Iranian Alert - December 21, 2004 [EST] - "The Shah Will Return"

Regime Change Iran ^ | 12.21.2004 | DoctorZin

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Iran Readies Uranium for Nuke Enrichment --Diplomats

Reuters

Dec 21, 2004 — VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran will continue preparing raw "yellowcake" uranium for enrichment, a process that can be used to make nuclear weapons, until the end of February, despite a recent pledge to freeze all such activity, diplomats said.

"The Iranians have decided to continue UF4 (uranium tetrafluoride) production until the end of February," a diplomat told Reuters. Two other diplomats in Vienna, where the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is based, confirmed the report.

UF4 is the precursor to uranium hexafluoride (UF6), the gas that is fed into centrifuges which spin at supersonic speeds to purify it for use as fuel in civilian nuclear power plants or in atomic weapons. Iran recently pledged to freeze all activities linked to uranium enrichment as a confidence-building gesture.

The United States accuses Iran of pursuing nuclear weapons under cover of a civilian atomic energy program, a charge Iran denies. Washington has also told the European Union's "big three" — France, Britain and Germany — that Tehran has no intention of honoring its pledge to freeze enrichment work.

In September, Iran announced it would process 37 tonnes of yellowcake for enrichment, an amount that nuclear experts said could yield enough material for up to five weapons if it was later enriched to weapons-grade purity.

When Iran made the suspension pledge to the EU big three last month, it agreed not to convert any uranium that was not already inside the conversion facility. However, Tehran changed its plan and decided that none of the 37 tonnes of uranium would be left in raw yellowcake form, the diplomats said.

"This goes beyond the agreement to only convert what was absolutely necessary," one diplomat said.

Earlier on Tuesday, Hossein Mousavian, Iran's chief delegate to the IAEA, told the official IRNA news agency that it was natural for Iran to continue with its nuclear program.

"It is natural that the Islamic Republic continues all its nuclear activities. Iran has only suspended the fuel cycle voluntarily in the framework of its policy to build trust without any legal obligations," he said.

[DoctorZIn]

DoctorZin Note: This referendum proposal is dividing the Iranian expatriate community. Please also see 70000000.com

We Support Democracy in Iran

December 21, 2004
Iran va Jahan
Foad Pashaie and Pooya Dayanim

Today the authors and the organizations they represent will lend our collective credibility and political weight to an appeal that calls for a national referendum in Iran under international supervision to draft a new constitution and adopt a new system of government that is in compliance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and all its associated covenants by adding our signatures to this appeal

The appeal for a national referendum has won support from almost all strands of the political spectrum. The signatories to the appeal include intellectuals, clerics, students, liberals, republicans, those who seek reform of the current Islamic Republic, and supporters of a constitutional monarchy. The referendum was drafted in vague terms on purpose to win the support of the various groups. The appeal has also been signed by some controversial figures, including a founding member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.

Several genuine leaders of the monarchist, nationalist, and student movements have boycotted this call for a national referendum. They correctly point out that several of the signatories to the appeal are individuals who supported the Islamic Republic early in its inception or continued to support the regime as so-called "reformers," who wanted to reform the system under Khatami to save it. They see this idea of a referendum as another trick by the regime's propaganda machine to buy themselves time, just like they did when Khatami was elected president in 1997. They do not want the opposition or opposition figures to be tainted by signing onto the same appeal that bears the signatures of these figures.

To us, however, the terms of the call for the referendum are clear. The referendum calls for a new constitution and a new system of government. We view and interpret this language to mean one thing and one thing only: an end to the Islamic Republic of Iran. This interpretation is shared by the overwhelming number of the other signatories to this national appeal. It is under this interpretation that we are signing this appeal and lend our weight and credibility to it.

We will not allow this national movement to attempt to peacefully change the regime to be hijacked by the regime itself. Nor should the call for a national referendum be boycotted because of the signatures of several controversial characters. The people of Iran, once they are free, will decide what to with these figures. To change the regime in Iran, we have to allow those who initially supported the Islamic Republic (there were many) who have now been disillusioned by the regime to also participate in an attempt to bring about its demise.

We are not naive and are under no illusion that the Islamic Regime will accept the referendum or its results. However, we believe, that it is appropriate to support peaceful means of political expression such as a call for a national referendum.

Our support of a referendum is to spur and continue a debate on the future of Iran. Our support for a referendum will not divert us from other actions that must be taken in the months that lie ahead such as a call for the Iranian people to boycott the upcoming sham presidential elections in Iran in May of 2005 to show the whole world the illegitimacy of the Islamic Regime.

We also wish to make it clear that if the will of the overwhelming majority of the Iranian people to have a different system of government is not honored, we will support (as we have in the past) other means of political expression such as: peaceful civil disobedience; marches and protests; and strikes by students, laborers and other social groups.

We, along with the rest of the pro-democracy movement, support President Bush's vision of a democratic Middle East. In return, we wish to have the president's support for a free and democratic Iran. The president, however, has been quite quiet as of late. What we want from the Bush administration and Congress are not words but action. The Bush administration must engage Iran's pro-democracy movement and support those who are fighting for a free and democratic Iran. A genuine support of the Iran pro-democracy movement in all its permutations (students, political prisoners, journalists, religious freedom and human rights supporters, women's rights activists, etc.) is the only legitimate Iran policy that can be adopted by this administration.

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Foad Pashaie is the Secretary General of the Constitutionalist Party of Iran, the largest political party outside of Iran. Pooya Dayanim is the President of the US-based Iranian Jewish Public Affairs Committee (IJPAC). The views expressed in this article are solely those of its authors and not necessarily of the respective institutions that they represent.

[American in Israel]

The reason that Iran is happy about the US "wanting talks" is that to Islam, only the loosing side wants to talk. This is a way for the leadership of Iran to brag they are winning the war.

[NY Attitude]

I remember when the Russians wanted to talk to the Islamic fundamental rulers that were running the country when they took over the Russian Embassy. The Russian ultimatum was delivered and a retreat of the embassy was swift.

[DoctorZIn]

Another reason the Iranians want the US to seek direct talks is that it will convince the Iranian masses that the US does not really support them and is willing to sell out the people of Iran for a "peace" with Iran's Mullahs.

This is the greatest fear of the pro-democracy forces inside of Iran.

[parisa]

You don't know what you're talking about. Don't repeat lines that the liberal-infested MSM has fed you for the past 25 years about the Shah of Iran. They did an excellent job of character assassination that advanced the scheming machinations of Brzezinski - remember him? Carter's infamous NSA. - who hated the Shah and overtly supported Khomeini until things turned ugly, and he and his boss were forced out of office as well, but the horrendous mess that they left in Iran is still with us ALL to deal with to this day.

[NY Attitude]

The Shah did his best to modernize Iran and promote rights for women. The "Chador" was made optional for wear by females and certainly saved a lot of lives because the "Chador" cut off the peripheral vision and many women stepped into the street blindly. Hospitals were erected and roads built. There was a Girl Scout Troop as well.

[freedom44]

Depends on the form of Monarchy. England, Japan, Spain are all Monarchies with an elected Prime Minister. Therefore, a Constitutional Monarchy with an elected Prime Minister or President with the power would be ideal.

[parisa]

As to your statement, "Iran needs a democracy, not some crazed monarchy",

1. Althoug Iran has had its share of crazed monarchs, the Pahlavi dynasties - both father and son - were no crazed kings. They were moving the country in the right direction when they were, BOTH, stopped short prematurely. Iran at the time of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was a peaceful, stable, prosperous country in the middle of a region in havoc.

2. Crazed leaders can pop their heads up in any country of the world, under every possible system of governance. I recall a few of them right here in our republic.

3. Iran sure needs a democracy. To be sure Iran was/is/ and probably never will be a Great Britain, or maybe even a Spain - both democracies and monarchists - and it will never be a France or a United States - both republics. But we might be able to pull off a Japan perhaps - a monarchy which was preserved by the foresight of the US generals and the adminstration after complete destruction of the country in WWII - which is democratic, and has preserved its historical heritage and culture of monarchy.

[parisa]

As to your statement, "Iran needs a democracy, not some crazed monarchy",

1. Althoug Iran has had its share of crazed monarchs, the Pahlavi dynasties - both father and son - were no crazed kings. They were moving the country in the right direction when they were, BOTH, stopped short prematurely. Iran at the time of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was a peaceful, stable, prosperous country in the middle of a region in havoc.

2. Crazed leaders can pop their heads up in any country of the world, under every possible system of governance. I recall a few of them right here in our republic.

3. Iran sure needs a democracy. To be sure Iran was/is/ and probably never will be a Great Britain, or maybe even a Spain - both democracies and monarchists - and it will never be a France or a United States - both republics. But we might be able to pull off a Japan perhaps - a monarchy which was preserved by the foresight of the US generals and the adminstration after complete destruction of the country in WWII - which is democratic, and has preserved its historical heritage and culture of monarchy.

[DoctorZIn]

DoctorZin: The Mullahs are scheduled to stone another young woman today. See post # 6. The regime know how to create fear in the people of Iran.

[tkathy]

The endless decadent ruling classes of Europe are part of their problems, not part of their solutions. Let the Iranians have elections and some decent leadership.

[PhilDragoo]

Deep Throat advises Bashar will be returned to private practice, practicing with his privates in his mouth.

Pictured above as they appeared in vivo, Baddabing, Baddabang, and Baddaboom.

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