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The Iranian Student Movement -- Up To The Minute Reports ^ | 7.16.2003 | DoctorZin

[DoctorZIn]

The regime is working hard to keep the news about the protest movment in Iran from being reported.

From jamming satellite broadcasts, to prohibiting news reporters from covering any demonstrations to shutting down all cell phones and even hiring foreign security to control the population, the regime is doing everything in its power to keep the popular movement from expressing its demand for an end of the regime.

These efforts by the regime, while successful in the short term, do not resolve the fundamental reasons why this regime is crumbling from within.

Iran is a country ready for a regime change. If you follow this thread you will witness, I believe, the transformation of a nation. This daily thread provides a central place where those interested in the events in Iran can find the best news and commentary.

Please continue to join us here, post your news stories and comments to this thread.

Thanks for all the help.

DoctorZin

[dixiechick2000]

I'm surprised they admitted she "was beaten to death during or after her arrest outside a Tehran prison last month."

It's sad. Hopefully, she will be transported home to her son.

I won't hold my breath waiting for them to prosecute the thugs responsible, though.

Thank you both for the updates.

[F14 Pilot]

You are welcome.
I will try to post more articles.

[F14 Pilot]

I dont agree to some extents however I believe that Mossadegh National Government and his Nationalist colleagues made the situation worse.
But we do not have to close our eyes on the influence of the leftist party of Iran ( Tudeh Party; TUDE=COMMUN ),
They were the enemy of the Capitalist Governments like Britain and The USA, So they put the utmost pressure on Mossadegh Cabinet and his allies to drive fast and fight hard against Imperialists inside and outside.
It was a good move to NATIONALIZE the oil, but the way he continued was wrong. He made mistakes one after the other and the most important one he made was that he couldn't make a stable and fine relation with the Shah.

[F14 Pilot]

A webpage about Iran and Persian Gulf

http://www.persiangulfonline.org/

[DoctorZIn]

...It was a good move to NATIONALIZE the oil...

This is an interesting comment. I disagree. Government ownership of such resources generally leads to corruption and mis-management. But we will have to discuss this in future threads.

[DoctorZIn]

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[F14 Pilot]

Doc, Why you disagree?
The British sold Iranian oil at around US $ 2 or 3 then give nothing to Iranian People, the real owner of that.
and the whole thing given to Iranian Government was around a quarter of the real price of the sold out oil.
After a while in 70's, The nationalized Oil made Iran one of the richest countries of the world.

[nuconvert]

..."a while in 70's, The nationalized Oil made Iran one of the richest countries of the world."

And where is Iran now? The country still has all its oil, but its people are poor. Why aren't the people benefiting from any oil money now?

[F14 Pilot]

Remember that Iran had a revolution that I want to call a Coup. After that Coup, Many educated and skilled Managers and Directors of the country executed or fled to exile.
Whoever wanted to work for the future of Iran was fired or was labeled with such names: The agent of Imperialists, Thief, Western mania, infidel.
I would like to draw your attention to the case that Mullahs are busy with stealing natural resources and deposits.
They are selling soil of the country to foriegners to avoid any attack or propaganda against themselves.
Their Bank Accounts are full of Money.
No one can ask them how much you have.
They sold out the Historical Monuments such as Stones of Persepolis and so on.
They have given Free Oil to Syria to protect them in stupid conferences and meetings through out the world.
The Mullahs will always be mullahs. They are not educated managers, they are just some fossil clerics.
in 1978 each US $ was around 70 Rials, nowadays each US $ is around 8300 Rials.

I think you can judge obviously who is the real enemy of Iran. Arabized Mullahs of Iran are the worst enemy of Iran through the history.

[nuconvert]

I guess how things turned out, it was good for Iran in the short run. At least the country benefited for a short time. In this case, if it had been privatized, the mullahs would have taken it over anyway. In general though, I think DrZ is right.

[Madcelt]

God be with them. What price liberty..?

There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free--if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending--if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained--we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us! They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength but irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable--and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come. - Patrick Henry 1775

Godspeed.