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Iranian Alert -- January 4, 2004 -- IRAN LIVE THREAD --Americans for Regime Change in Iran
The Iranian Student Movement Up To The Minute Reports ^ | 1.4.2004 | DoctorZin

Posted on 01/04/2004 12:01:15 AM PST by DoctorZIn

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Yunesi added that the U.S. government has still not accepted the reality of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Mr. Yunesii, Would you please let us know what realities you are talking about?

21 posted on 01/04/2004 8:14:46 AM PST by F14 Pilot ( "Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists. ")
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If the realities are not obvious, I submit that they are a figment of Yunesii's imagination, and that he is obfuscating.
22 posted on 01/04/2004 8:17:47 AM PST by Pan_Yans Wife (Submitting approval for the CAIR COROLLARY to GODWIN'S LAW.)
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A Cry from Iran: "Hug Me"

January 04, 2004
New York Daily News
Leo Standora

They hide their tiny faces under blankets. Most refuse to talk. Some won't eat. Many weep through the night. They are the orphans of disaster, an estimated 2,000 kids whose parents were taken by Iran's horrifying earthquake on Dec. 26.

Just over a week after the killer quake ripped apart the ancient city of Bam, children continue to fill Iran's orphanages as rescue workers pluck more young survivors from amid the dead in the rubble.

The pain, confusion and loss suffered by the children wrenches the heart.

A visitor at the Kermanian Nursery Center stopped in his tracks, brought nearly to tears by a 2-year-old's simple request. "Mister, please hug me," the child asked.

"Hold me," begs another, as knots of kids stretch out their arms or grab at passing adults for a moment of comfort or a feeling - however illusory - that everything will be all right.

But for most it never will.

Officials at the Kermanian Orphanage, 75 miles north of Bam, said one 3-year-old named Vida couldn't sleep for days after the quake and refuses even to leave her nurse's arms.

"I want my mother," she cries over and over. But both of her parents, like those of so many around her, are gone.

Psychologists and psychiatric workers came to the province last week to help the children deal with suffering that is unfathomable.

Part of their job is to tell the awful truth to kids like 6-year-old Atefeh Razmi, who plays with a puzzle at a children's center waiting for her parents to pick her up.

"They will come to see me soon," she smiles sweetly at nurses who turn away with eyes glistening.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/story/151657p-133576c.html
23 posted on 01/04/2004 8:18:06 AM PST by DoctorZIn (Until they are free, we shall all be Iranians!)
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A horrible story, A sad post! :-((
24 posted on 01/04/2004 8:21:13 AM PST by F14 Pilot ( "Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists. ")
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The realities are "Torturing opposition forces in jails", "attacking on students' dorms", killing writers and thinkers", "sending nearly 5 milions of Iranians into forced exile" and so on.
25 posted on 01/04/2004 8:25:16 AM PST by F14 Pilot ( "Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists. ")
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Yes. But, the regime isn't going to air this for the American audience. They want our aid, at the moment, not our condemnation.
26 posted on 01/04/2004 8:27:03 AM PST by Pan_Yans Wife (Submitting approval for the CAIR COROLLARY to GODWIN'S LAW.)
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Air what?
27 posted on 01/04/2004 8:45:46 AM PST by nuconvert ("This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it.")
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Freedom for Iran ~ Now!
28 posted on 01/04/2004 8:52:10 AM PST by blackie
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What a bunch of Hooey!

"Iran's problem with the United States is a security matter rather than a political or economic matter"

Yeah, that's what the Soviets and E. Germans said, too.

"U.S. officials have security problems with Iran, and so long as this viewpoint exists, no problem will be solved," Yunesi said."

Well, why doesn't the regime FIX that problem? Abandon their nuc facilities? Hmmmm?

"However, the government of President George W. Bush needs their votes and has taken the recent measures in order to obtain them,"

Oh, I see. The U.S. doesn't help other countries at times of disaster unless the current adminsitration can get votes out of it???? Yeah, people are gonna believe That One!!

"if the U.S. proves in practice that it is not the enemy of Iran, that would pave the way for Iran to accept its other claims."

Really? What other claims? That the regime inprisons and tortures it's citizens for speaking out against it? That it supports terrorism? That it arrests and inprisons it's journalists and shuts down newspapers it doesn't agree with? That it still hasn't outlawed the practice of stoning? Shall we go on.....???!

"U.S. takes an antagonistic stance wherever Iran's interests are at stake. This shows that the country, or at least its current officials, is against the Islamic Republic of Iran," Yunesi said."

NO....against the Iranian regime!!!!!



29 posted on 01/04/2004 9:02:32 AM PST by nuconvert ("This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it.")
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OMG Doctor, 2,000 orphans. This is something that the Iranian people can help with. They should get people down there as soon as possible to hold those children. Even if they can't adopt them, they can volunteer to hold them and comfort them.
30 posted on 01/04/2004 9:36:21 AM PST by McGavin999
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After Iran Rebuff, U.S. May Try Quieter Diplomacy

January 04, 2004
Reuters
Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON -- America's interest in public overtures toward Tehran may cool after Iran last week rebuffed an offer of a senior humanitarian mission but experts say the gesture may pay off as efforts shift to quieter diplomacy.

After a catastrophic earthquake in the Iranian city of Bam, Washington sent a series of clear signals of possible interest in renewing a dialogue with Iran -- which President Bush has branded as part of an "axis of evil."

The White House offer of relief workers and medical supplies for the Iranian quake survivors was followed by an easing of some U.S. sanctions to speed the aid through.

Both U.S. and Iranian officials insisted there were no political overtones to their cooperation on helping victims of the quake, which killed at least 30,000 people.

But the quake "kind of brought to a head" discussion that had been going on earlier about possibly engaging Iran on specific issues of interest to Washington, according to an administration official, who asked not to be named.

Secretary of State Colin Powell explicitly raised the possibility of a dialogue with Tehran in a Washington Post interview as he cited "encouraging" signs from Tehran.

Then, analysts said, there was no mistaking that Washington was reaching out when, late last week, the Bush administration offered to send a humanitarian delegation to Tehran led by Sen. Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina, an influential Republican. The United States cut diplomatic ties with Iran more than two decades ago.

The overture was declined by Iran. But James Dobbins, a veteran U.S. diplomat who was most recently U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan, said it sent a message that Tehran will mull in the coming months and may even act upon.

"I think that what the United States is doing by sending assistance in such an overt and generous manner will make a significant impression," he said.

Patrick Clawson of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy agreed. "These kinds of trial balloons are worthwhile," he said.

Clawson said Iran's conservative Islamic rulers might have felt embarrassed at the idea of accepting high-level visitors from a country Tehran deems the "Great Satan."

A STEP TOO FAR?

Washington's move might have gone a step too far in a delicate diplomatic dance between two arch-foes, Clawson said.

But he said it was not necessarily a bad thing to try to kick-start a process that will be "painfully slow."

"The administration should go one step further than the Iranians are prepared to accept," he said.

Dobbins called it disappointing but "not surprising" that Tehran turned down the proposed U.S. delegation. "There is a high level of sensitivity on both sides," he said.

Now would be a good time for the two sides -- if they are still interested in steps toward better ties -- to move the effort out of the public glare, he said.

The tension between the two countries has deep roots. Washington broke off formal ties in 1980, months after the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in which 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days.

Washington accuses Iran of harboring al Qaeda militants and secretly trying to develop nuclear weapons.

Tehran, which denies the allegations, is highly wary of Washington's influence in its region, with U.S. troops now in two of its neighboring countries -- Iraq and Afghanistan.

Even as Bush, like Powell, highlighted Tehran's willingness to accept earthquake aid as a good sign, he reiterated his list of grievances with the Islamic republic when speaking to reporters in southern Texas last week.

"The Iranian government must listen to the voices of those who long for freedom, must turn over al Qaeda (members) that are in their custody and must abandon their nuclear weapons program," Bush said.

In a nod to members of his administration who would like to keep pressure on Tehran by encouraging pro-democracy forces there, Bush said, "we stand strongly with those (in Iran) who demand freedom."

Daniel Benjamin, who served as a foreign policy adviser to former President Bill Clinton, said he was pleased to see the Bush administration try a diplomatic angle with Iran though he expressed skepticism about where it would lead.

"They took a gamble," he said. "I don't fault them for trying. It's a far better signal than calling them an axis of evil."

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=4069878
31 posted on 01/04/2004 10:32:49 AM PST by DoctorZIn (Until they are free, we shall all be Iranians!)
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Iranian People Cheer U.S. Warming After Bam Quake

January 04, 2004
Reuters
Erik Kirschbaum

TEHRAN -- Ordinary Iranians are cheering a warming of diplomatic ties between Tehran and the United States brought on by the Bam quake, and hope an end is in sight to a quarter century of isolation from a country many openly admire.

Even though conservative Tehran newspapers may rail at "earthquake diplomacy" by George W. Bush, many average Iranians on the capital's streets Sunday said they welcomed the American president's overtures that may rebuild severed ties. "I was overjoyed when I first heard America planes were going to fly in to help Bam," said Hassan Tayebi, 51, a retired civil servant, referring to the Dec. 26 earthquake that destroyed the southeastern city.

"I really like Americans. They are really kind people and I hope the aid offer leads to better relations."

Many Iranians show a more favorable attitude to the United States than their own government does.

Bush relaxed U.S. banking restrictions on the Islamic Republic -- which he accuses of being part of an "axis of evil" backing terrorists -- to help speed relief efforts.

Iran rebuffed one particular U.S. offer of a senior humanitarian mission, but appreciative Iranian leaders have hinted the friendly U.S. steps may prompt reciprocal gestures.

Washington cut ties with Iran in 1980 after the 1979 Islamic revolution ushered in an anti-American government, which let radical students storm the U.S. embassy and hold 52 Americans hostage for 444 days until 1981.

The embassy was confiscated by Iran and houses a museum critical of the United States.

"I hope the earthquake policy can serve as a starting point for Iran and the United States," said Anita, 27.

"I don't think Iranians harbour bad feelings toward Americans. On the contrary. And I don't think Americans hold grudges against us. The problem is, Iran closed its door to America years ago and Americans wrongly think we hate them."

TUNED INTO UNITED STATES

Many Iranians are well tuned into the United States, which is now home to about two million of their kin, most of whom left in waves after the pro-Western shah was ousted.

It sometimes seems almost everyone in Tehran has at least one relative or friend living there.

"I really hope the two countries forget the past conflicts and concentrate on how much we have in common," said Kianoush Mirrezai, 34, a doctor. "I'm so grateful for the support from America at our moment of grief and despair."

Moderate President Mohammad Khatami's government has been trying to promote democracy in Iran and improve relations with the West, but his efforts have been largely stymied by religious hard-liners who control the army, courts and other levers of power.

American flags are burned at official protests against what hard-line clerics call the "Great Satan."

Though Iran and the United States deny political overtones to the aid effort, there has been an unmistakable thaw since the earthquake that killed at least 30,000 people.

Many Iranians said they were surprised the government accepted U.S. help and delighted by the astonishing sight of elite Revolutionary Guards protecting tents in Bam where American medics were saving Iranian lives.

"I was really touched by such humanity," said Ahmad Gholami, 45, a grocer. "It is unbelievable Americans offered aid. I will never forget their support."

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4069974
32 posted on 01/04/2004 10:34:07 AM PST by DoctorZIn (Until they are free, we shall all be Iranians!)
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"They took a gamble," he said. "I don't fault them for trying. It's a far better signal than calling them an axis of evil."

Why doesn't he give credit where credit is due? What good things did Clinton do to stand up to the regime, or to help the people of Iran?

33 posted on 01/04/2004 3:20:30 PM PST by Pan_Yans Wife (Freedom is a package deal - with it comes responsibilities and consequences.)
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"...calling them an axis of evil."

They ARE evil.
34 posted on 01/04/2004 6:39:59 PM PST by nuconvert ("This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it.")
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I remember when I first learned that the Axis of Evil wasn't just a name, but when I figured out that the world of terrorism and nuclear weapons revolve around Iraq, Iran and Korea. That moment made everything clear.

Bush has a vision. He isn't trying to build a legacy. He is building a secure future for America.
35 posted on 01/04/2004 7:00:44 PM PST by Pan_Yans Wife (Freedom is a package deal - with it comes responsibilities and consequences.)
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"Bush has a vision. He isn't trying to build a legacy. He is building a secure future for America."

You mean unlike his predecessor ?
36 posted on 01/04/2004 7:19:39 PM PST by nuconvert ("This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it.")
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YES
37 posted on 01/04/2004 7:20:26 PM PST by Pan_Yans Wife (Freedom is a package deal - with it comes responsibilities and consequences.)
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Isolation Helps Iranian Regime, Says Reza Pahlavi

January 04, 2004
Voice of America
Michael Bowman

Listen to Reza Pahlavi's live interview with Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)
http://www.rezapahlavi.org/audiovideo/fox10404.html

Listen to Michael Bowman's report (RealAudio)
http://www.voanews.com/mediastore/bowman_iran_4jan04.ram

The exiled son of the late Shah of Iran says the United States should continue to try to engage the nation of his birth, but do so in such a way that does not prop up the government in Tehran.

Friday, Iran rejected a U.S. proposal to dispatch a high-level humanitarian delegation to the earthquake-ravaged nation, citing logistical difficulties. The United States and Iran have had no diplomatic relations since 1980.

Reza Pahlavi, whose father ruled Iran prior to the country's 1979 Islamic revolution, says the cause of democratic reform in Iran could be furthered, if relations were to thaw between Washington and Tehran. Mr. Pahlavi spoke on the U.S. television program "Fox News Sunday."

"Engagement and dialogue is much better than containment and isolation," said Mr. Pahlavi. "What is important for the people of Iran, however, is, after so many years of suffering, they would love to see the international community, for a change, shift their focus on them [their aspirations], rather than trying to cut a deal with the current regime."

The Iranian government has not ruled out the possibility of a visit by U.S. officials in the future. Nevertheless, Iran's state-controlled news media have expressed suspicions about U.S. motives, accusing the Bush administration of seizing upon the earthquake tragedy in the southeastern city of Bam as an opportunity to create a rift between the Iranian government and its citizens.

Reza Pahlavi said the government has already lost its legitimacy with the Iranian people. "This rift was created a long time ago by the regime's own doing," he said. "It has nothing to do with the U.S. government or any other foreign government."

Mr. Pahlavi said President Bush has always taken care to distinguish between his criticism of Iran's leaders and his feelings toward the country as a whole. He said that has not gone unnoticed by the people of Iran.

http://www.benadorassociates.com/article/963
38 posted on 01/04/2004 7:30:36 PM PST by DoctorZIn (Until they are free, we shall all be Iranians!)
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Reza Pahlavi: US Overtures Should Not Appease the Clerical Regime

January 04, 2004
AFP
IranMania

Listen to Reza Pahlavi's live interview with Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

WASHINGTON -- Reza Pahlavi, son of the late shah of Iran, said Sunday that any US diplomatic overtures to Iran should not seek to appease "the clerical regime" ruling the country.

Pahlavi spoke with Fox News in the wake of Iran's decision to turn down a US offer to send a high-level humanitarian delegation to the site of last month's massive earthquake in the city of Bam.

"As long as such overtures (are) consistent with the distinction that is made between the people of Iran on the one hand and the clerical regime, I believe the right impression will be left with the Iranian people," Pahlavi said.

He said any US approach should seek to engage the Iranian people rather than be seen as an effort to "appease" the country's government.

Pahlavi said he would like to see an open referendum occur in Iran "so that the people of Iran can democratically decide for themselves what they want."

US President George W. Bush has referred to Iran as a member of the "axis of evil" along with North Korea and the former dictatorship of Iraq's Saddam Hussein.

Despite reservations, Pahlavi said engagement with Tehran was necessary.

"Isolation helps such regimes survive much longer. It is only when they're exposed to democratic societies and the democratic world where they begin to crumble from within."

He said evidence also suggests that al-Qaeda had been active in Iran, and that the terror network had received training and finance in the country.

Asked if he thought al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was hiding out in the country, Pahlavi replied: "That, I don't know for a fact. I've heard some rumors about it. I can not tell you right now I have a yes or no answer to that question. There are speculations."

http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=21290&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs
39 posted on 01/04/2004 7:31:38 PM PST by DoctorZIn (Until they are free, we shall all be Iranians!)
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Transcript: Reza Pahlavi on 'FOX News Sunday'

Sunday, January 04, 2004

The following is an excerpt from FOX News Sunday, Jan. 4, 2004.

CHRIS WALLACE, HOST, FOX NEWS SUNDAY: Late this week, Iran turned down a U.S. offer to send a high-level humanitarian delegation to the site of last month's deadly earthquake in the ancient city of Bam.

Despite the rejection, the Bush administration, which had been calling Iran part of the axis of evil, is now clearly trying to reach out to the regime there. Is there a bridge to build between Washington and Tehran?

For answers, we turn to Reza Pahlavi, son of the late shah of Iran, who's been working for years to promote democracy and a constitutional monarchy for his homeland.

And, Mr. Pahlavi, welcome. Good to have you with us this morning.

REZA PAHLAVI, SON OF THE SHAH OF IRAN: Thank you, Chris. Good to be here.

WALLACE: What do you think of the Bush administration's overture to Iran to send this delegation, including Senator Elizabeth Dole and a member of his own family?

PAHLAVI: Sure, Chris, first and foremost, let me join in offering my thanks on behalf of my compatriots and myself to the entire world and particularly Americans who have shown so much compassion toward my compatriots in view of this earthquake. This is deeply appreciated.

Look, it's very simple. As long as such overtures is consistent with the distinction that is made between the people of Iran on the one hand and the clerical regime, I believe the right impression will be left with the Iranian people. I've always been a supporter of honest and transparent dialogue.

The distinction here is that if any kind of approach is meant in a way to seem to appease the current regime, as opposed to critically engage the Iranian people in support for their freedoms, then it will set the wrong impression, as far as my compatriots are concerned.

WALLACE: Well, that raises, obviously, a delicate question. If you were to send a delegation over -- and this is not just a humanitarian delegation if it has Elizabeth Dole, although she used to be head of the Red Cross, and a member of the family. One assumes that they would meet with Iranian officials. So is that being sent to the Iranian people? Or does that, in some sense, as I know you worry, does that in some sense prop up the ruling regime?

PAHLAVI: Well, again, it depends on what has been asked and what has been said. As Iranians, we have been waiting for many years to see the international community, and particularly foreign governments, to take notice of the fact, based on the regime's track record and domestic behavior and the way it's been suppressing the Iranian people ever since its inception, we are demanding some specific reactions by the regime consistent with what we all hope will be a reversal of what we see.

The freedom of political prisoners, we would like to see a reversal on the ban on the media, we would like to see the freedom of political parties to be able to organize and assemble. And, ultimately, what is our ultimate wish is to be able to conduct a free and fair, all-inclusive referendum in Iran, so that the people of Iran can democratically decide for themselves what they want.

Now, any position from the outside world engaging in dialogue with the current regime ought to expect some specific milestone being reached by the regime that has so far been completely oblivious to such domestic as well as international demands.

WALLACE: But just the fact of sending this kind of a delegation, then, you would have no problem with that, especially if it was clear what the U.S. position was?

PAHLAVI: Of course. Listen, I always believe that engagement and dialogue is much better than containment and isolation. First of all, isolation helps such regimes survive much longer. We saw that in the case of other totalitarian regimes. It is only when they're exposed to democratic societies and the democratic world where they begin to crumble from within. That has been historically the case. It will not be an exception in the case of the current regime.

What's important for the people of Iran, however, is after so many years of suffering, so many years of being denied an opportunity, they would love to see the international community, for a change, shift their focus on them rather than trying to cut a deal with the current regime or appease such a regime for purposes of, you know, diplomatic overtures.

If there is today such an earthquake diplomacy, let me put it this way, it ought to be focusing again in engaging the Iranian people, and that will certainly create much more goodwill, as opposed to Iranians seeing that once again governments may be falling into the trappings that the regime has always tried to set them up.

WALLACE: All right. Here was the response Friday from Iran state radio. Here's what they said: "The Americans, by publicizing their aid to Iran, have ineptly tried to implement their duplicitous policy of creating a rift between the Iranian nation and government."

Why do you think the leadership of Iran, the ruling clerics, turned down the U.S. offer?

PAHLAVI: I think it's beyond that. This simply shows how much some elements within the regime are in denial of the reality that they have long lost their legitimacy with the Iranian people.

This rift has been created a long time ago by the regime's own doing. It has nothing to do with the U.S. government, or any other foreign government, for that matter.

The fact, however, is that the current U.S. administration, for one thing, has made the recognition between the difference that exists between the Iranian people and the regime. And that happened shortly after September 11th, when President Bush, in his State of the Union address, made that clear distinction, which was warmly received in Iran as, finally somebody is making the difference between us and the regime.

WALLACE: Well, let me ask you about that, because there were reports this weekend that, in the Iranian parliament, the reform movement, some people wanted to reconsider accepting this delegation. Do you think there's a possibility that there might be a change, and the delegation might be accepted?

PAHLAVI: Look, the more we go in time, as a result of both domestic as well as international pressure, this regime has nowhere else to go but retreat. They know that. It's just a matter of time.

However, how it's been played by them is one thing. How the world should look at it, and how we as Iranians should take advantage of the situation, is another.

The regime will try to gain some pretense to legitimacy by, for instance, claiming that people are participating in their elections or claiming that we have been engaging in dialogue with foreign government, therefore telling the people, you know, we are here to stay. That kind of stuff.

It's important not to fall into those trapping. This is why it's so critical at this juncture that any government engaging with the Iranian government, whether it's the U.S. government or any other government, recognize that from the point of view of the Iranian people, how they treat the regime, what they say to its leadership and how they present themselves to the people in Iran at large, is going to be the difference between a feeling of attention, as opposed to dealing over the head and appeasement towards the regime.

WALLACE: All right. Let's deal with some facts now, not some diplomacy. You are in contact with many people in Iran. Do you believe that there are senior members of Al Qaeda, either in custody or at large?

PAHLAVI: I think there has been tremendous amount of evidence gathered over the years that points to the direction that Al Qaeda members have been operating and active on Iranian soil, either been trained there or been financed by them or at least assisted directly or indirectly. It's been long established.

It doesn't stop at that, unfortunately. Al Qaeda has become a big issue since September 11th. The problem has been that the clerical regime, for years now, has been supporting terrorist networks both inside and outside the country. And it has been the case in the Middle East and all the way of the four corners of the world...

WALLACE: Do you believe that -- we hear reports that Osama bin Laden himself might be in Iran.

PAHLAVI: That I don't know for a fact. I've heard some rumors about it. I cannot tell you right now that I have a yes-or-no answer to that question. There are speculations.

But whether Osama bin Laden is in Iran or not is not the question. The question is the nature of the regime at the end. This regime has created an environment of instability. It has survived on the basis of promoting and fomenting radicalism and extremism and violence all these years for the sole purpose of its own survival.

And what it has cost our nation and our immediate area and the rest of the world is today something that we all see.

WALLACE: And very briefly, if I might, sir, how close do you believe Iran is to getting a nuclear bomb?

PAHLAVI: I think that there is a lot of prediction that points to the direction that Iran is not too far from it, in terms of the level of approaching it.

And again, since you raised the subject, let me be very clear on one point. It's not the technology that is the problem. It's the hand on the trigger. It's the terrorist nature of this regime that is alarming the world today.

Clearly, a democratic Iran is going to resolve not only the problem of concern we have today with WMDs, but also every other issue remaining to regional stability and, of course, stability that we are all hoping for. And this is what we are all striving for in Iran today.

WALLACE: Mr. Pahlavi, thank you. Thank you so much for joining us.

PAHLAVI: Thank you, Chris.

WALLACE: Appreciate it.

PAHLAVI: Thank you very much.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,107327,00.html
40 posted on 01/04/2004 11:01:20 PM PST by DoctorZIn (Until they are free, we shall all be Iranians!)
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