July 12

A Letter to Admadinejad

translated by neoresis | source: In Persian from Mehdi Saharkhi
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Notable journalist and defender of freedom of press, Isa Saharkhiz is arrested. Read his son’s angry letter.

Ahmadinejad,

You are being addressed only by the name “Ahmadinejad” since it is impossible to add the title of “sir” to your name.

I am penning this so you may learn about my father. Perhaps you will realize who you have decided to jail today.

Foremost, my father is a revolutionary. Thanks to his services, and of his comrades’, an age of oppression and evil came to its end, and heralded a season of renewal for our beloved nation. He dedicated his entire life to ensure triumph and preservation of the revolution.

Do you know that my uncle, my father’s brother, is a martyr of the [Iran-Iraq] war? Thanks to my father and his fellow veterans is it that our country did not lose an inch of its soil to the enemy. They sacrificed their lives for God, under orders from the Leader, only to protect this country from carnage. Alas, none of these fighters had foreseen that welfare of this country would fall into the hands of those who have no respect for sacrifices and gallantries of heroes.

Do you know that after Iran/Iraq war ended, my father put down the gun and picked up the pen, to usher the message of the revolution to those who had not heard it? To teach a message to me and my generation who had been too young at the inception of the revolution, and to us who felt the pains of the war’s burdens of long parental absence. My father picked up the pen to advance the revolution in accordance to people and their leader’s will.

Do you know that my father, for many years, oversaw the Islamic Republic’s Broadcasting at the United Nations?

Do you know that my father was the head of media relations at the Ministry of Islamic Guidance?

I wish you had known my father and had learned something about integrity. I wish you had known him and learned lessons about morality, service and gallantry.

My father defends Prophet Mohammad’s Islam and you simply are a defendant of your own position. He has spent a lifetime protecting the republic. He wants the world to know the sanctity of the Iranian peoples’ votes - a value so sacred that necessitates protection, even at the cost of life. He wants Iran to be ruled by a democracy guided by religion, but you and your accomplices want to throw the people’s will away for the sake of your worldly interests.

Today, after years, I also see the halo that surrounds you. But contrary to your claim that it is a halo of light, I see a halo of lies, deceit, malice, injustice and demagoguery. I am certain, you see yourself in the mirror and praise, but the mirror cries at this halo.

Ahmadinejad, you must be certain, the same way history judged all our ancestors, history will also judge my father and will judge you too.

Fortunately, your censors and oppressors do not have the strength to stand against truth. One day you will be known as the one who betrayed the people, only for power, and you will be known as the one who brutally victimized such revolutionaries as Abtahi, Tajzadeh, Mirdamadi and many others. Be certain that your stance will only bring you disgrace.

“One should learn from the petty shrub that grows atop steep walls, That pettiness does not diminish at any height.”

See online : In Persian from Mehdi Saharkhiz’s website

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  • A Letter to Admadinejad 20 July 2009 21:32

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  • A Letter to Admadinejad 5 August 2009 12:39, by shahab

    For English speaking young Iranians and also those non-Iranians who want to participate in the dialogue about the Iranian movement, visit Pathway to Democracy:

    http://iranpathwayrahyafttodemocrac...

    The same site has excellent material in Farsi as well. you can comment and participate in the discussion.

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  • A Letter to Admadinejad 17 August 2009 05:29, by Avareh

    In History of mankind no dictatorship have lasted for ever. These Mullahs end is near, but Iranians have paid heavy price for Shahs misfortune and west miscalculation. 30 years of religouse dictatorship has destroyed the hearts and minds of young Iranians. It is filled with mistrust and hate. Hate for Islam and Shiaa doctorin. It has open the eyes of Iranian people that Shiaa does not accept individual freedom. democracy is notcompatable with Islam. The set of beleives which tells you how to eat, urinate, have sex , talk, walk, sit and sleep how can give freedom to its follower. Lets hope the next revolution clean up stain of Mullahs from Iran for ever. Rememebr every single Iranian Intelectual was not a Shiaa(Saadi, Hafez, Khayyam, ferdousi, Rumi, Razi ). Since intruduction of Shiaa we have not see a day of progress and happiness. Shah Abbas shall rott in hell for importing these Mullahs from Lebanon to convert Iranian to Shiaa(please read Imam Ghazali ).

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