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Petition to protest the World Bank's Loans to the IRI

 
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Ramin Etebar,MD



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 5:11 am    Post subject: Petition to protest the World Bank's Loans to the IRI Reply with quote

The World Bank should not recognize the Islamic Regime as the Representative of Iranian People and Stop awarding it with Loans
Please Sing the Petition at: httP//mehr.org|petition_world_bank
Persian Text:
http://mehr.org/world_bank.pdf
While the Islamic Regime of Iran has escalated its repression and have arrested many freedom- loving activists all around the country including seven in Tehran, the interest driven institutions and states are turning a blind eye to all these atrocities. Disregarding the human rights violations in Iran, on May 29, 2004, the World Bank awarded two loans totaling 369 million dollars to the Islamic Regime of Iran.
The Islamic Regime does not represent the Iranians and does not protect their interests. The Iranian people and their independent financial institutions would have been capable of entering into genuine and constructive cultural and commercial and educational relations with the U.S. if the regime and its financial institutions had not monopolized trade and other relations.

According to the statistics published by Oxford Analytica and reported in the Iranian press (Payam-e Emrooz), more than %50 of Iran's economy is run and owned by an organization called "the Deprived Foundation " (Bonyaad-e Mostaz-afaan) that is fully exempted from audit and taxation. This organization has 7 branches in the areas of Trade, agriculture, Industry and mines, Transportation, Import and export. Each of these branches acts like a ministry.

This organization and others similarly structured by the regime have a hand in every financial deal and do not answer to any elected body. Under this condition, there is no guarantee that any foreign aid will ever reach the needy people. It only subsidizes the terrorist activities of the regime.

On the other hand, any direct deal with the so-called "private sector" in Iran is practically impossible. We have ample proof and can provide testimonies of involved parties residing in Iran that any deal no matter how small must go through a very sophisticated process through which handsome bribes and commissions must be paid to the government or their facade organizations before and after any such deal is made. There is no doubt that any American financial institution willing to deal with Iran, must directly or indirectly get involved in this corrupt process. This is in gross violation of many U.S. laws including Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) that prohibits acts of bribery in trade.

Every tyrant regime including the Islamic Regime comes to an end. The World Bank should have the vision of the future and that when the people of Iran have freed themselves from this monstrous regime, Iran under its future democratic government will not have any responsibility to pay back these loans.

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MEHR
P.O. Box 2037
P.V.P., CA 90274
USA

Tel: (310) 377-4590
Fax: (310) 377-3103

E-mail: mehr@mehr.org
URL: http://mehr.org

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