Posted on 06/22/2005 1:07:58 AM PDT by DoctorZIn
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Iranian Student Union, Tahkeem Vahdat: Boycott the bogus elections, this regime is not reformable
Iran Press News: The University Student offices of Tahkeem'eh Vahdat has sent out a bulletin reiterating it's stance: "based on an all points boycott of this bogus election and the immovability and unreformability of the regime ruling over Iran; we consider this fake election to be disastrous, highly restrictive and utterly ineffective and the office of the president should be castigated for this pathetic show of force."
In several parts of this bulletin, the members of Tahkeem'eh Vahdat have referred to this as a filthy stain on Khatami's departing report card and went on to say that Khatami showed once again that he never had the will to defend and protect the most evident rights of the people of Iran to the ruling powermongers in the country.
They have also expressed grave concern over the widespread cheating in the bogus elections, faking numbers and stats, ballot stuffing and the general air of duplicity that surrounds the entire affair. They also mention that for months before the so-called election, the standard election number of eligible voters in the country was 48,500,000 but from two day prior to the event, two million people were disqualified from participating so that they can exhibit the most distorted possible combinations.
The office of Tahkeem'eh Vahdat also states while condemning, that the entire reason for Revolutionary Guard Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (who is a known assassin of the Mullahs and has killed many freedom-fighters outside Iran on orders of the Guardian Council and others) was brought in to the elections was to horrify and terrorize Iranians into forcing them into voting for Rafsanjani. They go on to say that terrorizing the people of the country into voting is far from any form of progress toward Democracy. The mistake made by the "reformists" in the primaries was also to scare people into voting against the hardliners.
This organization goes on to add that at least the civic courage of our people still remains in tact and not everything is caught up in the fray of the elections; it is imperative that people are not rendered defenseless and petrified against these powermongering despots.
- U.S. Department of State released Secretary Condoleezza Rice's extraordinary remarks at the American University in Cairo.
- The Wall Street Journal reports that whoever wins an electoral runoff and becomes Iran's new president, the news won't be good.
- DEBKAfile's in an exclusive report from Tehran said that none of the candidates were let into a critical secret, revealed here.
- The NY Times editorialized that There are few who actually believed that the Iranian elections were going to be anything more than a sham.
- Iranian student Akbar Atri, The American Spectator reported that while we may uncertain about many aspects of last Friday's presidential election in Iran remember, What we do know for certain is that it was a sham.
- Roozonline reported that candidate Mehdi Karoubi's letter to the Supreme Leader of Iran was published briefly online on the Shargh and Emrooz websites, but was immediately "cleansed" from those sites.
- Roozonline reported that a Dutch MP argued in Iran, for the majority of voters, participation in the election is merely a sign that they prefer to bring about change in the country through peaceful means.
- Roozonline reported that blogs in Iran led other media in election reporting.
- Yahoo News reports that anti-West forces are uniting in Iran's election.
- Yahoo News reports that Iran has among the strictest Internet censorship in the world, blocking access to sexual content, political websites, and "blogs," using U.S. technology.
- The Christian Science Monitor reports that Iran can't ignore discontent of youthful electorate.
- The New York Times reported that Iran's Supreme Leader rebuked a candidate for president and senior adviser for his charges that the election had been rigged.
- Reuters reported that a little-known group said it had abducted an Iranian security agent and would behead him unless Iran freed jailed members of the group.
- The White House released a declaration with the EU on enhancing cooperation in the field of non proliferation and the fight against terrorism.
- Reuters reported that Iranian officials dismissed rigging allegations in Iran's presidential election.
- Jihad Watch reports on how Iran's EMP program could defeat the U.S.
- Iranian blogger Reza Bayegan, Ekbatan Observer notes that the reform movement in Iran issued a statement indicating that it planned to oppose the candidacy of the mayor of Tehran.
- JTA reported an Israeli journalist visited Iran in what appeared to be a first for the Israeli press.
- Free Inquiry released an interview with Michael Ledeen on Islam and terrorism.
- Reuters reported that U.S. President George W. Bush and European Union leaders emphasized unity on pressuring Iran to give up nuclear ambitions.
- Iranian blogger Ramin Parham, Iran-Shahr Blog reminded us, History is the movement of the masses. What moves the masses and when, is History's best guarded mystery.
- UPI reported that Iran`s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said U.S. policies will be defeated.
- And finally, a cartoon from Cox and Forkum: Knock the Vote.
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