The tension-enhancing efforts of the Islamic
Republic are fast approaching dangerous levels.
Instead of taking positive steps in alleviating the ever increasing
tensions surrounding its nuclear programs, the Iranian regime only continues to
expand the scope of its political adventures.
The Iranian people are being dragged into a
global confrontation while their daily lives and social status have
dramatically deteriorated due solely to the economic ineptitude of the
regime. They now have to also bear the
tragic brunt of international condemnation of the attack on the British embassy
and the resulting new round of sanctions, especially the pressures on Iran’s
Central Bank.
In its usual combative and irresponsible
tradition in handling both domestic and foreign affairs - most often used in
trampling the people and their properties - the Islamic Republic has once again
adopted a defiant position in the diplomatic arena. For the second time in its 33-year history
the Islamic Republic breached the most fundamental diplomatic laws by storming and
ransacking the British Embassy led by state supported para-military operatives
and Basij militia members stationed inside universities.
As one of the cradles of civilization, Iranian
people [Persians] deeply respect diplomatic norms and laws among all nations
and the world knows that it is the officials of the Islamic Republic who are
responsible for this shameful act.
The regime engages in such dangerous and
confrontational activity, while it fails to protect one the most sensitive and
fragile research centers located inside a military base near a heavily
populated area in the suburbs of Tehran.
The Revolutionary Guards commanders routinely and continuously use every
platform to warn about the regime’s regrettable reactions to potential attacks
on Iran; yet they have been unable to explain the mysterious explosion of one
of their most advanced missile research centers and the loss of a key commander
of the Sepah. This engenders the serious
question as to exactly which elements are playing with Iran’s national security
and how capable are they to defend and protect the nation against the
consequences of their political adventures?
As active opponents of war, we fear for the
future of our country, and feel an urgent need to stop the current dangerous
situation. Those elements who invaded
the diplomatic territory of Britain, have been invading the civil space of
Iranian citizens for years. The brutal
attack that victimized the British Embassy this time, was symbolic of what the
true movement of students (representatives of which are still imprisoned), human rights, social
and political activists, and ethnic minorities are subjected to on a daily
basis.
We urgently demand the complete dismantling of State
institutions of oppression, as well as the end of the widespread violence and
chaos that dominates Iran’s politics, and the sacrificing of national interests
in the battlefield of power-mongering factions.
By their inaction and reluctance to pursue the
perpetrators in the British Embassy assault, Iranian officials have proven themselves
to be part and parcel in organizing and carrying out this act of
aggression. And the Supreme Leader’s
remarks about respect and prudence in foreign policy are nothing more than an
empty rhetoric.
The Iranian regime’s primary responsibility at
this time should be to seek viable solutions for the crisis surrounding its
nuclear policies, instead of demonstrating unreasonable behavior and
endangering national security. Immediate
steps toward a relief from diplomatic and economic pressures on our nation
include: a temporary suspension of Uranium enrichment, transparent cooperation
with IAEA and adherence to the UN Security Council’s Resolutions, as well as
other international obligations.
While we approve of Iran’s rights to peaceful
nuclear power, we strongly denounce the Islamic Republic’s efforts in pursuit
of nuclear weapons and consider this to be against our national security and
world peace. The leaders of the Islamic
Republic need to realize that in today’s world, violence, aggression and
destructive behavior no longer serve a purpose other than deepening the sense
of distrust in the leaders, both locally and internationally. Lack of trust and legitimacy on the national
front share the same roots with tensions and turbulence in international
relations. They are the opposite sides
of the same coin.
The Islamic Republic must once and for all,
abandon such useless and confidence-bashing politics and understand that any
move in creating tensions in the world is considered a betrayal of Iranian
people and the future of our nation.
We equally encourage the international
community, particularly the Western countries, to remain calm, to consider the
rights of Iranian citizens and to refrain from a starting a war. Any and all forms of miscalculated move,
inflammatory threats or military strikes on the country’s nuclear facilities,
will undoubtedly lead to irreversible and tragic harm to the land and sea, the
pollution of which can only add to the suffering of Iranian people for many
years to come, as well as the resentful view of the West.
We firmly believe that the welfare, prosperity
and security of Iranian citizens will result, not by keeping it a police state
and the rampant violations of their civil rights, and not by engaging in
international escapades; but by submitting to the will of the people, immediate
freedom of the press and book publishing, abolishing of censorship in every
area, immediate abolishment of gender, ethnic and religious discriminations, as
well as peaceful and respectable cooperation with other nations the world-over.
To that end, we strongly warn against and
condemn every effort in creating a climate conducive to the outbreak of
international conflict, thereby considering it our duty to stop the regime’s
crisis-building efforts and to help the will of the people to prevail. The only effective way of ending the domestic
and foreign crisis is to reassign the decision making power to the people, by
preparing a suitable atmosphere for their election through the participation of
all liberal, democratic and political groups united by a national pride to
uphold the dignity of Iran.
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Under the circumstances, where the ruling
despots resort to war-mongering tactics, moving our country toward a state of
conflict with the world, and the inevitable destruction of Iran, it is only the
will of the people that can stop the decisions and actions of a destructive and
out of control regime.
Signatories:
Amir Farshad Ebrahimi, Hamed
Ebrahimi,Mitra Ebrahimi, Abdolreza Ahmadi, Fereydoun Ahmadi, Ahmad Ahmadian,
Kamal Aras, Ardavan Ershad, Jamshid Assadi, Leyla Safari, Morteza Eslahchi, Amir
Hossein Etemadi, Bijan Eftekhari,Ali Afshari,Korous Aftassi, Maryam Akbari, Dariush
Ashouri, Mohammad Javad Akbareyn, Bahram Emami, Kian Amani, Mehrzad Omidmehr,
Mehdi Amini, Fariba Amini, Marym Ahari, Vandad Olad Azimi, Faramarz Azarnousha,
Farshid Azarnioush, Kamal Azari, Ahmad Azad, Ayandeh Azad, Samad Aghai, Kaveh
Ahangari, Jamshid Babai, Rahim Bajgholi, Abdolali Bazargan, Ahmad batebi,
Hossein Bagherzadeh, Mahnaz Badihian, Farzaneh Bazrpoor, Mehran Barati, Behdad
Bordbar, Reza Boroumand, Meghdad Barimani, Eshrat Bastjani, Fariba Bastjani,
Farzin Bastjani, Khosrow Badari, Shahla Bahardoost, Behrouz Bayat, Abbas
Bidgoli, Amir Biglari, Missagh Parsa, Koroush Parsa, Habid Parzin, Behzad
Parnian, Soheil Parhizi, Saeid Pourheydar, Maryam Pirmozen, Bijan Pirzadeh,
Saeed Peyvandi, Habib Tabrizian, Mahmoud Tajalimehr, Mohammad Taghdiri, Nayereh
Tohidi, Amir Hossein Tavassoti, Mohammad Ali Tofigh, Kianoush Tavakoli,Setareh
Sabety, Mehdi Jami, Jahanshid Javid, Mohammad Hossein Jaafari, Reza Jaafarian,
Mehdi Jalali, Arash Janati Atai, Mehran Jangali Moghaddam, Mohammad Jahan-Parvar,
Eydin Jahanbakhsh, Pooya Jahandar, Javad Javaheri, Reza Charandabi, Saeed
Habibi, Aram Hessami, Saeed Haghjoo, Bijan Hekmat, Hormouz Hekmat, Abbas
Hakimzadeh, Fereydoun Khavand, Abbas Khorsandi, Nazanin Khosroshahi, Salar
Khosravi, Arya Khosravi, Kamal Davoodi, Fariba Davoodi Mohajer, Mehrdad
Darvishpour, Abdolsatar Doshoki, Fariba Rad, Niam Rashedan, Ahmad Rafat, Amir
Rashidi, Arman Rezakhani, Pouran Rezayati, Sheydeh Rezai, Faramarz Rafii, Ali Asghar
Ramezanpour, Maryam Rouzbehani, Mina Zand Siegel, Geev Zandi, Matin Salemeh,
Behrouz Sotoodeh, Amir Saraji, Nasim Sarabandi, Hassan Sarabakhshian, Mehdi Saeid-Pour
, Salman Sima, Reza Siavoshi, Rahim Shambiyati, Karim Shambiyati, Hamid Shahsia,
Masoud Shabafrooz, Darab Shabahang, Mansoureh Shojai, Hassan Shariatmadari,
Abbas Shirazi, Farah Shilandari, Mohammad Sadeghi, Koroush Sehati, Ali Sadr Haj-seyed Javadi, Bijan Safsari,
Siavash Safavi,Ramin Safizaheh, Hassan Talebi, Esfandiyar Tabari, Roya Toloui,
Meysam Tahmasebi, Shohreh Assemi, Mazdak Abdipour, Roya Araghi, Mehdi
Arabshahi, Yousef Azizi Banitaraf, Khosrwo Allaf Akbari, Kazem Alamdari,
Hossein Alavi, Mehrnoush Ali-aghai, Masih Alinejad, Hossein Alizadeh, Pouya
Gholamrezai, Sepideh Farsi, Bagher Fatemi, Amir Hossein Fotoohi, Azar Fakhr,
Pouyan Fakhrai, Tayaz Fakhri, Kheyrollah Farahi, Mansour Farhang, Vida
Farhoodi, Rouzbeh Forouzan, Keyvan Forouzan, Kambiz Forouhar, Shahla Farid,
Dokhi Fassihian, Shervin Fekri, Firouzeh Foladi, Shahab Feyzi, Iran Ghaderi,
Amir Ghassemi, Akhtar Ghassemi, Aida Ghajr, Reza Ghoreyshi, Mehdi Gholizadeh
Aghdam, Farzad Ghanbari, Mehrangiz Kar, Monir Kashef, Hojat Kasraian, Kianoush
Kalantar, Amir Kleyni, Alireza Kiani, Taghi Kimyai Assadi, Amir Hossein Ganjbakhsh,
Hassan Massali, Hamid mafi, Parvin Malek, Reza Mobayen, Dariush Majlesi,hamid
Mohebi, Majid Mohammadi, Rahim Mohammadi, Farshad Mohammadi, Amir Hossein
Mohammadi, Pouyan Mahmoudian, Parviz Mokhtari, Ahmad Medadi, Fariba Marzban,
Mostafa Morid, Ali Mostashari, Torab Mostoofi, Vida Mashayekhi, Nariman
Mostafavi, Fouad Mozafari, Mansour Moadel, Abbas Maroufi, Amir Memarian, Hassan
Makarami, Elham Malekpour, Roya Maleki, Ashkan Monfared, Ali Mohtadi, Mohammad
Mehdian, Behnaz Mehrani, Bahzad Mehrani, Seyed Davood Mousavi, Mohsen Mousavi,
Ziba Mir Hosseini, Ahmad Mir Fakhrai, Mehran Mir Fakhrai, Arsan Nazerian,
hassan Nayeb Hashem, Youhana Najdi, Roja Najafi, Pari Neshat, Borghan Nezami
Narajabad, Ali Nazari, Shervin Nekoii, Morteza Negahi, Shiva Nojo, Mehdi
Nourbakhsh, Parto Nooriala, Kamran Nozad, Farzin Vahdat , Nader Hashemi,
Mohammad Hedayati, Reza Hiwa, Sajad Veys Moradi, Sepideh Yousefzadeh, Hassan Yousefi Eshkevari,
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