Iranian Journalists can topple the Seyyeds

One of the most famous Iranian Journalists Amir Taheri writes:

Next week, these workers will confront President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's administration through a series of one-hour strikes designed as a show of solidarity with imprisoned trade unionists.

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http://www.gulfnews.com/opinion/columns/region/10143245.html

I must say, it is rather rare to find Amir really getting practical, and writing about the resistance movement in Iran. For so long he used to make the Seyyeds look far worse than they really were. Finally he is encouraging the nonviolent resistance movement. He is not reciting the history Rome this time, thank goodness. Well done old chap, about time.

So less defeatism, more positive thinking along the lines of General Strikes, and maybe we Iranians will find our way of of this mess. We need every journalist inside and out of Iran, to write about the benefits of bringing the whole country to a halt.

People should question the strength of the Seyyeds more against passive resistance. Some should ask the public figureheads "what will you do if you did not get your bread tomorrow?" The recipie has worked for so many other countries, and it will work for Iran.

But we must keep our calm, and let the Spirit of Iran keep us bound together with our peaceful attitude. We can take the Seyyed anger and not resort to violence.

Well done The Germans

Deutsche Bank AG has informed US under secretary of the treasury Stuart Levey that it will no longer do business with the Iranian government, Spiegel magazine reported without saying where it obtained the information.

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http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&articleid=6214624&subject=economic&action=article

How Seyyeds in Iran help the US arms business

US readies arms deal with Saudis, eyeing Iran: official

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http://www.africasia.com/services/news/newsitem.php?area=mideast&item=070727162639.k9s5hksn.php

You really have to wander, how the US foreign policy, is such that, in demonizes the Seyyeds, so that it can make money selling weapons to Saudis, and put defensive equipment in Eastern Europe.

I have always believed, that without the threat of USSR, USA is using the Seyyeds instead. Somehow we have assume that they are on par with each other.

If the US media collaborated with the modern Iranians inside and outside Iran, then their views would control the Iranian media more and facilitade peaceful non violent change. However that is something which would bring Iran out of being a nasty pariah state.

Sanctions will work Mr Hamilton of the Independant

But the the people they don't hurt are President Ahmadinejad and his conservative religious supporters, who find their position strengthened by foreign threats and who are largely immune to them.

Adrian Hamilton: A new foreign policy should start with Iran - Independent Online Edition > Adrian Hamilton

He is so wrong. Fact is that if the Chinese decided to follow the US line, then sanctions would bit the Seyyeds. If you read more, you will see how writers like Mr Hamilton just use the situation in Iran to vet their anti-US anger to the world.

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Russians drag their feet over Bushehr NPP.

"Today we can say for sure that to launch the Bushehr nuclear plant this autumn is unrealistic," said Ivan Istomin, the head of a subcontractor working for the Russian state-owned firm building the plant, RIA reported.

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http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/7/25/worldupdates/2007-07-25T131329Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-286433-2&sec=Worldupdates

This is obviously good news, as it shows how pathetic the Seyyeds have been. They thought that could represent the Iranian nation, and like everything else, especially the economy, they have bitterly failed.

In as much as the Iranian Opposition has told the world not to deal with these aliens, anti-US elements, be they in EU, China, or Russia, have tried ever since the Shahanshah left Iran, to deal with the Seyyeds, and they have failed.

With the next that the US will put the clamps down on banks that trade with China on behalf of the Seyyeds, like Standard Chartered and HSBC, we should really see the flow of income from the Seyyeds to their elements in the Iranian society drop. Once the merchants realise that they should give up on the Seyyeds, then the Seyyeds will fall.

Can Israel please not mix Iran with the Seyyed regime

The Israeli press, and the rest of the world must not use the world "Iran" and the Islamist Regime or the Seyyed Regime in the same context.

"Since Iran funds death," she told the crowd, her lobby group - The Israel Project (TIP) - was collecting petitions demanding that economic pressure and sanctions be brought against Iran for its refusal to halt its nuclear program and its alleged continued support for terrorism.

Asia Times Online :: Middle East News - US lawmakers unite to demonize Iran

'If Iran is confronted by a united front, it will change,' president tells French daily, pointing out that Ukraine, Libya, South Africa and North Korea have already given up nuclear weapons due to international pressure

Peres urges world to unite against Iran - Israel News, Ynetnews

World Press ignores the General Strike in Kurdistan, Iran

The people of Kurdistan in Iran went on strike on Monday 23 July 2007 and will continue until Thursday 26th 2007, for the death sentence of a person.

What is more amazing, is that none of the world press reported this brave act of the Kurds. If the world press, and folks like Ali A Dareini and many others in Iran who just report the Seyyed propaganda reported this, then maybe Iran would be able to have a General Strike and be rid of the Seyyeds once and for all.

China supports Seyyeds by buying oil

The Japanese decided to cut back buying oil, in accordance with UNSC resolution. But just read this:

"China bought around 10.9 million tonnes, or 440,000 barrels per day, of crude from Iran in the first half. The surprise increase was due to some spot purchases by state refiner Sinopec Corp, one state oil trader told Reuters, an unusual practice as nearly all crude exports from OPEC producers are on long-term contracts instead of spot sales. "Iran has some surplus barrels because some buyers are cutting back imports," said the trader. Japan, a key lifter of Iranian crude, has scaled back purchases due to shrinking domestic demand."

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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007/07/24/story_24-7-2007_pg5_25

What becomes obvious, is that the press twists the truth. And of course the Chinese are going to be the sole purchaser of all exports, only because the US cannot do without the cheap labour to produce exports to US. In the meantime the secular people of Iran have to have coupons to buy Gasoline, whilst the Seyyeds buy centrifuges to make nukes. It's nuts.

Al Qaida in Iran

The three main Al Qaeda leaders in Iran include Mr. Adel; the organization's minister of propaganda, Suleiman Abu Ghaith, and the man who some analysts believe is the heir apparent to Mr. bin Laden — one of his sons, Saad bin Laden. The locations of the senior leaders include a military base near Tehran called Lavizan; a northern suburb of Tehran, Chalous; an important holy city, Mashod, and a border town near Afghanistan, Zabul, the draft intelligence estimate says.

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http://www.iranpressnews.com/english/source/027150.html

US sanctions vs UK-Chinese banks

"A senior British banking source said today there was a great deal of annoyance in the City with the US approach. The two British banks most frequently mentioned in Washington in relation to Iran are HSBC and Standard Chartered."

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http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2130494,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfron

But surely, it is the fact that these two banks are both Chinese, that makes them awkward to deal with.  It is China that is so behind all the mess in Iran.  They need the oil.  But then who uses the oil?  It is mostly the international companies,most notably giants like Wal-Mart, that use the cheap oil and labour. So it's the US themselves really, isn't it.