Does Iran’s President Want to Wipe Israel off the Map or Deny the Holocaust?

Iran – Next Target in the Never Ending US War Racket?

The motivations behind waging wars are always and everywhere the same. A war is always accompanied by an enormous transfer of money from taxpayers to government bureaucrats, government investors (a.k.a lobbyists), and thus of course government contractors.

Since the aggressors in wars generally conduct their operations abroad and in environments of brute force, confusion, and often times pure chaos, oversight by the people funding the effort, the taxpayers, can be kept at a convenient minimum.

But the icing on the cake, from the point of view of those benefiting, is of course the fact that all the brutal murders, aggression, and violence perpetrated during wars can be sold to the very people who are being ripped off as a heroic and necessary endeavor to (believe it or not) protect them from harm.

(As I pointed out before, such seriously and fundamentally twisted perceptions on the part of the taxpayers can only be held under a long term regime of irrational indoctrination via institutionalized public schooling, religion, and blind faith in the virtue of the family.)

Thus the profits that the different parties involved realize are enormous, the margins tend to reach levels that any entrepreneur operating on the free market can only dream of. In addition to that, ongoing costs arise for the treatment of veterans and long drawn out occupations, which in turn justify even more expenditures and raise the bar for government intrusion in the private sector.

A war is always and everywhere first and foremost an attack on the domestic population, with the objective to forcefully transfer money from the majority to the politically connected under minimum oversight. In short, war is a racket – made by government.

It is thus kind of funny to see, for example, modern day Republicans flaunt their supposed allegiance to the free market while at the same time being most supportive of all the efforts involved in waging war. But there is no more anti-free market program than war! It is precisely in war where you can see pure government in action.

Rothbard probably put it best when he said in War, Peace, and the State:

It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the economy and the society. Society becomes a herd, seeking to kill its alleged enemies, rooting out and suppressing all dissent from the official war effort, happily betraying truth for the supposed public interest. Society becomes an armed camp, with the values and the morale – as Albert Jay Nock once phrased it – of an “army on the march.”

Or as the great libertarian peace activist Randolph Bourne once said “War is the Health of the State“.

That having been said, with public support for the imperialistic occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan waning, Washington bureaucrats sure are scrambling to find the next excuse for yet more of the same:

Rep. Charles Rangel may be in trouble because he is your standard corrupt district of criminals opportunist, but that has not killed his mandatory slavery bill. On July 15, Rangel introduced H.R. 5741, the Universal National Service Act, and it was referred to the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel on July 23. Even though the bill does not have co-sponsors, it is currently under debate.

	“I have introduced legislation to reinstate the draft and to make it permanent during time of war,” said Rep. Charles Rangel.

“I have introduced legislation to reinstate the draft and to make it permanent during time of war. It is H.R. 5741, and what this does is to make everyone between the ages of 18 and 42 – whether they’re men or women, whether they’re straight or gay – to have the opportunity to defend this great country whenever the president truly believes that our national security is threatened,” Rangel said from the floor of the House.

Rangel specifically said the legislation is designed to be used “during time of war.” On the day before Rangel’s slavery bill went to the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Texas Rep. Louis Buller Gohmert introduced House Resolution 1553. It has since been referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

“Expressing support for the State of Israel’s right to defend Israeli sovereignty, to protect the lives and safety of the Israeli people, and to use all means necessary to confront and eliminate nuclear threats posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the use of military force if no other peaceful solution can be found within reasonable time to protect against such an immediate and existential threat to the State of Israel,” Gohmert’s resolution states.

Language contained in the resolution condemns Iran “for its threats of annihilating the United States and the State of Israel” (threats Iran has never issued) and supports the use of “all means of persuading the Government of Iran to stop building and acquiring nuclear weapons” (nuclear weapons Iran does not have and does not possess the capability to produce). Gohmert’s bill supports Israel’s “right” to use “all means necessary to confront and eliminate nuclear threats posed by Iran.”

In 2007, Mohamed El Baradei, at the time the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said Iran did not have nuclear material and also stated that the country did not have a weaponization program.

Also in 2007, the National Intelligence Council, where U.S. mid-term and long-term strategic policy is formulated for the intelligence community, stated “with moderate-to-high confidence… Iran does not currently have a nuclear weapon.”

“There is no evidence that Iran has made a decision to produce nuclear weapons,” said Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov while speaking out against sanctions on Iran.

In July 21, the day before Gohmert introduced House Resolution 1553, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said the U.S. and Russia know that Iran does not have any nuclear weapons.

Despite the fact there is no evidence of an Iranian nuclear weapons program and no indication Iran plans to attack Israel, let alone the absurd notion it will attack the United States, Israel and the United States are preparing to attack Iran. The claim Iran plans to attack the United States is ironically reminiscent of the neocon accusation that Saddam Hussein planned to attack the U.S., one of several obvious falsehoods used as an excuse to invade.

“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak of Israel have been shuttling between Washington and Tel Aviv, pushing for crippling economic sanctions that even they concede will not change Iran’s nuclear policy. These sanctions are being put in place, both by the United States and its allies. The open prediction that they will fail is meant to indicate just one thing — military attacks are inevitable,” writes Muhammad Sahimi for PBS. “The rhetorical rationale for attacking Iran keeps coming out of Washington. Most astonishingly, there is a resolution before the U.S. Congress, signed by one-third of the Republican caucus, that urges support for Israeli military attacks on Iran…. The resolution, H. Res. 1553, represents a green light for a bombing campaign. It provides explicit support for military strikes.”

The bomb Iran consensus was underscored late last month when former CIA director Michael Hayden told CNN’s State of the Union that a military attack against Iran “seems inexorable.” Hayden added that in his “personal thinking, I have begun to consider that that may not be the worst of all possible outcomes.” In other words, for Hayden, mass murder is preferable to diplomacy.

“The next step is tough sanctions, economic sanctions. Frankly it’s a last chance for Iran to avoid giving the rest of the world, including the United States, a hard choice between allowing Iran to go nuclear and using military power to stop them from doing that,” said Sen. Joe Lieberman in April.

“We have to contemplate the final option,” said Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., “the use of force to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.”

“The administration needs to expand its approach and make clear to the Iranian regime and the American people: If diplomatic and economic pressures do not compel Iran to terminate its nuclear program, the U.S. military has the capability and is prepared to launch an effective, targeted strike on Tehran’s nuclear and supporting military facilities,” former senator Charles S. Robb and retired general Charles Wald wrote for the Washington Post on July 9.

Slaughtering innocents is a “terrible thing,” said Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., but “sometimes it is better to go to war than to allow the Holocaust to develop a second time.”

Graham made this ludicrous statement regardless of the fact Iran has never threatened to attack Israel. It is based on a mistranslation of a speech delivered by Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad published in the New York Times.

The Times played a big role in the Iraq invasion when Judith Miller published neocon lies about aluminum tubes and other such patently fallacious nonsense. Neocon lies ultimately resulted in the murder of more than a million Iraqis, a total approaching Nazi war crimes.

As should be expected, the neocons figure big in the Iran attack plot now unfolding. “If military force is ever employed, it should be done in a decisive fashion. The Iran government’s ability to wage conventional war against its neighbors and our troops in the region should not exist. They should not have one plane that can fly or one ship that can float.” Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise Institute wrote earlier this year.

In other words, according to neocons over at the criminal organization largely responsible for mass murder in Iraq, Iran should be reduced to a parking lot in order to prevent it from responding to an attack.

Neocon Reuel Marc Gerecht explains how the United States will be sucked into an Israeli-launched attack against Iran. “What is important to understand about this campaign is that the aim of Gerecht and of the right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu is to support an attack by Israel so that the United States can be drawn into direct, full-scale war with Iran,” writes historian Gareth Porter.

That has long been the Israeli strategy for Iran, because Israel cannot fight a war with Iran without full U.S. involvement. Israel needs to know that the United States will finish the war that Israel wants to start.

Gerecht openly expresses the hope that any Iranian response to the Israeli attack would trigger full-scale U.S. war against Iran. “If Khamenei has a death-wish, he’ll let the Revolutionary Guards mine the strait, the entrance to the Persian Gulf,” writes Gerecht. “It might be the only thing that would push President Obama to strike Iran militarily….”

Self defense is not an option. If Iran responds to an attack — and its leadership has stated repeatedly it will — the U.S. will become directly involved.

“Gerecht’s argument for war relies on a fanciful nightmare scenario of Iran doling out nuclear weapons to Islamic extremists all over the Middle East. But the real concern of the Israelis and their lobbyists, as Gerecht’s past writing has explicitly stated, is to destroy Iran’s Islamic regime in a paroxysm of U.S. military violence,” writes Porter.

This “paroxysm of U.S. military violence” will undoubtedly call for adding a fresh crop of bullet-stoppers and that is where H.R. 5721 comes into play. As Rangel noted, his bill will provide under government imposed mandate that “everyone between the ages of 18 and 42 – whether they’re men or women, whether they’re straight or gay – to have the opportunity to defend this great country” from imaginary and trumped-up enemies.

Rangel’s bill may never make it out of committee. The attack on Iran, however, is all but a foregone conclusion.

And in case you care about the truth, here are Ahmadinejad’s actual statements which, as is completely predictable, the press and government officials immediately feel the instinctive urge to completely and shamelessly blow out of proportion.

This one is about him calling for the “annihilation of Israel”:

…But let’s take a closer look at what Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said. It is a merit of the ‘New York Times’ that they placed the complete speech at our disposal. Here’s an excerpt from the publication dated 2005-10-30:

“They say it is not possible to have a world without the United States and Zionism. But you know that this is a possible goal and slogan. Let’s take a step back. [[[We had a hostile regime in this country which was undemocratic, armed to the teeth and, with SAVAK, its security apparatus of SAVAK [the intelligence bureau of the Shah of Iran's government] watched everyone. An environment of terror existed.]]] When our dear Imam [Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Iranian revolution] said that the regime must be removed, many of those who claimed to be politically well-informed said it was not possible. All the corrupt governments were in support of the regime when Imam Khomeini started his movement. [[[All the Western and Eastern countries supported the regime even after the massacre of September 7 [1978] ]]] and said the removal of the regime was not possible. But our people resisted and it is 27 years now that we have survived without a regime dependent on the United States. The tyranny of the East and the West over the world should have to end, but weak people who can see only what lies in front of them cannot believe this. Who would believe that one day we could witness the collapse of the Eastern Empire? But we could watch its fall in our lifetime. And it collapsed in a way that we have to refer to libraries because no trace of it is left. Imam [Khomeini] said Saddam must go and he said he would grow weaker than anyone could imagine. Now you see the man who spoke with such arrogance ten years ago that one would have thought he was immortal, is being tried in his own country in handcuffs and shackles [[[by those who he believed supported him and with whose backing he committed his crimes]]]. Our dear Imam said that the occupying regime must be wiped off the map and this was a very wise statement. We cannot compromise over the issue of Palestine. Is it possible to create a new front in the heart of an old front. This would be a defeat and whoever accepts the legitimacy of this regime [Israel] has in fact, signed the defeat of the Islamic world. Our dear Imam targeted the heart of the world oppressor in his struggle, meaning the occupying regime. I have no doubt that the new wave that has started in Palestine, and we witness it in the Islamic world too, will eliminate this disgraceful stain from the Islamic world.”
(source: www.nytimes.com, based on a publication of ‘Iranian Students News Agency’ (ISNA) — insertions by the New York Times in squared brackets — passages in triple squared brackets will be left blank in the MEMRI version printed below)

It’s becoming clear. The statements of the Iranian President have been reflected by the media in a manipulated way. Iran’s President betokens the removal of the regimes, that are in power in Israel and in the USA, to be possible aim for the future. This is correct. But he never demands the elimination or annihilation of Israel. He reveals that changes are potential. The Shah-Regime being supported by the USA in its own country has been vanquished. The eastern governance of the Soviet Union collapsed. Saddam Hussein’s dominion drew to a close. Referring to this he voices his aspiration that changes will also be feasible in Israel respectively in Palestine. He adduces Ayatollah Khomeini referring to the Shah-Regime who in this context said that the regime (meaning the Shah-Regime) should be removed.

Certainly, Ahmadinejad translates this quotation about a change of regime into the occupied Palestine. This has to be legitimate. To long for modified political conditions in a country is a world-wide day-to-day business by all means. But to commute a demand for removal of a ‘regime’ into a demand for removal of a state is serious deception and dangerous demagogy.

And this one is about his supposed denial of the holocaust:

What is this assertion based on? In substance it is based on dispatches of 2 days – 2005-12-14 and 2006-02-11.

“The Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has stepped up his verbal attacks against Israel and the Western states and has denied the Holocaust. Instead of making Israel’s attacks against Palestine a subject of discussion ‘the Western states devote their energy to the fairy-tale of the massacre against the Jews’, Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday in a speech at Zahedan in the south-east of Iran which was broadcasted directly by the news-channel Khabar. That day he stated that if the Western states really believe in the assassination of six million Jews in W.W. II they should put a piece of land in Europe, in the USA, Canada or Alaska at Israel’s disposal.” – dispatch of the German press agency DPA, 2005-12-14.

The German TV-station n24 spreads the following on 2006-12-14 using the title ‘Iran’s President calls the Holocaust a myth’: “The Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has stepped up his verbal attacks against Israel and called the Holocaust a ‘myth’ used as a pretext by the Europeans to found a Jewish state in the center of the Islamic world . ‘In the name of the Holocaust they have created a myth and regard it to be worthier than God, religion and the prophets‘ the Iranian head of state said.”

The Iranian press agency IRNA renders Ahmadinejad on 2005-12-14 as follows: “‘If the Europeans are telling the truth in their claim that they have killed six million Jews in the Holocaust during the World War II – which seems they are right in their claim because they insist on it and arrest and imprison those who oppose it, why the Palestinian nation should pay for the crime. Why have they come to the very heart of the Islamic world and are committing crimes against the dear Palestine using their bombs, rockets, missiles and sanctions.’ [...] ‘If you have committed the crimes so give a piece of your land somewhere in Europe or America and Canada or Alaska to them to set up their own state there.’ [...] Ahmadinejad said some have created a myth on holocaust and hold it even higher than the very belief in religion and prophets [...] The president further said, ‘If your civilization consists of aggression, displacing the oppressed nations, suppressing justice-seeking voices and spreading injustice and poverty for the majority of people on the earth, then we say it out loud that we despise your hollow civilization.’”

There again we find the quotation already rendered by n24: “In the name of the Holocaust they created a myth.” We can see that this is completely different from what is published by e.g. the DPA – the massacre against the Jews is a fairy-tale. What Ahmadinejad does is not denying the Holocaust. No! It is dealing out criticism against the mendacity of the imperialistic powers who use the Holocaust to muzzle critical voices and to achieve advantages concerning the legitimization of a planned war. This is criticism against the exploitation of the Holocaust.

CNN (2005-12-15) renders as follows: “If you have burned the Jews why don’t you give a piece of Europe, the United States, Canada or Alaska to Israel. Our question is, if you have committed this huge crime, why should the innocent nation of Palestine pay for this crime?”

The Washingtonian ”Middle East Media Research Institute’ (MEMRI) renders Ahmadinejad’s statements from 2005-12-14 as follows: “…we ask you: if you indeed committed this great crime, why should the oppressed people of Palestine be punished for it? * [...] If you committed a crime, you yourselves should pay for it. Our offer was and remains as follows: If you committed a crime, it is only appropriate that you place a piece of your land at their disposal – a piece of Europe, of America, of Canada, or of Alaska – so they can establish their own state. Rest assured that if you do so, the Iranian people will voice no objection.”

The MEMRI-rendering uses the relieving translation ‘great crime’ and misappropriates the following sentence at the * marked passage: “Why have they come to the very heart of the Islamic world and are committing crimes against the dear Palestine using their bombs, rockets, missiles and sanctions.” This sentence has obviously been left out deliberately because it would intimate why the Israeli state could have forfeited the right to establish itself in Palestine – videlicet because of its aggressive expansionist policy against the people of Palestine, ignoring any law of nations and disobeying all UN-resolutions.

In spite of the variability referring to the rendering of the statements of Iran’s President we should nevertheless note down: the reproach of denying the Holocaust cannot be sustained if Ahmadinejad speaks of a great and huge crime that has been done to the Jews.

Two great examples of how, unsurprisingly, the government and the media continue to lie to us to do their part in keeping up the war racket, that beautifully lucrative and highly profitable money printing machine.

Dollar Rally – Iranian Central Bank Dumps Euros, Buys Dollars

As a corollary effect to the current Dollar rally, Iran Selling 45 Billion Euros of Reserves for Dollars:

Iran’s central bank began the first phase of the 45 billion-euro ($55 billion) sale of some of its reserves for dollars, the state-run Jaam-e-Jam newspaper reported, citing people it didn’t identify.

The bank is selling 15 billion euros in the first of three stages, which will be completed by Sept. 22, the newspaper reported on its website on May 31.

Iran will “substantially” decrease its oil sales in euros, the paper said. It informed Japan and other crude-oil customers of the change, Jaam-e-Jam said. The Persian Gulf country’s euro reserves are 55 percent of the total, and would be reduced to 20 to 25 percent after the sale is complete and after oil sales in euros have been reduced, the paper said.

Iran’s shift out of euros has been prompted by the single currency’s decline, said Jaam-e-Jam, which is owned by the state broadcaster. Other central banks, including those of the Persian Gulf states, also are selling their euro reserves, it said.

The euro was little changed against the dollar, rising 0.1 percent to $1.2241 at 12:45 p.m. in New York.

The euro made up 27.4 percent of global currency reserves at the end of 2009, according to the most recent data available from the International Monetary Fund. While that was down from 27.8 percent in September, it was up from 26.4 percent a year earlier.

Experts in Iran’s central bank have suggested the country buy gold because they forecast the precious metal’s price will increase, Jaam-e-Jam said.

Euro’s Decline

The euro has fallen 15 percent against the dollar this year, reaching a four-year low yesterday, amid concern the debt crisis that started in Greece will spread to other nations and dent economic growth. The slide forced European Union leaders to piece together an almost $1 trillion loan package last month as confidence in the euro’s status as an alternative reserve currency to the dollar faded.

Gold is up 11 percent this year and is headed for a 10th annual gain, the longest rally since at least 1920. The metal reached a record $1,249.40 an ounce on May 14 and traded at $1,223.05 an ounce in London today.

In essence, Iranian central bankers are jumping on the boat of the deflation trade …

I still think that a healthy mix of gold, Dollars, and Treasurys is the right recipe to protect one’s wealth in these turbulent times.

Ron Paul: “Wake up before our government bombs Iran!”

Iran – Recent Events – More Protests, More Killings, More Upheaval

From a blogger who meticulously collected different Tweets from reliable sources and summarized them in Anonymous Iran, Green Brief #31:

Protests / Unrest

1. Hashemi Rafsanjani’s Friday prayers speech was accompanied today by large protests across Tehran and in many other parts of Iran. His sermon was not live-broadcasted on Iranian TVs, but one IRIB radio station did broadcast it (Here’s a PARTIAL translation of his speech: Rafsanjani’s Friday Prayer Sermon – Why We Protest – IRAN).

2. Many top Iranian pro-reform politicians were present during the Friday sermons including Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahdi Karroubi and Abdollah Nouri. Mousavi’s wife, Zahra Rahnavard, and Rafsanjani’s wife and two daughters also joined the prayers today.

3. Karroubi was assaulted in front of Tehran University as he tried to enter the compound to join the prayers. Nouri – a former minister during Khatami and Rafsanjani’s presidency and a much respected reformist who’s derided by the conservatives – was also insulted and attacked by Basijis as he was making his way towards Tehran University. Reformist former president Mohammad Khatami was not seen attending the prayers. Conservative politicians largely stayed away from the prayers.

4. In his sermon/speech, Rafsanjani asked the government to release all prisoners, all sides of the political debate to sit together and discuss the issues, the government and security forces to follow the law when dealing with protesters, for an end to media censorship and said that the Guardian Council had missed a chance to restore people’s trust.

5. Rafsanjani’s speech at Tehran University was attended by thousands of people – many of them protesters who wore green bands on their heads or around their wrists. Thousands of people gathered outside the University while hundreds of thousands marched across other areas of Tehran even while the speech/sermon was being delivered.

6. Protesters inside the mosque chanted “Allah o Akbar”, “Azadi… Azadi” (Freedom… Freedom) and slogans against Russia and China. Rafsanjani tried several times to stop people from chanting but the chants continued sporadically. It is worth mentioning that there was a loudspeaker inside the mosque which chanted, “Death to America!”, but every time that slogan was heard, people loudly replied with, “Death to Russia, Death to China!”

7. How many people may have gathered in Tehran is very difficult to determine. While tweet sources claimed up to four million people were out on the streets, the real numbers were probably much lower. From photos and video footage that was released and testimonies from reliable tweet sources, one could assume that there were close to a million people or slightly more than a million took part in the protests. Again, this is just an estimate.

6. By far the largest part of the crowd headed from Tehran University to Azadi Square. Streets around the University were crowded with protesters. There were a few hundred pro-Ahmadinejad and pro-Khamenei protesters out too. Many held placards with Ahmadinejad and Khamenei’s pictures. They also staged a march towards Azadi Square.

7. Thousands of people gathered around the Ministry of Interior, the IRIB building and in front of Evin Prison. Large numbers of protesters were present in Keshavarz Boulevard, Enghelab Square, Valiasr, Jamhori Blvd, Ferdowsi Square and Quds Ave and well as 16 Azar Ave. Protesters chanted “Death to the Dictator” “Where’s My Vote?” and similar slogans.

8. Cell phone Networks were cut off in most parts of Central Tehran and in areas where protesters had gathered elsewhere. IRIB photographers and cameramen were filming individual protesters from within the crowds and from high-rise buildings. The task was made difficult because there protests in all parts of Tehran, not just the centre of city.

9. Basijis and other security forces today brutalized protesters once again. At least two people were shot and one girl was reportedly killed during the protests. Basijis used batons to beat people – even small children and women were not spared. Many women were reportedly stabbed with knives by Basijis dressed as women. Several mosques around the city were packed with Basijis waiting to come out and clash with protesters.

10. Heavy clashes were reported from around the IRIB building, Jame Jam Street, Keshavarz Blvd, Amirabad Street, University of Tehran dorms, Ferdowsi Square, Jomhoori Street, Azadi Street and almost all parts of Central Tehran as well as in front of Tehran University where clashes were the heaviest. Gunshots were heard from many parts of the city, especially Azadi Square. Basijis even attacked people who had come to prayers.

11. More than a hundred people were arrested from Tehran today, a large majority from the central part of the city. Tear gas was used extensively in many parts of the city by Basijis and other security forces. There were also reports that many Basijis were carrying taserguns and used them on many protesters. Military helicopters were flying around the city for much of the day. Many shop-keepers and people with homes close to the protests opened their doors for protesters running away from security forces. Cars driving past protests honked their horns in a show of support for protesters. Protests continued till about midnight Tehran time.

12. Today, there were also reports of protests in Karaj, Ghazvin, Mashhad and Tabriz. In Mashhad, hundreds of people walked the streets with green placards. It has been partially confirmed that Basijis used tear gas to disperse protesters in Mashhad and many people were injured. A small rally was held in Qom as well.

13. During Ahmadinejad’s speech in Mashhad yesterday, it has been confirmed that many people chanted Allah o Akbar and many people there to hear the speech wore green armbands and headbands.

Opposition

14. The Participation Front issued a statement today, thanking the Sea of Green for participating in rallies on Friday. The statement also added that the people responsible for the coupe d’état against the people would eventually lose the battle against the will of the people.

15. Reports indicate that Said Mohammad Khatami and Abdullah Nouri held a meeting on Tuesday last week to discuss the current situation in the country. It is being reported that Nouri has joined the opposition to the elections by urging of Khatami.

Government / International

16. President-Select Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has appointed several members of his cabinet so far, but the full list of cabinet members will be released after his inauguration. Among the appointees, Asfandyar Rahim Mashaie has been appointed to the post of first vice president. He also appointed a new chief for the Iranian nuclear agency.

17. Iran Intelligence Minister Gholamhosein Ejaie claimed today that Israel as one of the enemies of the Islamic Republic had been responsible for much interference in Iran’s affairs. Ejaie also added that the Israeli government had plotted to assassinate Ahmadinejad during the elections. (For once…)

Arrests / Release / Deaths

18. New reports indicate that at least 36 officers of the Iranian Army have been arrested for participating in Kamyl prayers for detainees and martyrs. They were arrested in Ray city close to Tehran on charges of holding secret meetings and activities pertaining to sabotage.

19. Shadi Sadr – an Iranian lawyer, feminist and journalist – was beaten and arrested while making her way towards the prayers today in Tehran. Later, her house was thoroughly searched by security forces. Her whereabouts are unknown at this point. New reports indicate that yesterday, Roshanak Siyasi – another feminist and reformist activist – was arrested as well. Other detainees from recent days include Ahmad Madadi, Raoof Taheri and Reza Abbasi from Zanjan.

20. An advisor to Mousavi has announced that a committee formed by reformists to follow cases of detainees will start operations from Saturday. Families of detainees can contact their office on this phone number: 77637696

21. I can now confirm the gang rape and death of Taraneh Mousavi. She was a leftist reformist student and was detained by Basijis a few days ago. She was raped repeatedly and her charred body was found in Ghazvin two days ago. Another detainee reportedly died on July 9. The cause of death cannot be ascertained at this point.

Media

22. IRIB censored many of Rafsanjani’s pro-reform remarks and instead focuses all of its attention on his words for unity. Fars News claimed that people were whistling and clapping while Rafsanjani was giving the sermon. IRIB also failed to mention people chanting against China and Russia.

*A lot of questions regarding Bernard Kouchner’s statement that France would recognize Ahmadinejad yesterday were answered by a responsible French citizen who provided us with valuable analysis of what actually happened: What Bernard Kouchner REALLY said about Iran – Why We Protest – IRAN)

**This picture is old, but I figured I’ll post it for anyone who hasn’t seen it. It shows how the Iranian government photoshopped a pro-Ahmadinejad protest a few weeks ago to make it look larger than it was: http://tinyurl.com/lkqscu — Courtesy of an Israeli friend)

***A hearty thanks to Sahar joon for helping me out with proof-reading and very valuable tips. Also, a BIG THANKS to all the translators who’re spending their precious time on getting this to as many people as possible.

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Iran – Split Amongst High Ranking Clerics Intensifies

The New York Times reports Clerical Leaders Defy Ayatollah on Iran Election:

An important group of religious leaders in Iran called the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate on Saturday, an act of defiance against the country’s supreme leader and the most public sign of a major split in the country’s clerical establishment.

A statement by the group, the Association of Researchers and Teachers of Qum, represents a significant, if so far symbolic, setback for the government and especially the authority of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose word is supposed to be final. The government has tried to paint the opposition and its top presidential candidate, Mir Hussein Moussavi, as criminals and traitors, a strategy that now becomes more difficult.

“This crack in the clerical establishment, and the fact they are siding with the people and Moussavi, in my view is the most historic crack in the 30 years of the Islamic republic,” said Abbas Milani, director of the Iranian Studies Program at Stanford University. “Remember, they are going against an election verified and sanctified by Khamenei.”

The announcement came on a day when Mr. Moussavi released documents detailing a campaign of fraud by the current president’s supporters, and as a close associate of the supreme leader called Mr. Moussavi and former President Mohammad Khatami “foreign agents,” saying they should be treated as criminals.

The documents, published on Mr. Moussavi’s Web site, accused supporters of the president of printing more than 20 million extra ballots before the vote and handing out cash bonuses to voters.

Since the election, the bulk of the clerical establishment in the holy city of Qum, an important religious and political center of power, has remained largely silent, leaving many to wonder when, or if, the nation’s senior religious leaders would jump into the controversy that has posed the most significant challenge to the country’s leadership since the Islamic Revolution.

With its statement Saturday, the association of clerics came down squarely on the side of the reform movement.

The group had earlier asked for the election to be nullified because so many Iranians objected to the results, but it never directly challenged the legitimacy of the government and, by extension, the supreme leader.

The earlier statement also came before the election was certified by the country’s religious leaders, who have since said that opposition to the results must cease.

The clerics’ decision to speak up again is not itself a turning point and could fizzle under pressure from the state, which has continued to threaten its critics. Some seminaries in Qum rely on the government for funds, and Ayatollah Khamenei and the man he has declared the winner of the election, incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have powerful backers there.

They also retain the support of the powerful security forces and the elite Revolutionary Guards. In addition, the country’s highest-ranking clerics have yet to speak out individually against the election results.

But the association’s latest statement does help Mr. Moussavi, Mr. Khatami and a former speaker of Parliament, Mehdi Karroubi, who have been the most vocal in calling the election illegitimate and who, in their attempts to force change, have been hindered by the jailing of influential backers.

“The significance is that even within the clergy, there are many who refuse to recognize the legitimacy of the election results as announced by the supreme leader,” said an Iranian political analyst who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal.

While the government could continue vilifying the three opposition leaders, analysts say it was highly unlikely that the leadership would use the same tactic against the clerical establishment in Qum.

The backing also came at a sensitive time for Mr. Moussavi, because the accusations that he is a foreign agent ran in a newspaper, Kayhan, that has often been used to build cases against critics of the government.

The editorial was written by Hossein Shariatmadari, who was picked by the supreme leader to run the newspaper.

The clerics’ statement chastised the leadership for failing to adequately study complaints of vote rigging and lashed out at the use of force in crushing huge public protests.

It even directly criticized the Guardian Council, the powerful group of clerics charged with certifying elections.

“Is it possible to consider the results of the election as legitimate by merely the validation of the Guardian Council?” the association said.

Perhaps more threatening to the supreme leader, the committee called on other clerics to join the fight against the government’s refusal to adequately reconsider the charges of voter fraud. The committee invoked powerful imagery, comparing the 20 protesters killed during demonstrations with the martyrs who died in the early days of the revolution and the war with Iraq, asking other clerics to save what it called “the dignity that was earned with the blood of tens of thousands of martyrs.”

The statement was posted on the association’s Web site late Saturday and carried on many other sites, including the Persian BBC, but it was impossible to reach senior clerics in the group to independently confirm its veracity.

The statement was issued after a meeting Mr. Moussavi had with the committee 10 days ago and a decision by the Guardian Council to certify the election and declare that all matters concerning the vote were closed.

But the defiance has not ended.

With heavy security on the streets, there is a forced calm. But each day, slowly, another link falls from the chain of government control. Last week, in what appeared a coordinated thrust, Mr. Moussavi, Mr. Karroubi and Mr. Khatami all called the new government illegitimate. On Saturday, Mr. Milani of Stanford said, former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani met with families of those who had been arrested, another sign that he was working behind the scenes to keep the issue alive.

“I don’t ever remember in the 20 years of Khamenei’s rule where he was clearly and categorically on one side and so many clergy were on the other side,” Mr. Milani said. “This might embolden other clergy to come forward.”

Many of the accusations of fraud posted on Mr. Moussavi’s Web site Saturday had been published before, but the report did give some more specific charges.

For instance, although the government had announced that two of the losing presidential contenders had received relatively few votes in their hometowns, the documents stated that some ballot boxes in those towns contained no votes for the two men.

Iran – A Declaration of Independence

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for the Iranian people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with their Mullah establishment and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of Iran; and such is now the necessity which constrains it to alter its former System of Government. The history of the present Leader of the Revolution is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over Iran’s provinces. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his Majlis to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the province remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Basij forces and the Revolutionary Guards independent of and superior to the Civil Power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us out of reach of constitutional oversight to be tried for pretended offences:

For supporting terrorist groups in neighboring nations, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these provinces.

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large Armies of Lebanese Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Arab Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. An Ayatollah, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Mullah brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the Republic of Iran, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these provinces, solemnly publish and declare, That these united provinces are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the Leader or the Revolution, the Guardian Council, and the Assembly of Experts, and that all political connection between them and the Mullah establishment, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.

Ayatollah Khamenei’s Speech

The supreme leader in Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei, gave the following speech today:

[01:26] (Ayatollah Khamanei) Remember god,

[01:28] (A. K.) Iran has gone through a lot since the revolution

[01:28] (A. K.) Any of them could have put us in turmoil

[01:28] (A. K.) Even from our neighbors

[01:31] (A. K.) (Allah o Amber)

[01:33] (A. K.) Our youth are in a materialistic world

[01:33] (A. K.) In a time of turmoil

[01:33] (A. K.) They don’t know what to do,

[01:33] (A. K.) They need to understand spirituality,

[01:34] (A. K.) They need to get back to spirituality,

[01:34] (A. K.) But they don’t know how,

[01:34] (A. K.) It’s been two centuries since the west has destroyed cultures,

[01:34] (A. K.) But our nation wants to regain that spirituality back.

[01:34] (A. K.) So that the revolution can be regained.

[01:36] (A. K.) I swear to the holy Imams,

[01:36] (A. K.) I ask you O god give us more faith

[01:36] (A. K.) O God, I ask you to give us a calm and peaceful heart

[01:37] (A. K.) O god, these oppressed people, give triumph over the enemy.

[01:37] (A. K.) Protect them,

[01:37] (A. K.) O god we do everything for you and only for you,

[01:37] (A. K.) O God take our Salams and greetings to Mahdi (the hidden Imam)

[01:38] (A. K.) (Praying in Arabic)

[01:39] (A. K.) I would like to say to our dear brothers and sisters,

[01:40] (A. K.) I would like to speak about the issue of the election which is the important issue in our country

[01:40] (A. K.) I have three issues to talk about,

[01:40] (A. K.) In three different parts

[01:40] (A. K.) I do have some things to tell the people.

[01:40] (A. K.) One issue will be for the political members of the politicians,

[01:41] (A. K.) I would like to also talk to the western countries,

[01:41] (A. K.) And the leaders of their media

[01:41] (A. K.) First issue is for the people,

[01:41] (A. K.) I will only thank you,

[01:41] (A. K.) I don’t like to talk too much,

[01:41] (A. K.) I don’t like to use nice arguments only

[01:42] (A. K.) Even if I do exaggerate, it won’t be enough to say what i have to say,

[01:42] (A. K.) The elections of June 12 was a fulfillment of the nation’s responsibility

[01:42] (A. K.) It was a proof of participation of the people that was a show of the love towards their system

[01:43] (A. K.) It is similar but better than the democracies in other countries,

[01:43] (A. K.) BUT

[01:43] (A. K.) Those countries don’t have a democracy as good as ours.

[01:43] (A. K.) The constitution of 1988

[01:44] (A. K.) This is the largest number of people that have taken part in an election in Iran since the founding of the republic

[01:44] (A. K.) And the passing of the constitution,

[01:44] (A. K.) I would like to deeply thank you

[01:45] (A. K.) The youngsters in our country showed especially,

[01:45] (A. K.) that they are partaking in the political process since the beginning of the revolution.

[01:46] (A. K.) Now we’ll see the same responsibilities from them that we saw during the Iraqi Aggression War

[01:46] (A. K.) As for elections some people want one person others want someone else

[01:46] (A. K.) This is natural

[01:46] (A. K.) We saw everyone, men women, the young and the old,

[01:47] (A. K.) People participating from all over the country to make this a success,

[01:47] (A. K.) This election is a political defeat for your enemies,

[01:47] (A. K.) For your friends all over the world a celebration.

[01:47] (A. K.) A historic one,

[01:47] (A. K.) People are showing love and loyalty for their Imam and martyrs

[01:47] (A. K.) And for the system

[01:48] (A. K.) This election was a religious democratic event

[01:48] (A. K.) everyone saw it

[01:48] (A. K.) It was a showing against the dictators and oppressive regime

[01:49] (A. K.) And FOR a show of support for the religion and system.

[01:49] (A. K.) We can see the results of the exams

[01:49] (A. K.) Also another point about the election

[01:49] (A. K.) The election of June 12 showed that people with beliefs and hopes and joys is living in this country.

[01:49] (A. K.) The enemies are using it,

[01:50] (A. K.) If our young didn’t have any hope,

[01:50] (A. K.) They wouldn’t partake in the election

[01:50] (A. K.) If they didn’t feel freedom, they wouldn’t vote.

[01:50] (A. K.) Faith in the system has been shown by the massive participation.

[01:50] (A. K.) The enemies target the belief and trust of people on that system

[01:51] (A. K.) This trust is the biggest investment of the Islamic republic

[01:51] (A. K.) They wanted to take it from us

[01:51] (A. K.) They want it to shake our trust in this system

[01:51] (A. K.) The enemies of the people of Iran will succeed when people won’t participate.

[01:51] (A. K.) The system will be questioned.

[01:51] (A. K.) Only when no one partakes in it.

[01:52] (A. K.) We couldn’t compare that to anything that happens.

[01:52] (A. K.) The enemy wants to make people believe that they have been fooled

[01:52] (A. K.) It started 3 months ago.

[01:53] (A. K.) I have been hearing enemies saying repeatedly that the elections will be fraudulent.

[01:53] (A. K.) They had been preparing months in advance

[01:53] (A. K.) This 30 year old system has not come about without sacrifices and hard work.

[01:53] (A. K.) And people have a firm belief in it.

[01:54] (A. K.) But the enemies want to shake that very belief.

[01:54] (A. K.) The third point is,

[01:54] (A. K.) These rivalries, between different candidates were transparent.

[01:54] (A. K.) They were clean and clear cut.

[01:55] (A. K.) And transparent

[01:55] (A. K.) The enemies are trying through their media – which is controlled by dirty Zionists.

[01:57] (A. K.) The Zionist, American and British radio are all trying to say that there was a competition between those who support and those who didn’t support the state

[01:57] (A. K.) Everyone supported the state

[01:58] (A. K.) I know everything about these candidates

[01:58] (A. K.) I have worked with them.

[01:58] (A. K.) I know all of them

[01:58] (A. K.) I don’t believe in everything that they say

[01:58] (A. K.) some of their views and practices can be criticized

[01:58] (A. K.) I believe that some of them are better in serving the country

[01:58] (A. K.) BUT the people have to make the choice.

[01:58] (A. K.) It’s not my will

[01:58] (A. K.) My choice wasn’t told to people,

[01:59] (A. K.) And they were not asked to follow my views either

[01:59] (A. K.) They decided on their own who to follow

[01:59] (A. K.) So this is a competition within the state

[01:59] (A. K.) It is not acceptable to change the appearance of the issue

[01:59] (A. K.) this is evil if someone does that

[01:59] (A. K.) there is no fight between people and state

[01:59] (A. K.) No revolutionaries and anti-revolutionaries

[01:59] (A. K.) This is between the state parties

[01:59] (A. K.) people voted for these people with belief in the state

[02:00] (A. K.) they came to the understanding that will be better for the state

[02:00] (A. K.) then voted

[02:00] (A. K.) These competitions and debates were very interesting.

[02:00] (A. K.) It was very transparent

[02:00] (A. K.) It was a blow in the face of those who say that this competition is just a formality

[02:01] (A. K.) Forgetting that the candidates actually sat and talked.

[02:01] (A. K.) positive aspect of the debates was that during the debate and TV conversation everyone spoke explicitly and openly

[02:01] (A. K.) saying what they believed

[02:01] (A. K.) Then some criticized the candidates

[02:01] (A. K.) They had to respond to the criticism

[02:01] (A. K.) They began to defend themselves

[02:02] (A. K.) The positions and stances taken by people and groups were presented without any ambiguity

[02:02] (A. K.) So people could hear what every candidate had to say

[02:02] (A. K.) So that people could see all of this

[02:02] (A. K.) So people could judge them all accordingly

[02:02] (A. K.) People felt that in the Islamic state, they are not stranger

[02:02] (A. K.) We don’t have US and THEM

[02:02] (A. K.) Everything was open and transparent before the people

[02:02] (A. K.) Everything was presented clearly

[02:03] (A. K.) It became clear that people’s vote would rely based on the same judgments

[02:03] (A. K.) People wanted to make their choices willingly

[02:03] (A. K.) And according to their own tastes

[02:03] (A. K.) Thus, the number of votes increased

[02:03] (A. K.) People were able to have a better understanding of the views of the candidate

[02:03] (A. K.) they were able to decide better

[02:03] (A. K.) the debates were even extended to the streets and homes

[02:03] (A. K.) So this added to the power of choice of the people

[02:04] (A. K.) Such debates will strengthen the minds

[02:04] (A. K.) to Help make better choices

[02:04] (A. K.) BUT

[02:04] (A. K.) They shouldn’t get to a point where they lead to major differences

[02:04] (A. K.) Otherwise adverse effects follow

[02:04] (A. K.) It would be good to be kept to the extent to which it existed during campaign

[02:04] (A. K.) If it leads further, it will cause problems

[02:05] (A. K.) it will be better to have such debates at the administrative level

[02:05] (A. K.) We should carry these debates

[02:05] (A. K.) to the administrative level

[02:05] (A. K.) They should describe their policies

[02:05] (A. K.) Defend themselves against criticism

[02:05] (A. K.) People will have a chance to do that,

[02:05] (A. K.) But we should try to overcome the negative aspects

[02:06] (A. K.) Criticisms will be heard during the four years of a president’s term

[02:06] (A. K.) We should try to address the negative aspects

[02:06] (A. K.) We could see that people became irrational and emotional sometimes.

[02:06] (A. K.) They tried to destroy the other side sometimes

[02:07] (A. K.) Even we saw that the practice of the past was being questioned.

[02:07] (A. K.) rumors were mentioned

[02:07] (A. K.) accusations were leveled

[02:07] (A. K.) Some statements made were not fair

[02:07] (A. K.) government and governments of the past were criticized in an unfair manner

[02:07] (A. K.) the entire 30 years were criticized unfairly

[02:07] (A. K.) people became emotional

[02:07] (A. K.) they said some unpleasant and unacceptable things

[02:07] (A. K.) I watched the debates on TV

[02:08] (A. K.) I enjoyed freedom of speech

[02:08] (A. K.) (YEAH FUCK YOU!)

[02:08] (A. K.) i was happy that Islamic republic was there to help people make this choice

[02:08] (A. K.) YET

[02:08] (A. K.) the negative aspects made me unhappy

[02:08] (A. K.) for their supporters this was also not good and they were disturbed by the unfair criticism

[02:08] (A. K.) We saw this on both sides

[02:09] (A. K.) In this Friday prayer sermon

[02:09] (A. K.) I should mention of the realities of both sides

[02:09] (A. K.) both sides can be criticized for such negative aspects of behavior

[02:09] (A. K.) ON the one side, the president was insulted,

[02:09] (A. K.) EVEN BEFORE the debates, 2, 3 months ago,

[02:09] (A. K.) I used to see insulting statements against him,

[02:09] (A. K.) Accusations were leveled against the president

[02:09] (A. K.) against the legal president

[02:09] (A. K.) he was wrongly accused

[02:10] (A. K.) the president who is trusted by people was accused of lying

[02:10] (A. K.) Are these good?

[02:10] (A. K.) Fake records were made and then distributed around the country

[02:10] (A. K.) we were aware of the situation

[02:10] (A. K.) we knew what was published was not true

[02:10] (A. K.) they insulted the president

[02:10] (A. K.) said he was superstitious

[02:10] (A. K.) they falsely accused the president by such words

[02:10] (A. K.) so they trampled over ethics and fairness [02:10] (A. K.) on the other hand,

[02:11] (A. K.) Similar things were done against the outstanding record of the Islamic Republic

[02:11] (A. K.) Some important figures of the state were mentioned

[02:11] (A. K.) People who have spent their lives for the state

[02:11] (A. K.) I have never have mentioned names during prayers on Friday before but I have to now

[02:11] (A. K.) Rafsanjani and Nateq Noori’s names have been mentioned

[02:11] (A. K.) These gentlemen have not been accused of financial misdoings

[02:12] (A. K.) But their relatives.

[02:12] (A. K.) If you have anything against them, prove them legally through the courts

[02:12] (A. K.) Unless it is proven, no one can be accused.

[02:13] (A. K.) I have known Rafsanjani for a long time

[02:13] (A. K.) he is one of the most prominent members of this revolution

[02:13] (A. K.) he was one of the major fighters before the revolution

[02:13] (A. K.) after the victory,

[02:13] (A. K.) he was one the most influential members of the Islamic state

[02:13] (A. K.) still is

[02:13] (A. K.) he walked with the Imam

[02:13] (A. K.) Still walking with him

[02:13] (A. K.) he was almost martyred several times

[02:14] (A. K.) he spent all his money on the revolution,

[02:14] (A. K.) they young people should know about this fact

[02:14] (A. K.) he has had many responsibilities now

[02:14] (A. K.) president, leader of parliament

[02:14] (A. K.) he has not made money out of the revolution for himself.

[02:16] (A. K.) Same with Mr. Nateq Noori

[02:16] (A. K.) he has also served this revolution

[02:16] (A. K.) He has rendered great services

[02:16] (A. K.) there is no doubt about it

[02:17] (A. K.) but the live TV debates are good

[02:17] (A. K.) but these shortcomings should be removed

[02:17] (A. K.) after the debates I talked to the president and warned him

[02:17] (A. K.) he said he will listen to me.

[02:17] (A. K.) the admin has a clear stance on corruption

[02:17] (A. K.) It should be fought anywhere it is found

[02:18] (A. K.) Yes there is corruption within our system.

[02:18] (A. K.) YES there are people who are corrupt.

[02:18] (A. K.) But at the same time,

[02:18] (A. K.) It is one of the one of the healthiest system in the world as well

[02:19] (A. K.) but then accusing the government of corruption because of Zionist reports is not the right thing

[02:19] (A. K.) questioning the credibility of the government is not corrects either.

[02:19] (A. K.) Everyone is obliged to fight corruption.

[02:19] (A. K.) If it is not brought under control, it will spread like it has in some western countries

[02:19] (A. K.) They are up to their ears in this corruption

[02:20] (A. K.) this is part of their scandal

[02:20] (A. K.) it goes way beyond than it is publicized

[02:20] (A. K.) Let me talk to people

[02:20] (A. K.) To make this absolute victory a failure,

[02:20] (A. K.) is some people’s goal

[02:20] (A. K.) To not let you enjoy

[02:20] (A. K.) to not let the world register the highest rate of turn out

[02:20] (A. K.) but it has been registered

[02:21] (A. K.) The highest rate of turn out has been registered in your name

[02:21] (A. K.) The race has ended

[02:21] (A. K.) whoever has voted for these candidates will receive divine reward.

[02:21] (A. K.) they all belong to the state

[02:21] (A. K.) they have gotten closer to god by voting, they have

[02:22] (A. K.) there were 40 million votes for the revolution,

[02:22] (A. K.) not just 24 million for the winner

[02:22] (A. K.) The people have trust

[02:22] (A. K.) Their votes will not go in vain by the people.

[02:22] (A. K.) The legal mechanism in our country won’t allow any cheating.

[02:23] (A. K.) Those are involved in the election process are aware of this fact

[02:23] (A. K.) Especially if there is an 11 million votes difference

[02:23] (A. K.) If it were little than that, we would say there’s doubts,

[02:23] (A. K.) but how can 11 million votes be replaced or changed?

[02:23] (A. K.) At the same time

[02:24] (A. K.) I said this and the guardian council believes that whoever has doubts can present proof to the legal channels.

[02:24] (A. K.) I will not accept any illegal initiative.

[02:24] * A. K. is now known as A. K.

[02:24] (A. K.) Today,

[02:24] (A. K.) If the laws are broken today,

[02:24] (A. K.) No election will be immune in the future

[02:25] (A. K.) in every election,

[02:25] (A. K.) there are losers and winners

[02:25] (A. K.) no other election will ever be trusted if you take other avenues.

[02:25] (A. K.) thus, all legal procedures should be observed

[02:25] (A. K.) If there are any doubts, the issue should be followed by legal procedures

[02:25] (A. K.) we have laws

[02:25] (A. K.) the candidate’s representatives had the right to inspect the ballot stations

[02:26] (A. K.) And to make complaints

[02:26] (A. K.) through the legal procedure

[02:26] (A. K.) If they have doubt, it should be recounted – the individual ballot boxes.

[02:26] (A. K.) Today is a very sensitive moment in our country

[02:26] (A. K.) look at the Middle East

[02:26] (A. K.) look at the economic situation in the world

[02:26] (A. K.) look at Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan

[02:27] (A. K.) VERY sensitive juncture in history, we are in.

[02:27] (A. K.) we should be careful to not make mistakes

[02:27] (A. K.) the voters’ duty was to take part in the elections in the best possible manner

[02:27] (A. K.) but we have a bigger responsibility

[02:28] (A. K.) political party leaders should be very careful about what they say and do

[02:28] (A. K.) if they do anything extremist, their radical moves will moves will take them to where it won’t be solvable

[02:28] (A. K.) we’ve seen this happen before

[02:28] (A. K.) when extremism is forced upon a society, it leads to another one

[02:28] (A. K.) if political elite want to fix someone at the cost of another thing

[02:29] (A. K.) to BREAK the law

[02:29] (A. K.) they would be responsible for the bloodshed

[02:29] (A. K.) And any form of unrest

[02:29] (A. K.) I would like to advise all these gentlemen,

[02:29] (A. K.) All my brothers and friends

[02:29] (A. K.) Just observe the hands of the enemy

[02:29] (A. K.) They are hungry wolves

[02:30] (A. K.) ambushing and removing the diplomacy cover from their faces

[02:30] (A. K.) Don’t underestimate them.

[02:30] (A. K.) I will tell you,

[02:30] (A. K.) diplomats of other countries in the past few days have taken away their masks and showing their true image

[02:30] (A. K.) The most evil of them all is the British Government.

[02:31] (A. K.) I should tell these brothers,

[02:31] (A. K.) you are responsible before god

[02:31] (A. K.) you will be asked questions

[02:31] (A. K.) remember the last will and testament of the late imam

[02:31] (A. K.) the law determines what should be done

[02:31] (A. K.) elections are held so that any difference should be settled at the ballot box

[02:31] (A. K.) it should become clear there.

[02:31] (A. K.) what people want and what they don’t want

[02:32] (A. K.) not on the streets

[02:32] (A. K.) if after every election those who haven’t gotten votes start to have street camps and invite their followers to come to the streets,

[02:32] (A. K.) And the winners’ followers take their followers to the streets,

[02:32] (A. K.) Then why did we hold elections to begin with?

[02:33] (A. K.) what have the people done wrong?

[02:33] (A. K.) They live on these streets

[02:33] (A. K.) That we want to show them we can do such things

[02:33] (A. K.) For terrorists it is different

[02:33] (A. K.) infiltrating terrorist will hide behind these people.

[02:34] (A. K.) if you make covers for them, then who’s responsible?

[02:34] (A. K.) people have been killed from ordinary people and the Baseej

[02:34] (A. K.) Who’s responsible?

[02:34] (A. K.) The issues is that some people have killed Baseeji forces and killed other people,

[02:34] (A. K.) who should address this issue?

[02:34] (A. K.) Who should react?

[02:34] (A. K.) attack at universities,

[02:34] (A. K.) Good students were beaten up

[02:34] (A. K.) not the ones who were involved in riots.

[02:35] (A. K.) then they chant slogans of supporting the leader.

[02:35] (A. K.) Then you become unhappy and your heart is hurt to see all this.

[02:35] (A. K.) street wrestling is not acceptable after the elections

[02:35] (A. K.) this is challenging democracy and election

[02:35] (A. K.) I want both sides to put an end to this

[02:36] (A. K.) then the responsibility of the consequences should be shouldered by those who aren’t putting an end to it.

[02:36] (A. K.) by thinking that by turning out onto the streets that you can pressure the officials your demands is wrong.

[02:37] (A. K.) first of all.

[02:37] (A. K.) it will not be acceptable to submit to illegal demands

[02:37] (A. K.) this would be the start of dictatorship.

[02:37] (A. K.) This is a miscalculation,

[02:38] (A. K.) If there are any consequences, they would directly affect the leaders behind the scene

[02:38] (A. K.) the people would know them in due time as well.

[02:38] (A. K.) I call on all these dear friends, brothers and sister to observe the law

[02:38] (A. K.) to follow the legal code

[02:38] (A. K.) the law welcomes you

[02:38] (A. K.) legal channels are there for you

[02:39] (A. K.) i hope that almighty god will help us all to follow the legal channels.

[02:39] (A. K.) don’t allow the enemies to destroy and ruin the celebration of our elections.

[02:39] (A. K.) If there are people who choose other paths, I will come and talk to people even more exclusively.

[02:40] (A. K.) now, third

[02:40] (A. K.) I want to talk to the media leaders and leaders

[02:40] (A. K.) I have witnessed the statements of American and EU countries’ leaders and listening to them.

[02:40] (A. K.) I have monitored their actions and reactions in the past few weeks,

[02:40] (A. K.) Before and after the elections,

[02:40] (A. K.) Their behavior was different

[02:41] (A. K.) First, before the elections, their media orientation and their statements made was they wanted to

Cast out the hearts of the people a feeling that the election was useless to cut the turn out,

[02:41] (A. K.) They could guess the results,

[02:41] (A. K.) but they never expected 85%

[02:41] (A. K.) 40 million voted

[02:41] (A. K.) they never believed this

[02:41] (A. K.) after they witnessed this, they were shocked

[02:42] (A. K.) they learned what a great development in Iran has taken place

[02:42] (A. K.) they found out they had to adjust themselves to this new situation

[02:42] (A. K.) to the Middle East, Iran and the world

[02:42] (A. K.) they learned that a new chapter has opened in connection related to the Islamic Republic.

[02:42] (A. K.) This great turn out was observed

[02:42] (A. K.) they reported it time and again

[02:42] (A. K.) they were all surprised since Friday morning

[02:43] (A. K.) some of the reactions and feedback to these correspondents were also noticed

[02:43] (A. K.) when they saw objections by some candidates, they saw an opportunity

[02:43] (A. K.) they used it from Saturday to Sunday

[02:43] (A. K.) their tone changed

[02:43] (A. K.) they slowly saw these protests

[02:43] (A. K.) which were held by the invitation of the candidate

[02:43] (A. K.) they became hopeful

[02:43] (A. K.) their masks were removed

[02:43] (A. K.) they saw a way

[02:43] (A. K.) they revealed their true nature

[02:44] (A. K.) a number of heads of states and other leaders of EU and America made statements that clarified the true nature of those leaders.

[02:44] (A. K.) it was said on behalf of the US president that he was waiting for a day that people came out to streets.

[02:44] (A. K.) Inside the country

[02:44] (A. K.) their agents started their action

[02:45] (A. K.) they started to cause riots in the street

[02:45] (A. K.) they caused destruction

[02:45] (A. K.) burnt houses,

[02:45] (A. K.) theft and insecurity prevailed.

[02:45] (A. K.) the people felt unsafe and insecure

[02:45] (A. K.) this has nothing to do with supporters of the candidate

[02:45] (A. K.) this is the servants of the westerners

[02:45] (A. K.) Zionist agents and their servants.

[02:46] (A. K.) What was clumsily done inside Iran by some, made them greedy

[02:46] (A. K.) they thought that Iran is Georgia.

[02:46] (A. K.) An American Zionist capitalist some time ago claimed that he had spent ten million dollars and created velvet revolution in Georgia

[02:47] (A. K.) They are comparing the Islamic Republic with GEORGIA!?

[02:47] (A. K.) What do you think we are?

[02:47] (A. K.) You don’t understand us.

[02:47] (A. K.) What are you talking about?

[02:48] (A. K.) what is the worst thing to me in all this

[02:48] (A. K.) are comments made in the name of human rights

[02:48] (A. K.) and freedom and liberty

[02:48] (A. K.) made by American officials

[02:48] (A. K.) they said that we are worried about Iranian nations

[02:48] (A. K.) WHAT? Are you serious?

[02:48] (A. K.) Do you KNOW what human rights are?!

[02:48] (A. K.) Who did that in Afghanistan?

[02:48] (A. K.) The wars and bloodshed

[02:48] (A. K.) Who is crushing Iraq under its soldier’s boots?

[02:48] (A. K.) in Palestine?

[02:48] (A. K.) Who supported the Zionists?

[02:49] (A. K.) even inside America

[02:49] (A. K.) During the time of the democrats

[02:49] (A. K.) Time of Clinton

[02:49] (A. K.) 80 people were burned alive in Waco?

[02:50] (A. K.) Now you are talking about human rights?

[02:50] (A. K.) Well,

[02:50] (A. K.) I believe that the officials of America and EU should feel some embarrassment

[02:50] (A. K.) shouldn’t say anything like that

[02:50] (A. K.) Islamic republic supports oppressed people of Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine

[02:50] (A. K.) we support all those who are oppressed

[02:51] (A. K.) we are supporting the flag of human rights

[02:51] (A. K.) flag of humans is raised in this country by Islam

[02:51] (A. K.) we don’t need advice about human rights

[02:51] (A. K.) My speech about the election is over.

[02:51] (A. K.) (VERY ABRUPTLY!)

Some thoughts on the speech:

I think we find one clue to why he rigged the vote count so crudely. His argument that a majority of eleven million was too big to allow for any irregularities suggests he believed that a big lie was the only one that would work. But if you utter a big lie, you had better hope it could persuade some. It appears to have persuaded no one but a few fools at the Washington Post and the executive editor of the New York Times.

And the endless attempt to blame all this on Britain and the US and the “Zionists.” This is a regime that is so hermetically sealed, so rigid in its dogma, so brutal in its ideology it probably believes its own lies. It is, as David Brooks notes today, very, very fragile. When every piece of data requires a reassertion of doctrine in order to banish reality from people’s minds, government becomes impossible. All that is possible is brute force and terror.

I fear deeply what is about to happen. But I also sense that the Gandhi-strategy of the majority is a winning one. If they can sustain their numbers and withstand the nightly raids, and if they can overwhelm the capital tomorrow in another peaceful show of strength, then they can win. And the world will change. This is their struggle now, requiring the kind of courage that only God can provide. Their God, my God, the God of the Torah and the Koran and the Gospels.

Something is happening in Iran.

I sense the same thing. The mood in Iran appears unmistakable, at least based on what we can find on the internet. I wrote before that if the regime’s support in rural areas is a mirage, then this system, the establishment, and with that the regime are done for. And I don’t mean in a few months or years, I mean right now.

No government, no matter how ruthless, dictatorial, and brutal can oppose public opinion and ideas lastingly. Ideas are like bulldozers. Over 70% of the people in Iran are below 30. By virtue of this fact alone this system will change sooner or later. Time will tell if that “sooner or later” is right now.

Expect many more severe crack downs, brutality, and killings in the days to come.

Iran – Ayatollah Rafsanjani Calls Emergency Meeting

This is the highest government body in Iran convening, the only people who have the power to remove the Revolutionary Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Like I said this morning…

I am certain about one thing: The regime must be scared to death at this point. Otherwise they would already have clamped down much harder, as they used to.

Iran Protests Continue to Escalate

A friend told me today that protests are not only going on in Tehran, but also in Shiraz and Isfahan. These suppressed protests are among the first in history to make extensive usage of modern technologies, such as Twitter. The effect of these tools as a catalyst should not be underestimated.

I am certain about one thing: The regime must be scared to death at this point. Otherwise they would already have clamped down much harder, as they used to. This reminds one of the protests from ‘78 and ‘79 which the Shah was no longer able to contain and basically began to tolerate as a concession.

We are witnessing events that Iran has not seen in 30 years. Never since the revolution have there been so many young educated people ready to take responsibility. Never have networking technologies thwarted the regime’s plans like they are now. Never since then have masses of people chanted “death to the dictator” on the streets.

In my view, what is going to happen in the days and weeks to follow hinges upon one crucial question: How much support does the current system still have in the rural areas of the country?

If there really is no big support for Ahmadinejad and for the establishment any longer, and the protests that are going on right now do not only reflect the mood of young city dwellers but of the general population, then I truly believe that the establishment is toast, and that all bets are off from hereon out.

If the opposite is true, then the protests will peter out sooner or later. We will likely see a massive crack down by the Revolutionary Guards, tons of political arrests, and a return to business as usual, for now.

If the truth lies somewhere between the two extremes, the current system may remain in place, but both sides will come together and meet somewhere in the middle. For example, Ahmadinejad might offer Moussavi some high post, so his supporters calm down, and the current power structures remain in place.

Only time will tell which direction Iran is going to take.

Some more clips from recent protests (some of rather graphic nature):

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