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NOVEMBER 17, 2024
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"The People of Iran
Rise Up for Freedom" |
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with Fred Dastmalchi and Hamid Azimi |
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FULL TWO HOURS
HOUR 1 
HOUR 2
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Our Guest: Hamid Azimi,
Communications Director, Iranian American Community of Northern
California IACNORCAL
Our Guest: Fred Dastmalchi
is a resident of Sacramento and has been a human rights activist for
over 30 years. He was arrested once in 1980 in the city of Masad.
After that he was forced to leave the country. He increased his
human rights activities to be the voice of people in his country. He
has been active in his community, mobilizing the Islamic community
in Sacramento against Islamic fundamentalist in Iran.
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The Iranian American Community of
Northern California www.oiac.org
is an association of 40 different organizations of Iranians who
believe it is our responsibility to use the freedoms and power we
have in this country to be the voice of the oppressed people of
Iran. We are against the theocratic regime of Iran and believe that
Iran should be a democratic secular republic. We are against any
form of military intervention in Iran; however we do not believe any
form of dialogue will benefit the Iranian people. We believe the
correct policy is to support the Iranian people and their resistance
in their movement for democratic change in Iran.
We feel it is the responsibility of all Iranians living outside of
the repressive regime of Iran to take advantage of their freedom of
speech and represent the Iranian population whose voice has been cut
off. We, like the majority of Iran’s population strongly oppose the
theocratic dictatorship that is terrorizing Iranians at home as well
as the entire Middle Eastern region. This regime has been condemned
over 50 times by the United Nations for human rights violations. At
this point in time there continues to be executions of minors,
stoning, public hangings, torture, and no freedom of expression or
speech. The theocratic government continues to control life and
treat women as second-class citizens. The Iranian people have been
struggling for decades to realize their dream of an independent,
secular, democratic country. We oppose all forms of dictatorship,
whether it is a monarchy or a theocracy. We believe the Iranian
reform movement to be a façade used by the Islamic regime to prolong
its life. We call for a fully democratic, secular republic in Iran.
Nuclear Program & War: We as Iranians who love our country and
people strongly condemn any foreign invasion or military action,
likewise we protest and reject any nuclear program that will bring
about such a situation. The Iranian regime’s record speaks for
itself, therefore any steps by them towards nuclear capability could
spell disaster for the entire world. At the very least it would
bring about a bloody war that would cost the lives of thousands of
Iranians. A country that possesses some of the largest oil reserves
in the world has other means in which to provide electricity to its
people. Due to these reasons, as well as the overall negative
effects of nuclear development, we call for a nuclear free Iran. The
Iranian people do not need any foreign liberators, nor do they want
any foreign military presence within their country, we strongly
condemn any war as it would be the Iranian people that suffer as a
result.
Our Solution: The two options that seem to be on the table with Iran
is either negotiation, or war. But we have a third option which we
feel will serve the best interests of everyone. The solution to the
Iranian problem is neither appeasement of a terrorist regime nor a
foreign war, but democratic change by relying on the Iranian people
and their organized Resistance. The Iranian Resistance’s
President-elect Mrs. Maryam Rajavi put forth this option during her
address to the European Parliament in December 2004. The terror
label against the main Iranian resistance group, the Iranian
Mojahedin, is the most important impediment to realizing this
change. The Iranian people have a history of resistance towards
oppression, and movements geared towards democracy and freedom. Iran
is a country with nearly 75% of its population under the age of 30.
The young and dynamic student movement in Iran has bravely
confronted the Iranian regime on many occasions.
The choice for all countries of the free world is easy: STAND
WITH THE PEOPLE AND RESISTANCE OF IRAN |
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Maryam Rajavi's
Ten Point Plan for Future Iran |
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 Maryam
Rajavi is the President-elect of the
National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), a coalition
committed to a democratic, secular, and non-nuclear republic in
Iran. Half of NCRI’s members are women. As a Parliament-in-exile,
the Council’s primary task is to hold free and fair elections for a
Legislative and National Constituent Assembly in Iran no more than
six months after the ouster of the ruling theocracy.
https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/maryam-rajavis-ten-point-plan-for-future-iran/
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- Rejection of velayat-e
faqih (absolute clerical rule). Affirmation of the people’s
sovereignty in a republic founded on universal suffrage and
pluralism;
- Freedom of speech,
freedom of political parties, freedom of assembly, freedom of
the press and the internet; Dissolution and disbanding of the
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the terrorist Qods
Force, plainclothes groups, the unpopular Bassij, the Ministry
of Intelligence, Council of the Cultural Revolution, and all
suppressive patrols and institutions in cities, villages,
schools, universities, offices, and factories;
- Commitment to individual
and social freedoms and rights in accordance with the
Universal Declaration of Humans Rights. Disbanding all agencies
in charge of censorship and inquisition. Seeking justice for
massacred political prisoners, prohibition of torture, and the
abolishment of the death penalty;
- Separation of religion and
state, and freedom of religions and faiths;
- Complete gender equality
in the realms of political, social, cultural, and economic
rights, and equal participation of women in political
leadership. Abolishment of any form of discrimination; the right
to choose one’s own clothing freely; the right to freely marry
and divorce, and to obtain education and employment. Prohibition
of all forms of exploitation against women under any pretext;
- An independent judiciary
and legal system consistent with international standards based
on the presumption of innocence, the right to defense counsel,
the right of appeal, and the right to be tried in a public
court. Full independence of judges. Abolishment of the mullahs’
Sharia law and dissolution of Islamic Revolutionary Courts;
- Autonomy for, and
removal of double injustices against, Iranian nationalities and
ethnicities consistent with the NCRI’s plan for the autonomy of
Iranian Kurdistan;
Justice and equal opportunities in the realms of employment and
entrepreneurship for all of the people of Iran in a free market
economy. Restoration of the rights of blue-collar workers,
farmers, nurses, white-collar workers, teachers, and retirees;
Protection and rehabilitation of the environment, which
has been massacred under the rule of the mullahs; and
A non-nuclear Iran that is also devoid of weapons of mass
destruction. Peace, co-existence, and international and
regional cooperation.
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Previous Shows:
April 10, 2022 "The
Biden Era Iran Deal" with Hamid Azimi and Fred Dastmalchi
August 21, 2016
"Organization of Iranian American Communities"
August 23, 2015 "Let's
Meet the Real Iranians" with Hamid Azimi
Facebook: OIAC Facebook
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Twitter @no2censorship
#Iranian Human Rights Activist -- A secular republic is within
reach, and we need to give the Ayatollahs a last push to get rid of
them, once and for all...
For additional information please visit
www.IACNorCal.Com. |
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