‘Is Iran Next?’
Talking about war against Iran is on media everyday. Almost any single article in newspapers or interviews are talking about it. An analyst says bush and his administration are dead to do that and change the Middle East structure (From Afghanistan to Lebanon and Saudi Arabia). It’s very hard to hear all of these and be quite and busy with your daily life, while your family, friends, relatives, colleagues are under fear and are going under attack. On the other hand, neither Iranian inside the country have any influence or authority to affect political policies in Iran nor immigrants in different countries such as US and Canada have established their connection with governments so they can not do anything. What can we do?
When I think that we should talk to different organizations, member of parliaments and any other institute which is able to do something, even if they listen either they don’t have power to stop it or they might say that well, US doesn’t feel safe if Iran gets access to nuclear bomb. As a person, I can not defend Iranian Government or promise anything, although on the other hand everyone knows there are some other countries such North Korea which are more advanced in this field and nobody is willing to take action against them (at least not now. But it doesn’t change anything.).
What can we do?!
February 1st, 2005 at 12:52 pm
Dear Shayan,
As Iranians we must unite and sing the same tune: Democracy for Iran. We on the outside are reday for it, Iranains inside the country are reday for it. Be it a royalist all the way to a communist everybody is reday for it.
What should we do? Together push for a referendum that will peacefully end the bitter question. A referndum about what? It will be a basic question : Do you want democracy and freedom and liberty based on a Parliamantary Monarchy such as the ones in Western Europe where the King or the Queen reigns but doesn’t rule but the Parliament and the Government and its loyal opposition set the political agenda with elections in between or a Presidential system based on the Western European countries where the President rules with the help of a political majority. He or she will run the country for a period of time until the elections are called.
Based on the answer a new constituion will be drafetd and elections will be held the elect the Parliament (either in a Monarchy system or a Presidential system) and the government.
It is only then that we can say we have a true country and a true political future.
That is my opinion.
February 1st, 2005 at 11:06 pm
Personally, I don’t believe in monarchy; even in the countries such as England there are lots of discussions going on that they don’t need to keep royal family as the symbol of unity. Going back to that system eventually wont work for Iran as well…
February 2nd, 2005 at 11:28 am
I think it will not work if the US invades Iran. A democracy must come from inside a country; it cannot be imported.
Iraq has taught the world that lesson.