STARS FROM IRAN

http://www.couscousglobal.com/id/3912 2009-07-01T11:53:58+02:00 STARS FROM IRAN

FROM ONE OF OUR DEAR FRIENDS IN IRAN: ( WE WILL NOT GIVE NAMES ANYMORE OUT OF SAFETY)

Adam’s children are the limbs of one body In their creation they are made of the same essence If one limb is in pain the whole body will be restless “ Saadi, Persian poet, 13th century” Today the limb in pain is Iran . Iranians have gone through a revolution; ten years imposed war, sanction and oppression. However we endured them all with patience and pride. All of the crises have made us stronger, wiser and more united The time to test our wisdom came a few weeks ago by Iran ’s presidential election; We all decided to vote regardless of our differences. We voted to cry out for change. We voted to say “No” to the government of lies and deception. We voted to say “No” to the government that had embarrassed us in front of International community. We voted to say “No” to the government that had stolen our confidence. Yet, they ignored our votes by rigging the election and silent our cries by the sound of their weapons. Now time has come to test our strength and unity: Thus, we followed Dr. Luther king’s and Gandhi’s way by becoming green and peaceful. We mourn peacefully for more than 100 martyrs who demanded their rights, a very basic right of “being counted, being counted as human being” We keep our fury and desperation like a lump in our throat and let our tears roll in silence This is not politics. This is life. Adding one more democratic country to this world will make the world a better place for all of us and for our children. This is what Iranians are fighting for. Iranian government has imprisoned us in our own country by clamping down all the communication means. And this is where you can play an important role. You as a human being regardless of your nationality, gender, religion or race. You can be our peace ambassador: By wearing green By posting any of the attachments to the emails you send out By translating this message in any other language and forwarding it to as many people as possible By demanding your government not to recognize the Iranian Coup government By isolating the government of Mahmoud Ahmadi Nejad financially By... Be creative in supporting us! Join our green wave, together we can make our world as green and as peaceful as possible. We have many strong links in our green chain from Joan Baez , Bon Jovi and Kasparov to JieJek and Naom CHamski Join us before it is too late. Join us before they silence us. Join us in crying out our common pain “I am the common pain, cry me out!” Check these links to find more about Iranian government’s brutality. Then make your choice to be neutral or take the side of freedom fighters. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neda_%28Iranian_protester%29">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neda_%28Iranian_protester%29</a> (Warning: the video is graphical.) <a href="http://studentactivism.net/2009/06/16/attack-on-tehran-university/">studentactivism.net/2009/06/16/attack-on-tehran-university/</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/arasmus/3639783499/">www.flickr.com/photos/arasmus/3639783499/</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFHTBte8zZw">www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFHTBte8zZw</a> <a href="http://helpiranelection.com/">helpiranelection.com/</a> <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/rawadvice/thread/4bc55924-44a9-4d6a-bf4d-f6be66d51aab">tribes.tribe.net/rawadvice/thread/4bc55924-44a9-4d6a-bf4d-f6be66d51aab</a> Reminder : While you are reading this message hundreds of Iranians are being tortured in prisons and forced to make false confession. Support them! “They bring down a star every night, yet this sad sky is still full of stars” Shafi Kadkani, Iranian contemporary poet maartje nevejan http://www.couscousglobal.com/id/176 ARTICLE news