Conference of Iranian Solidarity in Paris (June, 2007)

Announcement from the Coordination Committee of the Opposition:

The true nature of religious tyranny leads to social disintegration, growing economical crises and threats to the international peace. This process can go further with dissolution of national unity as long as there is no alternative opposing the Islamic republic.

This alternative if not based on democracy and human rights, even if successful in putting an end to the Islamic republic, can not create a sense of trust and political stability in Iran, which is required for cultural development and economic prosperity.A democratic alternative can not develop itself, but should be an inclusive combination of different political spectra so that it can lay down the foundation for democracy. With this basic background, a divers group of Iranian gathered in September 2005 in Berlin followed by a larger assembly in July 2006 in London. These gatherings were aimed at assembling different democratic forces to establish a nationwide democratic foundation.

After the gathering in London, political activists discussed different matters of mutual interest with representatives of political organizations and independent political and cultural dignitaries.
This growing assembly arranged the initial steps for a wider assembly on 15-17 June 2007 in Paris with hope that this effective step will strengthen the national unity, support the true struggle for democracy in Iran and strengthen the consensus among democratic opposition in influencing the international opinion about Iran.

Opposition leaders believe that Ahamdinejad is deliberately seeking a limited military clash with the United States on the nuclear issue to defuse internal tension and rally the people behind his increasingly beleaguered administration. While no one in the opposition is publicly asking the United States to withdraw the threat of military action, everyone agrees that any limited operation that would wound the regime but leave it alive and in place could give the Khomeinist system a second life...

The lack of success of the opposition groups abroad against the Islamic colonizers occupying Iran has been blamed on "division" and political life hijacked as a result. One could even argue that democratic, multi-party systems are only made necessary by such divisions: an imaginary division-less society, where everyone embraced a common position on issues, would have no need for democracy. I'm hoping that the opposition leaders have reached the same conclusion as I have.