GLOBAL PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION IN COMMEMORATION OF 18TH OF TIR 1378 (JULY 9TH 1999)

Dear All,

10 years ago, on the 9th of July, Iranian students mobilized to demand an end to oppression. Thousands of students, protesting the regime’s shutdown of a popular reformist newspaper, were attacked, beaten and arrested in a bloody confrontation. That day, infamously known by its date in the Persian calendar-the “18 of Tir”- has become a symbol of Iranian movement for freedom. Read the rest of this entry »

Action Alert:  An appeal from Iran  to help keep protesters safe

To our friends outside IRAN.

The thugs and thieves of IRAN that are currently (hopefully for not too long) running IRAN, want the public to report the who & whereabouts of Iranians that have demonstrated recently (See attached links).

Can all those that live outside IRAN SPAM these sites with whatever method. At the bottom of the page ( See LINK) there are 3 squares. First is for name (use false names) Second is your email address (Leave it empty) Third is details. In the third square please use as colorful language as you can. Send thousands of emails. You can write in English.

http://www.gerdab.ir/fa/pages/?cid=422
http://www.gerdab.ir/fa/pages/?cid=407
http://www.gerdab.ir/home.php
http://www.gerdab.ir/fa/pages/?cid=422
http://www.gerdab.ir/fa/pages/?cid=407
http://www.gerdab.ir/home.php

The Fellowship of Reconciliation joins 35 national organizations in letter to Iranian leaders on ending the violence

June 24, 2009

To the Iranian Leadership: End the Violence Immediately

To:  Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, U.N. Ambassador & Permanent Representative Mohammad Khazaee

We are leaders of organizations representing tens of thousands of U.S. citizens who love Iran: its people, culture, poetry, and land. Some of our members have traveled in recent years to the Islamic Republic of Iran to build relationships between our cultures, and have returned home with images and stories of wonderful new friends and your land’s admirable humanitarian and religious cultures. We passionately urge peace between our countries, and deeply regret the unfortunate history of U.S. intervention in Iran and its sovereignty. We believe all nations and peoples have the right to live free of the threat of unjust foreign interference in their internal affairs.
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