Iran:Shaul Bakhshi and the Imprisoned Dr. Haleh Esfandiari
A Comment by DADABASE was left on this thread about Freeing Dr. Haleh Esfandiari who was denied legal access yesterday by the IRI per Shirin Ebadi's [the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner and the lead attorney for imprisoned American scholar (Haleh Esfandiari a Potomac resident)] request. I'm posting this comment to shed some light on how the IRI thinks and operates.
The commenter accuses Mrs. Esfandiari's husband of being associated with Zionist Leaning Brooking Institute and what he calls "Islamophobic Saban Center". What I don't get is that even if hypothetically all of his allegations are true, why Mrs. Esfandiari is being held responsible. Here's the comment:
DADABASE said...so if these particular citations are lies, does that mean the rest of Kayhan's information are correct? for instance, did she convert to Judaism? IS Mr Bakhash aligned with Zionists in USA? what about his affiliation with the famous neoconservative and Zionist leaning Brooking institute and its notoriously Islamophobic Saban center?According to numerous credible sources, Bakhash'sresume does include working for Kayhan before the revolution.
In his work, Mr Bakhash has shown his disdain for the current Iranian government by advocating a soft form of regime change through emboldening certain political figures inside Iran.
This is precisely the charges that have been discussed among those who argue in Iranian favour of arresting Esfandiari. Paper after paper, lecture after lecture, the soft regime change strategy becomes more highlighted in regards to the kind of Iran Mr Bakhash would like to see emerged.
Here is a direct quote from Mr Bakhash: "The Israeli government has been particularly worried about Iran's growing nuclear potential, especially in light of recent calls by Iran's new president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, for Israel to be "wiped off the map."Numerous sources have already refuted this "fact" by pointing out to the distortion of Ahmadineghad's language in the biased translations provided by the friends of Israel. Doesn't Mr. Bakhash's words sound like the cloned version of Bush, Cheney, Hagee (an evangelical figure), Olmert and Natanyahou's rhetorics? In the absence of an honest Zionist political party in America, what else can demonstrate one's political leaning but his own words? 2:25 AM
ABF, for the promotion of human rights and democracy in Iran
5 comments:
Goli: You're absolutely spot on. Thanks you for that brilliant observation. Take good care.
Have a good weekend Serendip.Mine is already painful, watching all these Katyshas falling on Israel.The Leftist who have been deaf and dumb while Israeli people suffer from these Hamas (Iran) attacks,will be condemning Israel soon for protecting its people and responding to the attacks. I feel so hopeless.
Goli jan: I feel and share your pain. However, we can't lose hope and it's not time to give up. We are the ones we've been waiting for...there is noone else. Cheers!
Do they really need an excuse? Just curious...not really. I know they don't. They will hold anyone for anything. They will MAKE the Kor'an say what they want it to say. Pathetic fascists.
I wonder what Iranian law postulates as a punishment for having a husband that Mullahs do not agree with.
Serendip, what is your background?
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