and a history of only 50 years have the right to have nuclear weapons, while Iran, a vast country almost as large as all of Western Europe, with a population of 70 million and several thousand years of history should not??? It does not make any sense! For those that argue that Israel can have it because it’s a democracy – I say that that’s a lousy argument! Israel might be a democracy, but it’s also an apartheid state which has and is severly violationg the rights of the native inhabitants of this land!
This is Iran’s chance to obtain the tool it needs to secure its integrity, independence and national security and to defend itself – not only against agressors such as Saddam Hussein who attacked Iran, but also against the HYPOCRITES who “deliver democracies” to certain countries with one hand, while torturing and killing the people of these countries, stealing their national wealth with the other hand! We do not want THEIR kind of democracy! They can keep it for themselves. Let us be the masters of our own affairs!
I see the comments of some people here saying that the only way of liberating Iran from the grasp of the current regime is with Israeli and American bombs….
My question to them is, are we talking about the same Israelis who have dispatched agents to Iraqi Kurdistan seeking to influence Iraqi Kurds to instigate searatist sentiments among Iranian Kurds? Are we talking about the same Americans who have met with a certain “Mahmoud Chehregani”, the leader of “SANAM” – “South Azerbaijan Awakening Movement” – A separatist organization consisting of a handful of Iranian Azaris, and several hundreds of fascist Pan-Turks with close ties to the Turkish authorities. The U.S. have met with Chehregani some 60 times to this date, and it has been reported by international news agencies that the U.S. is seeking to cooperate with Chehregani and “SANAM” with the aim of stirring separatist sentiments within Iran among its minority ethnicities: The Kurds, Azaris, Baluchis, Khuzestanis and Torkemens. The purpose being to launch a civil war which will lead to the disintegration of Iran, and thus eliminate the current regime, and remove Iran as any potential challenge to the hegemony of the U.S. and Israel in the area.
So anyway, I can not imagine that ANY Iranian patriot would come here and endorse that such DISGUSTING enemies of the Iranian nation, who aim to destroy Iran by aiding those who seek to rip Iran apart into ten different pieces, should bomb Iranian cities, killing and maiming thousands of Iranians, and causing material damage. No, there is no way that any Iranian patriot would make such statements! So I wonder if they indeed are not Israeli “agents”……
If indeed Israel, this tiny ever-increasingly arrogant and cocky 50 year old state, would ever DARE to touch even one inch of the sacred Iranian soil, I swear that I shall work my whole life towards the aim of eliminating the name of “Israel” from the map of the world!
lets just wait and see what will happen, I think this guy is after 5 minutes of fame. after all he was a CEO at age 12!!!. Time will tell
Lets go kick these bastards Asses before the Isreali Elite Forces Liquifi them and have it under their own name.
People of IRAN are more powerful than a Atomic Blast that Kills Millions, lets get up
and wipe’em off the face of the earth forever.
baba, shoma ha dorost nemishin!!!! ma shera iranian nabayad poshteh ham bashim???? shera bayad hamisheh hamdigaro kharab konim???baba 25 saleh iran dareh zajr mikesheh.. bad shoma bazam nemikhayin adam beshin va konam konin? why don’t u wanna help and thnik positivly…iran is the best…
I think he is crazy man. He just got million dollars from Ayatoolah Rafsanjani to make a psycological war with iranian people all over world including in Iran. 600 F19 from Israel soon will attack Iran On October Suprise. Then world war 3 is begin from Iran and Israel will nuclear all Iran. Untill there is some tiimew to left i ask all mojaheddin and all Komunist party of Iran and Reza Shah supporter all Iranian united and kick ass of Ayatoolahs or you will be nuked on October suprise.
I am friend of Iran ?
Neda
You people are all nuts.. I read everything on this forum and not one of you said anything useful!! Well… One of you did. (The guy talking about how Iran has been under colonial control for 400 years)
If you’re going to say something, BACK IT UP!!!!! 600 F19’s from Israel?!! Why didn’t you say 1000!! That would have been more scary I think. And if you say he’s a charlatan PROVE IT! Why, because he’s wealthy? Is he automatically corrupt because he does business with the US?
Oh.. And this is classic – one of you even mentioned that he’s tied with Rafsanjani. LOL
Face it. Iranians are so cynical that it doesn’t make a difference if the guy is Yazdi or Moses. Have a little faith!
Look.. You people have a choice. You can either stand up and claim your land from the ARABS or you can squabble and make stupid comments while they fill their pockets and laugh.
Don’t you see?!!! You don’t need Yazdi! Even if he’s corrupt, you can use him to your advantage. You can rise up and correct the wrongs we Iranians have been doing for the last 50 years!
But of course I’m probably overly optomistic. You people are more content to sit back and argue over which foreign power is going to enslave us after the arabs. I hope you feel good about yourself.
all i can say is that if iran gets attacked which i doubt by isrealis (which by the way are not ARABZ) I will personally fuk every isreali up, cause u see im persian, i love my homeland, i have too much pride for being a persian, im willing to give my life away for iran.
thats all i wanted to say, and i hope all of u think and feel like that.
guys i just recieved a news that iran got raided yesterday and that, something like inghelab happend and that even police and army was helpin people. so there was no violence it was peaceful, people were drinkign and dancing in streets due to their victory, i will back that up because my cousin called from a store in iran( in meidooneh valli asr located in tehran) and he said that we are free atlast!
I am glad that at least one person has the guts to stand up and start a movement…
I fully support Mr. Ahura’s actions, his intelligence, sincerity and wisdom.
God bless all Iranians who love their country and think of it as the number one item on their list of important things in life. Without Iran, as we have experienced in these 26 years, we are bunch of nomads searching for food, clothing, money and a some dignity… Well we had it all when we were in Iran and we can have it all back if we stick together and make a dream come true. The burden is on our shoulders and nobody else…
Mehrdad
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Radio Israel reported today that widespread peaceful demonstrations took place all across Iran yesterday in favor of Dr. Ahura Pirouz Khaleghi Yazdi. People were distributing flowers and candy and dancing in the streets. The cars were all honking their horns in a celebrative manner. While the demonstrations were largely peaceful and joyous, there were also reports of clashes in several cities between supporters of a constitutional monarchy and security forces. Unconfirmed reports state “scenes that were unbelivable” – People were all very joyous and very confident that the end of the regime is near and that Iran will finally be free….
Pan-Iranist,
Do you have an audio or editorial link for this?
mr yazdi I thing ,you are one of the biggest liers inthe world cos you are lying to 70000000 people who are not stupid.
i am not supporting islamic republic but your stories are good for children.
Pan-Iranist,
I found one:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6334754
Fellow Iranians: I didn’t know what to think about Dr. Ahura Khaleghi Yazdi – But after having watched several of his TV programs the last few days, I think we ought to support him and his movement which undoubtedly has recieved tremendous support inside and outside of Iran within a very short time. None of the opposition figures have managed doing that. I say that we should support this man and his movement – We might not get an other chance for some time, and Iran is at a very dangerous crossroads. I say that we take the risk or the chance or whatever you want to call it. The criminal regime in power in Iran is wasting our resources, continuing to cause the biggest brain-drain in the world, and continuing to steal our national wealth. It won’t get any better, but can only get even worse! We must remove them as soon as possible, and the sooner it happens the greater chance Iran has to survive and recover. I therefore have chosen to endorse Dr. Ahura Khaleghi Yazdi and ask those of you who really care for Iran and the future of our ancient country and its people to do the same.
Something is definitely happening…The police seem to be cooperating with the demonstrators and there are reports of up to half a million people in Teheran and Esfahan, Ahwaz…We should all support this movement. Even so, this doesn’t mean that we should personally support Ahura Yazdi since there is very little that we know about him. Obviously this has been pre-planned (since the police are cooperating) and he is simply the front-runner, ensuring that things get rolling… So support the movement but do not make of this Ahura Yazdi a God since after all he is only human (recall Khomeini)…I also have heard from people who know him from Belgium that he was involved in fraud and left a lot of people very angry (he owed huge chunks of money to some). And this is from someone who is for reform and reasonnably reliable…Let just keep our eyes open and emphasis on the real heros (the demonstrators) not a spokesperson who was told about this planned event.
hopefully iran will change but we must be smart this time around and not buy into sentimentality…yes we want change…but who is Ahura? who is backing him up (one person cannot predict the fate of a country with this much exactitude without either some type of support from either iranian opposition groups(best case scenario) or foreign powers (worst case — think iraq or our last revolution) we should LEARN from our past mistakes…remember all the promises and ideals that 99% of the population bought at the time of Khomeini…hoe we were manipulated….lets be smart this time and know that nothing can just HAPPEN…things are planned and leaders chosen…let the people of iran chose their fate this time and not buy into the media frenzy surrounding this event!!!!
salam
I guess this guy in the most optimistic point is mentally sick.
Are you guys sure this Mr AhuraYazdi is not a rease up by CIA or … !?
I think a man of this caliber and consciousness who speaks with both his heart and mind ( things that our conventional classical theorists/revolutionary people usually will not do) can not lie, betray or be part of a bad conspiracy. This plan of consciousness simply does not allow negativity and distruction.
Every body feels and understands according to his/her level of consciousness.
Shahzadeh Reza Pahlavi:
What Ahura has done – whether it will be successfull or not – you should have done LONG TIME AGO! Why don’t you guide the people? Why don’t you tell the people what to do? Can’t you see that the people of Iran are desperate? They will not pour into the streets in the hundreds of thousands on the orders of Radio Sedaaye Iran or any other radio or TV – And they have lost faith in all the radios, TV’s and political groups. What they want is a LEADER – and YOU, Shahzadeh Reza Pahlavi could have been that leader if you would have accepted the responsibility! The people may come across as apathic and indifferent, but if they are, they are not so without a reason! You can sit and write one fancy book after the other and eloquently present your knowledge of political science – but how is that going to help a desperate nation who wants change today, not 10-20 years in the future? You are the grandson of Reza Shah the Great and the son of Mohammad Reza Shah – and as such the people know you and have faith in that you should lead them on the path that leads to their liberation. You came and told us, or implied, that on the 18th of tir and in that whole month last year, we were going to see some great things happen that would lead to the fall of the regime. There was all this talk about strikes and mass demonstrations. Tens of thousands of Iranians in exile gathered all around the world in major manifestations, some for the first time, in the hope that indeed you were right. Never before have I seen so many people in demonstrations, and so many carrying portraits of you. 18th of Tir came and nothing happened. Why? Because obviously there was no real plan – there was no organization, and more than anything THERE WAS NO LEADER! Had you, Shahzadeh Reza Pahlavi, come forth and at least told the people what you expected them to do for Iran to be liberated, I am certain that the people would have responded! The MASSES would have responded. Instead people became even more disillusioned and lost the last drop of faith and hope! And those of us who inside and outside of Iran participated in the manifestations became ridiculed by those Iranians who for various reasons did not participate.
I can understand that the situation you’re in is a most difficult one, and I do not envy you. But you have accepted a resposibility by being involved in the political work that you’re involved in, and therefore you have to go the whole way – you should have gone the whole way, and you should have gathered the courage necessary to do what the people expect of you. Now we see a person like “Ahura” who nobody even knows ho he is and where he comes from, being successful in mobilizing the people so that they in the tens of thousands turn out in the streets. This shows that the people are desparate and are thirsting for a leader who can take command. He is far from ideal for this task – and that in itself proves my point, that a person who nobody knows anything about, and who doesn’t even have a good command of the Persian language, can be successful in such a short time to mobilize relatively large numbers of people to take to the streets against the regime – that this shows the high degree of desparation that the people feel, and their yearning for someone to lead them in their struggle for freedom!
It’s not too late Shahsadeh! people are still willing to listen to you – they still welcome your leadership. Whether you are worthy or willing to be their leader in their quest for freedom and the liberation of Iran, remains a decision which only you can make – unless there is an issue that we do not know and which you know about. You have presented all your ideas in your speeches and your books of how the people should mobilize to overthrow this regime – Now you need to IMPLEMENT those ideas, by coming forth and telling the people what to do and when to do it! It might be a risk – everything in life is more or less a risk – But without taking risks one can not gain much in life.
My suggestion is that you and your mother, the Shahbanou, should together step forth with all your courage and sense of responsibility, and accept this role. Together, the two of you stand a great chance of being successful. You can either do that or allow even more time to pass, and let the years pass one after the other, and hope that some “miracle” will happen like that all Iranians will read your book and without any organized leadership decide to follow the prescription of how to peacefuly pursue a movement of mass disobedience, as outlined in your books. But don’t count on that this will happen – not without a plan, organized effort and LEADERSHIP!
be sardabire mohataram
Hello to everyone
I read some of your views and it’s good that they are different.
I would not want to see everyone put there heads down like sheeps and follow Dr. Ahura who is not very well known around the world and there is little or nothing about him on the net.
But then again there should be some people supporting him in his effort in the likelihood that he is genuine.
I also hope that things don’t go out of hand and people start mass murdering the people of this regime. We should judge this people and keep them locked up and we should learn from this people. We should abolish the dead penalty.
If murdering happens people will be able to accuse anyone and get them killed. We should not have a bloodbath in Iran witch will eventually lead to chaos like the last revolution.
But what is more important than all of this is that once we get our democracy we shall do what ever to hold on to it and make it stronger.
Sherine ebadi says “democracy is like a flower and if you don’t water it and take care of it, it will die”.
I know that to be true by looking at the American democracy. They are losing it: a court picks (4/7 judges) there president; they have almost no objective journalism on television; they have a high rate of crime; and on and on…
We Iranians that live outside of the country and see the way the west works should go back and have our eyes open not to let Iran follow the same path.
We should build Iran for Iranians and not for the few elites of the west but that will not be easy.
What we need is a second Mossadegh or a Ghandi or a Salvador Allende or a Hugo Chavez and personnaly I don’t think Dr.Ahura is the one. But deep in my mind I want him to turn out to be that man.
In the aftermath of the widespread demonstrations that took place across Iran against the regime, reports are stating that spontaneous and scattered demonstrations are coninuing and spreading to other provinces and cities. In the shahrestan of “Do-mian-Ab” in the province of Fars, after the people attacked government buildings and set them on fire, they killed the the commander of the revolutionary guards and two other pasdars. 7 of the demonstrators were killed initially. on the second day as the people attacked government buildings and vehicles again, one demonstrator got killed. Today it is reported that the “Islamic” republic dispatched large units of revolutionary guards who according to witnesses have totally leveled “Mian-Do-Ab” by bombarding it.
In the city of Bandar Abbas at least three deaths have been reported – all the victims were demonstrators. The people of Bandar Abbas responded by attacking government officials, their buildings and vehicles and setting them on fire.
In several cities across Iran is under an undeclared martial law. It’s reported that the people are ignoring the martial law however, and are constantly remobilizing for new protests and attacks against the regime.
Isfahan and rezaiyeh (Oroumiyeh), Shiraz, Hamedan, and many of the Shahrestans and cities along the Zagros range are still reported as being in turmoil and the situation is very tense. The demonstrators are responding to the call of Dr. Ahura Pirouz Khaleghi Yazdi, a Zoroastrian Magi, who has challenged the regime of the “Islamic” Republic.
(I have gathered this news from different online sources which I will post here later)
Pan-Iranist,
Could the ‘second day’ of protests be related to this and not Yazdi?
Clashes as Iran Islamic fund fails
One person was killed and 18 injured in clashes in Iran linked to the collapse of an Islamic loan fund in Nourabad, Iranian state television has reported.
The violence is reported to have taken place after angry customers protested outside state offices in the city.
The Zolfaghar-Ali fund was declared bankrupt, leaving some customers unable to reclaim funds they had deposited.
One report said Nourabad residents had 360bn riyals ($41m; £23m) tied up in the fund.
Vulnerable
A Fars state official told Iranian television that security forces had intervened to quell the protests and calm had been restored.
Damage was caused to some buildings by “a group of agitators and opportunists”, said Abdollah Shahasani, head of political affairs in the office of the Fars governor general.
He said the fund’s managers had been arrested and a special committee was investigating customer complaints.
Similarly structured Islamic funds allow depositors after several months to take interest-free loans of double the amount deposited.
Fund managers invest the cash deposited but can be vulnerable to a run on the fund if too many depositors try to take loans or withdraw their deposits at once.
Several such funds have collapsed in recent months, causing street protests, AFP news agency said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3698588.stm
http://www.zagros.info/Gozaresh/Gozaresh-html/gozaresh-2004-55.htm
http://www.daneshjoo.org/smccdinews/article/publish/article_4298.shtml
http://web.peykeiran.com/net_iran/irnewsbody.aspx?ID=18820
No Diane, these demonstrators were related to the events that started on Sunday. But, this just shows how fed up the people are with this pseudo-Islamic “theocracy”. I think that THIS is the time if ever for all those who sincerely wish to liberate Iran, to unite and finish off this regime of radicals, psychoes, criminals, crooks and anti-Iranian elements!
Is it unusual that Iranian sites would be registered in the United States? For instance SMCCDI appears to operating from Addison, Texas.
http://www.whois.org/whois.cgi2?d=http://www.daneshjoo.org
Furthermore Diane, in regards to the Islamic Funds protests, I read somewhere a report that those violent clashes were instigated by posters appearing for a couple of weeks throughout Isfahan by an organization called something like “The Supporters of a National Referendum”, which called upon the people of Isfahan and surrounding areas to gather in Isfahan on this day to protests against the regime and to call for a national referedum on what kind of regime Iran should have. The regime, as usual, is trying to make it look like a “smaller incident” which has nothing to do with anti-IRI sentiments, but rather with the corrupt actions of a few, who have been “arrested” by the regime and will stand trial. The regiem always does this in these situations, and the western media always seems to take the word of the regime for granted. This demonstration in Isfahan was indeed clearky anti-regime.
Yes Diane, it’s very usual since there are some estimated 5-6 million Iranians who live in exile, and since we’re dealing with a most repressive regime which does not tolerate any opposition. Just like the polish resistance during WWII were headquartered in London.
Sure I understand all of your points. Most especially ‘ does not tolerate any opposition.’ Which brings me back to my initial worries when searching around for news on Yazdi which is that his efforts, however noble they might be, at this particular moment in history seem to be irresponsible at the very least. If what you say is correct, that he was behind this rioting in Nourabad, then his promise that this regime change would be ‘peacefull’, which was a ridiculous statement to ever make, has already been proven wrong.
I heard that Dr. Ahura was postponing his trip to Iran. Is this true?
Hi Mike,
Where did you hear about it? You can access Yazdi’s 9/27 National Press Club conference at the following link.
He claimed that nearly a million of his Iranian supporters took over the streets on Sunday but were either ignored by the press or their numbers were misrepresented by those outlets that covered it.
http://www.ahura.info/icontacts.html
Diane – It seems that you and I are talking about two different demonstrations. In my first post regarding the most recent demonstrations, I was referring to “Mian-do-Ab” and not Nourabad. Nourabad had no relation to Yazdi – but it was clearly an anti-regime protest. Now I heard on Radio Farda that the violent protests in Mian-do-Ab” which has led to the death of at least 8 demonstrators and at least 4 revolutionary guards, is related to the harsch treatment of the “Ahl-e Haqq” movement by the regime who is very hostile towards this esoteric spiritual mystical order. Appearantly the regime had done something which angered the followers of this ancient spiritual order. The riots and deaths in Bandar Abbas though are directly related to Ahura. It is also possible that these events were inspired by Sunday’s manifestations.
About what you said, that Ahura has called for non-violent demonstrations. Yes, that’s right. And he has personally done nothing to violate that wish. As a matter of fact, Ahura asked people yesterday in the press conference he gave in Washington D.C. to NOT demonstrate in the next few days following Sunday’s events. Now, even if these demnstrations that turned out to be violent and deadly, had been related to Ahura, I can not see how he could be held responsible for it. He had called for peaceful and non-violent demonstrations, but if people are attacked and they either defend themselves or out of rage, attacks those who attack them, then I can not see how Ahura can be held responsible. However, the demonstrations related to Dr. Yazdi have so far been peaceful.
A friend of mine who was listening to radio Israel told me that the radio said that Ahura may not go on Friday. Since his web site is not updated every hour, I have no way of verifying this rumor.
Yesterday I recieved an e-mail from a non-Iranian gentleman who clearly is a staunch supporter of Israel. He was upset about my post in this board in regards to Iran, the Iranian nuclear issue, and Israel possibly attacking Iran. He stated in his email that he cannot understand why I would be so upset about Israel bombing Iran, since they would “merely” bomb the nuclear sites and not Iran per se.
My answer to this gentleman is as follows:
First of all bombing Iran, whether it be a nuclear site or a useless desert, is violating Iran’s integrity, and I can guarantee you that at least 99% of Iranians will oppose any such action with passion! When you bomb nuclear sites in Iran, you are:
1) Endangering the lives of innocent Iranians – people who are my relatives by blood and by their nationhood. Do you realize what the radiation that leaks out could do to not only the people but to the environment for many years to come?
2) You’re causing damage to Iranian property which – in this regard is a project which is most costly. We’re talking about money that belongs to the Iranian nation.
3) You have no right by any international law, nor do you have any moral or ethical right to attack Iran just for the simple reason that you feel threatened by Iran having nuclear weapons! Many countries may very well feel threatenend by Israel having nuclear weapons – Does this give them the right to attack Israels nuclear facilities? And furthermore, if countries are going to act in this irresponsible way, much like lawless cowboys of the Wild West, then what would the world eventually look like? What do we have the U.N. and similar organs for if we are going to disregard them by blatantly breaking their rules? You can argue that Iran has broken the rules of the IAEA – But what you as a “democratic” country should do then is to behave like one, and first try to PROVE your case against Iran by presenting PROOF that Iran indeed is inthe pursue of producing nuclear weapons, and then present your case at the U.N. security council for them to consider sanctions. That’s the proper way to do things.
4) The majority of Iranians may certainly feel compassion for the plight of the innocent Palestinians who are loosing their lives and property, as well as their dignity and human rights by the actions of the Israeli authorities. Nevertheless, I’m confident that the vast majority of Iranians do not harbor hostile feelings against Israel, and certainly do not want Israel to be eliminated. However, rest assured that this would change over night should Israel even just touch one inch of Iranian territory or property. By doing that, I can gurantee you that Israel will have achieved two more things in addition to what I have already explained above: It will have turned almost the entire population of Iran against Israel – and God knows that Israel does not need any more enemies in this world! And it will also cause the Iranian masses to unite and stand behind the current Iranian regime which it actually despises. And thus Israel will have done the current Iranian regime a great favor, and as a result any regime change in Iran will be something that one can forget for a long time into the future.
What I would like to know from you is this:
We all know that Israel has nuclear weapons. Do you really think that the current regime in Iran would even dare to think about using nuclear weapons against Israel when it knows that Israel has the ability to strike back? Do you think that you’re dealing with suiciders like the hateful disillusioned young Palestinians who blow themselves up in public areas to kill Israelis? If you do, you’re so wrong that you wouldn’t imagine! The mullahs would NEVER risk their own lives by nuking Israel! They might, and probably would risk our lives – the lives of the Iranian people – but NEVER their own lives! So you and your government’s argument and “fears” are not the least legitimate. Whether your fear is genuine or not, or if you are just using it as a pretext – only you know.
What if Iran will have a democracy in the future and a “decent” government – Should Israel still bomb Iran in your opinion? I’m asking you this because according to a CIA report from a few years ago, virtually ALL Iranian political groups along the vast and diverse spectrum of Iranian political organizations, are united about ONE thing, and that thing is that Iran should and must have nuclear weapons. Iran has many enemies, and to fully understand just how many enemies she has, one needs to have a strong knowledge of Iranian history and affairs. An outsider would not realize just how many enemies and POTENTIAL enemies Iran has. It’s too lengthy of an issue to discuss here. Thus Iranians feel that we need a weapon that can be used for DETENTE – to scare those who would possibly have any malicious designs against Iran. I’m sure that Israel obtained its nuclear weapons for this very same reason. So I would like to know your position on this – Should Israel bomb Iran if Iran as a democracy and with a “respectable” government and establishment in the future, would pursue nulcear weapons production?
I also would like you to think about how YOU would feel if a country who didn’t like Israel and considered Israel as a threat, would decide to bomb your nuclear facilities…
I want to close by saying that I as a fellow human being and as an Iranian have no hostile sentiments towards Israel as such. I respect Israel’s right to exist as a national state – but would also wish to see Israel approach the Palestinian question with complete fairness and to fully respect the human rights and welfare of the Palestinian nation. But Israel must also stop behaving in a manner that is not at all consistent with the nature of a true democracy, by trying to decide who can do and have what. This is not within the authority of Israel. And the continuation of this kind of policy will in the long run not serve the best interest of Israel and its people.
Thank you
if this man”ahura” dosnt com ,we are gonna break his nek