نامه ایرانیان و یاران ایرانی‌ به رئیس جمهور آمریکا باراک اوباما

دوستان، هم میهنان گرامی،کشور عزیز مان ایران و ایرانیان درون وطن اوضاع بسیار اسفناکی را طی‌ میکنند. وظیفهٔ تک تک ما ایرانیان برون از مرز میباشد که منعکس گر‌ صدا و اوضاع سخت آنان باشیم. چند روز قبل تمامی سنای آمریکا به نحو بیسابقه ایی (۱۰۰-۰) رای برای عملی‌ کردن تحریماتی بیشتر علیه جمهوری اسلامی که شامل صدور نفت و بانک مرکزی هم میشود، دادند. این قطع نامه خیلی‌ امیدوار کننده می‌باشد به دلیل آنکه جمهوری کثیف و جنایات کار اسلامی بدون فروش نفت نمی‌تواند زیاد مدت به زندگی‌ منحوس خود ادامه دهد. آقای رئیس جمهور اوباما که متاسفانه همیشه ترجیح داده که “با اونا” باشد بدون احترام به سنا که نمایندگی ۳۱۲ میلیون آمریکایی را به عهده دارند خواستار به تاخیر افتادن این قطعنامه به مدت ۵ ماه شد. لطفا با امضا کردن این نامه مخالفت خود را با این تصمیم اشتباه اوباما بیان کنید. ما عقیده داریم که تحریم فروش نفت و بانک مرکزی این حکومت ننگین را به به پایان عمر خود نزیکتر خواهد سازد.به امید آزادی ایران دمکراتیک و سکولار از دست یک حکومت متجاوز و اجنبیاگر مایل به امضای این نامه باشید، نام، نام خانوادگی، شغل، و محل زندگی‌ خود را به ایمیل زیر ارسال کنید.hakemiat.e.mardom@gmail.com.............Letter to President Obama on Imposing Sanctions against Islamic Republic of IranDecember 12, 2011President Barack ObamaThe White House1600 Pennsylvania AvenueWashington, DC. 20500Re: Imposing Sanctions against Islamic Republic Central Bank and oil exportsDear Mr. President,We, the undersigned, are a diverse but united group of pro-democracy Americans and Iranian-Americans expressing our astonishment and anger in the strongest terms regarding your continued misguided policies toward Iran and your administration’s opposition and refusal to placing of meaningful sanctions against the Islamic Republic.We are appalled to hear yet again your administration continues to appease the Islamic Republic, a regime designated by the United States State Department as a “state sponsor of terrorism” and has now surpassed China on the issue of human rights violations. The Iranian mullahs routinely use torture, whipping, rape, stoning, hangings and mass executions have been well documented by Amnesty International and other human rights organizations.The recent amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act authored by Senators Robert Menendez and Mark Kirk had an unprecedented support as demonstrated by the unanimous approval (100-0) in the Senate requiring sanctions on financial institutions that do business with the Central Bank of Iran. Next to oil, that finances the IRI’s terrorist activities, the Central Bank is the financial nerve center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the entity directly responsible for regime’s proliferation procurement efforts.Secretary Clinton rightfully stated on the Voice of America that the Iranian regime is a “dictatorship” and warned that the regime is moving towards a “military dictatorship.” For over three decades, various governments have used dialogue and diplomacy with the regime hoping to bring it to the negotiations table, to no avail. Starting with the administration of President Jimmy Carter, who did everything possible to assure the new regime of America’s friendship and the more that countries have tried to engage the regime’s leaders, the more emboldened and abusive they have become.Mr. President there is proof beyond a shadow of a doubt Iran is developing a nuclear weapon. The United States should not accept an Iran with nuclear weapons. Regime’s nuclear ambitions frighten Iranians and threaten the national security of the United States and its allies. The Central Bank of Iran is complicit in Iran’s nuclear venture by financing the Iranian efforts to acquire the knowledge, material and facilities to enrich uranium and to ultimately develop weapons of mass destruction.Since the revolution, the regime’s first priority has consistently remained the survival of the regime and not the well being of the Iranian people. The criminal regime’s ideological goal is to be able to export its theocratic form of government, its version of Shi’a Islam. To ensure regime survival, mullahs have also extended support to governments and dissident groups that oppose U.S. interests. Diplomacy, economic leverage, soft power, and active sponsorship of terrorist and paramilitary groups are tools this regime uses to drive its aggressive foreign policy. In particular, it uses terrorism to pressure or intimidate other countries. The most notable example of this strategy includes Iran’s support for Lebanese Hezbollah as well as its influence over proxy groups in Iraq and Afghanistan.Iran seeks to increase its stature by countering U.S. influence and expanding ties with regional actors while advocating Islamic solidarity. The regime is attempting to achieve political, economic and security influence in Iraq and Afghanistan while undermining U.S. efforts by supporting various political groups and furnishing lethal aid to Iraqi Shi’a militants and Afghan insurgents. In an attempt to increase influence in the Levant, the regime provides weapons, training and financing to Hezbollah, its strategic partner.The Iranian-American community is perplexed about the duplicitous message you and Secretary Clinton are trying to convey. We were certainly hoping that after your first New Year’s message when you offered your hand and received a clenched fist and, did not respond to demonstrators chants of “Obama, Obama, are you with them or with us?” and you remained inexcusably silent, while Iranians were beaten and gunned down by Basij, Hezbollah and Hamas thugs. After all this, one would think that your administration would consider a shift in its ill-conceived policy toward Iran.Mr. President, the Iranian community urges you to keep the following points in mind when dealing with the rapist regime:• Many rulers have conquered Iran throughout our history. They might have managed to destroy our cities, and burn our books but have failed to destroy our identity, culture and love of life. Conqueror after conqueror has eventually succumbed to our rich culture, customs, traditions and intellect. Mullahs have tried to destroy our Persian identity and have failed miserably. Brave Iranian youth are now launching a cultural war against their oppressive theocratic rulers.• Iranians have first-hand witnessed the atrocities committed by the theocratic rulers under the Islamic law. Your strategy by not confronting the mullahs and your continued readiness to pursue dialogue and diplomacy with a regime that has American blood on its hands is an insult to Iranian-Americans and the families of our brave U.S. military men and women who have lost their lives defending the values we cherish so dearly.• Attempts to negotiate and isolate have not deterred the regime. While you are trying to force mullahs to the negotiations table, they are supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan against NATO forces. Your empty threat, doubletalk and appeasement policies embolden the regime to commit even more atrocities. If you continue the half-measure policies of the past thirty three years, the regime will continue to kill more Americans and commit more human rights violations. That is a legacy you respectfully do not need to leave behind.• About 75% of the IRI’s revenues come from oil, a blessing and curse for Iranians. With an effective oil embargo the regime will be weakened and unable to meet its financial obligations, causing mass desertions, giving the Iranian oppositions groups the ability to rise up against the regime. We strongly believe that Iran’s Persian Gulf neighbors are so outraged by the recent terror plot against the Saudi diplomat and alarmed at the danger posed by a nuclear armed Islamic Republic that they are willing to increase their oil production to make up for any likely shortage.Ultimately, in the final analysis, the strengthening of Iran sanctions for the purpose of compelling the regime leaders to abandon their pursuit of nuclear weapons is a futile effort. In a recently released survey by Zogby, Iranian-Americans want the regime to change. Only 6% of Iranian-Americans believe that an Islamic Republic works well in Iran. Iranians are asking for a change in U.S. policy towards Iran. They have witnessed this regime in action for 33 years. They have reached the conclusion that this regime cannot be reformed. They are demanding a regime change. They want a free, democratic and secular form of government. The real and long-term solution lies in meaningful support for the pro-democracy and pro-West Iranians inside and outside of Iran.We are concerned about the degree of infiltration of Islamic extremists and regime lobbyists in the United States. During the Rafsanjani presidency, it was decided to create an Iranian lobby in Washington to distract the United States from the regime’s human rights violations, worldwide insurgencies and their nuclear weapons’ program. Consequently, the regime spends millions annually to shape the US policy and to prevent the Iranian opposition from forming a united front. The Iranian community is well aware that the IRI lobby is hard at work disguising the regime’s crimes. Their influence was clearly evident after your refusal to honor the will of over 300 million Americans expressed through their respective Senators.We respectfully ask that no person from the United States government be permitted to contact any person that is an agent, or official of, is affiliated with, or serving as a representative of or lobbies for the government of Iran. We urge for the inclusion of secular and pro-democracy opposition groups in your decision-making if the United States is to have effective and robust policy on Iran. There are many independent experts and opposition leaders who can provide a more honest and accurate assessment of the current situation and opposition forces inside and outside Iran.We take issue with regime apologist’s dishonest claim that sanctions punish the “ordinary” Iranians. It is our belief that the majority of Iranians have been subjected to the most inhumane conditions by the oppressive regime and a temporary hardship is a sacrifice they are willing to make to rid themselves of the rapist regime. With persistent inflation and unemployment above 25%, millions of Iranians living below the poverty line, deprivation of basic human rights, suppressions of free speech, arbitrary arrests, torture and rapes, the ordinary Iranians have been punished under the Islamic Republic’s dictatorship for over three decades. Efforts for removal of sanctions are spearheaded by the IRGC and Iranian-American businessmen and the big oil to ensure their lucrative financial contracts on the backs of ordinary Iranians.The IRI regime is in crisis. There is no better time. The imposition of an oil embargo and sanctioning of the IRI’s Central Bank now will empower the opposition groups inside and outside Iran to unite and rise up against this criminal regime. It is well past time that you align yourself with the people who have suffered brutally at the hands of dictators and tyrants. It is time to give honor, dignity, moral imperatives and ethical values precedence over lucrative financial contracts proposed by lobbyists and wealthy Iranians that often occur, wrongly, at the expense of ordinary citizens’ lives.The United States must have an enduring commitment to encourage democracy and human rights throughout the world and cannot ignore the fact that the current regime in Iran is a major threat to the world’s economic stability and world peace. You must encourage and support every group that truly advocates freedom and the rule of law and oppose any regime that denies such progress. At this time, Iran is dominated by a vicious dictator who has proven his lack of concern for Iranians on countless occasions. There should be no question that the United States must have every ethical, moral and strategic reason to encourage Iranian democratic movements. The Iranian opposition groups hope to establish a co-operative relationship with the American people and seek their strategic and non-military support in establishing a secular and democratic government in Iran.Mr. President, over 2,500 years ago, Iran was ruled by a great king called Cyrus the Great, he is best remembered for the first declaration of human rights and unprecedented tolerance and a magnanimous attitude towards those he defeated. The Hellenes, whom he conquered, regarded him as ‘Law-giver’ and the Jews as ‘the anointed of the Lord.’ Current regime’s conduct on the world stage, especially at the UN is a source of shame to us proud, civilized and educated Iranians.Mr. President, many presidents have led this nation through times of national crisis and celebration, economic ups and downs, through horrendous wars and times of peace. Their politics, personalities and leadership skills have shaped the United Sates as the great country it is today. Each man who has held the office of President of the United States–from George Washington to George W. Bush—has left behind a unique legacy. Be the change you promised during your presidential campaign! Show astute leadership by making Iran the centerpiece of your honorable political and personal legacy. Change the course of 33 years of the blatant human rights violations, destitution, crimes, torture, rapes and hangings inflicted on the Iranian people. Make history. Leave behind a free and democratic Iran, the island of stability in the Middle East, as your legacy. Be the change you promised, the change we all believed in and voted for!Sincerely,The Undersigned:Dr. Arash Irandoost, Founder, Pro-Democracy Movement of Iran (PDMI) http://www.pdmi.orgAmil Imani, Author: The Persian Gulf and Obama Meets Ahmadinejad, Journalist and Poet, http://amilimani.com/Hassan Dai, Political Analyst, Reporter, and Iran ExpertFirouzeh Ghaffarpour, Television host and political analystRoxanne Ganji, Political and Human rights activist, USAZohreh Mizrahi, Attorney at LawWalton K. Martin III, Director, the Iran Information Project, USADr. Gill Gillespie, Director – Iranian Refugee Action NetworkSheri Alvandian, Publisher and human rights activistKen Timmerman, Investigative reporter, Nobel Prize nominee, Foundation for Defense of Democracies http://www.iran.orgFrank Salvato, Executive Director, BasicProject.orgReza Kahlili, Former CIA Operative in Iran, Author of A Time To BetrayHon. David Kilgour, Former Canadian M.P. and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize nomineeShabnam Asadollahi, Human rights activist, CanadaCina Dabestani, Constitutionalist Party of Iran (CPI-DC)Parvin Irandoost, Human rights advocateMohammad T. 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