Wednesday, July 01, 2009

The Iranian Crisis from the Point of View of a Progressive Arab

WRITTEN BY ADIB S KAWAR



The Islamic Republic of Iran is a theocratic regime that since day one of its life had dedicated itself to confront colonialism and Zionism, and expelled the Zionist diplomatic mission to the Shah’s imperial court and handed its premises to the Palestinian Arab people, an act that international Zionism had never forgotten. The New republic replaced an autocratic imperial regime, which cooperated with the American intelligence organization, CIA, to overthrow the first democratically elected government of Prime Minister Muhammad Mosadiq and reinstalled the Shah on his imperial peacock’s thrown. As well known the Shah allied himself with international colonialism and Zionism, Zionism the long arm of colonialism in the Arab homeland and its neighborhood, and declared enmity to any power that steps in to support Arab resistance and struggle for its independence a liberation.   
                  
The Arab proverb says: “If my libeling came from the blemished it’s a testimony that I am complete”. This exactly applies to one of the leading Zionist terrorists who was one of the founders of the Zionist entity and still continues with his endless mission of plundering, terrorizing, destructing, threatening its neighborhood with woe and grief and whatever, he is none other than the president of the Zionist entity, Shimon Peres, who said while addressing the Jewish Agency (with wishful thinking), “It is difficult to say who shall disappear first in Iran, uranium or the miserable regime, and we are hopeful that it will be the regime”, Peres who is considered to be the father of the “Israeli” atomic bomb arsenal of 200 to 400 A bombs that are used to threaten anybody who would “threaten the security” of the rogue state of “Israel” continued to say, “Fighting the leaders of the Iranian regime is more urgent than fighting its bombs (atomic)”. Peres attacked the Supreme leader of the Islamic Republic by saying, “how dare he claims that we asked the Iranian people to go out to the street and threaten their lives”.  Surely the old fox who keeps repeating the above quotes live, Ali Khamenei as us all are well aware that Peres and his Zionist gang are (The Zionist Entity) are all the time after United States administrations to grant them the green light to bomb Iran’s nuclear installations, which Iran keeps confirming that they are meant for civil purposes and not for military use, and if the U.S. is not willing to join the Zionist entity in its proposed attack on Iran is to be given the green light to do the job by itself, and possibly utilizing only mini A bombs, we assume that the hesitation of the American administration is due of its fear that its strategic Zionist ally could be wiped out by an Iranian retaliation.

Another member of the Zionist clique, minister of strategic affairs, Moshe Yaalon, repeated Peres’ wishful thinking saying: “Iran’s wave of protestations shall lead to a revolution under the presidential nominee former prime minister for ten years, Mir Hussein Mousavi, against the Islamic regime.  Mousavi and his wife brought new winds that are represented by openness, so I shall repeat that there will be a revolution in Iran.” Yaalon added: “In spite of this it shall not change anything regarding the nuclear matter, but what happened is encouraging for the west, which is related to a wide look towards what is happening in the region represented by the confrontation between ‘Jihadism’ and the west”. Which we are sure means resistance against the Zionist project in Palestine and its neighborhood that Iran supports and arms, so it is the prime enemy of colonialism in  its deferent forms that Zionism is today’s most outstanding example.

On the other hand the Zionist Prime Minister, Benyamin Netanyahu, with his wishful thinking too, mixes between the Iranian People and the long ago deposed Shah by the same people, he told the German paper, Bildt: “There is no conflict between ‘Israel’ and the Iranian people that would have changed its government had it been free in its election.  Good relations between Iran and ‘Israel’ is possible if a new leadership takes hold of the government”. Netanyahu is trying to remind us of the “peaceful relations”, which were prevailing between ‘Israel’ and the Shah’s regime in the old days, and added: “I believe that the mask had fallen from over the face of the regime in Iran, and what we see there is a great thirst for freedom among a part of the population”. Do we have to remind Netanyahu of then unending struggle of the indigenous population of the land that Zionism invaded and occupied and trying to fully replace them in it, why should he care for a people that he and his gang are threatening to bomb, and not for the great thirst for freedom among a part (all the Palestinian) of the population.

Here too we have former Zionist minister of war, Shoal Mofaz, who is of Iranian descent and well known for practicing repression, targeted assassinations, organizing land theft in addition to all sorts of assaults against the indigenous Arab people of Palestine, Mofaz told Chanel 2 of the “Israeli” TV: “There is no dispute regarding Iran’s ability to cross the technological line, it progresses daily on development of atomic energy, Iran is a great rocket power, and if it is able to own the atomic it shall form a great existential threat for ‘Israel’,” so it is natural for him to claim that.“The Iranian people is connected with the west, and aims at becoming like other peoples away from repression’s authority, and fear that controls its fate.” Which is what his victims had been fighting for since decades, for the Zionist entity, as Mofaz said, Iran is an existential threat and for putting it at hold from threatening its Arab neighborhood. 

The Zionist entity’s attack on Iran, though claiming that is forwarded against the ruling Iranian regime and no the Iranian people. The Zionist entity is simply the spearhead of western colonialism, which is still dreaming to retain its influence and control of the “third world” politically, militarily and economically, but matters are slipping out of its control starting with the twentieth century successful independence movement, and what happened in China twenty years ago namely the failed ‘Tiananmen’ square, revolution. Which though was a call for democracy and free speech, but with western interference it was meant to be a “right that was meant to be wrong”.

On the subject Arab writer, Dr. Fayez Abu Chamailah, wrote in his article entitled Iran shall go out stronger. “Twenty years ago foreign powers conspired against China, their aim was to prevent the Chinese people from reaching a position that they are in today. Incitement took place when journalist, workers and students started gathering in ‘Tiananmen’ square demanding democracy and right of expression, and succeeded with American and western support in starring millions of hungry Chinese, in the midst of a big roar in the western media for freedom of expression, and spreading the teachings of democracy, but China that is dreaming of a better future, knew the goal behind these gatherings in ‘Tiananmen’ square, and dealt with the agitators who are stirred by foreign powers in how to protect China’s interests, and succeeded in overcoming the difficult internal test, and escaped from the conspiracy, to become twenty years later the feared international economical power.” And, as well known the United States is calling on China to become its lifeguard to pull it out of its financial and economical crisis.

Fehmy Huwaidy, an outstanding Egyptian Arab political, writer wrote describing the Iranian elections in his article, ‘Iran if it becomes moderate’, “I am not comparing elections in Iran, for example, with in England, but in comparison to elections in all the Arab homeland, true it is incomplete in  its first episode, as the Council of the Protection of the Constitution gives itself the right to accept certain nominees and refuses others, but during its following episodes Iranian presidential elections are always marked with seriousness and relative fairness, candidates competed with outstanding  severity, and the authority always took an impartial position in relation to all of them. The Chinese official Television broadcasted documentaries showing the life story of each of them, it also broadcasted the debates that took place between them live, and thus the Iranian people were put in the picture in a balanced manner about each of them before the elections.”

As a progressive Arab I am not supposed to theoretically ally myself with a theological regime, but from the point of view of our interest as Arabs fighting colonialism and Zionism, and as the present Iranian regime is among the very few forces that support our cause especially the Palestinian cause, and its Arab resistance organizations, we owe the Iranian regime gratitude, and we are ready to defend it against its foreign and certain internal critics and enemies. Noting that not all of them are classified under the same category. Not all of them are seculars in contrast to the theological regime, and many of them held very high posts under it and for long years. we don’t claim that they are all in the service of or ally themselves with Colonialism and Zionism, though some so-called nationalists criticize Mahmoud Ahmadi Najad for being too lenient with Arabs, and in particular Sheikh Mahdi Kharoubi criticized Najad in one of their political debates for being the first Iranian president to visit the United Arab Emirates, which we suppose is due to the conflict regarding the three Arab Gulf occupied islands.

Also Fehmy Huwaidy added: “Among the very moderate there are some who go further in their extremism(!!!) by considering that there are no advanced or developed and nationalist states with a promising future in the region except Iran and Israel, thus it is very important to tighten relations between them so as to become a locomotive that pulls the region from its backwardness, and there is  more than one researcher  in Iranian strategic matters who expressed this idea in papers that were discussed in strategic circles.” This is a very dangerous trend of thought to follow by some Iranian so-called intellectuals. Such so-called intellectuals should be categorized among colonialists who are still dreaming of an imperialist Iran, and cannot realize that Zionism has no permanent friends. Though the Zionist entity would never have seen light had it not been for British’ great help, Zionist leaders committed terrorism against British forces occupying Palestine and preparing Zionist colonialists to be ready to uproot the indigenous Arab population. A more recent example is Zionist spying against all present and former administrations starting with the White House itself.

Engineer Mir Hussein Mousavi in a lecture he delivered in one of Tehran Universities raised the motto of “Iran first”, while other reformists criticized Najad’s government for the help it extends to Hezbollah’s resistance in Lebanon and Hamas movement in Palestine, as considering it as a waste of Iranian people’s money, as well as other signs meaning disconnecting Iran from resistance and the Palestinian cause, and support the settlement of the Palestinian question, their excuse is simple and could be marketed easily, namely Iran is not an Arab country, and thus should not overbid its Arab neighbors and be more Arab than Arabs!!!

 


Such trend of thought and action is enough for the west that is known for its unlimited support to the Zionist entity to express its joy and high appreciation of the reformist movement to destabilize Iran and its regime, which has nothing to do with the standard slogans of democracy, freedom of expression and free elections. We don’t have to return to old history and remind the west about the above mentioned example of free election that brought Prime Minister Muhammad Mosadiq to rule and the fall America’s puppet Shah Muhammad Reza Bahlavi, we just return to the very recent history, namely the free and democratic Palestinian election conducted about three years ago, which brought Hamas to power, but instead of being hailed and complemented, Gaza was put under severe siege by the Zionist entity and its western and some so-called Arab moderate regimes that are repeating the same attack on Iran. 

To close we quote our friend Raja Chmayel’s the following piece of sarcasm, that fits our article: 



1979 the US Embassy in Tehran was visited
and now someone wants a re-match ….
The War on Iran has started

Regardless who has won those elections,
the man who wanted to wipe off Israel
from the Map , is going to be punished.The Regime that helped Hamas and Hezbollah
will be punished…………
The culture that calls USA and UK as being the devil
and puts questions marks on the Holocaust
will be punished………
They shall gather,
all the bad-looser-of-the elections
all the chic-high-society
all the dissidents for whatever cause
all the modernists and pseudo-liberals
all the jet-set of Tehran
all the Parrots and the Monkeys imitating the West
everyone who does not like theocracy
all the supporters of westernisation
all the Nike and Gucci fashion-fans of Tehran
Promise them Heaven on Earth,
and 25 Starbucks within the first year
and 145 Mac. Donald's as well….
And start a fancy-uprising from within
thereafter the son of Shah shall return to his throne
and Oprah Winfrey shall direct the new Iran TV stations
owned by Fox and Judd Bush..
 
 
It is called The Western Democracy