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FLASH: 7-9,000 Demonstrators at the UN

 
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Rasker



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 4:00 pm    Post subject: FLASH: 7-9,000 Demonstrators at the UN Reply with quote

The NYC Demonstrations thru Regimechangeiran.com

picture thru freeandseculariran yahoogroup



I have been told by leaders of the Iranian opposition leaders that there are approximately 7-9,000 demonstrators present at the UN to voice their opposition to Iranian President Ahmadinejad's presence at the UN. They dispute that he actually represents the Iranian people.

I was told that there were also speakers including Ken Timmerman speaking at the event.

I will report more later.

PS Ahmadinejad in NYC

I just caught a glimpse of Ahmadinejad speaking at the UN and I believe I witnessed Condolezzza Rice walking out of the session in an apparent protest.

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 10:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dear Rasker,

I don't know if Secretary Rice walked out or not...but it's very possible.

The first thing Antar did was insult the host nation's visa policy to the UN.

not once, but twice.

You can view his remarks in pdf format (linked) in the news item topic "Antar's Hypocracy"
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 10:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

HI Admin
I have pictures to email to activistchat from the protest outside UN today, Send me a PM as to where to email them


Also a short video of everyone singing Ey Iran during the demo which I am chopping down to web sizes
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:45 am    Post subject: CBS News: Protests Greet Iranian President Reply with quote

Protests Greet Iranian President

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/14/world/main846538.shtml

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 14, 2005



Protest Against Iran's Pres.

Shirin Nariman is the spokesperson for the New York Committee Against Ahmadinejad. (CBS)



"I think that he should not be here at the invitation of the U.N. He should be here to stand trial for his crimes.".
Lynn Smith Derbyshire


Demonstrators held up placards in support of Maryam Rajavi, who is the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, which acts as a parliament in exile. (CBS)


(CBS) This story was written by CBSNews.com's Scott Conroy.

As President Bush was addressing the United Nations to kick off its three-day 2005 World Summit on Wednesday, hundreds of demonstrators, most of whom were of Middle Eastern decent, gathered across the street. They shouted political slogans, held up placards and waved flags. But the protestors weren’t there to denounce President Bush or American foreign policy. They had gathered to speak out against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

When Ahmadinejad was granted a visa to enter the United States in order to attend the U.N. summit, many Iranian-Americans were outraged. A group of them came together to form the New York Committee Against Ahmadinejad (NYCA).

“We decided to form this community to oppose his presence in the aftermath of the anniversary of Sept. 11,” NYCA spokesperson Shirin Nariman said.

In his speech at the U.N., Mr. Bush said, "We must send a clear message to the rulers of outlaw regimes that sponsor terror and pursue weapons of mass murder: You will not be allowed to threaten the peace and stability of the world."

Although he did not mention Iran by name, Mr. Bush has harshly criticized the Iranian government in the past. In an interview for Israeli television last month, he said "all options are on the table" if Iran refuses to comply with international demands to halt its nuclear program.

To Hoorah Mostashari, an Iranian-American who attended the protest, Ahmadinejad’s presence in New York had a visceral effect. Mostashari was so outraged that she traveled all the way from California to attend the protest, she said. Mostashari garnered up painful memories of what she said happened to her when she returned to Iran in 1981, after having left the country at the age of 15 to go to the United States.

Mostashari recalled the day when she said Iranian soldiers showed up at her door, giving her cause to regret her decision to return home. It had only been two years since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, and anti-American sentiments were running high. Mostashari was afraid.

Having just returned from the belly of the Great Satan itself, where she studied at UCLA, Mostashari had every reason to believe that she would fall under the fundamentalist regime’s suspicion. She had the foresight to bury her collection of opposition newspapers in the ground, and when the soldiers came, she said she provided them with a false identity, claiming that she was her sister. Her quick thinking might have saved her life.

”They would have killed me,” she said. “I had to lie, in fear of persecution.”

After her close call with the Ayatollah’s forces, Mostashari said that she fled Iran again and returned to the United States, where she has lived ever since. She now owns a cigar and wine shop in southern California. Still afraid of the repercussions she might face from the Iranian government, she said that she has not returned to the country in which she was born, where she has family that she has not seen in 24 years.

”I want to go back, but only if it’s free,” she said.

Mostashari agreed with the American State Department that President Ahmadinejad is a terrorist, and she was outraged that he was allowed to enter the United States to speak in front of the General Assembly.

Many protestors asserted that the Iranian president was one of the students who took 66 Americans hostage in Tehran in 1979. But an internal government review found that there is no conclusive evidence to suggest that he was closely involved in the takeover. Ahmadinejad has denied that he took part in targeting the American Embassy.

"I believed that if we did that, the world would swallow us," he said, according to an aide, Meisan Rowhani.

Lynn Smith Derbyshire, an American woman who spoke at the protest, lost her brother in October of 1983, when he was killed along with 240 other U.S. marines in a terrorist strike on his military barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. In 2003, A U.S. District Court judge ruled that Iran had sponsored the attack and had directed the terrorist group Hezbollah to carry it out, but Derbyshire and other victims' family members have still not received compensation.

“Twenty-two years later, there is still a hole in my heart and in my family and in my life. And twenty-two years later, there is still no justice,” Derbyshire told the receptive crowd, her voice cracking with emotion.

Although Ahmadinejad has not been accused of having a direct role in the Beirut bombing, Derbyshire is appalled that the Iranian president was allowed to appear at the U.N.

“I think that he should not be here at the invitation of the U.N. He should be here to stand trial for his crimes,” she said.

The protest had a festive atmosphere, with Iranian-Americans joining political activists who came from as far away as Denmark to show solidarity. They danced and sang amid a sea of blue and yellow balloons and confetti.

“The rally calls for a firm and resolute policy by the U.S. and the international community in the face of the growing threat of the Iranian regime,” the NYCA stated in its policy goals. “This policy must reject both appeasement and foreign war in favor of support for Iranian people and organized resistance.”

A diverse slate of speakers took the podium and addressed the ebullient audience, ranging from NYCA representatives to former New York Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen. The speakers and protestors were united by their anger with the Iranian regime and frustration with the world for not doing enough to quell it.

“Oh, Washington. Does the phrase, ‘We stand for democracy in the Middle East’ have real meaning, or was it just a political slogan?” Rabbi Daniel M. Zucker, one of several religious leaders who addressed the crowd, asked.

While Mostashari said that she and her countrymen have endured a lot, her optimism for the future is what keeps her active in the cause of promoting Iranian freedom. She offered some advice that she hoped world leaders would consider, as they convened at the U.N.

“The hope is for the entire world to stop economic dealings with the Iranian government,” Mostashari said. “If they just stop buying oil, [the regime] will collapse.”

[Theres a viewable video stream, some clips of speakers, including Miriam rajavi by link from France:

javascript:vlaunch('clip=/media/2005/09/14/video846521.rm&sec=500251&vidId=500251&title=Protest$@$Against$@$Iran\'s$@$Pres&hitboxMLC=i_video') ]
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gimme a break ... the article doesn't even mention the Monarchists with all the pictures of RP who were right next to the Mojaheds! You had to be blind to miss them!
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 1:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, and how clueless are the media who swallow MeK's claim to be the main resistance! Oh well, the answer for that is to just get more bodies out than they do, and some education of key media folks.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dear Spenta,

all this bickering has held you all back for a long long time. Seems to me as I look at it, the opposition as a whole is asking the west for the same thing...well you all got the publicity.

I swear if you folks can't make this a team effort and sort out your differences and little power struggles after the regime is kaput via a national referendum, no matter how much support the free nations may place with you to change the regime it will all be for naught.

Rather than be happy that the CAUSE got exposure, you folks are still stuck on personalities and past grievances.

And speaking of personalities...was RP there?

The whole bloody world, and everyone in it is dysfunctional, so get over it already!

I'm sorry, but my honesty is sometimes brutal and blunt...when I hear this kind of negativity it just disapoints me that you folks are not looking at the larger picture.

Believe me, I have no fondness for the MEK...they are still on State Dept's list of terrorist org's, and that's a roadblock for any support from my gov. or from me personal.

We all got issues.

S. 333 (Senate version of the Iran Freedom and Support Act) is in committee..Foreign relations committee...

There's some domestic matters that gave come up that must be addressed (a supreme court judge, Hurricane issues) that needing immediate attention may delay it going to the Senate for vote, but it will in all likelyhood be ratified and signed into law by the end of the year.

MEK's status would preclude this group from any assistance outlined in this bill.

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In any case, I'm glad folks put on a solid effort....You'all ROCKED NY!

Oh yeah, I'm sure of one thing...Pres. Bush had tangible proof you folks are standing for your liberty....and that's a good thing.

US isn't blind to the fact that folks in Iran are living in fear and face death in a protest there, and it's hard to judge what cannot be seen as to the extent of discontent....but don't think your efforts went unnoticed.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 6:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't have a problem with the MEK, and I have always said their help is needed alongside every other group. I wasn't bickering the MKO, I was bickering with the one-sided press coverage!
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 8:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dear Spenta,

Pardon, I wasn't directing my thoughts reflective of you personally, or your posts...but rather the opposition in general.

I've always thought you had a pretty fair take on things, and a healthy attitude (which is one of the reasons I put the thoughts to you in the first place, 'cause I value your feedback, as well as your opinion.)

I've seen mention of the protests in other fora, that are for sure not pointed in the particular emphasis that you have mentioned... accurate in the general sense of the purpose, rather than the emphasis on a particular group or background of individual, that would negate the broad spectrum of people involved. National coverage.

I posted one example from the Washington Times...
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Spenta wrote:
Gimme a break ... the article doesn't even mention the Monarchists with all the pictures of RP who were right next to the Mojaheds! You had to be blind to miss them!


now not entirely

u see, it was like 100 to 1 proportion between monarchist and mojaheds

i was ther

i have many pictures


there were thousands and thousands of mojahedin supporters all over the plaza

and then ther was a couple hundred ppl with reza pahlavis picture

that was about it. . .

also...the monarchists werent as organized and had a small area to the side of mojahedin...


while mojahedin had 90% of the plaza in their hands. . .
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