Balochistan People's Front

Bombardment of a large part of Western and Northern Baluchistan

2008-10-13T15:26:00.000-07:00

London, 13 October 2008--Dozens of Baluchi villages have been destroyed in the bombardment of a large part of Western and Northern Baluchistan in the third day of the bombardments. The bombardment began in Dumag after an unexpected encounter between the security forces and guerrilla fighters of People's Resistance Movement of Iran three days ago in a long range of mountains that begin from Zahedan, Capital of Balochistan and continue to the Kerman province in the Eastern part of Iran.

The fighters of PTMI were on their way to carry out a mission in the central part of Iran when they were identified by security forces and the clash began between the two sides. The Baluch fighters claim that they have seen the bodies of more than 50 security forces that have been killed in this event. The Iranian authorities have ordered to complete blackout of the event to suppress the spread of the news of their heavy casualties.

The Iranian regime recently ordered all its different government agencies and media to avoid broadcasting any news that may indicate the weakness and inadequacies of the military and security forces. The directive ordered the media to only broadcast that part of the events that shows the strength of the security forces and avoid publishing the number of casualties.

According to the latest news, the Baluch fighters PRMI claim to have organised another planned attack on SarJangal military base in the East part of Baluchistan, near Khash. The fighters claim that they have used heavy weaponry including missiles to destroyed base. The attack on the base was planned at three o'clock in the morning last week. The mission was complete in few hours and the fighters retreated to their base while the government began to deploy a large number of forces around the base and started to bombard the neighboring areas. The local people complained that some innocent people have been killed in the bombardment and some properties were also destroyed.

At the same time the People's Resistance Movement of Iran announced one of its top weapon makers has been assassinated in the 11th of October 08. Osmaan was one of the top experts in Bomb making, explosives, repairing guns, and other weapons. He had already trained dozens of the members of this group. This organization believes in training its forces in various guerrilla wars and therefore claims that the assassination of Osman will not affect its ability and capacity for making more weapons and explosives for the next missions. They believe that he has been betrayed and consequently he has been assassinated by someone they believe has been identified. Further investigations continue.

Today the local people in Zahedan and the Western part of Baluchistan reported that the heavy bombardment in Rood Mahi Mountains still continued. The sound of gunfire also was reported by the local people who are trying to leave their villages for safety of the cities. The Islamic Republic of Iran has tried in the last 30 years to push the Baluch people out of their traditional and old homes and villages into the big cities but later on, they discovered the rate of unemployment among people who have been dislocated was too high and their young men were disappointed from the governments and a large number of them joined the Baluch fighters.

The Baluch fighters are engaged in guerilla war with the Iranian regime. They demand equal rights for the Baluch people and democracy for Iran. The Shia fundamentalist regime of Iran has practically deprived all the Sunnis including the Baluch people from their basic human rights which are right to education, freedom of movement, freedom of speech and freedom of worship.

There are more than two million Sunnis in Tehran but there is not even one Sunni mosque for them to carry out their prayers. The Sunnis of Tehran gathered in a park to pray but they were forced to leave the park. There are about 20 million Sunnis in Iran. There has not be even one minister, deputy minister, army general, ambassador or any other high-ranking officials from the 20 million Sunnis of Iran in the last 30 years. At the same time there is a lot of pressure on the Sunnis to convert to shiism.

There are widespread campaigns in different parts of Iran by different ethnic groups and nationalities, students, workers, women, intellectuals and journalists for the change of this regime which has created a society in which about 60 percent of the people live under poverty line and has the highest inflation rate in the region, and the fourth highest in the world. The Islamic Republic of Iran has kept deliberately Baluchistan backwards and all United Nations researches show that it is the poorest province in the country while its students have the highest IQ in the country.

Reza Hossein Borr
Baluchistan Peoples Front
London, 13 October 2008

Tribal politics as a family business and the question of national leadership

2008-10-03T13:00:00.000-07:00

Reza Hossein Borr

Introduction

Tribalism is the earliest form of political parties. It is the association of a group of people who get together to protect themselves against others. Their cohesion lasts as long as there are threat to individual members and the group. Individuals need protection. Nobody can defend himself alone in a world where aggression is the norm of the day. Never mind how one person is strong there is always someone stronger than him and therefore, the strong person will be humiliated by somebody who is stronger. The average and weak individuals need to be protected. Since they do not have sufficient and adequate resources to protect individually themselves, they need an association in which they could merge their resources and forces together to lead a normal life and survive at the times of conflicts.

Tribal structure emerged first among the individuals who were not protected by a social system or political government. The tribe was the first form of government. It was the first organization that offered voluntary security and safety and welfare to its members. Its social structure was organised in a way that when people were born in that social set up, they received automatic membership. The tribe virtually evolved and created its code of honour and code of conduct. It created a culture that acted as the core value system for all. The application of this culture became compulsory by all. Its culture acted as its constitution. Like any other organization, it had to generate its own leadership and organizational structure. All the members of the tribe had to accept, recognize and implement the constitution.

The chief objective of the tribe was the provision of protection and security. As it is today, the neighbours have been always fighting each other. And when a dispute begins the members of the two tribes usually try to resolve it cordially according to their culture; and if the dispute turns into a war, again the leadership of the tribe has to go to war and has the responsibility to minimise the casualties and find a peaceful solution as soon as it is possible.

Virtually as the tribes became larger and larger they transformed into nations and nations found a new leadership structure which was a kind form of government. As the governments evolved, they introduced laws, rules and regulations and provided protection for the members of the nation. A large number of the governments were not able to protect the members and therefore, the main purpose of the tribe was enforced. When the government became the source of insecurity, where the ordinary people could not seek justice from a reliable source, the necessity for the preservation of tribalism became recognized.

If the governments are capable of providing welfare, security, safety and a cultural and a political system in which the individuals do not see any necessity for preserving the membership of the tribe, the tribal structure usually gets eroded and fades away gradually. In countries like Iran and Pakistan where the governments are the main enemies of the people, the political and judiciary systems do not provide justice equally for all. The administration and delivery of justice in such countries are not seen as fair and reasonable and therefore, the people cannot rely completely on the government for receiving protection, security and justice and therefore, the preservation of tribal structure continues to play a great role in the preservation of its community and its collective survival.

The main purpose of tribalism is provision of protection. We have seen a lot of members of a tribe that separated from their tribe when they were not protected. When we talk about protection we talk about several vital elements that give meaning to life. An individual or its group survives on: life protection, interest protection, property protection, land protection, culture protection, language protection and identity protection.The tribal organisations provide protection for all of these different issues. The tribe requires an organizational structure to provide management and protection

The case of Baluchistan
Tribally-based political parties.

The Baluch people in Pakistan and Iran consider their governments as their enemies. The Baluch people in Pakistan believe that their land has been occupied illegally and therefore, their resources have been exploited illegally, their land has been used against them and their demands for the restoration of their sovereignty has been crashed. In such circumstances, the governments of Pakistan see the Baluch people as a threat to its integrity and the Baluch people see the governments of Pakistan as an oppressive occupier. When the government of Pakistan fails to provide an acceptable level of welfare, security, safety, and political participation, in a way, it proves that it has not been able to respond effectively and positively to the legal demands of its people. When the legal demands of the people are not met but crashed by force, the individuals seek to find organizations in which they can put their sources and resources together to defend themselves. This is how so many political organizations have been formed in Baluchistan. But since the political organizations have not been quite effective in defending the rights of the people and achieving the desired outcomes, the original tribes of Baluchistan turned into political organizations which have the capability of fighting the government.

Numerous Baluch tribes have been involved in various wars with the Pakistani governments. These tribes have strong political and social structures that can mobilise the people very quickly. The members of a tribe are loyal to their tribe and leadership and they are ready to respond to the call of the leadership to go for war instantly. As the modern day and time requires the formation of political parties, the tribal leaders formed political organizations. These political parties were based on the tribal culture, values and structures. The tribes were politicised and found new organizational structures with political missions. The politicised tribes were driven to have two missions: the traditional mission which was the managing of social, economic and political affairs of the tribe and protecting them against invaders and the new political mission who was seeking actively the national rights of the Baluch people.

Tribally-based political campgains

Since the ruling families of different Baluch tribes in Pakistan were well-educated people, they automatically assumed the responsibility of leadership of tribally-based political parties. Among different tribal chiefs, few of them got involved actively and seriously in politics. As chiefs of their own tribes, they had to seek justice for their own tribes as their traditional duty in particular and lead their tribes politically along other Baluch leaders in general.

Prince Abdul Karim was the first Baluch leader who used his tribe as a political organization to challenge Pakistan authorities. Several other prominent tribal chiefs transformed themselves into political leaders and began forming tribally based political parties. They used their tribes to fight the Pakistani governments over a long period of time. Some of them achieved the status of the heroes but they never became national leaders who had the capability of mobilising a large number of Baluch people from different tribes and regions. Four tribes were among the vanguards of political activities in Baluchistan. In fact the state and the status of every tribe depended on the nature and quality of its leadership. If its leadership was a militant, then the whole tribe turned into a military force. Mengal , Marri , Bezanjo and Bugti tribes were among the most militant tribal organizations that challenged different Pakistani governments. A large number of them were killed, displaced, disappeared, arrested, tortured and executed. As these tribes continued the war against the government, other tribes and individuals began to form political parties and joined the fight against the government.

In the lack of strong and generally accepted political organizations in Baluchistan, the tribal leaders have played very important roles in Baluchistan's politics and in defence of Baluch people. They have volunteered to sacrifice numerous privileges to secure the right for self-determination for the Baluch people. All the Baluch people acknowledge these sacrifices and dedications. When the Pakistan government could not provide the Baluch people with the safety, security, justice and welfare, different tribes and tribally-based political parties sacrificed what ever they had to begin a campaign for the restoration of their sovereignty. The Baluch people used their traditional organization of tribalism to protect themselves, defend their land, develop their nation and stand firm and demand their rights.

These developments affected the structure of tribal leadership and how they functioned in a modern world. A traditional tribal structure was sufficient to serve its purpose in the old times but in the modern times that the political organizations are the main sources of organising, managing and leading people; tribal leadership was affected enormously in different ways. In many cases, its main objectives changed and in many other cases, its main objectives were reinforced.

The social tribal structure of Baluch society was changed at different degrees in different parts of Baluchistan. In certain parts, the tribal structure diminished enormously. In other parts, tribal structure became the source of political organizations. As these developments progressed, the members of different tribes reacted differently to the changes. Some members of the some tribes separated themselves from their tribes and began acting as civil citizens. Others began to join political organizations which were based on tribal organizations.

Tribal loyalty and nation building

The movement of Baluch people towards a civil society has been very slow and mainly deetered by the dictatorial regimes of Pakistan. Civil society is the result of rule of law and practice of democracy. The rule of law provides protection for individuals and practice of democracy provides the opportunity for political participation, increase in welfare, confidence in the system and fair administration of justice. When the governments fail to provide these important services, the people have to look to their traditional systems for what the government is supposed to provide.

Since the purpose of tribalism is protection, the individuals tend to associate themselves with the tribes which are stronger and larger. If a tribe has the capacity of turning itself into a nation, then different members of different tribes will join the nation and will stay as a member of the nation if the nation is capable of providing more protection and security than what the smaller tribes were able to provide. The nation's survival is also based on protecting the members and itself as a group of people against other nations, the same way that one tribe wants to protect itself and its members against another tribe. If a nation cannot provide the protection members required, then the members of the nation will separate themselves from that nation and move to another nation and seek protection of that nation. This is true that both tribes and nations provide the same kinds of services. If at any time one of them failed to provide the service the members required, they would lose their sense of loyalty and go to someone else. Loyalty to tribe or a nation depends on the level of the service that a nation or tribe renders to its members.

The main criterion for the members to become loyal to an association of people is the equality of opportunity in receiving the services. If a member of the tribe in a nation feels that he has not been treated equally he would lose its loyalty towards that tribe or nation. The important thing is the protection of the individual and instituting some organizations that can define the relationships between the members of the same clan or country. The equality of members in a tribe is an accepted principle by all members of the tribe. At the same time because there must be an organization to govern the tribe, there is a need for a ruling body. The ruling body is usually the ruling family that inherits the role of leadership from one generation to another generation. Since the leadership is hereditary, there are some complications. If the hereditary leadership is a capable body to rule the tribe, it will be respected. If it is the body that has not sufficient competency in ruling the tribe, it will be challenged by different members of the tribe and division in the tribe arises from that time.

Tribally-based political leadership

Since the leadership is monopolised by one family, never mind how other persons of that tribe are popular and powerful, it is very unlikely for them to reach the top. In many occasions you will be usually challenged by the ruling family and humbled. If he does not comply he will be eliminated. There are hundreds of examples of how very competent members of the tribe which were not part of the ruling family have been eliminated. The elimination of competent members will reduce the tribe to the level of the strength of that ruling family. In many occasions the tribe will never rise to its full potential as the potentials of the ruling families may be very limited or under-developed.

That is the reason that we see a lot of challenges and crisis in modern tribal structure. There is no any alternative but educating the individuals and public. Once education and knowledge are available to all, the potential of different people begin to appear in public domain. The competent people with exceptional skills and knowledge always are considered as great threats to the ruling families of any tribe. Ruling families do not accept them as assets to move the whole tribe to a higher level of power but consider them as threats to their own authorities. For this reason, an ordinary member of a tribe in a tribally-based political party, must inevitably remain and look less competent and less skilful in leadership than the ruling family. Since the leadership of the tribe is monopolised only by one small family, the other members will not reach the leadership regardless of how skilful or competent they may become. If these kinds of people can join such political parties and demonstrate their abilities in those organizations and if the political parties are based on tribalism, the way for high flyers and high achievers is usually blocked by ruling families of the political parties.

It is a must that the ruling families of the tribes also become the leaders of these political parties. If the high flyers can accept a lower role than the ruling families of the tribes and political parties they get a chance of survival but if they cannot comply they will turn into rebels and usually will be eliminated as traitors. They would not be strong enough to protect themselves against a large number of people and an established ruling family. At the same time the ruling family of the tribe who are the ruling families of the political parties can define them negatively and portray them as agents of agencies and discredit them. They will be accused as spy or as corrupt persons who intended to create unrest and division among the tribe and party.

The reasons for suppressing political rivals in tribes are the same as those of suppressing political rivals in a nation. When a nation is ruled by one family, everybody else has to comply to be a subordinate. They must accept the leadership of the family and work with them. If the ruling family is a figurehead, it is easy to comply as that will not prevent the development of leadership talents but if the ruling family wants to rule directly then the highly qualified people always will be given a job less than what they deserve and they will never reach the top job that they can deserve. Nobody can become a greater leader that King in Sauid Arabia, but, in UK, Winston Churchill was greater than all British kings.

The fight for the top job always creates crisis among the tribes and nations that are not used to accepting the most qualified and the most competent as their leader. Consequently, internal strife for leadership will follow and can cause immense trouble within a society. The history has witnessed wars between brothers and the members of the same family for succeeding to the top job. The power makes people extremely ruthless. Although there is no love stronger than family love, love for power can become extremely stronger than love for family. When a person kills a family member for power, it is easier for him to kill his subordinates who challenge his power.

If the political party is based on tribalism and the ruling family of the tribe is also the head of the political party, the strength of the party will never rise higher than the strength of the ruling family. Although the members of the tribe have immense respect for their ruling family, however, the ruling family does not necessarily delivers the most talented and most competent leaders in the tribe. If the political party is supposed to cover the whole nation, its leaders must have national standing as well as national understanding. If a political tribal leader is limited within his own tribe his rise to the national standing or national understanding will be deterred by his tribal bodings.

The best talents and potentials of the members of the tribe cannot be unleashed infinitely, if the members are not supposed to become more important than the leaders of the tribe. The reason that we cannot see high standing national leaders in Baluchistan is because the ordinary leaders are not allowed to rise over the established tribal political leaders. While tribal political leaders have vital roles in fighting for the rights of the nation, they can become formidable obstacles to the emergence of great national leaders. The tribal political leaders must be aware of their national responsibilities and open the way for the emergence of national leaders at this time that requires personal, tribal and national dedication. All of us must be responsive to a national need. While every person, every tribal leader, every political leader must use his resources for the advancement of the national cause, encouragement must be given to the exploration and acceleration of a national process which intends to free people from regional and tribal limitations and set them on the path of nation building. Tribe building will never replace nation building.

Since the ruling families come from one particular part of the tribes, it has been very hard for them to spearhead national question, represent national identity and assert themselves as accepted national leaders. While the tribally-based political parties can be very effective in protecting the interest of the tribe, they are not adequately effective in the promotion and protection of the higher interests of the nation as they are limited in their power; and the application of their power is only limited within their region which does not cover the whole land of the nation. It is not easy for a tribal leader to become a national leader acceptable to different tribal leaders if his influence is limited within his tribe's land. It requires freedom from the tribal bonding of his own tribe first that can set up one tribal leader to his gradual climbing over the national ladder that can make him acceptable to all. But if a tribal leader gives more loyalty and interests to his own members of tribe then the members of other tribes feel a kind of discrimination and will not accept his leadership and if he divides his loyalty among all tribes, he may lose the support of his own tribe. Therefore, if a tribal leader wants to become a national leader, he must move above the loyalty of any tribe. He must be able to define and differentiate tribal and national interests and generate a very careful balance between them; so that he is seen as a national leader whose priority is achieving national interests. Achieving national loyalty is extremely difficult for tribal leaders who have accumulated their power from the members of their own tribe. People with hard and strong tribal loyalties will find it hard to become national leaders.

Local and national leaders

The people who are also bonded very strictly to one location will find it hard to become national leaders. Loyalty to one location will give the person a constituency. But if the person is completely dependent on the constituency he will never turn into a regional or national leader. Those members of the public and ordinary members of a tribe that wish to become equal to tribal leaders have a very difficult job. The possibility that these people can achieve high positions in such circumstances is very small. Bezanjo was an exceptional person who was able to rise higher than the state and status of the chief of his tribe. He was the only person who achieved the status of the national leader. The other leaders in Baluchistan are mostly localised in their own region and too much entrenched in their own tribe. The main members of their political parties are the members of their tribes. If there are other people who join them it is because they can see some protection in joining them. But no one can join the tribally-based political parties and hopes that one day he would become the leader of the party. This is impossible. We have seen hundreds of capable individuals who have been disappointed after many years of service in the tribal political party when they found that they will have to do be subordinate all the time and for ever to a person who is less talented but he has happened to be a member of the ruling family of the tribe.

Many of these high achievers join the tribally-based political parties to gain some strength and when they reach a stage where their advancement will be practically blocked by the ruling family of the political party, they have either to fight or they have to resign. Just few have the ability to fight as they are more likely to get killed and be eliminated. The absolute majority of them either get resigned by acting as subordinates or they practically resign from the political party and as soon as they resign they will be accused of corruption or treason. The ruling families are very skilful in character assassination and misinformation and blame trading, and therefore, an ordinary member will become easily known as a traitor in a society where conspiracy theory is popular. It will be very difficult in such a society for a national leader to appear. These societies need to struggle for a long time within themselves before they can find a person who has the capability and strength to lead them to a new level which is national level.

Non-political tribes are also concerned about this fact that if a tribal political leader becomes a national leader, he will dominate the smaller tribes and force them into subjugation. The tribal leaders have a kind of autonomy within their tribal region. They usually do not want to lose their autonomy specifically if they contender t is a strong ideological tribal political leader that has a reputation for character assassination and misinformation. Most of these tribal leaders are not political and therefore, they are labelled as the agents of the government by the tribal political leaders. In such circumstances, the non- political tribal leaders use their resources to stop their accusers from becoming a dominant force.

Those tribal political leaders who see in themselves the ambition of becoming national leaders must refrain from accusing the smaller tribes and leaders. Levelling any kind of accusation will only alert the non-political tribal leaders and encourage them to prevent the potential national leaders from becoming national leaders. Nobody wants to see his own demise and therefore, if they see a threat they will encounter it. If they think they do not have the power of neutralising them, they will seek the support of the government they were supposed to fight against.

Pressurising the smaller tribes who are not political will end in pushing them towards more collaboration with the governments. The potential national political leaders must not project themselves as threats to the tribal leaders or political activists. They must stop using the culture of the old left that was discrediting the enemies even if they were innocent. The instinct of survival is stronger than the desire for nation building. In Baluchistan these tactics did not work and it will not work but it will generate a backlash which will be very dangerous. Persuasion and seeking equal partnership with political activists and tribal leaders are the only strategies for pursuing a position of national leadership.

The tribal mentality and character of a political leader deters him from becoming a national leader. Your tribe can protect you but at the same time, it can become a confining environment for you. It cannot allow you easily to break the limits of tribal loyalty and rise over the tribal interests. At the same time, the public need somebody who is truly national and can think at national level and can protect every member of the public equally with equal interests. Since the tribal leaders derive their power from their own tribe they do not know how to attract the loyalty and interests of other tribes and tribal leaders. A tribal leader does not need to work very hard to attract the loyalty of the members of his own tribe as their loyalty has been already contracted. The loyalty of the members of the tribe goes first to his tribe and the leader of the tribe regardless of the quality of the leadership of the ruler but it is also the quality of the leadership that determines his popularity among his own tribe. If he moves to become popular in other tribes he loses some of the loyalty of his own tribe and therefore, he finds himself in a very complicated situation. There are exceptional leaders in the world that can accommodate the interests and loyalty of many opposing tribes.

How to become a national leader?

Among the Baluch leaders, the only person who could be called a national leader was Bezanjo. He was the only person in the modern history of Baluchistan who ever rose himself above the loyalties and interests of his own tribe and extended them to Baluch people. Possibly the main reason was that he was not the chief of his tribe and therefore, he was not bonded and entrenched in the limits of tribal loyalties and interests. As a member of the tribe, the people of his tribe expected him to serve the interests of his tribe but he was not the only one who was expected to render such services. The chief of his tribe was mainly responsible for the welfare of his tribe and therefore, he had the privilege and the capacity to move out of his tribe and reach other individuals. He was the person who had the capability to become a national leader. The rest of the Baluch leaders are mostly tribal leaders who have been able to move one step forward to establish tribally-based political parties. This is a step higher than tribal politics. It is a step towards a national move. But none of them reached the point of becoming nationally recognised and accepted as the leaders of Baluchistan. A lot of them tried to form coalitions to bring different Baluch leaders and tribes and parties together. All of them failed.

In such circumstances and in such societies that becoming a national leader has strangling constraints, the people must look to somebody who has a potential position for becoming a national leader. In Baluchistan today there is only person who has the potential to become an accepted national figure and that is the head of state of Baluchistan, Khan of Kalat. I am talking about a national figure as I understand that the present head of state of Baluchistan, Khan of Kalat, is not a national leader but he has the potential and the status to become a national. He has national acceptability and the Jirga he organised proved that he is acceptable to the absolute majority of Baluch people, Baluch tribal leaders and Baluch political activists. He has the potential and the ambition to become the national leader and assume the responsibilities and duties that the national leadership requires. His family background positions him above tribal interests. He does not pose any threat to any political leader. He does not pose any threat to the public. He does not pose any threat to tribal chiefs.

The Baluch political activists must realise the significance of the national interests and move above party politics in order to find a way to national advancement. National advancement will not be easily accomplished by tribal leaders or political activists who have not been able to turn themselves into national political leaders. In such circumstances we have to be aware that the person who has the potential of becoming a national leader must be given the chance and support in his active attempts to become a national leader. This is a historical demand. It is something that must go over and beyond party politics, individual and tribal thinking.

Who can be a national leader?

If the Khan of Kalat demonstrated reasonable willingness to move over his personal and family interests and entered the national arena for assuming the political leadership of the nation he must be welcomed by all and specifically by those tribal leaders who tried all their lives to become national leaders but they couldn't. If they have aspirations of their nation at heart they must give all the supports to a man that can achieve for the nation what all of them have been trying to achieve. A leader is not someone who believes that he must achieve and can achieve everything he wants for his nation. A patriotic leader must be somebody who can support all other leaders for the collective achievement of what could be achieved only collectively. If the aspirations of the Baluch people for a sovereign state are to be realised at any time in future, participation of all people must be actively encouraged.

We are striving to achieve a national cause. This will not be achieved by tribal leaders who are not accepted as national leaders. They must realise that and understand their political manoeuvres can contain them in their own region and in their own tribe. So far their regions and tribes as well as their mentality and behaviours, contained them from becoming national leaders. They must offer their support now to somebody who has more chance of becoming a national leader. This is only if they really have the interests of their nation in their own hearts and this is only if they are not seeking to monopolise the glory of patriotism for themselves.

Few people can become national heroes by tribal politics. The wider tribal politics with national values can make somebody a national hero who could be respected by all but not a national leader who is followed by all. Most of the heroes are people who have shown dedication at times that nobody else had the courage of doing what they did. But national leaders are those who can bring opposing groups together, contrasting views into a single mission and mobilise a large number of people to achieve an outcome that cannot be achieved by individual heroes. The descent and honourable political and tribal leaders must realise what they could not achieve, may be achievable by somebody else. Their emotions may motivate them for doing it all alone, but the general wisdom tells them to support somebody else if he has the opportunity and the potential to win a national goal.

Many people may have their own doubts about the Khan of Kalat and may think he is not up to the job. Nobody knows that this assumption is true. If they give him a chance he may prove that he could do it.

Since there is a lot of disinformation and character assassination about him, a lot of people do not know his true potentials and skills and his will for success. The misinformation can drown him and encouragement could garner talents and make him capable of achieving what all want to be achieved. If he does not succeed, the people will discard one more person who claimed to do the job and couldn't do it. It is the job of the public to discard everybody who claims to do the job and cannot do it until they find a person who is up to the job, who is the one who can do it.

We know that some tribal leaders of political parties are the masters of disinformation and character assassination. They can vilify the most sacred people. They can also glorify an ordinary person to become a national leader. It is time to put aside jealousy and think nationally. It is time for the public to realise the urgency of the issue of national leadership and exert pressure on tribal leaders to support the initiative of forming a new national leadership which has its traditional acceptability among all tribes, political activists and ordinary people. Ideology is something that you can use to achieve a purpose. If that ideology could not help you to achieve your purpose then that ideology has already become a limiting factor in your political activities. The ideology of the left has already done its service to Baluch people and it is time to move beyond it. It is time to move beyond all ideologies with an open mind and welcome new ideas openly for a new thinking which is so strongly required now.

Conclusion

The Baluch people must move beyond character assassination and undermining each other. If they think somebody is not serving the national interests in his best ability, he must be guided in a positive and friendly way in a new direction. Every Baluch I have seen loves his land and his people. They do their best to serve their people in their own way and within their means and resources. Instead of undermining them, we have to guide them. Instead of labelling them, we have to inspire them. Instead of forcing them to follow one particular individual, we have to give them options, the pleasures of freedom to choose a leader they think is closer to their aspirations. Instead of blaming them, we have to encourage them to do the right things.

Nobody knows the truth and the whole truth. Nobody owns the truth and the whole truth. Everybody must acknowledge that. Everybody knows a bit of the truth and he acts the way he understands the truth. There is no a common and shared understanding of our great mission yet. The Baluch people slowly and gradually move towards a new understanding and sharing a common understanding of the mission. As this process continues, people become closer and they cooperate with each other more closely. The respect for what they do will grow and a new shared commitment will replace the lack of discipline which is prevailing now. The realities on the ground must be looked at very carefully. Wishful thinking brings only illusions. And illusions results in disappointment. Yet, the mission is tough and nobody must expect quick solutions. The normal expectation is to wait for nine months before the baby is born. After that, it will come, especially if there is a collective will to make it happen.

Those political leaders that played with the dreams and desires of the Baluch people to promote their own positions need to stop and think. Giving empty promises is different from giving inspiration. Inspiration is based on realities. Promises could be based on delusions. The exercise of self-restraint in expressing views is possibly the most important skill that anybody can master at this stage. Calculated but inspiring statements must replace the delusional expressions.

Every member of the nation must think of the highest priority and the most important responsibility of the nation. Slow progress must not frustrate anybody. The task ahead is undeniably very challenging and difficult but it is not beyond the potential powers of our nation. Nobody must be expected to do what he cannot do but everybody must be expected to do what they can do. What we have to do, we can do when the time is right. We have to look for the right opportunity.

Reza Hossein Borr is an NLP Master Trainer and a leadership consultant and the creator of 150 CDs and 14 Change management models. He is also the author of Manual Success, Manual of Coaching and Mentoring, Motivational Stories that Can Change Your Life, and a New Vision for the Islamic World. He can be contacted by email: sarawani@aol.com www.rezaaa.com

Violation of human rights continues in Baluchistan, Iran

2008-09-12T08:12:00.000-07:00

Reza Hossein Borr

Following the arrest of 5 Baloch human rights activists on Sunday, 7 September, two more civil society campaigners were arrested today, 10th of September. Mohammad Hussain Khalili and Mohammad Reza Rakhshani who run a cultural society were violently arrested and taken to an unknown location.

This new round of arrests began after the Islamic Republic of Iran demolished a Sunni mosque and school in Baluchistan on 27 August 2008. The Iranian authorities have ruthlessly violated the human rights in Baluchistan in spite of universal of Declaration of Human Rights Charter as the article 18 states,
"Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance."
The human rights activists condemned widely the demolition of the school in which 800 students were studying. The school and mosque were completely financed by the people. The buildings were donated to the school by the people.

The reports suggested the human rights activists who criticised the demolition of Sunni mosque were identified and arrested. According to Baluchistan Human Rights Watch and Sunnionline.com, the following human rights activists have been arrested.
1. Abdoulrahman Shahbakhsh (The brother of Moulavi Hafez Mohammad Ali, the Headmaster of Imam Abuhanifa sunni religious school).
2. Noor Mohammad Shahbakhsh (The brother of Moulavi Hafez Mohammad Ali, the Headmaster of Imam Abuhanifa sunni religious school).
3. Abdoulkarim (The nephew of Moulavi Hafez Mohammad Ali, the Headmaster of Imam Abuhanifa sunni religious school).
4. Abdoulghader Naroui
5. Azizullah Naroui
6. Mohammad Hossein Khalili
7. Mohammad Reza Rakhshani
In addition to these activists whose identities have been disclosed, dozens of more Baluch people have been arrested in the last few days. The Isna news Agency reported that 26 Baluch have been arrested last week. Mowlavi Ahmad Narouee, a prominent religious leader and a lecturer was arrested about a month ago and nobody knows what has happened to him.

The families of those who have been arrested were not informed of their charges or the location of the prison. These human rights activists have been arrested in breach of article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Charter as it states:

"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."

The crackdown on Baluch political movement and human rights activities is in response to Baluch People's demands for full participation in the political process of Iran and participation in the government as the article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Charter clearly indicates that every citizen of a country is entitled to have a part in the government of his country. Since the Baluch people have been completely deprived of their legal rights of participation in the government of Iran, they began to demonstrate their grievances against the central government of Iran and demanded the implementation of the declaration of human rights charter.

Article 21.
(1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.
(2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country.

Every time the Baluch people demand justice and implementation of United Nations Charters and Conventions, the Islamic Republic of Iran reacts with violent and ruthless measures which further violates the human rights of the Baluch people. Furthermore, the Iranian authorities have prohibited cultural activities of Baluch people who have a v distinct and rich cultural heritage despite of the article 27 that sasys,
"(1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits."

The Baluch people strive to restore their dignity and respect and secure their religious and political rights. Baluchistan is the most backward province in Iran while a United Nations research proved that the children in Baluchistan had the highest IQ in the country. The Iranian government is continuously repressing the most talented people of Iran. The international community and human rights organizations must condemn the violations of human rights in Baluchistan and pressurise the government to respect the rights of its citizens and facilitate their full participation in political, economic and cultural activities.

Reza Hossein Borr is an NLP Master Trainer and a leadership consultant and the creator of 150 CDs and 14 Change management models. He is also the author of Manual Success, Manual of Coaching and Mentoring, Motivational Stories that Can Change Your Life, and a New Vision for the Islamic World. He can be contacted by email: sarawani@aol.com www.rezaaa.com

Why Zardari has been so much vilified?

2008-09-12T08:10:00.000-07:00

Reza Hossein Borr

Corruption in Pakistan is widespread. There is no sense of shame and guilt about it. Political leaders, civil servants, army generals, security forces, businessmen, and even ordinary people have been so much corrupted that there is hardly any high ranking person in Pakistan who has not been involved in some kind of corruption. Corruption has become popular, acceptable and recognised by all people and all Pakistani institutions. All of them accuse each other of corruption and all of them claim to be clean and descent people with a great sense of integrity. All of them dismiss allegations of corruption. So far it has been very difficult to prove any claim of corruption against any senior politician, senior businessman, or an army general. While everybody talks of corruption the judiciary has not proved anything.

The fact of the matter is that there is corruption at large scale but it is done so immaculately that it is hard to detect it and even harder to prove it.

While corruption is so widespread and all politicians and senior civil servants and businessmen have been accused of it, why Zardari has been more accused of the same thing that the accusers have done themselves in possibly bigger ways? The accusations against Nawaz Sharif are more fundamental. Accusations against General Musharaf and other military rulers of Pakistan are even more evident but why Zardari has been vilified so much?

The ruling elite come from the top families in Pakistan. Those who become president, prime minister, chief minister, governor and minister are usually selected from top feudal landlords, top religious families and top businessmen. When another person from a lower rank of feudalism joins the government or gets involved in corruption, he will be very quickly vilified and exposed. Corruption is monopolized by the top elite. They have nearly impunity. They know how to neutralise corruption allegations. If other people go into monopolies of power and corruption they will be vilified ruthlessly. Pakistani establishment is extremely protective, closed and corrupt. They protect each other and they do not admit newcomers quite easily. Asif Ali Zardari was such a person, a newcomer and he had to take the blame for whatever his wife, Benazir Bhutto, did or was alleged to have done. The establishment could not discredit one senior member of their own and therefore, they had to look for a scapegoat who was more vulnerable and less defendable. Asif Ali Zardari is a frank and straightforward man. He is from a lesser families. His competitors could not see him as the husband of the First Lady of Pakistan. The allegations that everybody wanted to throw at Benazir Bhutto, were thrown at Zardari.

Zardari family is a feudal family but a third-class in the hierarchy of ranks of feudal classes in Sindh, Pakistan. The Bhutto family was a second-class feudal family in Sindh before the ascendancy of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in the hierarchy of social classes. At the top were Jatoai and Talpour, two Baloch families that ruled Sindh. Pakistan like India is a classed based society. The feudals have enormous influence, wealth, land, authority and prestige in Pakistan. The political positions change from one feudal family to another feudal family. Most of these feudal families inherited the British system of culture. They send their children to best universities and establish connections with established families in UK and throughout the world. These connections help them internationally.

Education in the best universities accompanied by their family backgrounds give them privileged positions in politics, civil service and army. There is a huge competition among the feudal families of different ranks. They try to discredit each other but they never go to war to destroy each other. They are aware of their class privileges and they know that they can compete for different ranks and positions but they must not destroy each other. They may put each other in prison or they may be put in prison by army and security forces but they always are respected even in prison. They have specially prison privileges. They would not be treated like other criminals. They see each other regularly; they attend each other's weddings and ceremonies.

When the British captured Sindh, the ruling families of Sindh and a large part of Punjab were Jatouai and Talpour families, two Baluch families. These two families retained their positions and privileges during the British rule. When the British left, they were regularly elected in Pakistan national assembly and senate. There has been hardly any government in Pakistan that did not have a minister from these two families. All Sindhi governments were also dominated by these two families.

When Zulfikar Ali Bhutto began his political activities he managed to attract the attention of the army, civil service and Pakistani security forces. He was a talented man and therefore, he managed to form Pakistan People's Party with a Socialist agenda. After the disintegration of Pakistan and the emergence of Bangladesh, Bhutto won the general elections and became the Prime Minister of the country. He managed to pass the first democratic constitution of Pakistan in which it was recognised as a Federation. With his gradual of upward moving, the Bhutto family superseded the importance in the hierarchy of feudal rank and became number one. Jatouai and Talpour families accepted his leadership and joined his government. Thus Bhutto family became the first family of Pakistan. Z. Bhutto was educated in Oxford University. His daughter Benazir Bhutto was also educated in the same university. They had numerous friends in high places all over the world.

Zardari family was one rank lower than the Bhutto family before the ascendancy of Z. Bhutto. When Bhutto family ascended to the first family of Pakistan, the Zardari family remained in its own original rank. The distance between the two families widened enormously. The two Baluch families who ruled Sindh became the second after the Bhutto family. Zardari and Bhutto families are both Shia families. The other important families in Sindh and Pakistan were Sunnis. Although Pakistan is an Islamic Republic, the absolute majority of its people are secular and therefore they elect their representatives according to their qualifications and political manifestoes, not according to their religion. But yet, they prefer to arrange their marriages within their own religious sect.

Asif Ali Zardari's father, Hakem Ali Zardari Baloch was a member of Sindh Assembly when Z. Bhutto was the Prime Minister. He was a landlord and he was respected in Sindh. He told me that when the Shah of Iran went to Pakistan, he was part of Bhutto delegation who welcomed the Shah at the airport. The Shah talked to him in Farsi and asking him, "Chetoureed aghaye Zardari?" Hakem Ali responded, "Zardari hastam, amma Zadar nistam." The translation goes something like that. "How are you Mr Zardari?" Asked the shah of Iran. "My name is money keeper but I don't have money." He responded. He had enough wealth but he was not among the top landlords. He was not a highly educated person and therefore, he never assumed a high ranking position in Pakistan.

When Z. Bhutto was overthrown and arrested, the old friends who surrounded him for money, job and power abandoned the family. When the army consolidated its hold on the country, Zia hanged him. A large number of his friends were put in prison. Some others escaped the country. Benazir Bhutto stayed with her father until the end. The conditions were tough for Bhutto family. It was in such tough conditions, that the Zardari clan stayed firmly behind the Bhutto family. Asif and Benazir got married. As soon as the news of marriage was published, the rumours against Asif Ali Zardari began to circulate in Pakistan. There were a lot of manufactured rumours by establishment to destroy him. When Benazir became the Prime Minister, the allegations of fraud, corruption, criminal activities against Asif Ali Zardari began in earnest. He was put in prison but no evidence was produced. He and his supporters claimed that the rumours of corruption and crime were politically motivated as nothing was proved in the court. His opponents claimed that the corruption charges were true but somehow he got away with it.

Today Asif Ali Zardari is the president of Pakistan. He has a unique opportunity to prove that the rumours of corruption were baseless. He has the opportunity to demonstrate a high level of integrity and decency in the government. Nobody can clean the Pakistan establishment. It is beyond any major reform. But Zardari can display his skills in management and leadership. He can give real autonomy to the members of Federation. He must be aware that he has not a good reputation. He must also know that Nawaz Sharif has accused him of breach of promise at least in three occasions. Breach of promise is despised in Baluch culture. His political skills accompanied by breach of promise landed him the job of president but these skills cannot help him retain the job.

In my seminars, I teach a new model which is about how to manage your success successfully. The strategies for managing and retaining success are fundamentally different from the strategies that made somebody successful. The strategy for becoming successful is what Zardari has displayed in the last few months. But the strategy for retaining his success is completely dependent fully on how much he can deliver on the promises that he has given or his wife had given before him. This is the time for Peak Performance. Those political leaders that are elected can only retain their success through delivering the results and these results must be fully felt and sensed by individuals and masses. This is a historical moment for him. In an open letter that I wrote him few weeks ago I advised him to avoid becoming the president of Pakistan as I argued that he would face the same painful fate that the previous presidents and prime ministers of Pakistan have encountered. The establishment of Pakistan is so corrupt and inefficient that it can dissolve the most competent leaders and managers. The establishment would not give him a chance to succeed. They would do everything to prepare the ground for his failure. His failure will be more celebrated. The masses may celebrate his success as they would be the beneficiary of his success. But so far no Prime Minister or president in Pakistan has succeeded. All of them have disgracefully failed. I will be surprised if he can make himself an exception. But in history, like in life, everything is possible by leaders of exceptional visions and skills.

He's not the first Baluch to become the president but he is the first Baluch that have been welcomed by the Baluch people. The Baluch fighters have announced a ceasefire to give him a chance. What the Baluch people want is the respect for the original agreement that was signed by the head of state of Baluchistan and the head of state of Pakistan. They signed an agreement for the union of two sovereign states in a confederation format by which the two states preserve their sovereignty but manage jointly the foreign affairs, currency and army. According to this agreement these issues must be jointly administered. They were not supposed to be solely in the hands of the state of Pakistan. Some of the Baloch fighters want full independence; some others want Baluchistan to be recognised as a sovereign state in a union with Pakistan like European Union. If president Zardari succeeds in restoring this agreement and if he can provide complete autonomy for the four units of the Federation, he will go in history as a man of high integrity and great political courage.

The Pakistani establishment must encourage him to restore the supremacy of Parliament, the independence of judiciary and the full autonomy of the four states as these measures can guarantee the existence of Pakistan. Pakistan has reached a crossroad. If anybody is interested in sustaining Pakistan, he must be interested in the will and welfare of the people who constitute Pakistan. The people of Pakistan want full autonomy. If they get full autonomy they will retain Pakistan. If they do not get full autonomy they will break it. It is the establishment which is responsible for making or breaking of Pakistan. It must be remembered that if there is no Pakistan, there is no Pakistani establishment. The Pakistanis establishment would enjoy its privileges if the people of Pakistan fulfill their aspirations. The establishment is living on the people of Pakistan and if the people are not living well there would not be a Pakistan establishment.

Nobody has been so much suspected as Zardari. Nobody has been so discredited and vilified as him. If he has any talent it is time to use this opportunity to manifest integrity beyond doubts and clean himself before that time that he becomes another victim of Pakistan politics.

Reza Hossein Borr is an NLP Master Trainer and a leadership consultant and the creator of 150 CDs and 14 Change management models. He is also the author of Manual Success, Manual of Coaching and Mentoring, Motivational Stories that Can Change Your Life, and a New Vision for the Islamic World. He can be contacted by email: sarawani@aol.com www.rezaaa.com

A list of some of the arrested Baloch in Iran (between 2006-2008)

2008-09-12T08:06:00.000-07:00

The destruction of another Sunni mosque in Iran and its consequences

2008-08-30T05:53:00.000-07:00

Reza Hossein Borr

The security forces of Iran attacked a mosque and a religious school at three o'clock in the morning today, 27 August 2008, arrested the students and staff and destroyed the mosque and the religious school in the North East of Baluchistan, Iran. The security forces used several bulldozers and tractors to completely destroy the building of Imam Abu Hanifa Mosque in Azimabad, a suburb of the city of Zabol. Nobody knows what has happened to the students, teachers and staff of the school and the mosque. The people who witnessed this morning operations observed that the students and teachers were very frightened. The security forces began beating them as soon as they attacked the school and bundled them into secure police cars as they were crying and screaming. The attack happened at a time that all of the students and staff were sleeping. There was not any warning by the police or security forces about the destruction of the mosque and the school.

The Iranian authorities destroyed another mosque about a year ago in the northern part of Iran and its Imam and staff were arrested and thrown into prison. Several mosques which belonged to the Sunnis of Iran have been destroyed since the emergence of the Shia fanatic Republic of Iran. There are 15 to 20 million Sunnis in Iran. They have been discriminated against systematically. Molana Ahamad Narouee, the deputy director of the main theological school in Zahedan was arrested two weeks ago. The security forces have demanded that the religious school must expel all foreign students who are studying at the school. According to the head of the school a small number of students from the Central Asian republics are studying in the school. But they have been denied students visas. There are hundreds of Shia students from the Central Asian republics who are studying in different Shia theological schools of Iran.

Fifteen thousand foreign students are studying in the Iranian Shia schools. The Iranian regime has given them scholarship and pays for their families too. These students learn the Iranian version of Shia which believes the Sunnis are infidels. The students will return back to their home countries with very strong radical, militant and anti-Sunni studies which will create enormous divisions between the Sunnis and Shia population of Islamic countries.

Imam Abu Hanifa Mosque was destroyed once before and the people had to relocate it. The religious leaders of Baluchistan and Iran protested against destruction of the Sunni mosques but so far the Iranian regime has continued its policy of destroying Sunni mosques in different parts of Iran while it is building new Shia mosques in Sunni dominated villages and cities. The Irna news agency reported on 25th of August that the government has sent 600 Shia missionaries to the Sunni dominated areas of Baluchistan to convert the Sunnis in Islam as if the Sunnis are not Moslems. The way they have trained these missionaries indicate that they clearly believe that the Sunnis are not Moslems and they must be converted into Shiism which is the real Islam. The process of Shiaeezation of the Sunnis began from the beginning of Islamic Republic but so far the regime has very little success in converting the Sunnis into Shiism, yet the financial rewards that the Iranian regime is providing for the newly-converted Moslems
( Shia) have been very tempting as some of the Afghani and Pakistani Shias have gone to Iran and claimed to be Baluch Sunnis and they were ready to have the honour of becoming Moslems (Shia). The Shia fanatic regime pays thousands of dollars to the newly converted Shias to persuade them to convert their relatives and children. Consequently some bloody disputes have happened among the members of the same family who have refused to change their religion.

The destruction of Imam Abu Hanifa Mosque in Azimabad will not be the last onslaught of the Shia regime on the Sunnis of Iran. The Iranian constitution allows diversity of religion and respects the performance of religious duties but the Iranian regime ignores its own constitution and arrests religious leaders, destroys the Sunni schools and mosques. In reaction to the systematic Shia offensive on the Baluch and other Sunnis of Iran, the process of intensification of religious feelings in Sunnis are widening and deepening all over ran. As the Iranian regime defines itself as the lawful and legitimate heritage of Islam, the Iranian Sunnis have responded by identifying themselves as true Moslems.

The Iranian Sunnis were usually secular minded people but the Shia aggression has turned them into Sunni political militants. Lack of support by the international community and Islamic countries have pushed the Sunni Muslims of Iran towards the only sources of support that are available and they are Taleban and Alqaedah. The international community could have supported the Sunnis of Iran to move them away from Taleban and Alqaedah but it seems that there is a concerted effort to allow the Islamic Shia regime of Iran to continue the oppression of the Sunnis. There was some news that some young Iranian Sunnis who have been disappointed by the Islamic and Arab governments have become sympathetic to Taleban. The majority of the people who live in the Eastern part of Iran are Sunnis and when they become sympathetic to Taleban, the movement of Taleban and Alqaedah members and the power of their manoeuvres in the region become more dynamic and widespread. The pressure by the government on the Sunnis is so brutal that the Sunnis feel desperate for any kind of help which relieves some of the pressures on them. The Sunni governments and countries so far have refused to help them directly as the Iranian regime is widely supporting the Shias of all countries, or exerting some practical pressure on the Iranian regime to stop further discrimination and pressure on them.

The international community must use all United Nations Conventions and human rights charters which allow freedom of worship to exert pressure on the Iranian regime to halt the destruction of Sunni mosques and media onslaught on Sunni principles. The Iranian Sunnis witness everyday unbearable offences against the Sunni principles of Islam. The intensification of pressure on Sunnis would have severe consequences, not only for Iran and Iranians but also for international community when the patience of Sunnis ran out and a religious war between the two sects of Islam may begin. At the same time when the pressure becomes unbearable on the Sunnis of Iran they may look for separation from Iran as their locations are located near the borders of Iran with other countries.

The Iranian government, the Shia population of Iran and the opposition groups of Iran, Iranian intellectuals, journalists and human rights activists will be responsible for any civil or religious war in Iran or for any separatist movement that maybe created in Iran if they do not stop the regime from further execution of the Sunni leaders and destruction of their schools, mosques and violations of their rights. The political, social and cultural discrimination against the Sunnis would have added consequences in which the Sunni people of Iran will lose any hope for a better life in Iran. Those Iranian who choose silence over the brutal oppression of the Iranian nationalities and Sunnis will be responsible for any civil war that might follow as the consequence of these repressive policies.

Reza Hossein Borr is an NLP Master Trainer and a leadership consultant and the creator of 150 CDs and 14 Change management models. He is also the author of Manual Success, Manual of Coaching and Mentoring, Motivational Stories that Can Change Your Life, and a New Vision for the Islamic World. He can be contacted by email:www.sarawani@aol.com www.rezaaa.com

An open letter to Mr Asif Zardari

2008-08-27T12:28:00.000-07:00

Reza Hossein Borr

If you know what will happen to you after you become the president, you have to look at the fate of those who have become president before you. What happened to them will happen to you. There is no exception in history of Pakistan. Pakistan swallows its Presidents and Prime Ministers. If you want to be hanged like your father in law, if you want to be killed in an aeroplane crash like general Zia, If you want to have the disgraceful fate of General Musharaf, then become the president or Prime Minister.

I am writing this letter to you because your father was a good friend of mine. When he used to come to London he visited me regularly. He loved Persian poetry and I arranged for some of my great Persian poets to meet him in my home and read poem for him. I also met you once when I and your father arranged a meeting between you and your wife and a great Iranian friend of mine that I cannot name. And you are a Baluch and I don't want a Baluch statesman to go in history as a disgraced leader. Stupidity is not monopolized only by other nations. All of us had a share of it. But this is pure stupidity.

People want to become rich because they see the rich people enjoying life. If people love to become celebrity, it is because they see that the celebrities enjoy enormous popularity, wealth and fame. You have all of these things now without being accountable. You enjoy fame and power and you are not accountable to anybody. Why anybody should change this exceptional privilege? You are like a king with authorities and without responsibilities. At the same time, you have the authority to make things happen and appoint other people to do things and when they do not succeed, you can bring them down and make them accountable. This is a position that can happen really in history. The Gandhis are enjoying the same status. It seems that they have understood and the importance of respect and dignity.

If you want to go into a profession, first look at those who have gone in that profession before you and what has happened to them. Surely you do not want to happen to you what has already happened to previous president and prime ministers. Mr Zardari, your future is quite clear. It will be the same as of Bhutto, General Zia and General Musharaf. It would not be any different unless a miracle happens. You have acted like a statesman after the death of your wife, Mr Zardari. You have shown that you have the capacity to learn many lessons from the history of Pakistan but if you accept to become the president of Pakistan, You would prove that you have not learnt anything from the history and you deserve to become another victim of your ignorance. Ambition without skills can kill.

When you got married to Benazir Bhutto everybody said that you won a lottery. I did not agree with them. At that time the Bhuttos were abandoned by their friends. It did not seem that Bhuttos can bounce back. Yet, you took a great risk in marrying Benazir Bhutto. You helped her recover herself from the betrayals of friends and foes. When she became the Prime Minister, there were a lot of rumours that you got involved in large-scale corruption. You are the only person who knows whether those charges were true or not. If you were rightly charged, you paid for them when you were thrown into prison for a long time.

Maybe prison was the place where you learnt to become wise. Now when a lot of people flatter you, recall the days that you were in prison. Prison is still there. If you do not want to go back to the prison do not do what you did before. When people are in power they forget that their power will end one day. Surely you know that very well. You know the Baluch leader Akbar Khan Bugti. You know that he was a controversial figure. He did many things in his life but in the last days of his life he realised how well to die. Many people know how to live but most of them do not know how to die to achieve lasting life. Akbar Khan Bugti turned himself into a national hero when he refused high positions and went for justice and equality. It was the seeking of justice that made him eternally great, not seeking of high position.

It is your turn now, Mr Zardari. You have a chance to make history. But more than that, you can make yourself a great part of history. Kingmakers are more important than kings.

Reza Hossein Borr is an NLP Master Trainer and a leadership consultant and the creator of 150 CDs and 14 Change management models. He is also the author of Manual Success, Manual of Coaching and Mentoring, Motivational Stories that Can Change Your Life, and a New Vision for the Islamic World. He can be contacted by email: www.sarawani@aol.com www.rezaaa.com

The destruction of another Sunni mosque in Iran and its consequences

2008-08-27T12:18:00.000-07:00

Can power shift to powerless nations?

2008-08-02T10:00:00.000-07:00

Can power shift to powerless nations?
Reza Hossein Borr, London, 20.7.08

Do the powerless remain powerless forever? Do the helpless remain helpless forever? Do the nations who do not have their own governments will remain stateless forever? Do the powerful remain powerful what so ever? Do the strong remain strong forever? If this is the case, what has happened to the Persian Empire? What happened to the Pharaohs of Egypt? What happened to the Roman Empire? What happened to Islamic Empire? What happened to Mongolian Empire? What happened to the Ottoman Empire? What happened to the British Empire? What happened to the Austrian Empire? What happened to the German Empire? What happened to the Soviet Union? What happened to Yugoslavia?

These powerful Empires seemed invincible at the peak of their time. But all of them are gone and they are part of history. If it was not written in the books, nobody could believe that there was a Persian Empire looking at the present situation of Iran. If it was not written in the books, nobody could believe that there was ever a Roman Empire looking at the present situation of Italy and Greece. If it was not written in the books, nobody could believe that there was once the Mongolia Empire that ruled half of the world. If it was not written in the books, nobody could believe that some nomadic Arabs from the centre of Saudi Arabia had demolished two of the greatest empires of the world. This is the case with the rest.

More important than all, nobody believed that one small country like the United Kingdom could form an Empire that the sun did not set in it. And yet it happened. Nobody could believe that one State of Israel could defeat 22 Arab countries and 300 million people. But that's what happened. At the same time, nobody could believe that the same State of Israel was defeated and frustrated by the small organization of Hezbollah.

The fact of history is that power shifts from one country to another country and from one nation to another nation. One nation which is great today will be impoverished tomorrow and a poor country of today will become a great country of tomorrow. This is the rule of history. If it is understood by the countries that are powerful now they will act in a way that when they lose power they will be treated more humanely. The way today the great powers are treating the small nations will be remembered if not by all but by the oppressed nations. It is the oppression that creates intensive feelings for building power from within. This inbuilt and self-built drive for accumulating power becomes more intensive when the oppression on them becomes more extensive.

The Israelis state never dreamed that one day it would be frustrated by the smart strategies of a small organization that has accumulated power from within and without. The Hezbollah members have been suppressed and oppressed for centuries. They have been humiliated by many governments and rulers. They have been subject of discrimination and destruction. They have always been waiting for the right moment to grab to recover their strength, to rule out submission and generate sufficient sustainable ambition in themselves to create conditions in which they can stand firm in the face of an enemy which looked invincible. They could not convince anybody before they engaged in the war of attrition that they could last for 33 days instead of five or seven days. At the end, the Israelis did not achieve their objectives and were not able to destroy Hezbollah and its capabilities as their defined objectives.

It is true that Hezbollah received enormous support from different countries but it had unlimited inner strength too. The same case is true of Israel. When the Arab states could not defeat Israel, the Arab people did. Israel defeated Arab governments, not the Arab people. The Hezbollah opted for a people's war, for a war that people wanted to fight. In the war against the people, it is difficult to succeed. When you oppress people, you press them to summon their oppressed powers and open their horizon to new prospects. The globalization has spread power and divided it among different peoples and governments. Power is not concentrated anymore in one place and in one centre; it is generated everywhere. Because of their sheer persistent devotions and dedications, some people can acquire power through knowledge and skills. The fortunate thing is nobody can stop anybody from acquiring skills and knowledge for achieving a goal if there is sufficient drive behind it. Having knowledge is power but applying it with skill and wisdom makes it invincible.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Milosevic of Yugoslavia concentrated the state powers in his own hand and in the hands of state of Serbia. He never thought that he could be defeated by an assembly of nations. Several nations seceded from Yugoslavia one after another just because Serbia could not understand that what was powerless now may be powerful tomorrow. It is true that the world is extremely ruthless and merciless; but at the same time the world has become smaller than ever and globalization has put people near each other. They can feel each other now. The people and the governments of the world could remain silent if the powerful dictators begin to exert ruthless genocide and ethnic cleansing in certain areas of the world but if the target nations can continue their resistance long enough, there will be other people and other nations who withstand and support them. Yugoslavian government never thought that one day the American and European aeroplanes and armies would bombard its bases; yet they did as the international community observed unbelievable resistance of the peoples who had decided to pursue freedom.

When the British decided to politically occupy India, Britain had 10 million populations and India had about 100 million populations. The British technology empowered the British soldiers to defeat the Indian army and destroy their freedom and independence. Two hundred years later, India is emerging as a prosperous, strong and powerful nation. The fragmented India lost war against a very small but powerful country. Now the power is shifting from America and Europe to Asia where it was originally developed. To be able to compete with India and China, the European small but powerful countries decided to create European Union. They are expanding that regularly and continuously but yet, its population is less than India and its power is likely to be less than India in the next decades.

To enable themselves to continue their power, European countries are seeking alliance with other countries. The French president's initiative for forming Mediterranean Union is a great example. There are 44 countries that have borders with Mediterranean Sea. They have both similarities and differences with the European Union but they are closest to European Union geographically, historically and culturally. There are already millions of people from Mediterranean area who are living in Europe, building a possible bridge for the extension of European Union into Mediterranean Union.

Instead of all these initiatives, nothing is certain of the future. The weak countries of Asia are becoming aware of their identity and historical background. They are searching their souls in history to look for new guidelines and searchlights for their newly found power of emergence. Search for power is essential when your survival is at stake. The people, who are finding themselves at the brink of extinction, can invigorate now their will for seeking new strategies which can make them successful in retaining not only their identity but also getting the opportunity for a comprehensive resurrection.

The Baluch people like the Kurds have been subject of ruthless policies by several governments whose only point of similarity is their desire and will for breaking the will of these people for self-government. The more the Baluch and Kurds receive oppression, the more they become determined for searching for new ways of acquiring sufficient power to press for their national rights. A nation cannot allow itself to gradually disappear from the face of the earth because its enemies have forced them into that situation. Every people, every individual and every class now have different viable options for fighting constructively to regain its lawful rights. As the oppression spreads, more individual become aware of their oppressed status and seek new ways of asserting themselves in international community. Whatever the ruthlessness of the oppressive governments may be, the determination of the oppressed will double and triple to rise over the capabilities of the opponents.

The powerful will not retain their power forever. The powerless will not remain powerless forever. Power shifts from one country to another country and from one person another. The ruthless governments make the powerless feel the intensity of pressure. The intensity of pressure forms the scale and volume of will for actions. As the pressure becomes more intense, the natural resources of the oppressed for survival open up widely and flow in all directions to attract support and substantiate reasons for survival.
Intensity of the oppression also brings with it the intensity for personal, tribal and national awareness in the oppressed and forces them to know the ingredients in their identity that bring oppression. These phenomena will move the oppressed beyond the limits of consciousness that has been imposed on them. The new level of consciousness begins to grow. Along with the consciousness, a series of higher level of instincts wake-up to generate the kind of skills that are needed at the crucial times in life. The intensity of will for survival along with the extensivity of skills takes the individual or nations to a new level of creativity in which solutions begin to flow. The moments of death and life may happen for one individual in normal conditions very rarely but the moments of life and death are the most generative moments in life and happen in the life of the oppressed regularly and therefore, multiply his thinking and action power to a level where success becomes inevitable.

Nations like Baluch, Kurd, Pashtun, Chechen and few other nations are going through this extremely generative moment and process of life and death. This is the reason that we see the Pashtun nationalists employ Islam as a cover and a shield for promoting their nationalistic ideas of having their independent state. The intensity of oppression has created the intensity in the ideology they have brought in to rescue themselves. Intensity in the feelings of Islamism is directly related to the pressure on them from different sides. If we look at the history of Taleban and Alqaedah in the region of Baluchistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan, you will see that the people of the region increased extremism of Islam to match the pressure coming from the West and the governments of the region. At the beginning, Alqaedah and Taleban movement were limited to a small region. No doubt it has spread in a wide region in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The main soldiers of Taleban are the Pashtun, the Baluch who look at Islam as their way of salvation. Radical Islam is roaming in the region which has major problems beyond Islam.

If the oppression of the Baluch and Pashtun continues, radicalism and extremism in Islam and nationalism will continue to grow to match the forces of the other side. Islam is not any more an objective and the struggle against the West and the governments of region is not a jihad against the infidels. It is their liberation movement that is seeking the liberation of some nations that are spearheading Islamic movement as the goal although it is for accomplishing other tasks beyond Islamic principles.

Keeping in mind that power shifts, the shifting of power requires certain tools and means. These tools and means are employed to attain some objectives that are not clearly defined in the public field. The idea is to do something but to achieve something else which is not publicised. What is publicised is an objective which is acceptable to the wider range of people who can help in materialising the hidden agenda. If they use the original goal and promote it, it is unlikely that they will receive international support. Certainly the cause of the people of Pashtun, Kurd or Baluch is not the concern of many nations. Talking about Baluch oppression and nationalism obviously will not give them the natural response that they expect from the people of region. The Pashtuns use another effective mechanism which has already been deeply felt in the hearts and minds of millions of people and it is Islam. They are using Islam to acquire national independence.

The Taleban were seeking the support of the regional governments to promote Islamic radicalism as a tool for liberation of Pashtunistan. When they did not receive positive responses from the governments of the region, they directly resorted to the masses and what was very dear to masses and that was Islam. If the governments could not support, the people could; and therefore now these are the Moslems all over the world that are challenging support for the Taleban and Alqaedah.

The Afghans used Islam to capture India and rule it for several centuries. They have employed Islam also for capturing Central Asia territories and ruling them. It has worked in the past and it may work now and in the future. The perseverance is the key word.
Reza Hossein Borr is a leadership consultant and the creator of 150 CDs and 14 Change management models. He is also the author of Manual Success, Manual of Coaching and Mentoring, Motivational Stories that Can Change Your Life, and a New Vision for the Islamic World. He can be contacted by email: balochfront@aol.com

Acceptable defined goals and unacceptable hidden agendas

2008-08-02T09:50:00.000-07:00

Acceptable defined goals and unacceptable hidden agendas
Reza Hossein Borr

The heaviness of the burden of Kurdish massacres in the last several decades has inflicted heavy pains on the conscience of many people in the world and specifically the Western intellectuals and leaders. The sufferings of the Kurds have caused enormous debate in the governments, think tanks, universities and media. Millions of people shared their sufferings but few people took their cause seriously.

The massacres of Kurds by Saddam Hussein infuriated the Western world and they decided to support them through the Shah of Iran. The main supporter of Kurdish cause was the US after Iraq was pushed by Saddam Hussein in the Soviet Union camp. Iran and Iraq were allied closely to two hostile camps of capitalism and communism. To punish Saddam Hussein, the US, the West and the Shah of Iran used the Kurdish cause to destabilise Iraq of Saddam Hussein. To counter this action, Saddam Hussein began to support Iranian dissidents including the Arabs, the Baluch and the leftist groups of Iran. Supporting the dissidents from both sides was costly and therefore, the Shah of Iran decided to reach an agreement with Saddam Hussein and signed Algiers agreement abandoning the Kurds.

According to many analysts today, that was the cause of the fall of the Shah of Iran and later that of Saddam Hussein. A considerable number of intellectuals and leaders across the world could not see that the fate of the stateless nation of Kurd dropped from the international agenda. As the Shah of Iran was the main supporter of the Kurds and the main initiator of Algiers agreement he was identified as the main source of abandoning the Kurds. The Shah's policies for improving his relationship with the Arabs were also identified as a blow to very close relationships between Iran and Israel. Some analysts believe that the plan for removing the Shah of Iran was hatched in that time to open the way for a sustainable campaign for the creation of a Kurdish state and bringing a regime in Iran which infuriated Arab countries. The conscience of the world was not ready to see more massacres of Kurds.

The defined goal of the Kurds was having their own independent state but that was not even conceivable when all countries of the region opposed it vigorously as creation of such a state meant the disintegration of several major regional powers. The Western world led by the US reached this conclusion that the Kurds would continue to fight and be massacre until they build their own state. Supporting them was not an easy task as Turkey and Iran were two main allies of the West in the region. After the fall of the Shah and the emergence of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the war between Iran and Iraq, Halabcha was bombarded with chemical weapons which resulted into the sudden death of more than 5,000 innocent Kurds. This incident created a new will and determination in the Western world that Saddam Hussein must be removed and a new state must be created but again no country in the region was prepared to see the fall of Saddam Hussein and the creation of a new state.

This is when a new strategy was designed which had honorable and admirable defined goals which were accepted by the international community but had another unacceptable by-product and that was the creation of a Kurdish state. The United States of America and the West knew that the countries of the region and specifically Turkey would not allow the creation of a new Kurdish state. The Arab countries were totally against that state too. Iran opposed it too. The West therefore had to design a new policy in which developing and establishing democracy in the Middle East was placed at the top of the agenda. International community also supported the idea of democracy for the Middle East. A large number of people in the region accepted the policy of democracy and welcomed it. All the governments of the region opposed it unanimously. Some of the Arab governments knew that if democracy is established in the region all of the present regimes will be removed from the power although they were close allies of United States of America. Some of them argued that if the secular governments of the Middle East are removed, the Islamic extremists will take over as they did in Iran. For different reasons, all of them oppose it.

Regardless of the opposition of the governments of the Middle East, the US and its allies decided to forward this policy as it was not really the main objective but the outcome was something completely different. They began identifying different countries that could be a model of democracy. Iraq was identified as a good example for spreading democracy. But in fact Iran was, not Iraq; if the outcome was democracy. At this stage nobody believed that the idea of turning Iraq as a model of democracy was intended to create a Kurdish state in which the Kurds would not be massacred anymore again.

The defined goals of establishing democracy was acceptable by the Iraqi people and international community but the creation of a Kurdish state was acceptable neither for the countries that had considerable Kurdish population nor for the Arab countries. The West decided to go forward, not mentioning the Kurds in their defined goals. The objective was establishing democracy, and the target was Saddam. The unacceptable outcome which could not be defined and promoted in the region was the creation of a Kurdish state. Today the state of Kurdistan is a reality as it is the state of Israel. The dictators in the area are against them but the US is ready to go to any length to protect them. To achieve your goals, you must have the mind of a sophisticated strategist that understands the realities of the ground and turn them in your favor. There are no bad conditions if you learn how to manipulate them.

The idea of an acceptable defined goal and unacceptable hidden agenda has been adopted by many in history including the Pashtuns. The Pashtuns and the Taleban never talked about the creation of a new state of Pashtunistan. They knew if they talk about Pashtunistan it means the disintegration of Pakistan and possibly Afghanistan. Two countries were not likely to be destroyed to create a new country. That was neither acceptable internationally nor regionally as all countries in the region have various ethnic population that want independence.
The Pashtuns shrewdly defined themselves as Taleban Moslem to advance Islam as the saviour of the people in the region. The international support began to come in for Muslims who were fighting against the infidels.

The goals that face popular resistance are not usually announced and have never been announced fully publically throughout history. An ambitious person who wants power and privilege cannot gain power unless he uses an ideology or religion. The Islamic Republic of Iran is using religion to retain power and privilege. They have equalized Islam to themselves. If they give up Islam nobody will accept an Ayatollah as undisputed leader of any country. The more attractive they describe Islam, the more attractive they become. There have been thousands of Gods and there have been at least 120,000 prophets. All of them were created and used in order to enable certain people to acquire power and privilege. Just nobody can gain power and privilege directly without using an acceptable medium. The medium could be different in different ages and places. For some it was religion; for another group it was an ideology and now it is democracy. But shrewd people always can find it justifiable to get what they want using something attractive.

But that is the strategy of the shrewd ones. The less shrewd ones and the more straightforward people define and promote their goals openly even if they are opposed by the public. They have a right to do so but they make things extremely difficult for themselves. The defined goals could be easily falsified and vilified by those who do not like them. The Islamic Republic of Iran even can vilify the most acceptable principle which is human rights. The Americans and the West vilify Taleban as totally unacceptable way of living and fighting. The Taleban vilified democracy as the tool used by the West to dominate the East and Islamic countries and disrupt their cultural system.

It seems the shrewd politicians and campaigners have found the strategy of disguising their real intentions in popular, admirable and acceptable goals. They see the goals as the destination and they use different roles, roads and tools for reaching them. It doesn't make a difference which route they take and which tools they use. The important thing is the destination. If the Pashtuns want to have an independent state they use the kind of tools and roads which are acceptable to a large number of people and bring the world to a conclusion by which their goal is realised without even being defined publicly. When the American general Mullen suggested that there must be a referendum in North West Frontier province of Pakistan to see whether the Pashtuns want an independent state or be part of Pakistan, this was a conclusion that the Americans reached quite naturally after they find out that they are unable to stablise the region. That was a conclusion that was reached as the consequence of the developments that are happening in the region. The West and Americans are looking for a solution that can stabilise the whole region. They use the most effective weapons and forces but they could not stabilise it in their favour. They financed Pakistan army to suppress Alqaeda and Taleban but Pakistan army could not achieve that. The natural conclusion is quite clear: if the Pakistan army, if the Afghan army and if the American army and other countries are not able to eliminate the Taleban directly with their military forces, there must be another way of achieving the goal even if it is hard to use or acceptable by the other countries in the region: a viable self-determination for Pashtuns. The right of self-determination has never been mentioned by the Pashtuns or Taleban. Surely they know about it but since publicising and promoting it does not work in the region they have completely ignored it.

At the same time, the Baluch people in Pakistan have been fighting openly for decades for their right to self-determination. Nobody supports them. Nobody promotes their cause and nobody takes this idea to international organizations. The right to self-determination has been created and defined by the United Nations. It has been accepted at some stages in history by many countries. It can be used if the international circumstances moved in that direction. The cases of old parts of Yugoslavia are good examples but in case of Baloch, it did not attract any support. It just does not appeal to the people of the region to stir interest. Islam is just stronger than justice, fairness and rights.

As the Americans did not define and promoted publicly the creation of the state of Kurdistan, they practically facilitated its creation and as the Talebans and mainly Pashtuns never talked about the right to self-determination of Pashtunistan or the creation of the Pashtun state, but what they did practically brought the Americans and the West to this conclusion that the creation of a Pashtun state is a viable solution for resolving the matter of Islamic fundamentalism and extremism in the region. None of these two goals were publicly defined and promoted. Even some Pashtun politicians and organizations opposed the idea of an independent state to conceal their intention more than before. This was another very effective decision by the Pashtuns and Pashtun leaders. They would not give any reasonable and acceptable excuse to Pakistan authorities to oppress them; thus they also retained the support of the Moslems and Taleban from different countries.

Why they should oppose the opportunity of right to self-determination made by American general Mullen at this definitive moment? The answer is very clear. They are not strong enough to impose their will yet. Pakistan's internal policies have not yet reached the breaking point. Pakistani politicians and Punjabis and the establishment have not yet proved their total incompetence in managing the country. The country is directed by the establishment in that direction anyway. The Punjabis have not yet realised that they will be better off in their own independent state as the present situation will move regularly and gradually to a point where the establishment realizes that the end has come. The breakup possibly would be like the Soviet Union when there is no any whole for holding different units together at the cost of destroying each other completely. It is a long way to that point and therefore the Pashtuns will be wise to increase their Islamic activities under the pretext of Taleban and Talebanise the whole country in order to create a situation where and when it is not manageable. That will be the natural direction of movement of the events which will bring in the evidently hidden agenda of an independent Pashtunistan. The first outcome of having an independent state would be achieved even though it would be very restrictive Islamic country but eventually and gradually evolves towards more freedom and democracy. The first things first. And the first and the best thing is the preservation of Pashtun's identity and entity as it has been already secured.

There are partial players in the breaking of Pakistan and the creation of the state of Pashtunistan. What will break up Pakistan is the incompetence of the establishment and its greed for monopoly of power and resources; its total opposition to justice and equality. As prophet Mohammad said, “A country will remain and survive with infidelity but will not survive with oppression."

Reza Hossein Borr is a leadership consultant and the creator of 150 CDs and 14 Change management models. He is also the author of Manual Success, Manual of Coaching and Mentoring, Motivational Stories that Can Change Your Life, and a New Vision for the Islamic World. He can be contacted by email: balochfront@aol.com www.rezaa.com

Justice wes sacrificed in Iran

2007-10-23T09:31:00.000-07:00

When you allow the justice to be sacrificed, it turns against you.
ByReza Hossein Borr

When you choose silence over the execution of one person, you allow the execution of the next person to happen. When you allow the truth to be sacrificed once, you allow the truth to be sacrificed again and again.

Massacres always begin with the execution of one person and when the executioner does not receive unbearable responses, he will continue to kill again and again until the killings turns into massacres.

The international community chose to focus on the possibility of production of nuclear weapon by the Iranian regime as it may endanger people outside Iran. They never gave sufficient attention and focus to the massacres that were carried out inside Iran. The Iranian regime is not allowed to become a danger to the outside world but it is ok if it hangs 21 Iranians in one day.

When the international community did not become adequately vocal about the executions at the beginning of the revolution, the regime found out that it can continue the executions at later stages at larger scale. When the Iranian political figures and human rights activists chose to be silent on the executions of Iranians at the beginning of the revolution; they allowed the Iranian regime to extend the executions to those who have partly participated in the executions of the previous ones.

The truth is sacrificed for interests but somehow the truth manages to find those interests and destroy them. When a person makes certain calculations and weighs the merits of the truth and his own interests and concludes that his interests are more important than the truth, somehow the truth will get back to the person. The Iranian revolutionaries consciously or unconsciously participated in the execution of their opponents and again when the government found that the executions are acceptable to certain groups in Iran, it extended the executions to those who agreed to executions of the regime’s opponents before them.

Tyranny starts from the moment that you see somebody being oppressed and you do nothing about it. The tyrant uses your silence as an indication of his righteousness to oppress. The oppressed sees your silence as an indication of your satisfaction over his oppression and convinces himself that he deserved oppression. Your silence confirms the righteousness of the tyrant’s policy of oppression.

When the Western world and Arab countries did not protest strongly over the execution of the Iranian citizens, the Iranian regime concluded that it was right in what it did and therefore, concluded that it could do the same thing to others and consequently took American diplomats as hostage. When the Americans did not take any action to release their hostages, the Iranian regime concluded that it can take hostages in other countries and therefore, used its proxy agents in theMiddle East to take the Western citizens as hostage. When the Americans and the western countries did not take any action to stop the Iranian regime from taking their citizens further as hostage, the Iranian government began to plant huge bombs in different places that they were frequented by the Americans and the Western people.

The silence encouraged Iranian government to take the next step towards widening its terrorist activities. If the Americans had taken serious actions to release their diplomats, today Iran would not be an international threat to its neighbour, international community and its own people. The silence of the Americans and the Western powers allowed the Iranian regime to reach the present state of power in the Middle East.

The Americans and their allies realised from the early days of occupation of Iraq that the Iranian regime was interfering in the affairs ofIraq. They remained silent. The Iranian regime concluded that it can go one step higher. She began to train and finance the Shia groups that had close allies with. The Americans either chose to be silent or did not take any action to stop her. And Iran concluded that it can go one step further. She started training, arming and financing the Alqaedah members.

The Americans and the allies didn’t take any tangible action and the Iranian government concluded that it can take even more steps. She started arming and financing the Sunnis. Still the Americans did not take any action and therefore, the Iranian regime started killing Americans and her allies and concluded that it can practically run a large part of Iraq. This is how now the Iranian agents are governing the Southern part of Iraq which is the most important part of the country. This part of Iraq is where oil is, it is where that the country gets connected to sea, it is where the route between Baghdad and South and the rest of the country exists.

The British have withdrawn from Basra. Don’t they really know what happens in
Basra? Don’t they know that the part of the country is under full control of Iranian revolutionary guards and its agents? They do know that. But why they withdrew from
Basra then? This is the question.

The British wants Iran to have possession of the South part ofIraq. Iran has fought several wars with the Ottoman Empire to capture Basra and the holy cities of Najaf and
Karbala. Now God through the British facilitated that.

A large number of Iranian politicians are the victims of their own mistakes when they sacrificed the truth for their interests. The issue of justice was not deeply embedded in their conscience. Justice cannot survive when the truth is sacrificed. And those who allowed the justice to be sacrificed, they allowed themselves to be the target of sacrifice. They just sacrificed justice for some temporary gains.

The Americans were silent when the Iranian trained terrorists targeted Iraqis of different sects and religions. Their silence encouraged Iranian regime to target the Americans. The Americans accepted to be killed again and again and still did not take any action. This again encouraged the regime that they can continue the policy of killing not only the Iraqis but the Americans.
It was the American and the British silence that encouraged the Iranian involvement in the affairs ofIraq in the first place. The Iranians thought they were allowed to get involved and they would continue to get involved in different stages until they are stopped. Neither the Americans nor the British and their allies have stopped the Iranians from interfering in the affairs of Iraq, killing Americans and western citizens. That means that the regime can still continue to expand its involvement and interference to a greater scale.

But when enough will be enough? This, we will not know until the Americans, the British and their allies practically take some wide range actions to stop the Iranian regime. When that will happen, I cannot know now. When the Americans would stop them? The Americans and the British have some plans. They know when and where to stop the Iranian regime.
It seems that Iran is still allowed to advance further in the Arab world, but how far? We do not now that.

Reza Hossein Borr is a leadership consultant and the creator of 150 CDs.He is also the author of Manual Success, Manual of Coaching and Mentoring, Motivational Stories that Can Change Your Life, and a New Vision for the Islamic World. He can be contacted by email: balochfront@aol.com www.coachingandmentoringonline.com
©Copyright, Reza Hossein Borr, 2007,London, UK

Turkish incursion in Iraq and the emergence of a Kurdish state

2007-10-23T09:25:00.000-07:00

Turkish incursion in Iraq and the emergence of a Kurdish state

By Reza Hosein Borr

Having power does not make one right. Not having power does not make one wrong. Those who are in power now think that they are right in whatever they do and those who do not have the power are wrong in whatever they do. When Stalin was in power he thought that he was right in everything he did but now everybody has realised he was wrong in everything he did.

The fall of somebody who is in power begins the moment that he thinks that having power has made him right. Ideology does not make anybody right. Religion does not make anybody right. Interests do not make anybody right. Power does not make anybody right. Being right does not come from any of these sources. Being right comes from adhering to the values of justice, fairness, humanness, equality and the good deeds.

Victory brings glory. Defeat brings shame. When people become victorious they take glory with grace and pride. When they get defeated they cannot handle the shame and therefore, they begin to blame others. When the Ottoman Empire was on its peak, people of different religions were not considered as threat to the security of the state. In fact people of different religions were considered as great assets who brought different talents to the empire. Once the decline of the empire began, the rulers could not handle the shame of being defeated regularly by the Russians and other powers and they began to blame the Armenians, the Arabs, the Kurds, and many others. That's what the Ottoman Empire did after it was defeated by the Russians.

They started blaming the Armenians who were Christians.
By 1914, Ottoman authorities had already begun a propaganda drive to present Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire as a threat to the country's security. An Ottoman naval officer in the War Office described the planning: In order to justify this enormous crime the requisite propaganda material was thoroughly prepared in Istanbul. It included such statements as. "The Armenians are in league with the enemy. They will launch an uprising in Istanbul, kill off the Ittihadist leaders and will succeed in opening the straits of the Dardanless."1
The beginning of blaming the Armenians for their defeat was the beginning of their total collapse. The blaming mind leads always to failure.
The Armenian people had always lived in that part of world. They were sometimes under the rule of the Persian Empire. After the decline of the Persian Empire, they were under the control of the Ottoman Empire first and then under the Russian empire and the Soviet Union. Like Greeks and Jews, the Armenians were labelled as Dhimmis and, "they were subject to laws different from those applied to Muslims." 2
"In May 1915, Mehmet Talat Pasha requested the cabinet .. to legalize the deportations of the Armenians of Anatolia. On May 1915 CUP Central Committee passed the Temporary Law of Deportation, giving the Ottoman government and military authorization to deport anyone it "sensed" as a threat to national security." 3
Several months later, the Temporary Law of Expropriation and Confiscation was passed, stating that all property, including land, livestock, and homes belonging to Armenians, was to be confiscated by the authorities. Ottoman parliamentary representative, Ahmed Reza protested the legislation:
"It is unlawful to designate the Armenian assets as “abandoned goods” for the Armenians, the proprietors, did not abandon their properties voluntarily; they were forcibly, compulsorily removed from their domiciles and exiled. Now the government through its efforts is selling their goods… If we are a constitutional regime functioning in accordance with constitutional law we can’t do this. This is atrocious. Grab my arm, eject me from my village, then sell my goods and properties, such a thing can never be permissible. Neither the conscience of the Ottomans nor the law can allow it."4

This is a great statement by an Ottoman parliamentary representative but those who had forged a mind of blaming others for their own defeats did not stop the killing of the people who did not have any role in their defeat. The massacre of the Armenians continued systematically. The Christian world read the news every day in their newspapers and realised that only way that they can rescue the Armenians was to destroy the Ottoman Empire. The New York Times reported almost daily on the mass murder of the Armenian people, describing the process as "systematic", "authorized" and "organized by the government." Theodore Roosevelt would later characterize this as "the greatest crime of the war." 5

It was the leadership of the Ottoman Empire that provided all the ingredients for its own destruction.
There were a lot of politicians who supported the massacre of the Armenians but there were also some intellectuals and politicians that condemned it. The majority of the people chose to be silent. It was the supporters of the Armenian massacres and those who became silent that caused the destruction of one of the greatest empires in the Islamic world. If the people of Ottoman Empire had stood up and stopped the killing of the Armenians at that time, they were likely to have their empire still in place today. Their grandchildren would not need to hide their crimes or express regret.

Today the situation is the same in Turkey. There are those who have forgotten the genocide of the Armenians. There are those who have denied the genocide. There are those who have concealed the genocide and all of them are determined to engage in another genocide bringing the same excuses and plans for the extermination of innocent people of the Kurdish origin.
The Kurdish people have lived in that area for thousands of years. They have not chosen to be under the control of the Turkish government. They have not chosen to be under the control of Iranian or Iraqi government. They happened to live there and therefore, they have a natural right to have a decent life wherever they live under any banner or country.

The genocide of the Jewish and Armenian people was conducive to the creation of two Jewish and Armenian states. The genocide of Croats, Bosnians, and other peoples of Yugoslavia caused the creation of several new countries and the collapse of that state.

Maybe Turkey today follows the footsteps of its predecessor and pursues the same policies of extermination and genocide. If this is the case, the majority of the Turkish politicians would support wide-ranging incursions into the Kurdish areas and began another genocide which will end in the collapse of Turkey and emergence of a Kurdish state.

The history will be repeated. Another genocide will happen. Another country will disappear and another will appear.

1. Dadrian., History of the Armenian Genocide, p. 220
2.. Dadrian, Vahakn N. The History of the Armenian Genocide: Ethnic Conflict from the Balkans to Anatolia to the Caucasus. Oxford: Berghahn Books, 1995 p. 192
3. Balakian. The Burning Tigris, pp. 186–8
4. Bayur. Turk Inkilabz. vol. III, part 3 op. cit. in Dadrian. History of the Armenian Genocide
5 ..The hidden holocaust - by Ruth Rosen

© Reza Hossein Borr is a leadership consultant and the creator of 150 CDs.
He is also the author of Manual Success, Manual of Coaching and Mentoring, Motivational Stories that Can Change Your Life, and a New Vision for the Islamic World. He can be contacted by email: www.rezaaa.com

21.10.2007

©Copyright, Reza Hossein Borr, 2007, London, UK

Balochistan News

2007-08-23T08:51:00.000-07:00

اعدام و قتل چهار جوان بلوچ در يک روز
"طبق گزارشي در سايت خبري رژيم "فارس" امروز 2 نفر با اسامي " شكرالله كردي تمنداني" فرزند نورمحمد و" حسين چوبي" فرزند محمدعلي در محوطه زندان زاهدان بدار آويخته شدند. اتهامات اين دو حمل مواد مخدر از نوع ترياک وهروئين اعلام شده است
همچنين در گزارشي دريافتي بنقل از شبکه استاني رژيم در بلوچستان آمده است که امروز سه شنبه 31 مرداد 86 دو جوان از طايفه گمشادزهي در منطقه "كوه سفيد" سراوان طي حمله همه جانبه از زمين و هوا توسط نيروهاي نظامي رژيم در" رزمايش اتحاد 2 " بقتل رسيدند
با توجه به اخبار 11 اعدامي و 11کشته كه در در طول چهار هفته گذشته منتشر شد ,آمار بلوچ هاي كشته و اعدام شده توسط نيروي انتظامي رژیم در سي روز اخير از 26 نفر هم فراتر مي رود.
در همين جا از تمام سازمان ها و مدافعين حقوق بشر مي خواهيم همانگونه كه به کشتار و مشکلات مناطق ديگر عکس العمل نشان مي دهيد به مسائل ومشکلات و جنايتهاي روزانه رژيم ج.ا.ا در بلوچستان هم توجه نشان دهيد و آن را محکوم کنيد و گرنه شاهد يك تراژدي انساني ديگر خواهيم بود . با توجه به روندي كه نيروي انتظامي در مخفي كردن جناياتش درپيش گرفته روزانه بر دامنه قتل و كشتار خود مي افزايد .
سایت خبری رژیم "فارس" در باره اعدام اين دو نفر چنین نوشت
به گزارش خبرگزاري فارس به نقل از روابط عمومي دادگستري استان، داديار اجراي احكام دادسراي عمومي و انقلاب اسلامي زاهدان متهمان، شكرالله كردي تمنداني فرزند نورمحمد و حسين چوبي فرزند محمدعلي متهم رديف اول را به اتهام وارد كردن مقدار 280 كيلوگرم ترياك به داخل كشور و فروش مواد و متهم رديف دوم به اتهام حمل و نگهداري مقدار 138 كيلوگرم هروئين به اعدام محكوم كرد. وي افزود: حكم صادره پس از تاييد مراجع عالي قضايي صبحگاه امروز در محل محوطه زندان زاهدان به مرحله اجرا درآمد. انتهاي پيام/م
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تهران:۱۹:۵۲ , ۱۳۸۶/۰۵/۳۱
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مصطفی پور محمدی :
اشرار و تروریست ها با تحریک آمریکا و انگلیس در پی تشدید اختلافات قومی هستند
وزیر کشور ضمن تقدیر از استاندار سیستان و بلوچستان تاکید کرد که اشرار و گروهک های تروریستی با تحریک و هدایت آمریکا و انگلیس هدفی جز تشدید اختلافات قومی و کند کردن آهنگ توسعه ندارند .
به گزارش خبرگزاری مهر، وزیر کشور طی نامه ای از اقدامات استاندار و مسئولان امنیتی و انتظامی استان سیستان و بلوچستان در گروگانگیری اخیر تقدیم کرد .
متن این نامه بدین شرح است: خبر آزادی سریع و صحت و سلامت شهروندانی که در منطقه چابهار توسط اشرار به گروگان گرفته شده بودند موجب مسرت و خوشحالی گردید. اشرار و گروهک های تروریستی که با تحریک آمریکا و انگلیس و با هدایت و رهبری دستگاه های جاسوسی بیگانه هدفی جز تشدید اختلافات قومی و ناامنی جلوه دادن منطق تجاری برای سرمایه گذاری اقتصادی و کند کردن آهنگ توسعه و محروم نگاه داشتن مردم غیور و ستمدیده سیستان و بلوچستان ندارند، این بار نیز در رسیدن به اهداف خود ناکام ماندند.
بی شک توفیق بزرگ مدیران پرتلاش استان حاصل هماهنگی کامل و موثر تمامی نیروهای انتظامی ، نظامی و امنیتی و اعضای شورای تامین استان و به ویژه قرارگاه رسول اکرم(ص) می باشد.
در این عملیات که با همکاری صمیمانه وزارت کشور و پلیس پاکستان انجام و منجر به آزاد سازی و بازگشت تمامی گروگان ها به میهن عزیز خود گردید، عزم و اراده جدی دوتل پاکستان برای بالا بردن ضریب ایمنی مرز مشترک خود با ایران در چارچوب پیمان مشترک ایمنی فیمابین دو کشور قابل تقدیر است.
اشرار و دشمنان قسم خورده اسلام بدانند که مردم غیور و دیندار سیستان و بلوچستان دشمنان خود را به خوبی شناخته اند.
نظام مقدس جمهوری اسلامی در سرکوب شرارت ها و فتنه خواهی ها ذره ای اغماض نخواهد کرد و تمام توان و تلاش خود را در توسعه و آبادانی سیستان و بلوچستان و تامین امنیت مردم شریف این استان به کار خواهد بست.
این پیروزی ظفرمند را به مردم شریف استان سیستان و بلوچستان ، جنابعالی و اعضای محترم شورای تامین استان تبریک گفته و از خداوند توفیق شما را برای خدمت رسانی صادقانه در راه اهداف نظام مقدس اسلامی مسئلت دارم.

تهران:۱۹:۱۸ , ۱۳۸۶/۰۵/۳۱
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عکس خبری / بازگشت گروگانهای ایرانی از پاکستان
گروگانهایی که بامداد 28 مرداد در محور چابهار - ایرانشهر به دست اشرار گرفتار شده بودند عصر امروز وارد زاهدان شدند.
عکس / خبرگزاری مهر

تهران:۱۷:۲۵ , ۱۳۸۶/۰۵/۳۰
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جانشین فرمانده ناجا:
گروگان ها تا 24 ساعت آینده به زاهدان منتقل می شوند
زاهدان - خبرگزاری مهر: جانشین فرماندهی نیروی انتظامی کشور گفت: گروگان های ربوده شده در حادثه اخیر محور چابهار به ایرانشهر تا 24 ساعت آینده به وسیله یک فروند بالگرد از کویته پاکستان به زاهدان منتقل می شوند.
به گزارش خبرنگار مهر در زاهدان، سردار ذوالفقاری ظهر سه شنبه در جمع خبرنگاران در منطقه عمومی خاش اظهار داشت: طبق گفته های پلیس محلی پاکستان حال 21 شهروند ایرانی آزاد شده از دست اشرار به جز یک نفر که جراحت سطحی برداشته، خوب است.
وی افزود: همچنین در این عملیات 16 شرور دستگیر و یک نفر از آنان به هلاکت رسیده است.
ذوالفقاری خاطرنشان کرد: تحویل افراد شرور دستگیر شده با توجه به تکمیل تحقیقات پلیس بلوچستان پاکستان مدت زمانی طول خواهد کشید.
وی عملیات اخیر را نمونه بارز اتحاد بین ایرانیان و برادران پاکستانی دانست و تاکید کرد: با ورود اشرار به خاک پاکستان اطلاعات مورد نیاز توسط مرزبانی و دستگاه های امنیتی در اختیار مسئولان آن کشور قرار گرفت و پلیس پاکستان نیز به بهترین نحو از این اطلاعات استفاده کرد.
جانشین فرماندهی نیروی انتظامی کشور افزود: حکمران و پلیس بلوچستان پاکستان طی شش ماه گذشته با توجه به صحبت ها و جلسه های مختلف مسئولان دو کشور دو عملیات گسترده بر علیه اشرار انجام داده اند.

تهران:۱۴:۲۶ , ۱۳۸۶/۰۵/۳۱
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سخنگوی وزارت امور خارجه:
گروگان های آزاد شده از دست اشرار امروز از پاکستان باز می‌گردند
گروگان های آزاد شده ایرانی از دست اشرار ، بعدازظهر امروز با هواپیما از کویته پاکستان به ایران باز می گردند.
به گزارش خبرگزاری مهر، سید محمد علی حسینی سخنگوی وزارت امور خارجه در پاسخ به سئوال خبرنگاران در خصوص آخرین وضعیت افراد ربوده شده توسط اشرار در استان سیستان و بلوچستان اعلام کرد : افراد آزاد شده که تعداد آنها 21 نفر است ، بعدازظهر امروز با هواپیما از کویته پاکستان عازم کشورمان خواهند شد .سخنگوی وزارت امور خارجه در تشریح اقدامات انجام شده جهت آزادی شهروندان کشورمان اظهار داشت : خنثی سازی گروگانگیری مرهون فعالیتهای وزارت امور خارجه ، وزارت کشور ، استانداری سیستان و بلوچستان ، سرکنسولگری جمهوری اسلامی ایران در کویته و نیروهای نظامی و انتظامی کشورمان می باشد که از ابتدای وقوع حادثه با انجام یکسری اقدامات سیاسی ، دیپلماتیک و امنیتی - اطلاعاتی و همکاری کامل دولت پاکستان زمینه آزادسازی افراد ربوده شده را فراهم کردند .
حسینی اضافه نمود : هیئت اعزامی به پاکستان جهت پیگیری موضوع به سرپرستی سرکنسول جمهوری اسلامی ایران در کویته به همراهی مقامات ارشد استان سیستان و بلوچستان ، در شهر کویته مورد استقبال گرم حکمران ایالت بلوچستان و سایر مقامات این ایالت قرار گرفتند و مقامات پاکستانی در دیدار با آنها بر روابط راهبردی منبعث از علائق مشترک و روابط متین با جمهوری اسلامی ایران تاکید نموده و خواستار تداوم همکاری دو کشور برای مقابله با اشرار و ناامنی در مرزهای دو کشور شدند .
سخنگوی وزارت امورخارجه تصریح کرد : با تحویل افراد ربوده شده به سرکنسولگری جمهوری اسلامی ایران در کویته زمینه انتقال این افراد با یک فروند هواپیمای آنتونف به زاهدان فراهم گردید .

تهران:۱۵:۵۲ , ۱۳۸۶/۰۵/۲۹
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تهران:۱۵:۵۲ , ۱۳۸۶/۰۵/۲۹
پیگیری استاندار و تماس وی با حکمران ایالت بلوچستان موجب آزادی گروگانها شد
زاهدان - خبرگزاری مهر: با پیگیری و دیپلماسی قوی استاندار سیستان و بلوچستان و همکاری حکمران ایالت بلوچستان پاکستان اشرار حادثه تروریستی صبح دیروز جاده چابهار به ایرانشهر دستگیر و گرو گان ها آزاد شدند.
به گزارش خبرنگار مهر، معاون سیاسی امنیتی استاندار سیستان و بلوچستان بعداز ظهر امروز در جمع خبرنگاران گفت: بر اساس اطلاعات غیررسمی، موضوع آزادی و تحویل گروگان ها از مجاری سیاسی و دیپلماتیک پیگیری شد.
سیدمحسن صادقی افزود: پس از فرار گروگانگیرها به پاکستان با پیگیری دکتر دهمرده استاندار و تماس وی با حکمران ایالت بلوچستان و بررسی مناطقی که احتمال تجمع اشرار در آن می رفت، موضوع در دست پیگیری قرار گرفت.
وی خاطرنشان کرد: با همکاری "احمد غنی" حکمران ایالت بلوچستان پاکستان و محاصره اشرار و در گیری نیروهای پاکستانی با اشرار در شب گذشته خوشبختانه گرو گان ها آزاد و شماری از اشرار به هلاکت رسیدند.
به گفته وی، پس از حوادث اخیر در استان سیستان و بلوچستان استاندار با دعوت از حکمران بلوچستان پاکستان برای سفر به استان و نیز سفر چند ماه گذشته استاندار سیستان و بلوچستان و هیئت همراه به ایالت بلوچستان پاکستان و نیز اقدام مسئولین پاکستانی در سرکوب و دستگیری اشرار و آزادی گروگان ها در حادثه تروریستی اخیر باب جدیدی در همکاری های امنیتی سیاسی و اقتصادی استان با ایالت بلوچستان پاکستان باز شده است.

تهران:۱۲:۰۷ , ۱۳۸۶/۰۵/۲۹
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گروگانگیران جاده چابهار زاهدان دستگیر شدند
زاهدان - خبرگزاری مهر: یک منبع آگاه از دستگیری اشرار حادثه گروگانگیری، توسط نیروهای امنیتی پاکستان و آزادی 28 نفر از گروگان ها خبر داد.
این منبع آگاه در گفتگو با خبرنگار مهر در زاهدان اظهار داشت : متاسفانه یک تن از گروگان ها در عملیات پلیسی توسط اشرار به شهادت رسید.

به گزارش خبرنگار مهر، مقامات رسمی استان تاکنون از هرگونه اظهار نظری در این ارتباط خودداری می کنند.

اشرار مسلح صبح دیروز در محور چابهار به ایرانشهر در منطقه سرباز، تعدادی از خودروهای عبوری را به آتش کشاندند و سرنشینان این خودروها را به گروگان گرفتند.

تهران:۱۹:۱۸ , ۱۳۸۶/۰۵/۳۱
نسخه چاپی ارسال اين خبر به دوستان
عکس خبری / بازگشت گروگانهای ایرانی از پاکستان
گروگانهایی که بامداد 28 مرداد در محور چابهار - ایرانشهر به دست اشرار گرفتار شده بودند عصر امروز وارد زاهدان شدند.
عکس / خبرگزاری مهر

درگيری در خاش
یکشنبه بیست و هشتم مرداد 1386 ساعت 22:31
به گزارش آژانس خبری تفتان از خاش درگیری دیگری بین نیروهای رژیم و گروهی از جوانان بلوچ در خاش رخ داده است.
ریگی خبرنگار تفتان گزارش می دهد که نیروهای رزیم در حالی که عازم ایرانشهر بودند در کمین گروهی از جوانان بلوچ افتادند و درگیری شدید بین طرفین آغاز شد و تا چند ساعت این درگیری ادامه داشت جوانان بلوچ بعد از به هلاکت رساندن چندین پاسدار به سوی کوههای بلوچستان عقب نشینی کردند.
درگيری شدید در جکيگور
یکشنبه بیست و هشتم مرداد 1386 ساعت 22:30
به گزارش آژانس خبری تفتان از جکیگور درگیری شدیدی بین جوانان بلوچ و پاسداران نظام در جکیگور رخ داده است که منجر به هلاکت دهها پاسدار و مجروح شدن دهها نفر دیگر شده است و طبق برخی گزارشها چند جوان بلوچ در این درگیری به شهادت رسیدند.
خبرنگار تفتان می افزاید بعد از گروگان گیری در محور ایرانشهر ـ چابهار نیروهای رژیم حیوان گونه به منازل مسکونی یورش برده و خانه به خانه به تفتیش پرداختند در این هنگام ساکنان یک منزل به سوی ماموران رژیم شلیک کردند و درگیری شدیده شروع شد که دهها پاسدار در این میان به هلاکت رسیدند هنوز جزئیات دقیق این درگیری بدست نیامده است و خبرنگار تفتان در منطقه حاضر شده تا جزئیات دقیقتری کسب نماید و با رسیدن گزارش جزئیات بیشتر را برای بازدیدکنندگان ارائه خواهیم کرد

یکشنبه بیست و هشتم مرداد 1386 ساعت 19:4
به نام خدابدينوسيله جنبش مقاومت مردمي ايران به اطلاع عموم مردم بلوچسان و ايران مي رساند كه جنبش با كشتار و هدف قرر دادن افراد عادي اعم از شيعه وسني ,فارس و بلوچ شديدا مخالف است وهر گونه تعرض به مردم عادي را مغاير با اصول اخلاقي و موازين بشري مي داند لذا اگر در حادثه محور ايرانشهر چابهار افراد عادي هدف قرار گرفتند جنبش مقاومت شديدا اين عمل را محكوم مي نمايد و از اين گروه وديگر گروههاي نظامي بلوچستان كه اهداف سياسي دنبال مي كنند مي خواهد از هدف قرار دادن مردم عادي بپرهيزند و اهداف نظامي را مورد مطالعه قرار داده ودر برنامه كاري خود قرار دهند زيرا هدف قرار دادن افراد عادي در گذشته نشان داده كه هيچ سودي براي مردم و مبارزين نداشته و رژيم از اين گونه حركات هم در داخل و هم در سطح بين المللي بهره برداري نموده است و به بهانه اين گونه حركات سركوب و اعدام را در بلوچستان گسترش داده است.البته ناگفته نماند كه محرك اصلي اين گونه واكنشها خود رژيم بوده وهست ورژيم با اعمال غير انساني و اعدامهاي وحشيانه و كشتار مردم بيگناه وعادي بلوچ بسياري را به چنين واكنشهاي انتقام جويانه سوق مي دهد اگرچه جنبش نمي خوهد چنين اعمالي را توجيه نمايد ولي به هر حال عامل اصلي اين حواث خود رژيم ولايت فقيه ست.جنبش مقاومت مردمي ايران جندالله

درگيری در خاش

نویسنده: امان بلوچ
دوشنبه 29 مرداد1386 ساعت: 0:45
یانیه سازمان مبارزین بلوچصبح روز یکشنبه مورخه 28/5/86 سازمان مبارزین بلوچ طی عملیاتی واقع در منطقه چابهار دو راهی سنگان در یک کیلومتری پاسگاه رندان،6کیلومتری پاسگاه نوبندیان و 10 کیلومتری پاسگاه پلان موفق به انهدام چند دستگاه نفتکش،تریلر،کامیون و دو دستگاه خودروی نظامی شدند.و نیز 21 نفر از افراد مشکوک وابسته به نظام حکومت ضد بلوچی و مردمی ایران دستگیر شدند که در حال بازجویی قرار دارند.ضمنا در بین این افراد 3نفر نظامی به نامهای ابراهیم اغرلو،مهدی زارعی و مهدی پاک به اسارت درآمدند.لازم به ذکر است در این عملیات به افراد عادی هیچ گونه آسیبی وارد نشده است.توضیحا افراد غیر نظامی و غیر وابسته به نظام بعد از شناسایی هویتشان آزاد خواهند شد.سازمان مبارزین بلوچ

پليس پاكستان "اشرار" حادثه چابهار را تبعه كشورش مي‌داند

خبرگزاري فارس: سخنگوي استانداري سيستان و بلوچستان گفت: پليس پاكستان مدعي آن است كه اشرار حادثه چابهار به ايرانشهر تبعه كشور پاكستان هستند و به همين دليل از استرداد انان سرباز ميزند.حسنعلي نوري پيش از ظهر امروز در گفت‌وگو با خبرنگار فارس در زاهدان تصريح كرد: علارغم آن‌كه اشرار حادثه چابهار به ايرانشهر توسط نيروي انتظامي شناسايي شده و با توجه به وابستگي آنان به گروهك تروريستي جندالله تابعيت ايراني آنان مشخص است ولي پليس پاكستان با بهانه تراشي و بيان اينكه آنان پاكستاني هستند تمايلي براي استرداد اشرار به ايران را ندارد.نوري گفت: 2 كشور ايران و پاكستان بر اساس توافق 2 طرفه ملزم به استرداد مجرميني هستند كه به خاك 2 كشور متواري مي‌شوند و رويكرد پليس پاكستان حاكي از نوعي تلاش براي عدم استرداد مجرمان شرور حادثه چابهار به ايرانشهر به كشورمان هستنديك منبع اگاه امنيتي در استان سيستان و بلوچستان نيز به خبرنگار فارس گفت: به دليل آنكه اشرار حادثه چابهار به گروهك جندالله ـ وابسته به دستگاه‌هاي امنيتي آمريكا ـ مربوط مي‌شوند و انجام عمليات كور تروريستي از سوي آنان در اين شرايط كه استان سيستان و بلوچستان مسير توسعه امنيت و پيشرفت پايدار را طي مي‌كند، امريكا پاكستان را تحت فشار قرار داده تا با عدم استرداد اين اشرار به ايران، حلقه مفقوده مستند دخالت آشكار دستگاهاي امنيتي و اطلاعاتي آمريكا در مسائل داخلي ايران برملا نشود.
کد خبر: 42660 تاريخ خبر: سی و يکم مرداد ۱۳۸۶ برابر با بيست و دوم اوت ۲۰۰۷

بلوچستان؛ یک مسئله و سه کشور
دوشنبه، 29 مرداد ماه 1386 برابر با 2007-08-20توماج طاهبازهنوز اندکی از خبر ناپديد شدن دو جهانگرد بلژيکی در استان سيستان و بلوچستان و آزادی بی سر و صدای آن ها نگذشته بود، که روز یکشنبه هفته جاری در جاده ايرانشهر به چابهار گروهی از افراد مسلح چند شهروند ايرانی را به گروگان گرفتند ـبر پايه گزارش های رسیده، اين گروه سوار بر خودروهايی بودند که به رنگ ماشين های نيروی انتظامی در آمده بود و از فاصله دور با ماشين های معمول پليس تفاوتی نداشته است ـاما تنها يک روز از اين گروگانگيری نگذشت، که خبر آزادی گروگان ها- نخست به شکل خبرهای غير رسمی- در رسانه های رسمی يران منتشر شد ـساعتی بعد، معاون سياسی امنيتی استانداری سيستان و بلوچستان به خبرگزاری رسمی جمهوری اسلامی ايران، ايرنا، گفت: افراد مسلحی که شهروندان ايرانی را گروگان گرفته بودند، به خاک پاکستان فرار کرده بودند و بعد از مدتی با همکاری مقام ها و ماموران امنيتی پاکستان گروگان ها آزاد شدند ـبه گفته اين مقام استانداری، نيروهای پاکستانی محل اختفای گروگانگيرها را محاصره کردند و با آن ها درگير شدند ـنا آرامی ها در مرز ايران، پاکستان و افغانستان طی سال های گذشته نيز وجود داشته است. برخی ريشه ناآرامی ها را نارضايتی های قومی و برخی تنها ناشی از حضور قاچاقچيان و گروه های مسلح در منطقه می دانند ـفريدون ابراهيمی، گزارشگر راديو افغانستان آزاد در پاکستان، به راديو فردا می گويد: «مقام های نيروهای سرحدی [مرزبان] پاکستان تاييد کرده اند، هنگامی که رباينگان می خواستند گروگان ها را به جای ديگری انتقال دهند آن ها اشاره کردند که موتورشان [خودرويشان] را متوقف کنند. آن ها در مقابل به سربازان تيراندازی کردند و به دليل تبادل آتش، بيست و يک گروگان ايرانی که در ميان آن ها شماری از کارکنان وزارت تعليم [آموزش و پرورش] ايران هم بودند آزاد شدند ـگروگانگيری اخير در جنوب شرقی ايران اولين نمونه از اين دست نيست ـنا آرامی ها در مرز ايران، پاکستان و افغانستان طی سال های گذشته نيز وجود داشته است. برخی ريشه ناآرامی ها را نارضايتی های قومی و برخی تنها ناشی از حضور قاچاقچيان و گروه های مسلح در منطقه می دانند ـبا اين همه کارشناسان به اين نکته بيش از هر چيز اشاره می کنند که بدون همکاری دولت ها با يکديگر، نمی توان گروگانگيری ها و خشونت ها را متوقف کرد ـمقام های افغانستان، پاکستان و مقام های ایالات متحده آمریکا، ايران را متهم می کنند که در خشونت های افغانستان دست دارند ـاز سوی ديگر برخی از مقام های استانی ايران، پاکستان را متهم می کنند که به خانه امن آن چه «اشرار» می خوانند تبديل شده است ـبه گفته افراسياب ختک، تحليگر مقيم پاکستان، ايران و پاکستان، رقابت در افغانستان را به حل مسائل امنيتی ترجيح داده اند ـآقای ختک می گويد: «پاکستان و ايران هنوز نتوانسته اند ميان يکديگر هماهنگی ايجاد کنند و حاضر نيستند ميان خود مصالحه کنند. اما اين ماجرايی که اتفاق افتاد خوشايند است که نيروهای دو کشور با هم همکاری داشتند. اين مسئله خطر مشترکی برای همه کشورهای منطقه است ـخبرگزای مهر در ايران گزارش داده است که در جريان درگيری ها با گروگانگيرها، بيست و هشت نفر آزاد شدند و يک نفر جان باخته است و این در حالی است که خبرگزاری فارس خبر از آزادی بيست و يک نفر از گروگان ها می دهد ـخبرگزاری های ايران برای مدتی اشاره مستقيمی به نام گروه، گروه ها يا شخص سامان دهنده اين گروگانگيری نکردند. اما در پاکستان بلافاصله پس از آزادی گروگان ها، نام عبدالمالک ريگی در روزنامه انگليسی زبان داون، چاپ اسلام آباد به عنوان رهبر گروگانگيرها آمده است ـبلوچستان و مرز مشترک هر سه کشور به يک منطقه تاکتيکی مهم تبديل شده است، که بسياری از گروه های پيکارجوی مسلح در آن جمع شده اند. اين يک چيزی است که همه منطقه را ناآرام کرده است. اگر سياست ها هماهنگ شود و نيروهای امنيتی با غافلگيری عمل کنند می توانند ناآرامی ها را از ميان بردارند ـیک تحلیلگر پاکستانیفريدون ابراهيمی می گويد: «نيروهای سرحدی پاکستان گفتند که يکی از گروگان ها و دو رباينده هلاک [کشته] شده اند و هفده نفر هم که از گروه عبدالمالک ريگی هستند دستگير شده اند ـناآرامی در مرز سه کشوراما چرا مرز سه کشور افغانستان، پاکستان و ايران همواره نا آرام است و راه حل پايان دادن به اين ناآرامی ها چيست؟افراسياب ختک، تحليگر در پاکستان معتقد است: «بلوچستان و مرز مشترک هر سه کشور به يک منطقه تاکتيکی مهم تبديل شده است، که بسياری از گروه های پيکارجوی مسلح در آن جمع شده اند. اين يک چيزی است که همه منطقه را ناآرام کرده است. اگر سياست ها هماهنگ شود و نيروهای امنيتی با غافلگيری عمل کنند می توانند ناآرامی ها را از ميان بردارند ـاخيرا نشست مشترکی برای ايجاد امنيت در مرزهای افغانستان و پاکستان ميان مقام ها و کارشناسان دو کشور برگزار شد، به نام جرگه امن ـهدف از برگزاری این نشست، ايجاد امنيت در مرزهای دو کشور است که کارشناسان معتقدند بر ايران نير تاثير می گذارد ـبرشنا نظری، گزارشگر راديو افغانستان آزاد در کابل می گويد: تحليگران مطبوعات مستقل افغانستان معتقدند تضمين های اجرايی بايد توسط دولتمردان ارائه شود و در اين مورد خوشبينی های چندانی وجود ندارد ـبه گفته فريدون ابراهيمی، خبری از کشته، زخمی يا دستگير شدن عبدالمالک ريگی مخابره نشده است و او اصلا در محل درگيری حضور نداشت ـاستان سيستان و بلوچستان در سال های اخير صحنه برخی اقدامات خشونت بار و گروگانگيری هايی بوده است که مقام های ايران می گويند، «قاچاقچيان مواد مخدر» و «اشرار» مسببان آن ها هستند ـدر کشورهای منطقه، اين گروه ها با نام های مختلفی خوانده می شوند، شورشی، افراطی و نظير اين ها. اما در همه موارد و با هر نامی، فعاليت اين افراد به شکل مسلحانه انجام شده است و در بيشتر موارد قربانيان اصلی شهروندان غير مسلح بوده اند ـرادیو فردا

اطلاعیه جدید جنبش مقاومت مردمی ایران
دوشنبه بیست و نهم مرداد 1386 ساعت 22:47
به نام خدابدینوسیله جنبش مقاومت مردمی ایران (جندالله ) ادعاهای رسانه رژیم به وابسته بودن عاملان حادثه محور ایرانشهر _ چابهار به جنبش را شدیدا تکذیب نموده و اعلام می دارد که این گروه هیچ ارتباطی با جنبش مقاومت نداشته و اعضای جنبش در این عملیات هیچگونه مشارکتی نداشته اند همچنین از اعضای جنبش هیچ کس در خاک پاکستان دستگیر نشده است زیرا دلاورمردان جنبش مقاومت هرگز در خاک پاکستان نیستند تا دستگیر شوند و جنبش استفاده از خاک دیگران را برای مبارزه منافی موازین بین المللی می داند و نیازی هم به استفاده از خاک پاکستان ندارد و همه مبارزان جنبش در کوههای بلوچستان و در پایگاههای خویش به سر می برند.البته ناگفته نماند که جوانان بلوچستان از جنایات رژیم علیه مردم عادی و اعدامهای فله ای جوانان بی گناه بلوچ به تنگ آمده و با تشکیل گروههای کوچکی اقدام به عملیاتهای تلافی جویانه می نمایند و در حقیقت آفریننده این گونه حوادث رژیم مستکبر و فاسد ضد بشری ولایت فقیه است.

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جزئیات تازه از حمله افراد مسلح به دهها خودروی سبک و سنگین در چابهار

به گزارش زمان از چابهار صبح امروز ۴ خودرو از اشرار مسلح با بستن جاده اصلی چابهار 20.8.07- ایرانشهر ۸ خودروی سبک و سنگین شامل دو نفتکش، سه دستگاه تریلر، یک کامیون و دو خودروی سواری را به آتش کشیدند و تعدادی را گروگان گرفتند.رییس دبیرخانه شورای اطلاع‌رسانی نیروی انتظامی با تأیید حادثه گروگانگیری صبح امروز در محور «چابهار - ایرانشهر» اعلام کرد که بر اساس آخرین اخبار 12 تن در جریان حمله اشرار مسلح به گروگان گرفته شده و به پاکستان انتقال داده شده‌اند. معاون اجتماعی قرارگاه عملیاتی رسول‌اکرم (ص) از اعزام واحدهای رزمی این قرارگاه و نیروهای پلیس استان سیستان و بلوچستان به محل گروگانگیری و آغاز عملیات تعقیب اشرار خبر داد.

به گزارش پایگاه خبری زمان از چابهار صبح امروز ۴ خودرو از اشرار مسلح با بستن جاده اصلی چابهار - ایرانشهر به مدت ۲ ساعت از ساعت ۵ تا ۷ صبح ۸ خودروی سبک و سنگین شامل دو نفتکش، سه دستگاه تریلر، یک کامیون و دو خودروی سواری را به آتش کشیدند.ظاهرا آنان چهار دستگاه سواری را نیز به همراه رانندگانشان که غیر بلوچ بوده اند ، ربوده‌اند که زارعی ، مسئول آموزش و پرورش بخش دشتیاری چابهار هم در میان گروگان‌هاست.گفته می شود تعداد گروگانها بیش از ۱۴ نفر بوده است.۲ شب پیش نیز در یک درگیری در مرز پیشین ۲ بلوچ مظنون به حمل مواد مخدر توسط نیروی انتظامی کشته شدند . در آن درگیری ۵ نفر از ماموران انتظامی نیز جان باختند.روز گذشته فردی به نام رضایی نوهانی که مسلح بوده است در حال خروج از مرز کندوکی توسط ماموران کشته شده است و احتمال می رود حمله صبح امروز در واکنش به کشته شدن رضایی نوهانی صورت گرفته باشد . شایان ذکر است محل درگیری در یک کیلومتری پاسگاه رندان ، ۶ کیلومتری پاسگاه نوبندیان و ۱۰ کیلومتری پاسگاه پلان بوده و در مدت ۲ ساعت حضور نیروهای شبه نظامی ناشناس نیروی انتظامی هیچگونه تحرکی نداشته است.در همین حال بازتاب نوشته است : گفته می‌شود، روز گذشته نیز یکی از عوامل اشرار سوار بر موتورسیکلت با مأموران پاسگاه مرزی دیندان درگیر و به هلاکت رسیده و برخی اقدام صبح امروز را در تلافی آن رویداد ارزیابی می‌کنند.یک منبع در نیروی انتظامی چابهار در تماس «بازتاب»، با اعلام این‌که نیروها به محل حادثه اعزام شده‌اند، از ارایه توضیحات پوزش خواست.در همین رابطه ایسنا گزارش داد : ساعت 6:45 صبح امروز بیست و هشتم مرداد ماه، اشرار مسلح مقابل یک دستگاه اتوبوس مسافربری که هنوز مشخص نشده در مسیر رفت یا برگشت به سمت چابهار در حرکت بوده، را گرفته و با شلیک گلوله‌های متعدد پس از مصدوم کردن تعدادی از سرنشینان خودروهای عبوری در جاده و تخریب خودروها، حدود 30 تن از مسافران را به گروگان گرفتند که گفته می‌شود رییس آموزش و پرورش یکی از توابع چابهار نیز از جمله گروگان‌ها است. در پی وقوع این حادثه در منطقه «جکی‌گر» در نزدیکی چابهار، تحقیقات پلیسی در حالی برای شناسایی مخفیگاه گروگانگیران و یافتن سرنخی در این رابطه آغاز شده است که سلامتی کامل گروگان‌ها و هویت آنها در هاله‌ای از ابهام قرار دارد. همچنین آخرین گزارش‌ها حاکی از آنست که تیم کاملی از ماموران انتظامی منطقه با محاصره محل عملیات تعقیب و گریز را آغاز کرده و تا کنون هیچ‌گونه اطلاعاتی در خصوص این که فردی از گروگان‌ها به قتل رسیده باشد یا خیر؟ به دست نیامده است. معاون اجتماعی قرارگاه عملیاتی رسول‌اکرم (ص) از اعزام واحدهای رزمی این قرارگاه و نیروهای پلیس استان سیستان و بلوچستان به محل گروگانگیری و آغاز عملیات تعقیب اشرار خبر داد. سرهنگ اثنی عشری در گفت‌وگو با خبرنگار «حوادث» ایسنا با تشریح حادثه گروگانگیری تعدادی از هموطنان در سیستان و بلوچستان، گفت: در ساعت 6:45 صبح امروز، تعدادی از اشرار مسلح در حرکتی ناجوانمردانه اقدام به ایجاد راهبندان در محور «چابهار ــ ایرانشهر» کرده و پس از به آتش کشیدن تعدادی خودروی عبوری، چند تن را ربوده و متواری شدند. وی افزود: واحدهای رزمی قرارگاه رسول‌اکرم (ص) و ماموران فرماندهی انتظامی سیستان و بلوچستان در پی اطلاع از موضوع بلافاصله به محل اعزام شده و عملیات تعقیب اشرار را آغاز کردند.رییس دبیرخانه شورای اطلاع‌رسانی نیروی انتظامی با تأیید حادثه گروگانگیری صبح امروز در محور «چابهار - ایرانشهر» اعلام کرد که بر اساس آخرین اخبار 12 تن در جریان حمله اشرار مسلح به گروگان گرفته شده و به پاکستان انتقال داده شده‌اند. سرهنگ مهدی احمدی در گفت‌و‌گو با خبرنگار «حوادث» ایسنا در تشریح جزئیات بیشتری از این حادثه افزود: ساعت 5 بامداد روز یکشنبه بیست و هشتم مردادماه سال جاری، اشرار مسلح وابسته به گروهک‌های تروریستی در محور «چابهار ــ ایرانشهر» پس از ایجاد راهبندان و شلیک چندین گلوله، هشت دستگاه خودروی عبوری را به آتش کشاندند. وی گفت: در پی این اقدام، اشرار مسلح که در کمین این جاده بودند، رانندگان این تعداد خودرو را به همراه 4 تن دیگر به گروگان گرفتند. سرهنگ احمدی همچنین اعلام کرد که بر اساس آخرین اخبار و اطلاعات به دست آمده، اشرار موفق شده‌اند به همراه 12 گروگان خود از کشور خارج و به سمت پاکستان متواری شوند. وی تأکید کرد: تحقیقات پلیس برای دستگیری عاملان حادثه و نیز رهایی گروگان‌ها ادامه دارد. رییس دبیرخانه شورای اطلاع رسانی نیروی انتظامی تاکید کرد: این اقدام ناجوانمردانه اشرار مسلح در پی آن انجام شد که روز گذشته در همان منطقه، نیروهای عملیاتی با اشرار منطقه درگیر شده و دو تن از آنها را به هلاکت رسانده بودند.

قتل يک نفر توسط نيروهاي انتظامي رژيم در منطقه "جكيگور" چابهار
نیروهای انتظامی رژیم یک نفر به نام "رضايي نوهاني" معروف به "رضوك" را به اسم شرور و قاچاقچي مسلح در منطقه "جكيگور" چابهار گلوله باران کردند.
طبق گزارشات حکومتي در طي هيجده روز اخير در بلوچستان سيزده نفر اعدام و يا توسط نيروهاي انتظامي با رگبار گلوله به قتل رسیده اند
سایت خبری رژیم "ايرنا" در باره قتل اين فرد چنین نوشت:
معاون اجتماعي و ارشاد فرماندهي انتظامي سيستان و بلوچستان گفت: ‪۱۶۰ كيلوگرم انواع مواد مخدر در درگيري با اشرار كشف و ضبط شد.
سرهنگ "صلاح عسگرپور" عصر يكشنبه در گفت و گو با ايرنا اظهار داشت: به دنبال گزارشهاي مردمي مبني بر ورود كاروان مواد مخدر ماموران انتظامي مستقر در منطقه "جكيگور" چابهار به محل اعزام شدند.
وي ادامه داد: در درگيران ماموران با سوداگران مرگ علاوه بر مواد مخدر سه قبظه سلاح كلاشينكف و مقداري زيادي مهمات از قاچاقچيان كشف و ضبط شد.
او بيان كرد: ماموران انتظامي در اين درگيري يكي از سوداگران مرگ معروف به "رضوك" كه داراي سوابق راهبندي و سرقت مسلحانه بود را به هلاكت رساندند.
عسگرپور افزود: همچنين در اين درگيري اشرار با برجاي گذاشتن مقدار زياد وسايل و تجهيزات به آن سوي مرز متواري شدند. ك/‪۳
http://www2.irna.ir/fa/news/view/menu-155/8605283547182312.htm

Balochistan news July 07

2007-08-07T04:40:00.000-07:00

Baluchistan news

Baluchistan People’s Front,
IranReza Hossein Borr

London, 2 Aug.07, Baluchistan People’s Front– Two Baluch young men were hanged yesterday in Zahedan, capital of Baluchistan, Iran. The news agencies reported that they were sentenced to death because of struggling against the government. The government accused them of threatening national security.

The Baluch people are engaged in an armed campaign against the government because of widespread discrimination and police brutalities in the region. The official news agencies of Iran reported that 27 Baluch have been executed, hanged or shot dead in July 07.
The Iranian government accuses insurgents of having connections with the Western powers and insurgents and the Western powers have rejected these claims. The Baluch political fighters are seeking to establish a federal system in Iran in which all Iranian people and nationalities have the right to rule themselves.

London, 31 July.07,Baluchistan People’s Front– New York Times reported on 23 July that 3300 Iranian security guards have been killed in the restive province of Baluchistan since the revolution. The New York Times quoted Iranian authorities as saying that these security forces have been killed either by drug traffickers or political fighters. Baluchistan is a Sunni dominated area and the fanatic Shia government of Iran has tried to portrait its freedom fighters as drug traffickers although there have been some armed conflict between drug traffickers and the Iranian security forces. The majority of armed struggle in Baluchistan is conducted by the Baluch fighters who have been forced to take action as a result of the regime’s brutalities and ethnic cleansing in Baluchistan.

London, 31 July.07, Baluchistan People’s Front– The Iranian authorities announced that 11 of its security forces have been killed and 9 have been critically injured near Zahedan, capital of Baluchistan by Baluch fighters on 23 July. Baztab News site quoted Iranian revolutionary guards sources as saying the Baluch fighters left the area without any casualty but Fars News Agency reported that of four Baluch fighters have been killed and six have been arrested.
Baluchistan Fighters Organization that has close links with the People’s Resistance Movement of Iran accepted responsibility for this incident and claimed that all its members have safely returned to their headquarters. The armed clash happened in Peer Suran Mountains which are unreachable by ordinary people. These mountains have been used previously by Baluch guerrilla fighters many times.

The Iranian government sent helicopters and aeroplanes to bombard these mountains but the Baluch fighters had already left the area to other safe places. The sources close to People’s Resistance Movement of Iran said that they have not been directly involved in these operations but had some links with the fighters.
After these military operations the government of Iran occupied a large area around Zahedan and imposed a kind of martial law. The witnesses said that a large number of innocent people that lived in the area have been arrested and tortured. They are likely to be forced to confess some kind of associations with the Baluch fighters and they may face execution like many others in similar cases.

London, 31 July.07, Baluchistan People’s front– There have been a series of assassinations in Baluchistan but nobody has accepted the responsibility for them. Some reports claimed that four people have been assassinated in this manner. Some sources believe that the assassinated people were killed by the Iranian security forces to arouse tribal conflicts and tensions in the region.

The Iranian government has a long history of pursuing the policy of divide and rule. A top security colonel that was arrested by the People’s Resistance Movement of Iran confessed that the regime has been involved in formulating and implementing secret policies to divide different tribes and families and incite them against each other. This man accepted that when ever the two tribes or warring factions of the same tribe reached some arrangements for peace, the security forces killed one member from each tribe and blamed it on the other side so that the killings and tensions among the Baluch people continue. He admitted that this is the official policy of the regime regarding Baluchistan and Baluch people.

London, 31 July.07, Baluchistan People’s front– Iranian officials news agency Iran reported that in this month 27 Baloch people have been killed by security forces and five have been executed or hanged in public. Last month 25 Baluch were executed in different provinces of Iran. According to Iranian authorities 700 Baluch people had received death sentences from the Iranian Supreme Court and were awaiting death. To avoid the backlash by Baluch people, the Iranian regime decided to transfer the condemned-to-death-Baluch to other provinces and executed them there.

The Iranian authorities also announced that they have arrested 1456 Baluch in May 07.
The Sunni Baluch people of Iran have been systematically deprived of their basic human rights in Iran since the beginning of the revolution. According to all surveys by the United Nations, Baluchistan is the poorest province of Iran. Unemployment is highest among all other provinces and life expectancy in Baluchistan is fifteen years less than other parts of Iran. Illiteracy is high and poverty is rampant. Ethnic cleansing is pursued quite secretly. There has not been even one minister, deputy minister, ambassador, general or any other highly ranking official from Baluchistan in the last 30 years. The process of Persianisation and Shiaeezation of the Baluch Sunni people is also underway. The regime is determined to change the identity of the Baluch people completely and the Baluch people are resisting it by all its might.

Civil campaigning is banned in Baluchistan and nobody can get involved in peaceful political activities. The Baluch people, therefore have no any other alternative but defending their identity and the land by the same tools and strategies that the opinion regime is using against them.
Baluchistan People’s Front,
IranReza Hossein Borr

The List of some Baloch who have been executed in Iran

2007-08-07T04:33:00.000-07:00

31.7.07 A list of Baloch youth who killed by Iranian Regime in year 2005-2007
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زاھدان
اعدام
عبدل علی بلوچ
24،09،2006
زاھدان
اعدام
محمد شکیب
24،09،2006
زاھدان
اعدام
خدا مراد
25،09،2006
بلوچستان
قتل
قادر
30،03،1385
ایرانشھر
اعدام
فرشيد بامري معروف به ميرزوک
2006.07.
بلوچستان
منفجر کردن منزل
ستار درازھی
2006
بلوچستان
منفجر کردن منزل
آدم درازھی
2006
بلوچستان
منفجر کردن منزل
برادر خانم آدم درازھی
2006
زاھدان
اعدام
عبدالحمید اسفندکی
30،10،2006
زاھدان
اعدام
احمد دھمردہ
30،10،2006
زاھدان
اعدام
بھزاد ناروئی
30،10،2006
زاھدان
اعدام
کھرازھی
2006
ایرانشھر
اعدام
محمد آسکانی
05،11،2006
ایرانشھر
اعدام
نجیب اللہ قیومی
05،11،2006
زاھدان
اعدام
بھزاد
06،11،2006
زاھدان
اعدام
محمد امین
06،11،2006
زاھدان
اعدام
عبداللہ
06،11،2006
زاھدان
اعدام
محسن
06،11،2005
زاھدان
اعدام
مجید
06،11،2006
زاھدان
اعدام
نادر
06،11،2006
زاھدان
اعدام
ھادی دریاکش ناروئی
2006
منطقہ خاش
قتل
چراگ گمشادزھی
2006
زاھدان
اعدام
عزیزاللہ نجاریان
2006
زاھدان
اعدام
محب علی غلامیان
2006
ایرانشھر
قتل
مھدی سابکی
22،11،2006
ایرانشھر
قتل
عیسی سابکی
22،11،2006
زاھدان
اعدام
مراد قلی
02،12،2006
زاھدان
اعدام
جمشید شیخی
02،12،2006
ایرانشھر
اعدام
هوشنگ بامري
2005.08
ایرانشھر
اعدام
شوکت برهانزهي فرزند مراد

ایرانشھر
اعدام
شاه نظر ناروئي فرزند سليم

ایرانشھر
اعدام
لابخش برهانزهي

ایرانشھر
اعدام
شيرعلي خداياري

ایرانشھر
اعدام
امام بخش دامني

ایرانشھر
اعدام
حميد ميربلوچزهي فرزند چهارشنبه

دامن
اعدام
نادر آذرگون

ایرانشھر
منفجر کردن منزل
رضا قادري

لاشار
قتل
کامران ناروئي

ایرانشھر
قتل
محمد يوسف روئين

قتل
گلمحمد سياخاني

ایرانشھر
قتل
نادر شلي بر

ایرانشھر
بوسيله دادن سم
سعيد پهلواني
1383
ایرانشھر
قتل
موسي پورانوش
1383
ایرانشھر
بوسيله دادن سم
عثمان رحماني زردکوهي
1383
دامن
قتل
نودان سياخاني

دامن
قتل
گل محمد سياخاني

خبر : راديو بلوچي اف ام

27 Baloch was killed or hanged in July 07

2007-08-07T04:28:00.000-07:00

27 Baloch was killed or hanged in Balochistan, Iran in 1 month of July 07

http://www.elaph.com/ElaphWeb/Politics/2007/8/253623.htm

Balochistan, Arabic

اعدامات جديدة ضد البلوش في ايران
GMT 19:30:00 2007 الإثنين 6 أغسطس
أسامة مهدي

أسامة مهدي من لندن: اكدت جبهة شعب بلوشستان الايرانية اليوم تنفيذ السلطات الايرانية حكم الاعدام باثنين من الشبان البلوش شنقا في مدينة زاهدان عاصمة بلوشستان ايران. وقالت الجبهة في بيان اليوم ان السلطات الايرانية أعدمت امس أثنين من الشبان البلوش شنقا في مدينة زاهدان عاصمة بلوشستان ايران "لمواقفهما ضد الحكومة الايرانية.
واضافت في بيان وقعه امينها العام رضا حسين بر ان التمييز العنصري والممارسات الوحشية لقوى الامن هي التي تدفع الشعب البلوشي الى اللجوء الى العمل المسلح . واشارت الى ان السلطات الايرانية نفذت في اوقات سابقة اعدام 27 من البلوش شنقا او رميا بالرصاص. وتتهم الحكومة الضحايا بوجود صلات لهم مع أطراف غربية ولكن الاوساط الاهوازية والدول الغربية ترفض هذه الاتهامات . وقالت الجبهة ان البلوش في واقع الامر يناضلون سياسيا بهدف اقامة نظام فيدرالى فى ايران لكافة الشعوب والقوميات يسمح لها أن تحكم نفسها بنفسها وهذا حق طبيعي.
واشارت الجبهة في بيانها الى انه يعرف عن اقليم بلوشستان ان سكانه يتشكلون من السنة والشيعة ولكن تحاول الحكومة الايرانيه تسعة لاضفاء صورة سلبية عن الناشطين من اجل الحرية والصاق تهمة تجارة المخدرات بهم "بالرغم من عدم نفينا لحدوث بعض النزاعات المسلحه بين مهربي المخدرات وقوات الامن الايرانيه". وقالت ان العمل المسلح في بلوشستان يقوم به مقاتلون بلوش اضطروا الى اتخاذ هذا الاجراء كنتيجه حتمية لوحشية النظام و ممارسته التطهير العرقي في بلوشستان.
واضافت الجبهة ان السلطات الايرانية سبق وان أعلنت في الثالث والعشرين من الشهر الماضي مقتل 11 من قوات الامن و جرح 9 آخرين بجروح خطيرة قرب مدينة زاهدان عاصمة اقليم بلوشستان في اشتباكات مع مقاتلين بلوش. ونقلت الجبهة عن مصادر مقربة من حركة المقاومة الشعبية في ايران قولها انها لم تشارك مباشرة في هذه العمليات ولكن لها بعض الصلات مع المقاتلين. و بعد هذه العمليات العسكرية احتلت السلطات الايرانية مساحة كبيرة حول زاهدان وفرضت نوعا من الاحكام العرفية هناك. وتفيد تقارير نقلا عن شهود عيان ان عددا كبيرا من المواطنين الأبرياء الذين يعيشون في المنطقة قد القي القبض عليهم وتعرضوا للتعذيب وانتزعت منهم اعترافات بالقوة باتهام تعاملهم مع المقاتلين البلوش وقد يواجه عدد منهم عقوبة الاعدام حالهم حال كثيرين آخرين انتزعت منهم الاعترافات تحت التعذيب وأعدموا على اساسها فيما بعد.
واكدت الجبهة انه كانت هناك سلسلة من الاغتيالات في بلوشستان ولكن احدا لم يعلن عن مسؤولية القيام بها. وتفيد بعض التقارير ان اربعة اشخاص قد اغتيلوا على هذا النحو بواسطة قوات الأمن بغية إثارة الصراعات القبلية والتوتر في المنطقة خاصة وان الحكومة الايرانيه لها تاريخ طويل في اتباع سياسة فرق تسد .. حيث اعترف قائد قوات الأمن وقع في أسر حركة المقاومة الشعبية الايرانيه اعترف بأن النظام قد شارك في صياغه وتنفيذ سياسات سرية لبث الفرقة بين مختلف القبائل والعائلات وتحريضهم ضد بعضهم البعض.
واضاف هذا العقيد المعتقل خلال اعترافاته بالقول "كلما تتوصل قبيلتين او فصيلين متناحرين من قبيلة واحدة الى توافق لاقرار السلام بينها تقوم قوات الامن باغتيال عضو واحد من كل قبيلة ثم تلقي اللوم على الجانب الآخر حتى يستمر القتل والتناحر بين البلوش" . وأكد العقيد أن هذه هي السياسة الرسمية للنظام بخصوص بلوشستان والشعب البلوشي.
ونقل بيان الجبهة عن وكالة الانباء الايرانية قولها ان 27 البلوش قتلوا في الشهر المنصرم على ايدى قوات الامن كما تم اعدام خمسة أشخاص شنقا في الخامس والعشرين من الشهر الماضي . ووفقا للسلطات الايرانيه فان 700 من البلوش حكم عليهم بالاعدام وصاقت المحكمه العليا الايرانيه على الاحكام الصادرة ضدهم وهم ينتظرون تنفيذ الاحكام الصادرة ضدهم وتحسبا لردة فعل الشعب البلوشي قرر النظام الايراني نقل المحكومين الى محافظات اخرى لتنفيذ أحكام الاعدام فيهم حيث تعترف السلطات ايضا بانها اعتقلت لحد الآن 1456 من البلوش حتى 07 ايار / مايو.
واوضحت الجبهة ان أغلبية الشعب البلوشي ينتمون الى الطائفة السنية وظل النظام الايراني يحرمهم منذ بداية الثورة من حقوقهم الانسانية الاساسية ووفقا لمسح الامم المتحدة فان اقليم بلوشستان يعد افقر مقاطعة في ايران فنسبة البطاله هي الاعلى بين جميع الاقاليم الاخرى ومتوسط العمر في بلوشستان هو خمسة عشر عاما اقل من المناطق الاخرى في ايران اضافة الى ان الامية مرتفعة ويتفشى الفقر بين البلوش .
واكدت جبهة شعب بلوشستان في ختام بيانها ان سياسة التطهير العرقي تنفذ بشكل واسع كما هو الحال بالنسبة للعرب في اقليم الاهواز والاكراد والترك والتركمان في البلاد . ولاحظت انه لم يكن هناك حتى وزير واحد أو نائب وزير أو سفير او اي مسؤول كبير آخر من بلوشستان في السنوات ال 30 الماضية. وشددت على ان النظام مصمم على تغيير هوية الشعب البلوشي بالكامل كما هو الحال بالنسبة للعرب والكرد والترك والتركمان. واشارت الى انه حتى النشاطات المدنية لا يسمح بها في بلوشستان والاقاليم غير الفارسية الاخرى ولا يستطيع أي شخص الانخراط حتى في انشطه سياسية سلميه.

هیجدهمین سالگرد شهادت دکتر عبدالرحمن قاسملو

2007-07-16T04:18:00.000-07:00

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هیجدهمین سالگرد شهادت دکتر عبدالرحمن قاسملو

امروز 22 تیرماه 1386 سالروز شهادت دکتر عبدالرحمن قاسملو بزرگ مرد تاریخ ایران است، که در حال مذاکره با مقامهای جمهوری اسلامی در کشور اتریش ترور گردید. دکتر قاسملو با احترام به اصل مبارزه مدنی و حل مشکلات ایران از راهها و روشهای مسالمت آمیز حاضر به مذاکره با جمهوری اسلامی گردید و نمی دانست که رژیم اسلامی یک حرکت صلح آمیز را تبدیل به کشتارگاه او و یارانش خواهد کرد.

خشونت بخشی از ماهیئت جمهوری اسلامی است که هرگز آن را رها نخواهد کرد هر چند که تظاهر به صلح طلبی و مذاکره بخشی دیگر از طبیعت رژیم برای بدام انداختن مخالفان است. رژیم اسلامی امید داشت که با قتل دکتر قاسملو و دیگر رهبران کورد، حزب دمکرات کردستان ایران و مبارزات مردم کورد دچار بحران شود ولی جریان مبارزات مردم کردستان بسیار عمیق تر از آن بود که قتل چند نفر باعث زوال آن بشود.

امروز قاسملو تبدیل به یک قهرمان شده است، اندیشه ها و مبارزات او همچنان الهام دهنده هزاران نفر است و در آینده نیز الهام بخش میلیونها نفر خواهد گردید. دکتر قاسملو اندیشمندی توانا بود، راههای مبارزه را بخوبی می شناخت و به نیروهای مخالف جمهوری اسلامی کمکهای فراوان کرد.

در زمانیکه رژیم شرایط زندگی و مبارزه را برای مبارزین دیگر ایران بسیار سخت کرده بود، او کردستان را پناهگایی مطمئن برای ایرانیان مبارز کرده بود، صدها تن از ایرانیان به کمک او و یارانش از مرگ حتمی نجات یافتند و به کشورهای اروپائی راه پیدا کردند. او رفته است ولی میراث سیاسی او برای همیشه خواهد ماند و چراغ راهنمای صدها نفر خواهد بود که امروز و فردا در راه آزادی و دمکراسی قدم برخواهند داشت.

ما اعضای کنگره ملیتهای ایران فدرال شهادت مظلومانه دکتر قاسملو را به مردم کردستان تسلیت می گوئیم و خود را در سوگواری شما شریک می دانیم.

یاد او همیشه گرامی باد.

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سوء قصد به مدیر مسئول هفته نامه صحرا

2007-06-07T09:13:00.000-07:00

سوء قصد به مدیر مسئول هفته نامه صحرا

در روز یکشنبه سیزدهم خرداد دو مهاجم ناشناس قصد جان آقای دیه جی ، مدیر مسئول صحرا، را کردند. باوجود سنگین بودن ضربات وارده با آلات خطرناک بر پیکر آقای دیه جی، خوشبختانه خطرجانی برطرف شد.
هفته نامه صحرا تنها نشریه ترکمنی است که علیرغم وجود مشکلات عدیده سیاسی و مالی بیش از ده سال است که بی وقفه منتشر میشود. در طول سالهای گذشته افراد و گروه های وابسته به نهادهای دولتی به شیوه های مختلف کوشیدند تا موانع لازم در مسیر صحرا ایجاد نموده و بدینطریق تنها "روزنامه" مستمر ترکمنی را برای همیشه متوقف کنند.
هدف دشمنان قلم مضمون مقالات مندرجه در صحرا نیست ؛ زیرا که صحرا هفته نامه ای کاملا متعادل و متعارف و عاری از زبان تند و گزنده است که رژیم اسلامی را صراحتآ به باد انتقاد بگیرد و اساس آنرا زیر علامت سئوال ببرد . هدف دشمنان آزادی خاموش کردن تنها صدای مظلوم ملت کوچکی است که هنوز در بطن جامعه دادخواهانه فریاد میزند. این ملت که در سرزمین آبا ـ اجدادی خود چون بیگانگان زندگی میکند و از همه امکانات سیاسی ، اقتصادی ، اجتماعی ، فرهنگی و... محروم است، هر روز بیشتر به گوشه جامعه رانده و بر عقب ماندگی همه جانبه آن نیز افزوده میشود. سردمداران جمهوری اسلامی که حتی انتشار یک هفته نامه معتدل ترکمنی را نیز نمیتوانند تحمل کنند، قطعآ عزم راسخ دارند که ملت ترکمن را به فقر فرهنگی دچار کرده و روشنفکران فعال آنرا بلحاظ فیزیکی نابود کنند.

ما ضمن ابراز انزجار خود از این عمل جنایتکارانه، از همه آزادیخواهان تقاضا داریم که با استفاده از وسایل و امکانات مناسب اعتراضات خود را بگوش افکار عمومی و رسانه های گروهی و سازمانهای بین المللی برسانند.

سازمان دفاع از حقوق ملی خلق ترکمن
کانون فرهنگی ـ سیاسی خلق ترکمن
حرکت ملی ـ دموکراتیک تورکمن ( تورکمنلیک )

17 خرداد 1386

17- year-old Said Executed by the Iranian regime

2007-06-04T04:53:00.000-07:00

Dear Sir,

Thank you for the update,

we are very sorry to hear that Sa'id Qanbar Zahi was executed. Amnesty International had issued an Urgent Action on his behalf, along with the 6 other men that were sentenced to death at the same time:
Javad Naroui (m) ]
Ma’soud Nosrat Zahi (m) ]
Houshang Shahnavazi (m) ]
Yahya Sohrab Zahi (m) ]
Ali Reza Brahoui (m) ]
Abdalbek Kahra Zahi (also ] known as Abdalmalek) (m)

All members of Iran’s Baluchi minority

Do you have any further information about the status of these 6 men?
Best wishes, Kate

Kate Willingham
Campaigner
East Gulf Amnesty International-
International Secretariattel: + 44 (0) 207 413 5762fax: + 44 (0) 207 413 5719

Serious and Deadly Human Rights Abuses in Iranian Balochistan

2007-06-02T02:19:00.000-07:00

Appeal to UN

Mr Johan Verbeke
President of UN Security Council
New York, USA 1st June 2007

Re: Serious and Deadly Human Rights Abuses in Iranian Balochistan

Dear Mr Johan Verbeke,

We the undersigned Iranian Baloch organisations would like to express our deepest dismay and concern over the silence and ineptness exhibited by International bodies and human rights organisations in the face of Iranian regime’s recent murderous acts of arbitrary killings, summary executions and hanging of Baloch youths in Iran. Baloch people overwhelming majority of whom live in Balochistan have not only been deprived of their basic rights, but also have been subject to blatant repression, systematic discrimination on the grounds of ethnicity and religion.

The Iranian security forces shot dead a 12-year old girl called Roya Sarani in cold blood in front of her brother opposite their house in Zahedan on Sunday 24th May 2007. They also executed a 17-year old boy called Saeed Qanbarzaei in Zahedan on Wed 28th May 2007 after subjecting him to constant barbarous tortures since his arrest despite an appeal by Amnesty International. The Iranian judiciary executed further five Baloch on the following day. During the last week, the Iranian authorities in Chabahar demolished more than 100 houses that belonged to poor Baloch families in Chabahar.

Recently Dr Shahriyari, a well known racist and anti-Baloch who is currently selected member of Iranian Parliament from Zahedan, and a close ally of the President and the Judiciary announced that around 700 Baloch have been arrested and await execution. In recent weeks many of those detainees have been executed either by firing squad or by hanging in public or Clandestinely. Mindful of local anger and backlash, many of those detainees have been transferred to neighbouring provinces for the purpose of execution. Fifteen of them were executed in Khorasan province, while two were hanged in Hormozgan and one in Kerman province respectively.

As the world is occupied by the Iranian nuclear threat and its support for terrorism, the Iranian regime in Balochistan is involved in a brutal and ruthless arrest and executions of mostly educated Baloch youth under the disguise of fighting drug smuggling and so-called banditry. It is common knowledge in Balochistan that the Iranian intelligence and security forces facilitate the passage of narcotic consignments from Afghanistan through Balochistan and the rest of Iran to the western world as it was admitted by the interior minister last month.

We urge you not to remain unconcerned and indifferent while Iranian regime commits deadly human rights abuses in Balochistan. Please voice your concern and condemn the inhumane actions of the Iranian regime in Balochistan.

Balochistan National Movement (Zrombesh)
Balochistan People’s Party
Balochistan People’s Front
Balochistan United Front of Iran
Balochistan United Front (Republican)
Mobarezin Organisation of Balochistan

Human Rights Abuses in Iranian Balochistan

2007-06-02T02:16:00.000-07:00

Amnesty International
The Human Rights Action Centre,
17-25 New Inn Yard 1st June 2007
London EC2A 3EA

Re: Serious and Deadly Human Rights Abuses in Iranian Balochistan

Dear Mr Dyke

We the undersigned Iranian Baloch organisations collectively would like to express our deepest dismay and concern over the silence and ineptness exhibited by International bodies and some human rights organisations in the face of Iranian regime’s recent murderous acts of arbitrary killings, summary executions and hanging of Baloch youths in Iran. Baloch people in Balochistan have not only been deprived of their basic rights, but also have been subject to blatant repression, systematic discrimination on the grounds of ethnicity and religion by the Iranian regime.

In cold blood the Iranian security forces shot dead a 12-year old girl called Roya Sarani in front of her brother opposite their house in Zahedan on Sunday 24th May 2007. They also executed a 17-year old boy called Saeed Qanbarzaei in Zahedan on Wed 28th May 2007 after subjecting him to constant barbarous tortures since his arrest despite your urgent appeal to the Iranian authorities. The Iranian judiciary executed further five Baloch on the following day. During the last week, the Iranian authorities in Chabahar demolished more than 100 houses that belonged to poor Baloch families in Chabahar.

Recently Dr Shahriyari, a well known racist and anti-Baloch who is currently selected member of Iranian Parliament from Zahedan, and a close ally of the President and the Judiciary announced that around 700 Baloch have been condemned to death and await execution. In recent weeks many of those detainees have been executed either by firing squad or by hanging in public or clandestinely. Mindful of local anger and backlash, many of those detainees have been transferred to neighbouring provinces for the purpose of execution. Fifteen of them were executed in Khorasan province, while two were hanged in Hormozgan and one in Kerman province respectively.

1653 Baloch have been arrested during the Unity 1 Manoeuvre in Balochistan and Baloch dominated areas of Kerman, the official Iranian news agency, IRNA reported on 23 May 07. The agency quoted the director of Public Relations of Operational Base of Rasool Akram as saying that 156 polluted locations were cleansed and 6 armed men were killed.

As the world is occupied by the Iranian nuclear threat and its support for terrorism, the Iranian regime in Balochistan is involved in a brutal and ruthless arrest and executions of mostly educated Baloch youth under the disguise of fighting drug smuggling and so-called banditry. It is common knowledge in Balochistan that the Iranian intelligence and security forces facilitate the passage of narcotic consignments from Afghanistan through Balochistan and the rest of Iran to the western world as it was admitted openly in an interview by the interior minister last month.

We urge you to express your concern and become proactively involved in the protection of human rights of people in Balochistan as the Iranian regime perpetually commits deadly human rights abuses in Balochistan. Please condemn the inhumane executions of Baloch children and innocent people, and other ongoing atrocious actions of the Iranian regime in Balochistan.

Balochistan National Movement (Zrombesh)
Balochistan People’s Party
Balochistan People’s Front
Balochistan United Front of Iran
Balochistan United Front (Republican)
Mobarezin Organisation of Balochistan

Congress of Iranian Nationalites, Charter

2007-05-23T03:22:00.000-07:00

اساسنامه "گنگره ملّّّّّیتهای ایران فدرال"( باز نگرى شده در مجمع عمومى ماه مئى 2006 )

مقدمه:

ایران کشوری است چند ملّیتی با قومیّتھای مختلف کہ ھمہ آنان حقّ دارند بطور مساوی در امر اداره کشور شریک باشند٬ حقی که تا کنون از آنها سلب شده است.
"کنگره ملّیتهای ایران فدرال" بر این باور است که مشروعیت سیاسی هرحاکمیّتی ،همواره از اعمال اراده مردم سر چشمه می گیرد۔
اراده ملیّت های مختلف و رعایت حقوق برابر آنان تحت هیچ شرایطی نباید مورد اغماض و استثناء قرارگیرد.
بر قراری نظام جمهوری فدرال پایبند بہ اصول دموکراسی بر اساس معیارهای ملی و جغرافیایی،تنها مکانیسم سیاسی قابل دوام بمنظور اعمال اراده سیاسی همه ملیتها در چارچوب ایرانی آزاد خواهد بود.

اصول کلّی

ماده 1- نام این تشکل "کنگره ملّیتهای ایران فدرال" است کہ در این اساسنامہ از آن بعنوان کنگرہ یاد خواھد شد۔

ماده 2- کنگره ضمن تاکید بر روشهای صلح آمیز از همه شیوه های مبارزاتی برای سر نگونی جمهوری اسلامی و رسیدن به اهداف خود استفاده خواهد کرد.
ماده 3- هیئت موسسین کنگره کہ امضاء کنندگان "سند لندن" بتاریخ بیستم فوریه 2005 ھستند، عبارتند از:

1. جبهه متحد بلوچستان- ایران
2. جنبش فدرال دمکرات آذربایجان
3. حزب دمکرات کردستان ایران
4. حزب مردم بلوچستان
5. حزب همبستگی دمکراتیک اهواز
6. سازمان دفاع از حقوق ملى خلق ترکمن
7. کومله- سازمان انقلابی زحمتکشان کردستان ایران

ماده 4- کنگره در چارچوب اهداف اعلان شده خود در جهت اتحاد عمل و ایجاد ائتلافی وسیعتر با سایر نیروهای دمکرات و آزادیخواه اپوزیسیون ایران خواهد کوشید.
ماده 5- پس از سرنگونی رژیم جمهوری اسلامی و تحقق نظام جمهوری فدرال در ایران موجودیت کنگره بمثابہ نیروی پیشبرنده اهداف خود حفظ و به فعالیت ادامه خواهد داد.

شرایط عضویّت و حقوق اعضاء

ماده 6- همه احزاب، سازمانها و گروهای سیاسی ملیتهای ایران به عضویت کنگرہ پذیرفته میشوند بشرطیکہ:

الف- اصول پایه ای اعلان شده، اساسنامه کنگره و مصوبات مجمع عمومی را بپذیرند.
ب- وابسته به جمهوری اسلامی نباشند.
ج- در مورد پذیرش اعضای جدید، شوراى مرکزى تصمیم می گیرد. در صورت هرگونه اعتراض کاندید، تصمیم نھایی به مجمع عمومی ارجاع میشود.
د- تعهد مالی به نسبت وضعیت خود بپذیرد.

ماده 7- اعضای کنگرہ ضمن پایبندی و تعهد نسبت به اصول پایه ای و
پرنسیبهای کنگره، استقلال سیاسی و تشکیلاتی خود را حفظ خواهند نمود.
ماده 8- هر یک از اعضاء حقوقی کنگره میتوانند عضویت اتحادیه های دیگر را بشرطی که ماهیت فعالیت آنها بر خلاف اهداف کنگره نباشد بپذیرند.

ماده 9- در مجمع عمومی هر تشکل سیاسی عضو، فقط یک رای دارد.

ماده 10- مصوبات کنگره و تصمیمات هئیت اجرایی باید بطور کتبی به اطلاع همه اعضاء برسد.

ماده 11 - کنگره از عضو یا اعضایی سلب عضویت خواهد نمود که:

الف- وارد اتحادیه ای شده باشد که بر خلاف اهداف کنگره عمل کند.
ب- اطلاعات داخلی کنگره را افشاء کرده باشد.
ج- به تعهد مالی خود عمل نکند
د- بدون عذر موجه در جلسات کنگره شرکت نکند.

ارگانهای کنگره

1. مجمع عمومی
2. شوراى مرکزى
.3 هئیت اجرایی

ماده 12- مجمع عمومی

الف- مجمع عمومی بالاترین ارگان کنگره است.
ب- تصمیمات با رآی اکثریت (نصف بعلاوہ یک) نمایندگان حاضر به
تصویب می رسد.
ج- برای تغییر مواد اساسنامه احراز 75% آراء نمایندگان حاضر
ضروری است.

تبصره1: در صورت تعارض مصوبه پایه ای مجمع عمومی با اساسنامه یکی از اعضای کنگره، آن عضو ملزم به اجرای آن نیست.
د- جلسات مجمع عمومی با حضور دوسوم اعضاء رسمیت می یابد.
ه- مجمع عمومی از میان احزاب، سازمانها و گروهای سیاسی عضو کنگره يک نماينده از ھر عضو را بعنوان عضو شوراى مرکزى انتخاب می کند.
و- اجلاس سالانه مجمع عمومی از طرف هئیت اجرایی فرا خوانده می شود.
تبصره: در صورت تقاضای یک سوم اعضای کنگره، شوراى مرکزى مؤظف است در مدت حداکثر یکماه مجمع عمومی فوق العاده را فرا بخواند.

ماده 13. شوراى مرکزى و ھيئت اجرايى

الف-. شوراى مرکزى منتخب مجمع عمومی است ومسئول پیشبرد و اجرای مصوبات و تصمیمات مجمع عمومی در فاصله بین دو مجمع می باشد.
ب- شوراى مرکزى در مقابل مجمع عمومی مسئول بوده و باید در همه موارد گزارش کارهای خود را به آن عرضه نماید.
ج- شوراى مرکزى از میان خود ۳-۵ نفر را بعنوان ھيئت اجرايى انتخاب می کند.
د - ھيئت اجرايى از ميان خود يکنفر را به عنوان سخنگوى دوره اى کنگره انتخاب ميکند.
ه- هئیت اجرایی جهت پیشبرد و اجرای اهداف کنگره مؤظف به تشکیل کمیته های کاری است. اعضای این کمیته ها بنا به تشخیص هئیت اجرایی از میان اعضای کنگره انتخاب خواهند شد. در صورت لزوم میتواند از اشخاص متخصّص استفاده کند.
و- هئیت اجرایی علاوه بر تشکیل کمیته های تبلیغات، مالی و ارتباطات در صورت لزوم میتواند به تشکیل کمیته های دیگری نیز اقدام نماید.

ماده 14- منابع مالی کنگره
الف- حق عضویت اعضاء
ب- کمکهای مالی دوستان کنگره
ج- عایدات بنیادها و مؤسسات کنگره

Mass arrests in Balochistan

2007-05-22T12:19:00.000-07:00

Balochistan Peoples Front

Mass arrests in Balochistan

London, 21 May 07. Balochistan Peoples Front-- 1479 Baloch have been arrested during the Unity 1 Manoeuvre in Baluchistan and Baluch dominated areas of Kerman, the official Iranian news agency, IRNA reported. The agency quoted the director of Public Relations of Operational Base of Rasool Akram as saying that 156 polluted locations were cleansed and 6 armed men were killed. He added that 174 insurgents and their associates were also arrested.

At the same time there were other reports that dozens of wounded security forces were transferred to different hospitals in Zahedan including Bany Akram hospital. Another report by Marzeporgohar.mihanblog.com confirmed that a large number of injured security forces are in critical conditions and the hospital officials have banned the ordinary people from visiting the hospital.

Some witnesses believe the objective of this manoeuvre was to cleanse ethnic Baluch from their ancestral lands under different pretexts. The official who gave the news of the Unity 1 Manoeuvre categorised 1479 Baluch as aggressors. This is a new term that was attributed to some people to justify their eviction from their lands under ethnic cleansing policy of the Iranian government.

Roya Sarani, a 12 year old girl was shot dead by the Iranian security forces in Zahedan on 16 May 07. Her parents were forced to bury her in a quiet manner. They were not allowed to hold a public burial for their daughter. She was gunned down after returning from school to home after sitting her exams.

The People's Resistance Movement of Iran announced that one of their bases in Sarawan was attacked by the Iranian security forces at three o'clock in the morning of 14 May o7. A gun battle was exchanged between the two sides which resulted in the death of 7 revolutionary guards. The security forces were forced to retreat after the local people protested against their presence in the region.

The arrests of 1479 Baluch as aggressors and another 174 as insurgents indicates the Islamic Republic's resolve for relentlessly pursuing ethnic cleansing of Baloch people from their ancestral homelands. The Iranian government announced that 700 Baluch have received their death sentences from the Iranian Supreme Court. After Amnesty International's appeal for help for saving the lives of these people, Iranian regime decided to transfer a large number of the condemned Baluch to different provinces of Iran including Khorasan and Hormozgan. 20 Baluch have been executed in these provinces in the last three weeks, according to the Iranian official news agency, Irna.

Balochistan Peoples Front

Reza Hossein Borr

Mass executions in Baluchistan by the Islamic Republic of Iran

2007-05-16T06:43:00.000-07:00

Dear Mr Dyke
Amnesty International

16.5.07

Mass executions in Baluchistan by the Islamic Republic of Iran

Following the Amnesty International's appeal for saving the lives of 700 Baluch who had received death sentences from the Supreme Court of Iran, the Islamic Republic of Iran decided to transfer the innocent Baluch people to other cities of Iran and execute them without releasing their identities.

The Iranian media reported that one Baluch has been hanged in Bandar Abbas and 15 others have been executed in Mashhad in the last two weeks. Some reliable sources claimed that the 15 hanged men in Mashhad were Baluch and from the 700 people who had already received death sentences from the Supreme Court of Iran.

The Islamic Republic of Iran is transferring to and executing the Baluch people in different cities to conceal its policy of massacre and genocide of Baluch people. The silence of Iranian human rights activists and political parties and figures have helped the Iranian regime tremendously in following the policy of massacre and ethnic cleansing in Baluchistan. International community has been deadly silent on this issue.

Human Rights Watch and American State Department have also excluded the Baluch people's executions from their reports. The American State Department has never reported the plight of the Baluch people fully while they cover in detail the violations of human rights in other provinces of Iran and specifically women and students. This is not surprising as the Americans have always helped the enemies of Baluchistan.

But the amazement is about the Human Rights Watch. This organization has received the reports of the executions but never fully covered the issue. If the human rights organizations do not publish the plight and the executions and the genocide of the Baluch people, who is supposed to help people who cannot help themselves at this phase in their historical journey towards achieving their human rights.

We are seeking the support and help of Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, United Nations and all other international organizations to stop Iran from executing innocent people of Baluchistan.

The Iranian regime has followed a systematic policy of discrimination, exclusion, humiliation and ethnic cleansing in Baluchistan since the beginning of the revolution in total secrecy, portraying the Baluch people as murderers, fundamentalists, smugglers, drug traffickers, the agents of America, collaborators with Taleban to justify the mass killing in Baluchistan. Many other organizations and some think tanks have believed the propaganda of the Islamic Republic of Iran against the oppressed and innocent people of Baluchistan and followed the same policy of distortion of the truth and discrediting the Baluch people; not knowing that how much damage they can cause to the reputation of innocent people.

The international organizations and think tanks must report the facts and not speculations; keeping in mind that their false reports can result in the executions of many innocent people in Baluchistan.

Balochistan Peoples Front
Reza Hossein Borr
London, 16 May 07

The Iranian regime arrests and tortures civil and peaceful campaigners in Baluchistan

2007-05-03T08:25:00.000-07:00

Balochistan Peoples Front

1.5.07, London, UK

The Iranian regime arrests and tortures civil and peaceful campaigners in Baluchistan

"One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered." Michael Fox, actor.

Those who are arresting, torturing, hanging, executing and humiliating the Baluch people will never see the day that the Baluch surrender their dignity and rights. Hundreds of rulers have come in the region and tried to force the Baluch to surrender. They never succeeded. All those rulers are gone now and the Baluch people are still here and they will be here until this regime is gone and hundreds of regimes in the future will come and go. The Baluch people are here to stay firm, to stand tall and to star brilliantly in the battlefield that its opponents and enemies have generated. They will go forward and as Ferdowsi has said, "nobody will ever see their back, always facing the enemy head on. Nobody has seen their backs in thousands of years in the battlefield and nobody will see them surrendered in thousands of years to come.

I know that our enemies are strong and ruthless; but I know that we are tough enough to take any blow that may come from any corner. I know that the task ahead requires a lot of power; but there is inside us more power than the task ahead. Our tenacity and resilience have saved us for thousands of years and our resilience and tenacity will save us for as long as this earth continues to exist. Every Baluch must now that he has a will stronger than iron, a mind larger than oceans, a fist tougher than rocks and a pen sharper than swords.

The Baluch enemies must now know that we have already combined all these formidable forces together to campaign vigorously and relentlessly to preserve our identity, retain our dignity and regain our rights and our lands.

What thousands of political activists and campaigners are doing now will continue for years to come until we repossess what is rightly ours. Although thousands of Baluch have been already killed, 700 are waiting on the death row and Yakoub Mehrnehad and his friends are experiencing torture, thousands more are prepared to face the Islamic Republic of Iran today and in any day to come.

The Islamic Republic of Iran and international community often question the Baluch political activists and campaigners that why they were not engaged in civil and peaceful political campaigns and we always explained that the Iranian regime has never allowed the political culture of peaceful campaigning to develop and grow. To test the attitude of the government, the Baluch young people organised a legal and approved meeting to present their views on the present circumstances of Baluchistan and Iran. The government issued the licence for the meeting and after the meeting arrested the leaders of the Voice of Justice Association of Baluchistan. The witnesses confirmed that the when revolutionary guards and security forces arrested these young people, they began torturing, beating, offending and humiliating them as soon as they entered the office of the Association. Since their arrest nobody knows where they have been taken. But if we judge from the way they were arrested we can understand that they must be under severe torture right now.

Now it is clear for the Iranian people, political activists, human rights organizations and international community that the Iranian regime does not allow any civil political campaigning in Baluchistan. It is now clear for everybody inside Baluchistan and outside Baluchistan that the Iranian regime arrests and tortures those political activists that live inside Iran, follow the law of the land, and work according to the constitution of the country. It is also clear for the international community and the Iranian people that the Iranian regime is pushing the Baluch people towards armed struggle and violence. The Iranian people have a right to protest against racial, cultural, political and economic discriminations and social exclusions and if they do not have the permission to organise peaceful and legal meetings, there is no any other alternative but resorting to other means to regain their rights.

Yakoub Mehrnehad and his friends are the victims of a lawless regime that has victimised all Iranian people and specifically the Sunnis, Baluch, Arabs, Kurds, Turks, Lors, Turkemans, women, students, and workers. Today these groups are the vanguard of campaign for political freedom, social justice and economic well-being of the Iranian people. We see that they are engaged in different forms of political activities every day in different parts of the country. To arrest and torture their leaders only increases their intention and will for further and more effective campaign in future.

Balochistan Peoples Front

Reza Hossein Borr

01.5.07, London, UK

Amnesty International’s appeal for saving the lives of 7 Iranian Baluch condemned to death

2007-03-27T04:53:00.000-07:00

Amnesty International

Amnesty International’s appeal for saving the lives of 7 Iranian Baluch condemned to death,
24.3.07

PUBLIC

AI Index: MDE 13/034/2007 22 March 2007UA 76/07 Fear of imminent execution/ tortureIRAN

Sa’id Qanbar Zahi (m), aged 17 ]
Javad Naroui (m) ]
Ma’soud Nosrat Zahi (m) ]
Houshang Shahnavazi (m) ]
Yahya Sohrab Zahi (m) ] Ali Reza Brahoui (m) ]
Abdalbek Kahra Zahi (also ]known as Abdalmalek) (m)
Ali Reza Brahoui (m) ]
All members of Iran’s Baluchi minority

The seven people named above, including a boy aged 17, are at risk of imminent execution. Amnesty International fears that at least five of the group may have been tortured into "confessing" to involvement in a number of violent crimes carried out in the town of Tasuki, in Sistan-Baluchistan province, southern Iran, in March 2006.

Information provided to Amnesty International suggests that the seven may have been arrested on account of their family ties with those suspected of having been involved in blowing up a bus carrying security officials from the Revolutionary Guard on 14 February 2007, in which at least 14 people were killed.According to media reports, Ali Reza Brahoui, Yahya Sohrab Zahi, Sa’id Qanbar Zahi, Houshang Shahnavazi and Ma’soud Nosrat Zahi all made "confessions" on Iranian state television to a number of crimes which allegedly took place in Sistan-Baluchistan, including attacks and carjackings.

The televised "confessions" linked an Iranian Baluchi armed opposition group, Jondallah, also known as the Iranian Peoples’ Resistance Movement (Jonbesh-e Moqavemat-e Mardom-e Iran), to these crimes, and to the attack on the bus on 14 February. Unconfirmed reports suggest that the five who "confessed" have been tortured, including by having bones in their hands and feet broken; by being ‘branded' with a red-hot iron and by an electric drill applied to their limbs, shredding their muscles.According to a BBC report, Iranian state television said that Sa’id Qanbar Zahi was tried on 11 March 2006.

Amnesty International has no other information concerning the legal proceedings faced by the seven, but there are concerns that they may have faced summary trials, and may not have had access to defence lawyers.

Amnesty International recognizes the rights and responsibilities of governments to bring to justice those suspected of criminal offences, but opposes the death penalty in all cases as the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.

Moreover, Iran is a state party to international treaties which prohibit the execution of those under the age of 18 at the time of their alleged offence.BACKGROUND INFORMATIONIran's Baluchi minority lives mainly in the southeast of the country, and is believed to constitute between one and three percent of the total population of around 70 million.

Mainly Sunni Muslims, they have for many years complained of discrimination by the Iranian authorities.Jondallah, or the Iranian Peoples’ Resistance Movement, has carried out a number of armed attacks on Iranian officials and has on occasion killed hostages. It reportedly seeks to defend the rights of the Baluchi people, though government officials have claimed that it is involved in drug smuggling and has ties to terrorist groups and to foreign governments. Amnesty International condemns unequivocally the killing of hostages and urges Jondallah to desist from this or similar practices immediately.

According to a BBC report on 15 March, Sistan-Baluchistan television has stated that at least two people have been hanged in connection with the attack on the bus carrying Revolutionary Guards. Five days after it took place, an Iranian Baluchi man, Nasrollah Shanbeh-Zehi, was executed in connection with the attack.

He was shown on Iranian television “confessing” to the bombing on behalf of Jondallah and was executed in public at the site of the bombing. It is thought that the other man allegedly executed in connection with the attack may have been Ahmad Sariz, allegedly a member of Jondallah, who was reportedly hanged on 14 March. Reports indicate that at least 17 other individuals have either been sentenced to death or executed in connection with an attack in Tasuki in March 2006, in which up to 22 people were reportedly killed.

In an interview with the Iranian newspaper ‘Ayyaran on 17 March, Hossein Ali Shahryari, a parliamentarian representing the city of Zahedan, stated that prisons in Sistan-Baluchistan province hold more than 700 people under sentence of death. In 2006, at least 177 people were executed in Iran, including at least four women and four people who were under 18 at the time of the alleged offence.

Possibly as many as one-third of these were members of Iran’s Baluchi minority.

RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible, in English, Persian or your own language:

- stating that Amnesty International recognizes the right and responsibility of governments to bring to justice those suspected of criminal offences, but opposes the death penalty as the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment;

- calling on the Iranian authorities to commute immediately the death sentences of these seven individuals (naming them) and of anyone else facing execution in Iran;- reminding the authorities of their commitment to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which states that “sentence of death shall not be imposed for crimes committed by persons below eighteen years of age”, and calling on the Iranian authorities to implement the recommendations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child by immediately stopping the executions of those who were under the age of 18 at the time of the alleged offence;

- expressing concern at reports that they may have faced torture, in contravention of Iran’s own laws and its international obligations;- expressing concern at reports that the men have been arrested for being related to those suspected of carrying out armed attacks against government security officials;

- seeking details of the charges and any trial proceedings that the individuals named may have faced.

APPEALS TO:
Leader of the Islamic RepublicAyatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic RepublicThe Office of the Supreme Leader, Shahid Keshvar Doost Street, Tehran. Islamic Republic of IranFax: +98 251 7774 2228 (mark “For the Office of His Excellency, Ayatollah Khamenei") Email: Via website, in English: http://www.leader.ir/langs/EN/index.php?p=send letter
Salutation:
Your ExcellencyHead of the JudiciaryAyatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Justice Building, Panzdah-Khordad Square, Tehran, Islamic Republic of IranFax: + 98 21 3390 4986 (please keep trying; send appeals by post or email if you cannot get through)Email: info@dadgostary-tehran.ir (In the subject line write: For the attention of Ayatollah Shahroudi)

Salutation:
Your Excellency Governor of Sistan and Balochistan province Mr Dahmarde, GovernorFax: +98 541 3231990E-mail: info@sb-ostan.ir
Salutation:
Dear Sirand to diplomatic representatives of Iran accredited to your country. PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY. Check with the International Secretariat, or your section office, if sending appeals after 3 May 2007.

Correcting Michael Ladeen's article: Beyond Balochistan

2007-03-14T12:07:00.000-07:00

Dear Mr Michael Ladeen

I am sorry that I couldn't respond to you earlier. I was away for few days. Today I read your article, Beyond Balochistan. Unfortunately, there is a big mistake in it which has already generated some serious concerns among some circles. Some people called me and said that my organization: Baluchistan Peoples Front of Iran (BPFI) has been involved in military operations in Baluchistan and they quoted your article. I want to say categorically that It was the Peoples Resistance Movement of Iran (PRMI) that carried out military operations, not Baluchistan Peoples Front of Iran (BPFI). We reported the news and made an analysis.

Baluchistan Peoples Front of Iran (BPFI) has never been involved in any military action at any time.

I have highlighted those parts of your article that need corrections and I have made the corrections under each part. To clear the air and to present our position correctly, I wish to ask you to publish this note in your media.

The note is attached and it is printed in the email too.

Yours sincerely

Reza Hossein Borr

Baluchistan Peoples Front of Iran (BPFI)
Reza Hossein Borr
14.3.07

Correcting Beyond Balochistan by Michael Ledeen

It was the Peoples Resistance Movement of Iran (PRMI) that carried out military operations, not Baluchistan Peoples Front of Iran (BPFI)

Baluchistan Peoples Front would like to express its gratitude for your very impressive article on Baluchistan in http://pajamasmedia.com/2007/03/beyond_balochistan.php, March 2, 2007.

Beyond Balochistan is a well written article that presents a realistic and objective assessment of the situation in Iran. Although there is a great misunderstanding. It was the Peoples Resistance Movement of Iran (PRMI) that carried out military operations, not Baluchistan Peoples Front of Iran (BPFI). The credit or criticism of February military operations in Baluchistan goes only to Peoples Resistance Movement of Iran. Our organization, Baluchistan Peoples Front, is a civil organization that believes in proactive civil campaigning and promotes peaceful campaigns against the Iranian regime.

You wrote in the second paragraph,"The Balochistan People's Front of Iran, which has claimed credit for several recent attacks on the regime's security forces in the area, has issued a fascinating and potentially important assessment of these activities. It's a well written and well argued “lessons learned” from the point of view of an armed resistance group inside Iran."

To correct this paragraph, it was the Peoples Resistance Movement of Iran (PRMI) that claimed credit for several recent attacks on the regime's security forces. Baluchistan Peoples Front of Iran made its own assessment and analysis of these incidents. We, Baluchistan peoples Front of Iran (BPFI), publish regularly a newsletter on the situation of Baluchistan in which we reported the news and made an assessment of political and military developments. We have not been involved in any kind of military operations at any time. Our role is to report the news and give assessment of different developments.

In the fifth paragraph you wrote,"The BPFI describes its recent attacks as a realistic test of the regime's power, and the regime failed the test. These operations were carried out successfully without even one casualty in Zahedan, the center of Baluchistan, which is a militarized zone.”

To correct this paragraph again, it was People Resistance Movement of Iran that carried out these military operations in Zahedan, not the Baluchistan Peoples Front of Iran.

In the sixth paragraph you wrote that, "Most analysts of contemporary Iran assume that the security forces, whether the IRGC or the fanatical Basij, have the situation well in hand, and while from time to time some demonstration or strike may take place, it will always be efficiently quashed. The Balochistan Peoples Front believes they have now shown that to be false. Indeed, they seemed surprised at the poor performance of the Iranian forces (“the Iranian soldiers are less skilled than has been claimed”).

As you have mentioned the Baluchistan Peoples Front of Iran has shown in its analysis of these incidents, carried out by PRMI, that most analysts of contemporary Iran make wrong assessments of the power and force of the Iranian regime.

In the ninth paragraph, "The Balochi Popular Front claims that their ranks are swelling; thousands of new members are said to have arrived." To correct this paragraph, it was the Peoples Resistance Movement of Iran that claimed that their ranks are swelling and not Baluchistan Peoples Front of Iran.

I would like to express my thanks for raising the issue of the Baluch people and request you to publish this note to clear our position. I emphasize again that Baluchistan Peoples Front of Iran is a civil organization and has never been involved in any military operations at any time. I also like to reiterate that we believe in civil campaigning.

Baluchistan Peoples Front of Iran (BPFI)
Reza Hossein Borr
14.3.07

News from Balochistan, February 07

2007-03-02T08:23:00.000-08:00

Balochistan Peoples Front, 1.3.07
Reza Hossein Borr

News from Balochistan

1. Chabahar, Balochistan, Iran, Balochistan Peoples Front, 24 Feruary 2007—Three members of Iranian security forces were killed in military operations that were carried out by the Revolutionary Guards to cleanse the city of Chabahar from Baluchistan insurgents. According to Ilna news agency, several security guards were wounded and four of them were arrested by the Baluch fighters.

No organization has yet taken the responsibility for this incident but the local sources said that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards organised a huge cleansing mission to dislocate a lot of indigenous people but they were faced by strong resistance by the people. The Baluch fighters who were in the area began helping the local people and consequently a shoot out began between the two sides.

The Iranian regime is carrying out a huge cleansing operation at the border areas of Iran and Pakistan to force the Baluch people of Iran to migrate to Pakistan. The Pishin area in which the incident happened is a beautiful and fertile land and the regime intends to remove the local people and transfer the ownership of the lands to its own Shia agents from other parts of Iran. The idea of ethnic cleansing in this part of Baluchistan began about the beginning of the revolution and has continued against the strong resistance of the Baluch people.

2. News of PRMI
The Peoples Resistance Movement of Iran (former Jundallah) was forced to engage in a series of military operations in February 2007 against security targets of the Iranian regime. These operations proved that the regime is vulnerable and can be defeated even in the major cities.

1. Zahedan, Balochistan, Iran, 3.2.07-- four top Iranian security forces have been killed in an armed clash between Baluch insurgents and the Iranian security forces in Zahedan, Baluchistan. The incident happened in the centre of the city at 8 PM.

2. Explosion kills 19 members of Iran's elite guards

February 15, 2007

Zahedan, Balochistan, Iran - A car bomb killed 19 members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday in the deadliest attack in years near the Pakistani border.

A Sunni Muslim militant group called Jundallah, or God's Brigade, which has been blamed for past attacks on Iranian troops, claimed responsibility for the bombing, according to the semiofficial Fars news agency.
3. Zahedan, Balochistan, Iran, 18.2.07--The Baluch fighters of the Peoples Resistance Movement of Iran (former Jundallah) exploded a sound bomb in an empty school to attract the security forces. As soon as the security forces arrived at the scene, an armed clash began between the Baluch fighters and the security forces for about two hours. The Baluch fighters returned to their bases safely. The Iranian government did not announce the number of casualties of its forces.
4. Sarawan, Balochistan, Iran, 23.2.07-- the Baluch fighters of the Peoples Resistance Movement of Iran exchanged fire with the Iranian security forces in Sarawan. The government announced three security men have been killed in this incident.

The objectives of these military operations are defined in the next paper.

The reality of the matter is that if a small group with limited resources can carry out such successful operations inside Iran, stronger and bigger groups can inflict fatal blows on the Iranian regime. The time is right for the change of the regime in Iran as the regime will never stop its terrorist policies of supporting and financing tourism, obstructing peace, expansive influence in the Middle East and interfering in Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, and Afghanistan.

The Iranian regime has transformed itself into a super power because of these policies.

3. Sarawan, Balochistan, Iran, Balochistan Peoples Front, 24 Feruary 2007-- Two members of security forces were killed in Hidooch, Sarawan, Baluchistan on 24. 2007, according to the local sources. Those who witnessed the battle between the Baluch fighters and the Iranian forces said that the security forces attacked a place in Hiddoch with a large number of soldiers but the local people fought back and killed two soldiers. The security forces retreated and the local armed men also left the area and returned to their safe houses in the mountains of Sarawan.

There has been several armed conflict between the fighters of Baluchistan in Sarawan and the security forces in recent weeks. Sarawan is located on the eastern part of Baluchistan and has borders with Pakistan. Nobody claimed the responsibility for this clash. Baluch political organizations sometimes refuse to take responsibility for their military operations in order to avoid further conflict with Iranian regime.

The regime tested one of its long-range missiles Shahab 3 in Hidooch. The missile was fired from a point from the Western part of Iran and travelled thousands of km to land in Hidooch few years ago. The Islamic Republic of Iran made a huge propaganda about the range and the accuracy of Shahab Missiles but it did not hit the spot that was designated for and therefore, landed few km away from the target.

4. Samirom, Esfahan, Iran, Balochistan Peoples Front, 31 January 2007-- 16 people were killed in Samirom in the central part of Iran in a 24-hours armed clash between Baluch insurgents and Iranian security forces. The Baluch fighters of Foghan Group were on their way to Tehran when they were identified by the security forces. A chase and shoot out began immediately and the Baluch fighters entered the city of Samirom to refuel their vehicle but the security forces closed on them and the shootout began and several security men were killed.

To avoid the killing of the innocent citizens, the Baluch fighters left the city while the security forces were chasing them. They entered a farm outside the city and asked the farmer for fuel or a car. The farmer later revealed that the fighters were ready to buy his car for a lot of money but he refused to sell the car and therefore, the fighters left him alone without hurting him or taking his car or his property by force. The farmer was very sympathetic to the fighters. He said that they were good people and they could have taken his car away by force but they did not. It was at this stage that the security forces arrived at the farm and the shootout began again. The security forces had armed some militias and 16 members of the militia were killed in the battle.

Four members of the fighters were also killed and three of them somehow rescued themselves and returned safely to their bases in Baluchistan. Several interviews and articles were given and written by the people of Samirom in which there were a lot of support for the fighters who tried everything to avoid the killing of innocent people. The regime took the bodies of the dead fighters naked and demonstrated them as a sort of exhibition to the people Samirom who were very infuriated to see the insult on the fighters and removing of their cloths.

5. Iranshahr, Balochistan, Iran, Balochistan Peoples Front, 31 January 2007

Three Baluch fighters were killed by security forces in Iranshahr, Baluchistan. The Baluch fighters were taken by surprise in the village of Sarkahuran when a large number of security forces attacked them, according to Iranian television. The dead fighters belonged to an armed group that had a reputation for attacking the security forces for a long time. The Iranian television said that none of the security forces were killed but the witnesses observed that the shootout continued for few hours. All the roads were closed from different directions.

Eye witnesses said that they saw the security forces were carrying some injured people in uniform. According to Iranian sources there are more than
100 armed groups in Baluchistan who are fighting for their national rights and a federal system in Iran.

6. Sarawan, Balochistan, Iran, Balochistan Peoples Front, 31 January 2007-- A young Baluch was killed in Sarawan, Baluchistan by the Iranian security forces on 31st of January 2007. The Iranian official news agency (IRNA) announced that the young man was an armed fighter but the eye witnesses said that he was an ordinary person who was living in Sarawan and he had not any connections with the Baluch fighters. The eye witnesses also said that they saw the security forces arguing with him and suddenly one of them aimed at him and shot him dead. The Iranian news agency only gave his first name as Basheer. It is the official policy of the Iranian regime to conceal the full details of the people who are shot dead or hanged in public.

The family of the killed man registered a complaint against the security forces but no one was arrested. Hundreds of Baluch people have been shot in the streets of the cities in the last 28 years and not even one security men has been arrested. The Iranian government has given security forces a Free Hand to shootout anybody they like without having any documents against them.

7. Kahnouj, Balochistan,Iran, , Balochistan Peoples Front, 31 January 2007--

Two young Baluch fighters were killed and few more have been arrested by the Iranian security forces in Baluchistan. The Iranian official news agency-IRNA- reported that the two fighters belonged to an armed group that have been fighting the Iranian regime for a number of years. The agency reported that the government officials persuaded some Baluch leaders to persuade two fighters to surrender.

Kahnouj is officially part of Kerman province. About 30 percent of Baluchistan soil is part of Kerman province to dilute the population of Baluchistan. The British officers who travelled to Baluchistan 2 centuries ago estimated the area of Baluchistan as 280 thousands skm. Now the area of Baluchistan is 180 thousand skm. Other parts of Baluchistan have been annexed to Kerman, Hormozgan and Southern Khorasan provinces.

The same agency said that four Baluch have been arrested in Southern Khorasan which has borders with Baluchistan and Afghanistan.

Reza Hossein Borr is a leadership consultant and the creator of 150 CDs.
He is also the author of Manual Success, Manual of Coaching and Mentoring, Motivational Stories that Can Change Your Life, and a New Vision for the Islamic World. He is also the creator of 15 Models for Change. He leads Balochistan Peoples Front. He can be contacted by email: balochfront@aol.com
www.coachingandmentoringonline.com

©Copyright, Reza Hossein Borr, 2007, London, UK

Objectives of Jondollah operations in February 2007

2007-03-02T08:10:00.000-08:00

Balochistan Peoples Front
Reza Hossein Borr

Objectives of Jondollah operations in February 2007

The Iranian regime can collapse easily

The Islamic Republic of Iran has portrayed an invincible image of itself, exaggerating about its military power, people power, strategy power, proxy power and religious power. To have an objective, realistic and concrete assessment of the government's claims about its invincibility, The People's Resistance Movement of Iran (Former Jondollah) organised and carried out a series of military operations against the military and security targets of the regime. These operations were carried out successfully without even one casualty in Zahedan, the centre of Baluchistan which is a militarised zone.

The success of these military operations proved:

Army power

1. The Iranian regime is more vulnerable than has been portrayed in international media.

2. The Iranian soldiers are less skilled than has been claimed.

3. The regime has less control on Iranian population than has been advertised.

4. The security forces and army are not dedicated to the Iranian regime as it has been claimed.

5. Military operations can be carried out almost everywhere in the country with full success.

6. The Iranian regime has more propaganda power than substance.

7. A small group of skilled fighters can generate a great impact on international and internal public opinion.

8. The Baluch fighters are using their own limited resources and if they have substantial support from a reliable source they can form a very strong force that can carry out huge operations, uprisings, civil campaigns, marches, protests and strikes in different parts of the country.

People's power

1. The people of Iran support a popular uprising if they are sure that the leaders of uprising are resolute in their decision and committed to success.

2. The people of Iran are prepared to join resistance movements as thousands of people have applied for membership of People's Resistance Movement of Iran.

3. The Iranian regime will collapse easily when the people realise that there is a reliable strong opposition group that can take the regime head on.

4. In spite of the government's claims the absolute majority people of Iran do not support this regime.

5. The regime has lost popularity.

6. The people have lost faith in the regime.

7. The people have realised that Islam has been used as a tool for seizing power and sustaining it.

Strategy power

1. The Iranian regime is not very competent in drawing and formulating effective strategies.

2. All the strategies that have been designed to trigger popularity among the masses have failed.

Proxy power

1. The Iranian regime has formed, trained, financed and equipped different militia to work in different provinces of Iran as well as in different countries.

2. These proxy groups in Baluchistan, Khuzistan, Kurdistan and other provinces have failed to live up to the expectations. These groups are not prepared to kill and get killed for the sake of the Iranian regime.

3. There are a lot of proxy groups in Baluchistan and regime expected them to work on their behalf for collecting information, participating in military operations and joining the army and security forces in their different operations. In practice, they have failed in the 90 percent of their objectives.

4. It seems that these groups are prepared to receive financial help to finance their families but they are not prepared to sacrifice their own selves or their families for the sake of regime they do not believe in anymore.

Religious power

1. The Iranian clerics have lost their religious influence on people.

2. The clerics have become so visibly corrupt that everybody can see their illegitimate activities.

3. Islam as a religion is losing its credibility among the Shia Muslim of Iran.

4. The clerics as a source of inspiration and guidance have lost their credibility and therefore they have become a source of discrimination and injustice.

5. Iranian people are not willing anymore to sacrifice their interests, beliefs, aspirations and objectives for the sake of the present regime.

Propaganda power

1. The Iranian regime is very strong in propaganda outside Iran.

2. Most of the success of the Iranian regime has been achieved through propaganda.

3. The Iranian regime has been successful in convincing its foreign enemies that it is too strong for them to take on.

4. The Iranian regime has been successful in convincing foreign countries that they have less power than Iran.

5. The Iranian regime has been successful in dividing international community through propaganda.

6. The Iranian regime is counting on the division among international community more than on its on power.

7. The Iranian regime has succeeded in convincing other countries that it can inflict heavy blows on them if they interfere in its affairs or its allies. But in practice it cannot do that.

If a small group can carry out huge military operations so successfully, a strong and big force can do more.

Reza Hossein Borr is a leadership consultant and the creator of 150 CDs.
He is also the author of Manual Success, Manual of Coaching and Mentoring, Motivational Stories that Can Change Your Life, and a New Vision for the Islamic World. He is also the creator of 15 Models for Change. He leads Balochistan Peoples Front. He can be contacted by email: balochfront@aol.com
www.coachingandmentoringonline.com

©Copyright, Reza Hossein Borr, 2007, London, UK

Mosaheba Hossein Borr Baa sedaye Amrica 18 FEB

2007-02-17T07:29:00.000-08:00

I have an interview with the Voice of America TV on 18 Feb 2007, Sunday at 3.3 London time and 4.30 European time about the latest developments in Balochistan.

Man rouz yakshanbeh 29 Bahman, saat 3.3 be waght London, 4.30 be waght uroupa , ba sedaye America TV
MOSAHEBA daram.

Reza Hossein Borr

Mosaheba Hossein Borr ba Dr Nourizadeh

2007-02-16T09:34:00.000-08:00

I had an interview with Dr Nourizadeh on Channel one TV on Thursday, 15 Feb 2007 about recent developments on Balochistan.
The link is bellow.

Man baa nourizadeh rouz 5shanbeh mosahba dashton.
Link: nourizadeh@aol.com

پنجره اي رو به خانه پدري
http://www.nourizadeh.com/archives/002602.php
كانال يك
پنج شنبه ۱۵/۲/۲۰۰۷
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2007-02-15T07:13:00.000-08:00

I have an interview with Dr Nourizadeh, Channel one TV, at 5.30, today 15 February, 2007.

Reza Hossein Borr

Ahmadinejad's mission was to restore the cleric’s credibility

2006-12-26T05:48:00.000-08:00

Ahmadinejad's mission was to restore the cleric’s credibility
Reza Hossein Borr

Ahmadinejad was elected to restore the credibility of the disgraced Iranian clerics and he has succeeded in doing so. The recent elections proved that.

An old Baluch master told his students that strategy is about saying something, doing something else, meaning something else to confuse and disorientate your opponent. This master advised his students that never allow your opponent to understand your true intentions. To completely conceal your true intentions you need to create at least four layers of disguise at beliefs level, interests level, needs level and news level. He added that you will be only defeated when your opponent clearly understands what you think, what you do, what you say, and what you intend. For the right decision always comes from the clarity of understanding of an issue, therefore, never allow clarity of understanding of your intentions to reach the opponents. This strategy has worked for ages and it is working now for the Iranian regime.

The Iranian regime concealed its main mission under the tree layers of internal beliefs, regional needs and international interests.

The concealed intention of bringing Ahmadinejad to power was to restore the lost credibility of the disgraced clerics. The Iranian clerics lost their complete popularity after 26 years of mismanaging the country and misleading the people. They impoverished the country, sponsored terrorism and brought disappointment. The Iranian clerics were completely hated by the Iranian people by the time Ahmadinejad became the president. They were internationally recognised as terrorists and criminals who had supported terrorist activities. The conviction of the supreme leader and Rafsanjani in Mikonos case (the assignation of KURDISH Leaders in Germany), Argentinean case (Bomb blast in the Jewish Centre) and the recent judgments of an American court regarding Khobar Towers of Saudi Arabia clearly prove their criminal background. These cases explicitly blamed the Iranian leaders who were clerics at the times of these terrorist activities.

The clerics who faced internal and international isolation had to do something to restore their credibility. Helping Ahmadinejad to win the fraudulent election was to bring somebody on the scene of Iran who was known in Iran as a butcher and ideologically an extremist. He had strong views that he expressed with a rude language. He had the stupidity to say the kind of things that no politician had said in the history of Iran before. He was encouraged to say what he said in order to scare the Iranians inside and the international community outside. Nobody expected a person of Ahmadinejad's nature to become the president of Iran if it was not for saving the old rulers.

The Western culture divides people in bad guys and good guys. The Iranian Ayatollahs were bad guys before Ahmadinejad. Somebody should have appeared in Iran to make the Ayatollahs appear good guys. That was Ahmadinejad.
Ahmadinejad never knew why he was chosen as the president. When he was elected he expressed his views. That made him appear the bad guy while in fact he is better than many Ayatollahs. He was made so bad that the previous clerics who were convicted criminals looked good.

In the recent elections Ahmadinejad's supporters did not win. They were not meant to win. They were meant to scare. The people were so much scared of them that they voted for the less scary ones. How elections were conducted, how the votes were cast and counted indicated a lot of fraud and negotiations behind the scenes to decide who must win and who must lose. Obviously the supreme leader and few other clerics who had devised the strategy of restoring their capabilities through demonising Ahmadinejad wanted to test the pulse of Iranian people and international community. The results of elections were not of any significant importance. The local councils in Iran are powerless institutions which have no any authority to make major decisions. The Council of the Experts which is responsible for appointing a leader and supervising his work does not have anything to do with managing and leading the country. These elections therefore did not have any significance. But they did serve a purpose. They demonstrated that the strategy of restoring the credibility of the disgraced clerics had been effective.

These elections showed that Ahmadinejad has been so bad that international community expressed happiness about the elections of the previous clerics like Rafsanjani. The Iranian people also showed some satisfaction. Ahmadinejad has been used quite effectively to restore some credibility to some clerics. He had to do the kind of things that made the Iranian people and international community aspire for the old days of Khatami and Rafsanjani although ALL serial killings in Iran and all terrorist activities of the Iranian regime have happened under these two clerics. In fact since Ahmadinejad has come to power, less terrorist activities have happened. Ahmadinejad who is very remote from wisdom and knowledge said the kind of things that scared everybody but in fact he did not do anything worse than the clerics had done before. In fact no major terrorist activity has happened during Ahmadinejad's presidency but his talks were so rude and rough that made Rafsanjani and Khatami look like good guys.

If it was not for Ahmadinejad, Khatami and Rafsanjani would never look good.

As the recent elections generated some satisfaction internally and internationally, Ahmadinejad will be persuaded even more to escalate war of words against the world until he demonises himself so much that everybody would be happy for Rafsanjani or Khatami or somebody like them to be elected in the next presidential elections. His rude talks will expand until he makes the old disgraced clerics quite electable in the coming elections of Parliament and presidency. The Iranian people as well as the international community will be pleased to see Ahmadinejad disappear and the old guard return with a new spirit and revitalised character.

The regime would be safe. The clerics will be safe. Amadinejad will get another big job. The Iranian people will continue to suffer. The international community will be happy for few months to be fooled again to hear nice talks while the regime will continue the policy of harbouring terrorism and exporting revolution in the Middle East.

It seems that international community has no in-depth understanding of the Iranian regime. Yet just another master piece of propaganda. The mind of Iranian clerics is more complicated than the capability of ordinary political figures to comprehend.

One of the Iranian leaders has recently said the West never understood the Iranian people or the Iranian regime. He was right. When I hear the Western experts talk about Iran I conclude that they would never understand the complexity of strategies the Iranian regime has used to confuse them for over 28 years. Even the most well-known thinkers of the West have very superficial understanding of the Iranian situation. When the Iranian regime applies strategies that the West does not understand, formulating credible policies for encountering Iran would be very difficult. For 28 years the West thought they did understand the Iranian mind and therefore, took different measures to either change the Iranian regime or contain it. They failed in both. None of their policies worked. The Iranian regime moved from strength to strength and used all the resources of the Western world to make itself No 1 power in the Middle East.

The West not only failed to limit the power of the Iranian government but whatever they did was used by the Iranian government to make itself stronger and more powerful in the Middle East. From not having any influence in any part of the Middle East, the Iranian regime has become the most powerful government in the region. Whatever the West did was somehow in the favour of Iranian regime. Whether the Western countries formulated and implemented these policies deliberately to turn Iran into the major Middle East power or they were confused so much that their policies unwittingly helped the Iranian regime to become the most important power in the region.

The regime said something, did something else and meant something different. It created the right conditions for the governments of the region and the international community to believe its lies as truth. It will be a long time before confusion ends and clarity of thoughts emerges.

Reza Hossein Borr is a leadership consultant and the creator of 150 CDs.
He is also the author of Manual Success, Manual of Coaching and Mentoring, Motivational Stories that Can Change Your Life, and a New Vision for the Islamic World. He can be contacted by email: balochfront@aol.com
www.coachingandmentoringonline.com

©Copyright, 2006, Reza Hossein Borr, London, UK

Shia equality or Shia supremacy?

2006-12-24T08:00:00.000-08:00

Reza Hossein Borr http://coachingandmentoringonline.com

Shia equality or Shia supremacy?

Every human being as a citizen of a country has an equal right of participation in political process. The person may be a Shia, a Sunni, a Christian, a Jew or the follower of any other religion. As the Declaration of Human Rights has stated all human beings are equal and must be treated equally and must have equal opportunities in their countries. If we accept this article of the Declaration of Human Rights we must also accept that the Shias must have equal rights with the Sunnis wherever they live and the Sunnis must have equal rights with the Shias wherever they live. If we consider equality of rights as the most important value that governs the relationships between different people we campaign for something which is just, acceptable and supportable.

If we campaign for the supremacy of one religion, we act in contrast of the value of equal rights and therefore, our campaign is not just, is not acceptable and must not be supported. It is true that many Shias in the Islamic world have no equal rights in many areas of life but it is also true that the Sunnis of Iran have less rights than any Shia in any Islamic country. Iran has taken the role of championing the rights of the Shia people. It is fighting relentlessly in all countries to secure their rights but Iran which is dominated by the Shias, have deliberately denied the most basic rights of the Sunnis in the last 28 years.

Discriminations against the Sunnis

Discrimination against the Sunnis covers every part of life from education, to politics, business, religion and business. These are some examples:

1. Educational discrimination against the Sunnis of Iran

There are 44,000 students in Iranian Baluchistan universities. Even 4, 000 of them are not Sunni Baluch. The Iranian government deliberately does not allow the Sunni Baluch of Iran to enter universities freely. This is while, according to one United Nations research, the Baluch children are the most talented children in Iran. This policy is pursued in all other Sunni dominated areas. Only in one county of Baluchistan, there are 500 schools which are built with cardboards and tents.

2. Political discrimination against the Sunnis of Iran

Since the beginning of the revolution, the Shia regime of Iran has not allowed even one Sunni to become prime minister, president, minister, an army general, and an ambassador. There is not even one single Sunni in Iranian Foreign Ministry. There is not even one Sunni chief executive in the whole country. All the officials in the Sunnis provinces and cities are the Shias who have been appointed by the Shia government.

3. Religious discrimination against the Sunnis of Iran

The Iranian media and leaders cite every day dozens of insulting remarks about the principles of Sunni religion. They have published hundreds of books which discredit the most important values of Islam. Even the Iranian government has built recently a huge temple to promote Abu Lo Lo, the killer of Omar, the second Caliph, as a great Islamic figure. The regime celebrates every year the murder of Omar by staging some ceremonies in which his effigy is burnt in public.

There are about one million Sunnis in Tehran, the capital of Iran, but the Iranian authorities do not allow them to build even one mosque. They are not allowed to perform their prayers in other Shia mosques. When they try to perform Friday prayers in parks, the security forces attacked them.

4. Economic discrimination against the Sunnis of Iran

99% of the Iranian businesses are under the control of the Shia population of Iran while 30% of Iranian population is Sunni. The government creates every barrier for the Sunnis to stop them from starting or developing their businesses. The major import and export licences are allocated to the Shia business. Even in the main cities of Sunnis, all the facilities of business are given to the Shias to deliberately impoverish the Sunni population of Iran. 70% to 80% of Sunnis are unemployed.

Shia inclusions in political and economics sources in Sunni dominated countries

While Iran is applying all kinds of discriminations against the Sunnis, the Sunni governments are quite generous towards their Shia population. It is a paradox that a regime that is fighting for the rights of the Shias in different countries discriminates more than any other country against the Sunnis in Iran. The Sunni governments are usually inclined to include the Shias in political and economic powers. These are some examples:

1. Pakistan

Everybody knows Bhtto family in Pakistan. They are a Shia family but they have governed Pakistan three times. There have been other Shia presidents and prime ministers in Pakistan. The Shias in Pakistan enjoy complete equality in a Sunni dominated country. There have been many Shia ministers in all governments of Pakistan from the beginning of Pakistan up to now. There are Shia army generals, there are Shia ambassadors and diplomats and there are big Shia businessmen. They have their own mosques. There are Shias in different levels of civil service too.

2. Afghanistan

There are several Shia ministers in Afghan government. There have been always Shia ministers in various Afghan regimes. There are Shia governors in Afghanistan. There are Shia army generals in Afghanistan. There are very rich Shia businessmen in Afghanistan too.

3. Kuwait

There are two Shia ministers in Kuwait. There are many Shia generals in Kuwait army. There are many Shia diplomats in the Foreign Ministry. There are many Shia businessmen in Kuwait. They have their mosques and they are free to perform their prayers.

4. The state of Qatar

There are dozens of Shia ministers, army generals, ambassadors, businessmen and high officials in Qatar and other Arab countries.

While we see that there are so many Shia high officials in Islamic and Arab world, why there is not even one single high official from the Sunnis in Iran? Why there is so much discrimination against the Sunnis in a regime that claims to embody Islamic justice, Islamic equality and brotherhood? And why there is so much silence about the exclusions of Sunnis from all sources of power in Iran? If the Shia government of Iran is fighting for the rights of Shias everywhere, why the Sunni governments of the world are not fighting for the rights of Sunnis in Iran?

Practically the Shias have had secured their supremacy in Iran at the cost of 30% of its Sunni population. Now they are seeking supremacy in other countries. For them the idea of equal rights is not a value of considerable importance when it comes to getting their own supremacy but when they do not have equal rights in other countries, they make a great issue of it.

What is disturbing everybody is not the quest of the Shias for their equal rights but their desire for supremacy. That has generated considerable resistance everywhere. Iran as the main Shia country must accept the value of equal rights for all its citizens inside Iran and then make its case for the equality of rights of the Shias in other countries. Nobody believes in Iranian campaign for the equal rights of the Shias in the Islamic countries if the Iranian regime does not believe in the equal rights of Sunnis in Iran. The Iranian regime must make itself first a believable example and must establish a model system which is a model of equality.

Iran has challenged other Islamic countries that they were not following the Islamic principles of brotherhood, equality and justice. If the government believes in these principles it must implement them fully and completely in Iran first. Once Iran is the embodiment of equality and justice, many other people and governments would follow it voluntarily. The Iranian regime can bring more credibility to its own system and to its own religion if it carries out what it preaches.

Nobody is ready to accept the supremacy of the Shias. It is a delusion that may initially grab some points but finally as the quest for supremacy is conducted recklessly, as it is done by the present regime of Iran, it will backfire and would result in the suppression of Shias in different countries.

30% of Iranian population is Sunni. Eight of its provinces are dominated by the Sunnis. Yet there has not been even single minister, army general, ambassador or a top official in the last 28 years in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The situation is clear. There is no the idea of equal rights in the minds of the Shia population of Iran and specifically the rulers of Iran. The other amazing thing is the complete silence of the ordinary Shia people over the suppression of the Sunnis. Even more amazing is the complete silence of the Iranian politicians, intellectuals, journalists and political activists over the total exclusion of Sunnis from all sources of power. The systematic discrimination that has been carried out against the Sunnis of Iran has not been criticised by any Iranian Shia politician. It seems that there is a total consensus among all Shia groups of Iran about the exclusion of Sunnis from all sources and centres of political and economic powers while all of them collectively protest strongly against the discrimination carried out against the Shias in Sunni dominated countries.

The Shia groups of different political tendencies have differences but these differences are all about who has the power and who must have it. All governments of Iran have taken over the power with great promises of equality of rights and equality of opportunity but as soon as they got established, they adapted the same old policies of oppression and suppression of different classes and groups and specifically the Sunnis.

Discrimination by Iranian media and journalists against the Sunnis

The Iranian media of the Shia opposition groups follow the same policy of discrimination against Sunnis. They publish everyday hundreds of articles and news on every aspect of life in Iran but they refuse to publish the news of hanging of the Sunnis of Baluchistan by Iranian regime. If a Shia journalist gets arrested, they follow every movement of his family and report every thing about him to maintain his presence in the media. If ten Sunnis get killed in Baluchistan, the opposition media of Iran refuse to publish the news that even have been published by the Iranian regime. The Iranian media publish hundreds of articles about the Shia political prisoners in other countries and refuse to publish any article on the political prisoners of Sunni community of Iran.

Even those security forces of Iran who have defected to the West reveal the secrets of serial killings of the Shia intellectuals and journalists but they refuse to disclose the serial killings of the Sunni leaders and intellectuals. All the Shia politicians and journalists of Iran seem to agree with the present government in its policies of genocide and complete exclusion of the Sunnis.

The same media that applied discrimination against the Sunnis publish widely any news about the persecution of the Shias in the Sunni countries. They report widely the news of Hezbollah and the Shia demonstration in Bahrain. They portray the Hezbollah as the hero of the Arab world and the Shias of Bahrain as the oppressed people who have been persecuted by Bahrain authorities but they refuse to publish the news of executions and persecutions of the Sunnis in Iran.

These are not only the Shias of Iran who have dominated other religions; the Shias of Iraq are perusing the same path. If the Shias in Iraq are not seeking supremacy why did they dissolve the Iraqi army, civil service and Iraqi secret services? If those establishments were allowed to function, today the situation would have been much better. Cleansing the Sunnis from the sensitive cities and areas in Iraq is seeking Shias supremacy. The same could be true about Lebanon. If the Hezbollah is not looking for supremacy why it is seeking the toppling of an elected government which has been elected democratically and freely according to the Lebanese constitution?

It is right for the Hezbollah to have its appropriate share in Lebanese government but it is also the right for the Sunnis in Iran to fight for their fair share of power. The Sunnis of Iraq have the same rights that the Shias have in Iran and Lebanon.

As evidence demonstrates it seems that wherever the Shias are in power the Sunnis are completely excluded. Is there a deep-rooted discriminatory belief in Shia mind?

Reza Hossein Borr is a leadership consultant and the creator of 150 CDs.
He is also the author of Manual Success, Manual of Coaching and Mentoring, Motivational Stories that Can Change Your Life, and a New Vision for the Islamic World. He can be contacted by email: balochfront@aol.com
www.coachingandmentoringonline.com

©Copyright, Reza Hossein Borr, 2006, London, UK

The split in the Kurdish Democratic Party is good news for the Iranian regime

2006-12-20T07:53:00.000-08:00

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Baluchistan People's Front

The split in the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran only benefits the Iranian regime

The news of split in the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran was good news for the Iranian government but sad news for everybody who was hoping for the success of efforts of many Iranians who were trying to form a grand coalition of Iranian opposition parties and organizations. This split also happened at a time that the Kurdish organizations had already begun a wide range of talks with different Kurdish groups to bring together all Kurdish forces.

The Iranian regime has received a lot of good news recently: Baluchistan United Front was split, its Iranian opposition is divided, its enemies in Europe are divided, and its enemies in the Middle East are divided too. Consequently the Iranian regime seems very established inside Iran and has become a major power in the Middle East as a result of ineffectiveness of its enemies.

The main reason for the continuity of the Islamic Republic of Iran is not its performance and competence but the discord and the division among its opposition. From this split, as other splits in different organizations including the disintegration of Baluchistan United Front, only our common enemy will be pleased. It is true that the Iranian government has invested large amount of money to create divisions and discord among its opposition but why the opposition groups are not awakening to this reality that their victory depends on their union and unity.

The Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran is one of the oldest and possibly the largest political set-up in Iran. It has gone through many ups and downs in its history but it has been able to reproduce itself each time stronger than before. There is no doubt that this time it will survive but the cost will be uncertain delays in the creation of a grand coalition of Kurdish forces as well as the enlargement of the Congress of Iranian Nationalities.

This split came at a time that nobody expected. In the last meeting of the Congress of Iranian Nationalities in Sweden, there was talk of forming a great coalition of all political forces in Kurdistan. What we didn't know was the invisible hands that were trying to split the most important Kurdish political group.

I don't know how Kurdish people will be able to succeed in their campaign for their rights if they continue to get divided into smaller groups and fight against each other. In the armed clashes between Komola and the Kurdish Democratic Party about 500 Kurds were killed after the revolution. Now these two groups are working together in the Congress of Iranian Nationalities but the lives are lost. One strategy the Iranian regime has used since the beginning of the revolution was to use the resources, the people, the culture and traditions of each of the Iranian nationalities to create as much the division among them as possible. The Kurds must not fall in this trap.

The efforts of the Islamic Republic of Iran for creating discord and division among its opposition is not new. When the Baluchistan United Front was formed, a lot of Baluch people who were disguised in Balochi nationalism used every bit of their energy to disintegrate it. Some members of the Baluchistan United Front played in their hands and the eventually it split. This split was conducive to its full disintegration. The only beneficiary was the Islamic Republic of Iran. Again the Islamic Republic of Iran used the Baluch people against the Baluch people to disintegrate their organization.

The splitting of the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran is bad news for the Kurdish people and for everyone who hoped for the formation of a coalition that was capable of overthrowing the Iranian regime. Yet, the Congress of Iranian Nationalities is very keen to do whatever it can to repair the rift among the Kurdish people. We also are keen to see the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran to be as active in promoting the interests of Iranian and Kurdish people as before. We continue to work with the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran in the Congress of Iranian Nationalities to establish a democratic, secular and federal system in Iran.

We, the executive committee of Baluchistan People's Front, express our deep concerns about this split. We also believe it is time for all of us to unite and form a great coalition that is capable of establishing a new system in which every Iranian participates fully in the building of his town, province and country.

Baluchistan People's Front
balochfront@aol.com

Reza Hsoosein Borr

Ten members of the security forces of Iran were killed in Balochistan

2006-12-19T04:41:00.000-08:00

Balochistan People's Front

Zahedan, Iran, 19 December 06- Ten members of the security forces of Iran were killed in Balochistan in an armed clash with the Jondollah Organization of Iran. The Jondollah organization of Iran announced in a statement that the clash happened in Mortan, Sarbaz, Iranshahr on 18 December 06.

This organization did not elaborate on how the armed conflict began but claimed that in a series of military operations which are called "empowerment two", initiated several attacks on the security forces. This is the second military operation by the Jondollah of Iran in the last few days. This organization took the responsibility for a bomb blast in front of the Governor's House in Zahedan on 14 December 06. The bomb exploded earlier than planned and consequently did not cause any causality.

In another statement that was issued by the Jondollah organization of Iran it was reported that one of their top commanders, Ahamad Dahmarda, was killed by the security forces located in this military base. There are numerous military bases in different parts of Baluchistan that control the transport and the movement of ordinary people which have resulted in economic slowdown of the province. According to the governmental sources there are more than 100,000 military forces of different kinds in Balochistan to control the Baluch people and yet, the military operations by Baluch militants occur on a weekly basis.

The Islamic Republic of Iran began the policy of intimidation in Baluchistan from the beginning of the revolution in order to force the Baluch people into subjugation and submission but the Baloch people initiated a counter-action policy of increasing their courage and boldness by fighting back and citing their rich legends of war and resistance.

The Jondollah organization of Iran also announced that it will organise several huge military operations in other provinces of Iran to deter the Iranian security forces from further arbitrary killings of the Baluch people. According to some reports 240 Baloch people have been either hanged in public or shot dead in different cities and villages of Baluchistan.

The Jondollah organization of Iran began its activities about four years ago with civil campaigning but some of its members were arrested and executed. This organization consequently began defending its members and organization using the same strategies that the Iranian government has used since the beginning of the revolution. This organization has also announced several times that if the Iranian government allows civil campaign in Baluchistan freely it would abandon all its arms and would become a civil organization but the Iranian government has increased its military operations in Baluchistan.

Balochistan People's Front

Iran is manufacturing four civil wars in the Middle East

2006-12-17T14:40:00.000-08:00

Reza Hossein Borr

Iran is manufacturing four civil wars in the Middle East

What is more costly? Change of regime in Iran or civil war in the Middle East?

The Iranian regime is manufacturing four civil wars in the Middle East now and some more in future to cause numerous deaths and the destruction of 100 years of achievements of the Arab world. A large part of the achievements of the Middle East were destroyed by the war between Iran and Iraq. According to Independent news paper the cost of war was estimated at $600 billon for Iran and about $400 billion for Iraq. Hashemi Rafsanjani, former Iranian President, estimated the cost of war at $1000 billion for Iran. Human causality was about one million deaths and injured for both sides.

The war sacked most of foreign reserves of all Arab States of the Gulf and Iran and forced them to borrow money from other countries.

Devastation of Iraq

The violence in Iraq has reached the point where many experts believe that it is a civil war. More than 100 people get killed every day. The killings are sectarian killings. The Shias of Iraq have been trained, financed and armed by the Iranian government to cleanse the Iraqi Sunnis from the major cities and force them out of their country so that the Shias will be the great majority of Iraq with a very small Sunni minority that could be controlled and subjugated very easily.

There are about two million Iraqi refugees, most of them Sunnis, whose homes and lands have been already taken over by the Shia militia. The new Iraqi army has been dominated by the Shias and there is no any chance for the Sunnis to match the power of the Shia as the full civil war becomes more imminent.

Nobody has a doubt that it is the Iranian regime who has manufactured violence in Iraq and it is directing it towards full civil war to create the right conditions for creating an Iraq that the Shias are in total control.

How much Iran is spending on Iraqi militia?

Iran is financing all Iraqi Shia militia. Nobody exactly knows the amount of money that Iranian government has invested for the destruction of Iraq and the elimination of Sunnis. Some experts believe that the cost of maintaining Mahdi Army is more than 100 million dollars a month. This is all paid by the Iranian government. As Ayatollah Hakim recently confessed in America all Iraqis have some sort of contact with the Iranian regime. The contact means getting training, equipment, technology, funds and political direction. It is estimated that the Iranian regime is spending something like $500 million dollars a month in Iraq to finance different political, cultural and militant groups.

The Americans are spending about $1 billion dollars a week to established law and order but they have failed completely. If you add the cost of maintaining other military forces of American allies in Iraq, the total cost of presence of USA, UK and other countries will exceed two billion dollars a week.

How much Iran is spending on Hezbollah?

The deputy leader of Hezbollah announced recently that his organization has received $300 million dollars from Iran to reconstruct the Shia parts of Lebanon, not other parts, which have been damaged during Israel-Hezbollah war. This amount does not include the cost of maintaining Hezbollah which is estimated at $600 million dollars a year. If you add the cost of present Hezbollah campaign against the Lebanese government it is estimated that the Iranian regime is investing something like 1 billion dollars a year for preparing the Hezbollah for a civil war which according to many analysts, is about to happen.

How much Iran is spending on Hamas?

There is a kind of civil war in Palestine too. Palestinian Prime Minister, Hania, said after his trip to Iran that Iran will give $250 million more dollars to Hamas. This is in addition to paying the salaries of 100,000 unemployed workers. If you calculate the salaries of 100, 000 unemployed workers at a rate of $1000 that will amount to something like $100 million dollars per month. The Iranian regime paid $50 million dollars to Hamas just few months ago.

What Iran is doing in Bahrain?

It has been reported that the Iranian government has formed and financed more than 24 Shia organizations in Bahrain. Each organization has been allocated one particular task but the overall objective of all of them is to overthrow the traditional government of Bahrain and install an Iranian style Islamic Republic. In the recent elections in Bahrain, the Shia coalition secured 23 seats of the parliament. Although they officially accepted the results of elections, they have now started a campaign for destabilising the system which is one of the most competent systems in the Arab world.

The Shia community always had a major share in political and economic power in Bahrain although the ruling family is Sunni. After the elections a Shia was appointed as the deputy Prime Minister and another one as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. There are other Shia politicians in the government too. In spite of being part of the government, the Shia groups of Bahrain are following the same strategies that Hamas is implementing in Palestine and Hezbollah is carrying out in Lebanon.

The process of the destabilisation of Bahrain has begun. Al-Wefaq Islamic Society led by Chairman Ali Salman is playing the same role that the Hezbollah of Lebanon is playing.

According to consecutive reports of Transparency International, Bahrain is among the cleanest countries in the region. It is also one of the most liberal countries in the Middle East. It is obvious that the Iranian regime is manufacturing four civil wars in the region. As we see in Iraq, the cost of sectarian violence is devastating. If Palestine, Lebanon and Bahrain fall in the trap the Iranian government has planned for them, they face the same fate the Iraqis are facing now.

Who is causing the destruction?

The Iranian regime is manufacturing and financing these civil wars in the Middle East. How much destruction in Iraq, Palestine, Bahrain and Lebanon will be caused by the civil wars must be calculated in future. But if the cost has been so far 600,000 deaths, 2 million refugees and the destruction of thousands of homes and the infrastructure of Iraq, how much death and destruction will be made in the next two years, and in the next 5 years and so on?.

We will see very soon that the same death and destruction would happen in Palestine, Bahrain and Lebanon. Now it is evident that the Iranian regime has planned to destroy the achievements of 100 years of hard work of Arab people.

So what can you do with such a regime?

Would you wait until the Iranian regime causes more death and destruction or will you take action now to change the Iranian regime? Change of the Iranian regime is costly but only it costs about the expenses of two weeks of the allied forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The people and governments of the region must pay the cost of restoring prosperity and security in the Middle East. The others can not do for us what we can do for ourselves. Once we determine to go for it, the rest will follow.

Reza Hossein Borr is a leadership consultant and the creator of 150 CDs.
He is also the author of Manual Success, Manual of Coaching and Mentoring, Motivational Stories that Can Change Your Life, and a New Vision for the Islamic World. He can be contacted by email: balochfront@aol.com

The Iranian four-track-parallel foreign policy has confused Saudi Arabia

2006-12-15T06:21:00.000-08:00

First Published 2006-12-15, Last Updated 2006-12-15 09:14:08, http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/

The Iranian four-track-parallel foreign policy has confused Saudi Arabia
The vague foreign policy of Iran has been able to deceive and confuse nearly all leaders of the world specifically the Arab leaders, says Reza Hossein Borr.

The Iranian regime always had a four-track-parallel foreign policy to influence the most important groups in the Arab world and Saudi Arabia. Each track has its own approach and perception of the region and Iran. The objective of the Iranian multiple intentions-multiple targets and multiple outcomes policy is to confuse the decision-makers in the Arab world and stop them from formulating an effective approach towards Iran.

The Iranian regime communicates its multiple track confusing foreign policies through different channels. The supreme leader is the main communicator of the source of confusion. He gives multiple signals that appeal to a wide variety of audience. His messages intend to inspire pride in the Iranian people and prejudice against adversaries.

The Iranian President communicates directly with the Arab masses. He uses simple words that generate vigour and energy in simple people who cannot understand the complexity of the Iranian mind. He targets the most important beliefs and aspirations of Moslems. He uses Islamic ideology to infiltrate their belief system and uses military language to intrude into the heart and feelings of the people on the streets. He portrays Shia religion as the source of invincibility that campaigns for the realisation of goals of all Moslems. He injects a kind of feeling of righteousness in others about himself. He implies that his righteousness comes from his Shia religious beliefs. He implies that if everybody was a revolutionary Shia militia with strong faith in the power of Islam, eradication of Israel and the restoration of Islamic glory will be very easy.
The Moslems and Arabs and specifically the Saudi Arabian Arabs are craving for glory and pride. They are craving for somebody who speaks their suppressed feelings and untold aspirations. Ahmadinejad's rhetoric is in dire contrast with Saudi Arabian leaders who follow a quiet policy.

The journalists are affected in the same way. They have to reflect the public opinions in their reports. Thus, Ahmadinejad's opinions appear in Arab media. When the Arab masses see that their opinions have been reflected in the media they believe in their own opinions that somehow have been generated by Ahmadinejad. The Arab masses face unconsciously the choice between their own leaders and Ahmadinejad. It is evident that Ahmadinejad reflects their opinions and therefore, a feeling of affinity and admiration towards him is generated in them.
The next channel of communication is carried out by the Iranian foreign minister. He travels to different countries and draws a new version of Iranian foreign policy which partly confirms Ahmadinejad's messages and partly rejects them. He demonstrates the friendly version of confusing foreign policy that can positively affect the foreign ministers of Islamic and Arab world. He implies that Ahmadinejad's speeches are designed for the Iranian masses and have not to be taken seriously by the leaders of other countries. He portrays Ahmadinejad as a person who has no control over his feelings and ideas and therefore speaks without considering diplomatic protocols.

The Iranian foreign minister communicates a foreign policy version that manifests friendliness in mutual relationships. He tries to demonstrate Iranian good will in establishing and promoting cultural and commercial relationships.
He wants to build trust to cover the real objectives that are carried out by the Iranian security forces.

The next channel of communication of total deception is presented by two former presidents: Hashemi Rafsanjani and Khatami. These two are the masters of disguising the truth. They pretend to be the main sources of decision-making. They talk about Islamic brotherhood and dialogue of civilisations. They are the Rasputins of Islamic Republic of Iran. They target intellectuals, media, journalists, think tanks as well as politicians. They go to different universities and international organisations to portray the Iranian revolution as a just revolution that seeks justice and equality for all the people of the world. They want to prove that they have already implemented the principles and values of Islam in Iran and consequently, they have created a heaven on earth in the Iranian land. They are keen to give every assurance to people of the world and specifically to the Arabs that Iran is a peaceful country and seeks peace and justice for everyone.

While these channel of communications try to fool the Arabs the revolutionary guards and security forces are fully engaged in exporting revolution, reviving Shia nationalism and sponsoring terrorism.

The Iranian regime has been engaged in multiple track foreign policy behaviour. While the religious leaders have tried to secure the trust of the Arabs through promoting Islamic values and principles in the Arab lands, the Iranian intelligence services have formulated and implemented the real Iranian foreign policy which is influencing the Shias and those Sunnis who are frustrated from the present situation.

This vague foreign policy of Iran has been able to deceive and confuse nearly all leaders of the world specifically the Arab leaders. The Arab leaders are Sunnis and naturally believe in what they hear specifically if it comes from those people who look credible. The religious leaders in the eyes of the Sunnis are credible people that have to be believed and respected. The Iranian religious leaders have understood the honesty of the Arab people and Arab leaders and they have taken full advantage of it. The Iranian leaders have pledged to prevent terrorist activities against the Arab governments but have not honoured them. They believe that the Arab leaders are tyrants (zaalem) and therefore the pledge is not bounding. The Arabs have not been able to understand the complexity of the Iranian Shia mind. They have not been able to recognise the mask which covers the devil.

The present confusion among the Arab leaders and specifically Saudi Arabian leaders has created dangerous differences of opinion and even dispute among them. The Iranian government has succeeded in creating divisions among the Arab rulers which naturally would result in indecisiveness. Today some officials in Saudi Arabian government believe that Iran has good intentions and some others believe that the Iranian regime has created Shia crescent to assert Shia supremacy.

Making right decisions must come from clarity of understanding of accurate data. The data that the Arab governments receive from Iran are vague and confusing and therefore, they are not able to make decisions to prevent Iran from further intrusion. It was hard for many Arab leaders to believe that the Iranian officials have systematically misguided them through well-designed lies and deceptive strategies.

The Iranian government has always denied interfering in the affairs of the Arab world and yet everybody is convinced today that Iran is creating civil wars in Iraq, Palestine and Lebanon.
The most important Arab country is Saudi Arabia that has the resources to encounter the Iranian threat but the Iranian regime has been able to split the Saudi Arabian ruling family. Some of the members of ruling family have been confused so much that they cannot believe that Iran is behind all the explosive conditions in the Middle East. Some others are convinced that Iran is the main element of the destabilisation in the Arab world. The vagueness of Iranian foreign policy has created so much darkness that it is difficult to reach the clarity of understanding of relationship between Iran and the Arab world.

It took the United States about 25 years to understand that the Iranian leaders are deceptive. The European leaders are still confused but they are not the main targets of Iranian fundamentalism. The Arab countries are the main targets of Iranian extremism and fundamentalism. Iran has already generated sufficient violence in Iraq, Palestine and Lebanon.
Can the governments of the Arab world understand the real objectives of Iranian government and formulate new policies to encounter the dangerous threat that looms over their heads?
If the leaders of Saudi Arabia continue to be receptive to the confusion that has been imposed on them, the Iranian regime will move in the heart of the Arab world.

Reza Hossein Borr is a leadership consultant and the creator of 150 CDs. He is also the author of Manual Success, Manual of Coaching and Mentoring, Motivational Stories that Can Change Your Life, and a New Vision for the Islamic World.

He can be contacted by email: sarawani@aol.com
© Copyright, 2006 London

Two bombs exploded in Zahedan

2006-12-15T06:17:00.000-08:00

Balochistan People’s Front
Reza Hossein Borr

Zahedan, Baluchistan, Iran, 15 December -- two bombs exploded in Zahedan last night causing some damages but no causality was reported. The first bomb blast happened about 10 o'clock in the evening in front of the building of governor of Baluchistan. The other one exploded few minutes later near Baluchistan University. Jondollah of Baluchistan has taken officially the responsibility for these explosions

This is the first time that two bombs of this nature have been used to in Baluchistan. The people who witnessed the explosions claimed the target was the governor and other top officials of Baluchistan who had a meeting in the governor’s office to discuss the elections that began today.

One source which is close to the Jondollah of Baluchistan said that the objective of these explosions was to disrupt the process of fraudulent ongoing elections and deter the government from further oppressing Baluch people. Some reports indicate that 240 Baluch people have been hanged in public or shot dead in the streets in the last six months. Not even one single official has been arrested for these killing. Consequently the Jondollah organization of Iran decided to take some preventative measures to stop further killing of the Baloch people.

It is not yet clear that the plan was to target the governor and other top officials of Baluchistan when they left the building. If that was the plan the bombs exploded earlier and did not cause any harm. Another source which is close to Baluch fighters said that the objective of the explosions was to warn the Iranian government that they had the ability to act at any time they wanted to use different methods of resistance. The aim of these explosions was not to kill or destroy but to warn.

There are 100 armed groups in Baluchistan who are fighting for their basic human rights that have been violated since the beginning of the revolution. The Baluch people are Sunnis and the Shia government of Iran has officially denied them any participation in running their own affairs in Baluchistan. There are three million Sunni Baluch in Iran and there has not been even one Baolch minister, governor, ambassador, general or any other top official since the revolution. According to consecutive United Nations reports Baluchistan is the poorest province in Iran. The Baluch people believe that the Iranian regime has deliberately decided to impoverish them and force them out of their land. To maintain their identity and land the Baluch people have begun widespread civil and armed campaign against regime.

Balochistan People’s Front , email: balochfront@aol.com
Reza Hossein Borr

A New vision for Baluchistan, Iran

2006-12-14T05:11:00.000-08:00

Reza Hossein Borr

Baluchistan Peoples Front
FORMERLY
Baluchistan United Front

A New vision for Baluchistan, Iran

We are literally bound by nothing, except our thoughts.

Vision
We are striving to make Balocistan and Iran the lands of excellence and accomplishments, law and liberty, the land of success and opportunity, the land of stability and security, the land of wisdom and rationality, the land of honour and humanity, the land of peace and prosperity, the land of harmony and happiness thru a democratic, secular and federal system.

We intend to make Iran a land to which everybody wants to belong.

Mission Statement
We are determined to campaign relentlessly to change the present regime, establish democracy, unleash unlimited human potentials and develop huge natural resources to maximize the welfare, well being and security of Iranian people.

Definition of our key values

Introduction

Everything you see happening to you is the consequence of that which you are.

Iran is what we are and we are what Iran is. Our country is reflected in every one of us and every one of us reflects one part of our land. Iran has made us what we are and we have made Iran what it is. We as Iranians have produced Iran as it is.

Iran as it is, is in the most undesirable state and therefore, the Iranians are in the most undesirable states. Every where you look you can see poverty, discrimination, bloodshed, violence, prostitution, drug addiction, crime, revenge, humiliation, conspiracy and misery. All these things have been produced by us as Iranians and as Iranians, we must commit ourselves to eradicate them and replace the values and principles that are suggested in this vision.

All these things have happened to us because of what we are and who we are. If we want better things to happen to us, we have to change what we are and who we are. These miseries will continue to happen to us until we decide vigorously to change what we are and who we are. The first condition for changing what we are is to decide that we don't want to be what we are.

To change what we are and who we are, we have to adopt new principles and values that rebuild and remould our composition and make-up. When these values and principles are adapted and integrated in our beings, would we be able to attract new great and excellent achievements.

Remember We Are Conditioned To Believe That these are Impossible but the Japanese applied them in their lives and they became the second greatest economy in the world; the Chinese, Indians, the South Koreans and Taiwanese also applied them in their lives, in their systems, in their cultures and in their governments and now they are enjoying a high level of prosperity, peace, security and stability.

As Benjamin Disraeli, the former British Prime Minister said, "Nurture your mind with great thoughts for you will never go any higher than you think."

Excellence

Excellence is about achieving the best. It is a state of mind in which your thoughts, your talks and your behaviours and actions generate excellent outcomes within your abilities. Your abilities are unlimited and therefore, the quality of your excellence is also unlimited too. You have achieved excellence when other people, as judges, look at what you have done and say, "well done, it couldn't have been done better." The process of generating this state of excellence in your mind and in your life begins at looking at those whose state of excellence have generated extra- ordinary achievements.

Accomplishment

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
Accomplishment is about focusing on performance. Great accomplishments are the products of peak performance. Whatever you do must be accomplished well and exceed expectations. I know that the greatness of my nation, my people and my country depends on me. I commit myself to think big, plan well and set great goals in order to accomplish great tasks.

In order to communicate a common understanding to everybody who is interested in this vision we define the key words in the following terms.

Law

Law means rules and regulations and acts passed by the Iranian parliament, international agencies and UN. The new Iranian constitution shall be compatible with the United Nations charters and its conventions. These laws will define the relationship between citizens. All citizens have equal rights. Nobody is above law and the rule of the law is the supreme value of the nation.

I commit myself to observe all the laws, rules and regulations of the nation. I guarantee that the new constitution and the new laws are observed and carried out by all institutions of the state.

My family and I are equal to every other citizen in the eyes of the constitution. I pledge that my family will not expect any favourable treatment.

Liberty

Liberty means freedom.

Liberty is the state of being free within the society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behaviour and political views. It also means the power or scope to act as one pleases and pursues his or her own interests and preferences. Freedom is my highest political value.

Our country has been in the search of liberty for many decades. I would strive to institutionalise this value to make sure that liberty will become an integral part of Iranian Society. I will do my best to establish liberty in my country and encourage everybody else to accept it and apply it in their lives and fight for it if the need arises.

Liberty must be considered as the highest political value in Iran and shall be defended by every single Iranian.

Liberty also means the freedom of press, political parties, social and cultural societies and institution, freedom of elections, freedom of religion, opinions and freedom of choice.

I shall strive to guarantee these freedoms, as they are known in India, Western Europe and USA.

Success
Success means the accomplishment of an aim or objective. Our land must be the land of accomplishments and achievements by all Iranians.

A country is measured by its collective achievement and therefore, our country shall be measured by the collective accomplishments of all Iranians. It is the collective success of all Iranians that guarantees prosperity for all.

I would strive to create conditions in Iran in which success becomes available to all. I will do my best to prevent political, social, cultural, economic, ethnic, and religious discrimination.

I will fight against discrimination of any kind and I would invite all Iranians to unleash their best potentials to achieve the best for themselves and for their country.

Opportunity

Opportunity means a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something or achieve something.

Other land must be the land of opportunity is for all citizens regardless of their colour, religion, race and background.

I shall strive to create such circumstances in which achieving an objective becomes available to all Iranians.

I will guarantee that they will be the quality of opportunity for all. No discrimination shall be accepted by anybody.

Stability
Stability must be considered as the most important social value of our country. Stability means smooth running of the affair and peaceful evolution of developments.

Our people need to plan for short and long-term visions and objectives. Our governments need to plan in stable conditions to ensure the continuity. Only stability can ensure the implementation and realisation of our other values and therefore, stability must be given top priority when we formulate rules, regulations, constitution and long-term planning.

I shall strive to promote stability as one of my major value in myself and in the whole country. I'd invite all Iranians to contribute to the stability of the country after a democratic government and system has been established in Iran.

Security
Security means being free from any threat and danger that may be inflicted by governmental institutions and individual intrusions.
Security is the most important psychological demand of Iranian people. They have felt insecure for more than two decades now.

I guarantee to establish security for all Iranians regardless of their political, religious, social and racial backgrounds. I understand the importance of security for the well-being of Iranian people. Without security political freedom, economic progress, social stability and peace of mind will not be achieved and our objectives and visions will not be realised, and therefore, I urge all Iranians to fight anybody and any institution that may undermine the security of our nation, our country, and our citizens.

Wisdom

Wisdom means the collective knowledge and principles that have been developed within Iranian Society on the basis of sound actions, reasonable judgments and constructive decisions.

I shall strive to promote wisdom as it is defined here. I shall encourage all Iranian people to embrace sound actions, reasonable judgments and constructive decisions. In the age of wisdom and technology we need a new understanding of our culture and our world so that we constructively engage in national, regional and international affairs.

Rationality

Rationality means a way of thinking which is based on reason and logic. It is to enable the person to think clearly, sensibly and logically.

Our nation needs to rethink rationally her way of perceiving internal and external interactions. This perception shall be based on logic, reason and wisdom. Only a rational way of perception can bring a new productive approach towards our culture and value was.

I shall strive to construct a rational approach and I shall strive to encourage all Iranian people to build their principles and value systems on rational understandings.

Honour

Honour means high respect and esteem for oneself and for other people. It is a set of principles that defines the relationship among all citizens. Honour means distinguishing between right and wrong and adhering to the right principles.

I shall strive to honour all my promises and endeavour to fight against the wrongdoings of all citizens and institutions. I shall encourage all my fellow countrymen to treat each other with honour and respect.

Our individual and collective honour has been deeply damaged during the last few decades and therefore, we shall do our best to restore our honour, dignity, respect and positive and productive values.

Humanity

Humanity means respecting human beings and principles of peaceful c0-existence among different human beings. Humanity means believing in human rights, human principles, and equality of opportunity and treatment for all human beings.

As a human being I shall strive to promote human rights in Iranian Society and endeavour to fight against any institution or anybody who may violate human rights.

In this regard I shall promise that I want everything for other people that I want for myself and for my family and I shall treat every human being with equal fairness.

Peace

Peace means being free from disturbance, war, violence and violent conflicts. It also means tranquillity, mutual understanding and agree to disagree peacefully on different issues.

Our nation and people have suffered too much from unnecessary conflicts, wars and violence of this century.

I understand that the peace of our nation has been undermined by continuous wars and violence imposed by the present regime on our people. I understand that all resources our nation has been wasted by these wars and conflicts. I understand that the violent regime of the Islamic Republic has inflicted unbearable blows to the heart and mind of our people and therefore I shall strive to bring peace in our country.

I shall endeavour to encourage all my countrymen to resolve their problems peacefully through dialogue and negotiations. When it is impossible to resolve the disputes through dialogue and negotiations the law will rule and say the last word.

Prosperity for all

Prosperity means being financially successful, and growing strong and healthy. Prosperity means providing material success for all Iranians in a way that everybody in our land shall have a decent life, enjoying free education and free health.

Prosperity means providing for those who cannot provide for themselves and giving the opportunity to everybody to maximise his material gains and satisfy his initial needs.

I will strive to promote a government that creates all the right conditions for the citizens to grow as much as they can and create as much wealth as they can legally and morally.

I will strive to promote social justice and endeavour to gradually establish a welfare state in which every citizen enjoys equal treatment and equal opportunity.

Happiness

Happiness is a state of mind in which people enjoy life and exercise their our will to follow their own interests.

I understand that happiness is the most wanted value in our Society and therefore, I will strive to contribute effectively in the creation of a culture in which everybody values happiness and joy.

I realise that our nation has been denied the basic pleasures of life and freedom of choice. And therefore, I shall promote the idea of happiness in different forms and shapes and encourage my countrymen to go for positive and optimistic thinking.

I understand that our nation has been under tremendous pressure to abandon our old traditions for festival, music, dancing, social gatherings and hobbies.

I shall strive to promote any activity that brings happiness and joy to our people.

Harmony

Harmony means social cohesion, cultural understanding, and alignment. Harmony also means working in teams and groups with the spirit of cooperation and coordination in order to bring economic prosperity and social stability.

I shall strive to harmonise different sections of Iranian people and prevent destructive conflicts and disruptions. I will encourage my fellow countrymen to promote harmony and prevent conflicts.

I promise to honour all these values and promote them at all times and defend them with my life.

I pledged that I do my best to create the best conditions for the Iranian people so that they attain a high level of prosperity, peace and happiness.

Guiding lights

To make sure that all Iranians promote these values I suggest the following guiding lights to define the terms of the contracts between different people, people and governments and different institutions.

The Guiding Lights of our organisation
I. I commit myself to promote openness within my life and my society.
2. I am determined to reward honesty.
3. I commit myself to reward somebody who is doing a job better-than-expected and completing it sooner than expected.
4. I commit myself to treat people equally regardless of their race, colour and gender.
5. I promise to listen to other people carefully and respect their views.
6. I care for other people the way I want to be taken care of.
7. Feedback is the break fast of champions. I welcome it, as I know it is going to enhance my own performance as well as the performance of other people.
8. I communicate my expectations to my colleagues and request solutions.
9. As a member of my Society I share my views with others and a expect others to share their views with me.
10. I share my knowledge with others and expect others to share their knowledge with me.
11. I am making myself approachable so that other people have the opportunity to communicate with me effectively.
12. I always ask myself, " Is there a better way of doing this?"
13. I always look for the best practice.
14. I keep myself always positive, especially in tough and challenging conditions.
15. As our nation's is thirsty for justice I do my best to understand their needs and meet them appropriately.
16. I encourage the spirit of teamwork and commit myself to do whatever it takes to become a reliable member of the team that I work with.
17. When my countrymen communicate their expectations of me, I respond to them positively and friendly as soon as I can.
18. I promise to be courteous and respectful to other people.
19. I walk my talk and live the vision to be a great example for the rest of my countrymen.
20. I hold myself accountable for what I do.
21. I commit myself to fulfil all my promises.

So help me God.

We are striving to make Iran the land of law and liberty, the land of success and opportunity, the land of stability and security, the land of wisdom and rationality, the land of honour and humanity, the land of peace and prosperity, the land of harmony and happiness.

These values are my most important values. They are the criteria that determine my behaviours. They are the foundations of my life.

Sometimes these values may create contradictions within one person. Whenever contradictions arise the most important value that is the liberty must be considered supreme. Liberty is our main value and we have to keep it in mind in whatever we do. Liberty can be best utilised when there is prosperity. Prosperity can be possible when there are stability and security. Stability and security will be only possible if there is rule of law. The rule of law can only be possible if every human being in Iran observes the rules and laws that have been passed by their elected legislative representatives.

Reza Hossein Borr

Iran is the final winner in the Middle East

2006-12-04T14:33:00.000-08:00

Balochistan Peoples Front
Reza Hossein Borr

Iran is the final winner in the Middle East

Winning partly depends on how much strength or force you have, but mostly it depends on how much strength or power your opponent does not have. It is also true that resources, equipments and number of troops are not the only factors of winning a war. The wars are mostly won or lost because of tactics and strategies used in the war. Conduct of the war is more important than every other single factor that is required to knock down the opponent.

When the Americans decided to remove the Taleban from Afghanistan the main winner was Iran. The United States of America and its allies used their resources and armies to remove the Taleban, the main enemies of Iran, and bring in power the main allies of Iran. Iran became the winner of Afghanistan's civil wars and turmoil before and after Taleban at the cost of US. The Iranian regime supported nominally the new government of Afghanistan headed by Karzai but secretively assisted financially and militarily Taleban, Hekmatyar and many Islamic militants in Afghanistan. A democratic, successful, stable Afghanistan cannot be in favour and interests of the Iranian regime. A failed state with warring factions that destroy their country and each other is in the best interests of the Iranian regime; not a stable, successful and peaceful Afghanistan.

Whatever the situation in Afghanistan, Iran is the winner of Afghan civil wars. Iran understands that it needs to be needed by other people and countries; therefore it will be needed more when the people and countries fight each other. Stable and peaceful countries do not need Iran.

Iran was also the winner of the change of regime in Iraq. The United States of America invested about $300 million dollars to remove Saddam Hussein and bring into power the main allies and in fact, the agents of Iranian regime. Iran had fought for eight years with Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein and bring into power the same groups that America brought to power. What a better win than this? One of your enemies overthrows another of your enemies and gives the power to your friends.

A successful, stable and democratic Iraq is not definitely in the interest of Iranian regime which is a totalitarian, fundamentalist regime. A secular system in Iraq is against the totality of Iranian regime and must never be successful in that country. However when it came to the change of regime in Iraq, the Iranian government fully co-operated with the Americans and other countries. They had already prepared an alternative while the Americans did not have an alternative for Saddam.

Now it has been established that Iran has more power and influence in Iraq than any other country. The big question is how Iran can have more influence in Iraq while America has more than 100,000 troops and Britain about 15,000 troops in Iraq? The increase of influence of Iranian regime in Iraq is something that has confused a lot of analysts and politicians.

How Iran becomes the winner of any war that America undertakes?

And now it is Lebanon. The winner of Lebanese change of regime or civil war will be definitely Iran. The Hezbollah of Lebanon is an exact copy of Hezbollah of Iran. It has been formed, led and financed by Iran. This has been well established by reliable sources. Now, how Iran will be the winner in Lebanon?

First of all the Hezbollah is not looking for the change of government but it is looking for the change of regime. The Hezbollah is seeking to change the political structure. It is seeking to establish a new regime which is totally dominated by the Iranian ideology of an Islamic state although there are different religious over there. The structure of the future regime will be a revolutionary structure that will enable Hezbollah to engage in ethnic cleansing and forcing the Sunnis and a large number of Christians to leave Lebanon for other countries.

Aljazeera English Channel reported that there are 1.8 million refugees from Iraq. It is not yet established what percentage of these refugees are Shias or Sunnis. But it is clear that the majority of these refugees must be Sunnis. So how Iran will benefit from producing Sunni refugees? The first benefit is that the Shias will have more majorities in Iraq and the number of the Sunnis will be substantially reduced. The second benefit comes from the Shia refugees in the Arab world that will be used later by the Iranian government to act as their agents wherever they are.

The new waves of refugees that will be generated in Lebanon will serve the same purpose. As the civil war develops and widens a large number of Christians will leave their country and take refuge in European countries. The Sunnis of Lebanon would migrate to Arab countries. The Iranian regime will force Hezbollah of Lebanon to continue the civil war until there is a clear majority of Shias in the country. When the Hezbollah forms the new regime, it will be very easy for them to import Iraqi Shias, Iranian Shias and other Shias from other countries and give them Lebanese identity card to generate a viable majority.

Now the big question is how Iran has won in Afghanistan, Iraq and Lebanon?

The Iranian regime has a very clever and complicated strategy of convergence of interests with its enemies. The Iranian regime has been able to clearly understand the interests of the United States of America in Afghanistan and Iraq and change its own interests to become very compatible with the interests of the West. It is the convergence of interests of Iran and US that has enabled the Iranian government to win in Afghanistan and Iraq. Iran has achieved its interests and outcomes through American wars and resources.

Iran has been the only winner of American wars.

It will be the same in Lebanon. If the Arab governments maintain their present inaction policies and wait for America or the West to save the Lebanese government, they will make a deadly mistake and will enable Iran to be the winner again. It is not the strength and the force of Iran that has made it the winner in these countries, but rather it has been the inability of the West and Arab world in realising and understanding the secret agenda and intentions of the Iranian government that have been disguised in the interests of the Arabs and the West.

The Iranian regime has been able not only to use the Western values, monies, armies and resources to achieve its own gaols but it has been able to use all Western resource against them.

Reza Hossein Borr is a leadership consultant and the creator of 150 CDs.
He is also the author of Manual Success, Manual of Coaching and Mentoring, Motivational Stories that Can Change Your Life, and a New Vision for the Islamic World. He can be contacted by email: balochfront@aol.com

©Copyright, 2006, London, UK

اعلاامیه جبهه مردم بلوچستان

2006-12-01T11:32:00.000-08:00

اعلاامیه جبهه مردم بلوچستان

بدینوسیله اعلام میشود که جبهه مردم بلوچستان بجای جبهه متحد بلوچستان فعالیت خود را اغاز مینماید. جبهه مردم بلوچستان ادامه دهنده تلاش های پیشین ماست و همان اصول و هدفهارا دنبال میکند.کلیه تعهدات جبهه متحد بلوچستان به جبهه مردم بلوچستان واگذار میشود. امیدواریم که بتوانیم با استفاده از تجربیات گذشته گامهای موثرتری را برای رسیدن به هدفهایمان برداریم.

جبهه مردم بلوچستان
23.11.2006

Unity government in Lebanon

2006-12-01T08:14:00.000-08:00

01.12.06
Balochistan People’s Front

Reza Hosseinbor

Unity government in Lebanon

How about unity governments in Syria and Iran?

The Hezbollah-led rally in Lebanon is seeking to overthrow the present government which has been elected fairly and freely according to the constitution of Lebanon. Hezbollah claims it wants to bring in a unity government. Since the independence of Lebanon the structure of power has been based on ethnic power-sharing. Each major ethnic group has been allocated a top position according to the population of each ethnic gfoup.

The post of the president of Lebanon has been allocated to the Christians. The job of Prime Minister has been allocated to the Sunnis and the job of the speaker of the parliament has been allocated to the Shias. These arrangements have been made by the constitution of Lebanon and create a power-sharing structure which brings in power all different ethnic groups.

The Hezbollah of Lebanon that is claiming the leadership of majority of the Shias in Lebanon has been very satisfied with this arrangement for all its history. After its perceived victory in war with Israel it accumulated sufficient self-confidence through the support it got from Iran and Syria. It initially claimed a larger share in the government. After the assassination of Pierre Jamayel by Iranian and Syrian terrorist groups, the Hezbollah became even more confident as there was no any concrete and tangible counter actions by the Lebanese, Arab governments, and international community.

The Hezbollah in fact became stronger and bolder after a series of assassinations that were carried out against the critics of Syria and Iran. The Hezbollah and the Shias, Syria and Iran did not face any major problems even though everybody believes that they were behind all these assassinations. Iran and Syria were not only punished for killing so many of Lebanon's leaders, but they appeared stronger in the eyes of Arab masses, United States and Europe Union. Iran and Syria established themselves as the major political players in the Middle East through sponsoring terrorism, assassinating their opponents, promoting fundamentalism and generating a Civil War in Iraq.

They used these evil acts and legitimised them so well that turned them in to main powers of the region.

Iranian clerics always had this ability of turning sins into virtues and virtues into sins. This strategy was used and mastered first in Iran when the regime legitimised and justified every sin they committed, every sin that had been recognised as a sin. To legitimise their immoral and corrupt behaviours, the Iranian Ayatollahs disguised their sins into virtues and promoted their behaviours as a model of righteousness. The Iranian people consequently followed these behaviours and gradually all old established and recognised moral, religious, humanitarian, social, political, and cultural values and norms were completely demolished and a new set of corrupt behaviours and norms were generated and introduced into society as the new governmental values.

Validating sins became so rampant in Iran that the grandson of Khomeini announced that today in Iran there was no any difference between sin and virtue, bad and good. He added that 30 and 40 years ago it was clear in the mind of the people what was sin and what was virtue. Everybody who committed a sin accepted that he had committed a sin and therefore he felt guilty; but today there is no sense of guilt in anybody for committing any sin and everybody justifies every sin and legitimise them.

The extent of the elimination of recognised values and virtues have gone so far that today everybody agrees that there is no any read line in Iran and therefore, people feel free to do what they want without feeling guilty and having a disturbing consciences.

The Iranian regime exported the same model of behaviour and culture to all Shia communities all over the world. Seeking power and promoting Shia supremacy is the ultimate goal that could be justified by any means.

Today what we see in Lebanon is the manifestation of the Iranian model of culture, religion and political behaviour. They use the best words and phrases to justify their worst claims and actions. The Hezbollah despises the Lebanese government for being backed by the Western world while justifies its own creation and funding by the Iranian government. It blames Lebanese government for having the moral support of the Arab world but it is proud and proudly legitimatise its terrorist activities and illegal behaviour.

When it comes to the unity government, everybody thinks of a concept which is legitimate and good but what the Hezbollah means is a government that is dominated by its own ministers. The Hezbollah initially claimed their fair share in the government but after its acts of assassinations in Lebanon were rewarded, now it is claiming the ownership of whole Lebanon.

The amazing thing is that the governments of Syria and Iran are supporting Hezbollah in its claim for a unity government while the governments of Iran and Syria are minority governments in both countries. The Syrian rulers who are just about 1% of the population of Syria have ruled this country for nearly 40 years. They are allocating all political and economic powers to their small minority population.

The government of Iran represents the Farsi speaking population which are about 30% of Iranian population in terms of ethnic groups; although the majority of the Farsi speaking ethnic group in Iran have not supported this regime but if we accept they do as the Iranian regime claims, we can say that it represents only the Farsi speaking community. 70% of Iranian population are of Turkish, Kurdish, Arab, Baloch, and Turkmen origins. None of them support the present government and none of them have any real representation in the present government.

The idea of unity government is an admirable idea that it must be accepted and implemented in Syria and Iran first. Those who claim the legitimacy of a concept must implement it first. If such a government is established in Syria and in Iran we will clearly see that none of the present governments or the present members of the governments would have any share in the unity government. They will be also responsible for criminal activities that they have conducted against the majority of the people they have ruled for several decades so ruthlessly.

It seems today that the Iranian regime and the Shia population of the Middle East are using the global and universal values to claim more share in powers of the governments while rejecting global and universal values when it comes to the political involvement of Sunnis in the governments of Iran and Syria.

Iran was called as part of axis of evil because of evil deeds like sponsoring terrorism, promoting fundamentalism, assassinating opponents and corrupting its political system. Now the world must not reward it for these evil deeds that have made %60 of Iranians live under poverty line and turning the region in four civil wars in Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine and Bahrain.

®Copyright, Reza Hosseinbor, London, UK, 1.12.06