[FREE IRAN Project] In The Spirit Of Cyrus The Great

[haleh]

Iran Forces Quell Massive Uprising

December 05, 2003
WorldNetDaily.com
WorldNetDaily

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35967

Iranian Supreme Revolutionary Guard forces under the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reportedly killed a 10-year-old boy in the country's minority Baloch region yesterday, touching off a massive uprising against the Islamic regime countered by a deadly crackdown and imposition of martial law, according to sources on the scene.

Amid burning banks, stores and government offices, at least 30 Baloch protesters are dead and 80 injured in the southeastern city of Saravan near the Pakistani border, said Malek Meerdora, who immigrated to Canada from the city in 1993.

Meerdora told WorldNetDaily the Iranian government has attempted to shut off communication from the city, but he has been in contact with sources there via satellite telephone and the Internet.

He said soldiers approached the 10-year-old, Haroun Balochzahi, and grabbed his bike from him, insisting on a bribe. The boy did not speak Farsi, the majority language, and responded by biting a soldier and running. The youth was shelled with bullets in front of people on the streets and died on the spot, Meerdora said, prompting an immediate reaction.

In an unusual display of resistance to the hard-line, cleric-led regime, a crowd set a military jeep on fire and began beating the soldiers, Meerdora said.

Later, at about 1:30 p.m., thousands of Balochs, including many from surrounding cities, began to congregate on the streets in protest.

Revolutionary Guard soldiers opened fire on the crowd, hitting up to 80 people, witnesses claimed.

The entire city and surrounding area is raised up against the Tehran government, Meerdora said, burning down symbols of the regime and attacking Iranian officials.

Crowds reached the offices of the mayor, commissioners and chief of police and beat them, he said, and many soldiers have been beaten by unarmed citizens.

The director of the hospital has been warned by the government to not take in any wounded protesters, and some Balochs have been shot in front of the hospital, according to Meerdora's sources.

He said security forces went to the hospital and killed people in their rooms.

About 300 people have been jailed, and uncooperative prisoners have had their tongues cut out, he said.

"I mark this as a day of revolution," Meerdora said. "I think the Iranian government will face more problems."

He said throughout the evening, Revolutionary Guard forces watched over the people from roof tops, prepared to fire at anyone who moves from his home.

No one is allowed to enter or leave the city, he added.

Similar to the Kurds, the Balochs, who comprise 2 percent of Iran's population, regard themselves as a nation separated by borders – in their case the frontier between Iran and Pakistan, which also has a sizable Baloch minority.

Politically the Baloch identify as Muslims, but most do not practice Islam, Meerdora said.

Some analysts say Iran's theocratic regime is unraveling, as resistance movements, including one led by students, grow stronger.

"This theocratic regime is in shambles, coming to the end of its rope," according to Fereydoun Hoveyda, senior fellow at the National Committee on American Foreign Policy in New York City. "People are not afraid of it anymore."

Hoveyda contends, however, Western nations have adopted a flawed policy that focuses on support of President Mohammad Khatami's reform movement rather than on a secular, democratic movement led by students. He adds that while Arabs in many lands danced in the streets in praise of the Sept. 11 attackers, "ordinary Iranians were the only Muslims to openly condemn them and express sympathy to the American people."

"The American press, as well as the [U.S.] government, misreads the events in Iran," Hoveyda said in an interview with WorldNetDaily last fall. "They think that there is one reformist movement, represented by Khatami."

Khatami, he points out, is against dismissing the Islamic regime, which came into power after the ruling shah was forced into exile amid seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran by militant students. The U.S. no longer has diplomatic relations with Iran.
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Haleh -
There can only be ONE Iran, a FREE one.

[Spenta]

All Iranians inside and outside must immediately unite in support of our Baluch brothers and sisters !


This is very sad. I feel very angry about the poor 10 year old boy.
And killing patients in a hospital in their beds?
Shooting the wounded outside of a hospital?
Cutting out tongues (a common practive in Islam) ?

This is disgusting. This regime is sick, inhuman, barbaric and disgusting.

We need immediate intervention to prevent these atrocities

The opposition must lend assistance to our Baluch brothers and sisters, Now.

Prominant Iranian opposition leaders, from Reza Pahlavi to all groups, must immediately issue statements demanding cease fire and immediate medical care for those harmed in Baluchistan!

Petitions must be filed immediately with the UN, demanding a full investigation, aid and care for the victims!

These people need immediate world attention to stop the massacres and the brutality! Write the media and demand that they cover this story, press attention will prevent more massacres and allow aid and reflief to pour in!


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[Rumi]

LET THE LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGNS TO THE MEDIA BEGIN!!!!

[freedom]

I wish we had better info coming out and more media attention.. this could possibly be the start of a major uprising, but the rest of the world closes their eyes... Anyone have other info..?

[Spenta]

Send this sample email out to as many sources as you can. Start with te CNN page:
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form1.html?34

I just read on worldnetdaily.com that the Islamic Republic of Iran is violently suppressing an uprising by opening fire on civillians, killing patients in a hospital and shooting at the wounded trying to get into a hospital! The city has been closed off, and there are major clashes.

You can read about it at:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35967

Please cover this story so international attention can put an end to the massacres going on inside of Iran, NOW.

Also to:

viewerservices@foxnews.com
comments@foxnews.com
viewerservices@msnbc.com

[Spenta]

Human Rights Groups

Please urge human rights groups to investigate and act. Send the following email to the following addresses:

Sample Email


Subject: URGENT: Please Investigate the Violent Suppression of an Uprising in Iran.

Dear ________________________

I just received news that the Islamic Republic of Iran has opened fire on Baluchi protestors killing over 30 including a young 10 year old boy. Based on a story reported at
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35967
the regime’s revolutionary guards have opened fire on civilian protestors, are killing the wounded inside of their hospital beds, firing on the wounded outside of a hospital, cutting off tongues and there are many clashes as the entire city and area has been closed off to the outside.

I implore you to immediately investigate these atrocities. Please demand an immediate cease fire, international investigation, and aid for the wounded.

Please take action immediately to stop these atrocities and get assistance to the people of Baluchistan! Thank-you

Sincerely,

_________________



Send to:

The Hon. Mary Robinson
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
OHCHR-UNOG
8-14 Avenue de la Paix
1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Telephone Number (41-22) 917-9000
Telefax number: +41-22-917 9010
secrt.hchr@unog.ch


Middle East Watch, New York/USA; Mr. Hanny Megally (Director)
Fax # +1 (212) 972-0905 ; eMail hrwnyc@hrw.org

Human Rights Watch, Washington, DC/USA; Fax # +1 (202) 371-0124
eMail hrwdc@hrw.org

Human Rights Watch, Los Angeles/USA; Fax # +1 (213) 680-9924
eMail hrwla@hrw.org

Human Rights Watch, London/UK; Fax # +44 (207) 713-1800
EMail hrwatchuk@gn.apc.org

Amnesty International EU
Email: amnesty-EU@aieu.be

Amnesty International:
amnestyis@amnesty.org

Amnesty International Canada:
info@amnesty.ca

Amnesty International US
admin-us@aiusa.org

Amnesty International at University of Massachusetts at Amherst:
amnesty@stuaf.umass.edu

EU External Relations(Human Rights Troika for Iran):
relex-feedback@cec.eu.int

Council of the EU:
public.info@consilium.eu.int

EU Council:
civis@europarl.eu.int


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If anyone has any more leads please post them as well.

Thank-you

[katkin]

The story is getting around a bit. The Free Republic has picked it up (both from a radio report and from World Net Daily), they have a big audience. BBC has it, but only a short blurb. Probably through a government-approved contact, since they seem to have got it wrong. One would think they could do better than that.

I've also asked any of my blog readers with direct media contacts who cover this sort of news to pass it on. (I do have several readers with media contacts -- but some their contacts cover things like science news or 'lifestyles' and wouldn't be much help). I've also sent a few letters out myself. We'll get the news out — one way or another.

[LiveFreeOrDIE!!!!]

Okay - great info.. I've already contacted a few hundred people and many outlets.. Lets get moving!!!!

[roshanak]

Compliments of Freedom44 !!!!

Ask them why in the Middle of War on Terror --Michael Jackson and Laci Peterson are more important than the constant pro-American demonstrations in Iran.


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[BBC]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3295337.stm
'Five dead in Iran riot'

Reports from south-east Iran say several people have been killed in clashes between demonstrators and police.
An Iranian member of parliament from the region, Jafar Kambouzia, was quoted as saying five people were killed in the clashes.

They took place on Thursday in Saravan, in Baluchistan province, near Iran's borders with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Mr Kambouzia said the clashes broke out when police shot and killed a motorcyclist who had refused to stop.

Correspondents say there is often tension in Baluchistan province, which has a Sunni Muslim majority, unlike the rest of Iran.

[Spenta]

Dear Roshanak,

Thank-you for all of your press leads. I will post it around.