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Open Letter to our Jewish fellow-countrymen and all
the Jews Throughout the World / Dr. Dariush Ahmadi
1/18/2007
Open
Letter to our Jewish fellow-countrymen
and all the Jews Throughout the World
Dear friends and fellow human beings,
Hostility to Jew by the present and past Iranian rulers has always been
condemned by the Iranian people as a reprehensible and disgraceful act.
The history of our country shows that Iranians have always treated
minorities with respect and that our people, drawing on lofty Iranian
traditions, have lived in peace and harmony with their neighbours for
many centuries.
Unfortunately, however, the fate of our country is at present in the
hands of a bunch of fanatics who see their survival only in making the
Middle East region ever more insecure. Thus, making illegitimate use of
the resources of the Iranian people, they spend huge amounts of money to
prevent the Palestinian people from living side by side with Jews in
peace and harmony.
The Iranian National Front, which has always tried to make the true
voice of the Iranian people heard by the world public, declares once
more that the present Iranian government and leadership are not the true
representatives of the Iranian people. This fanatical bunch, which is
now in power, strives to divert the attention of the world public from
the crimes and tragedies taking place in Iran by disputing the
Holocaust, that is, one of the most ghastly events in the history of
mankind. And this, in a country where, Cyrus the Great, twenty five
centuries ago liberated the Jews from the yoke of Babylon, for which act
he is praised by the Jews in their Holy book. Also, many Jewish
researchers of the Holocaust have named Iranians who helped and gave
shelter to the Jews in France and elsewhere during World War II.
We find it a pity that the world is oblivious of the ordeal that the
people of Iran and its freedom fighters are undergoing now under the
present Iranian regime. This reminds us somehow of the indifference of
the allied forces to the atrocities that the Jews were subjected, as if
those powers did not know what was then happening to the Jews.
We therefore, reaffirm our belief that only a secular and democratic
Iran can bring peace and security to the Middle East region and that
helping realize such a development would be much less costly than the
Baker and Hamilton schemes.
Dear friends and fellow human beings, dear Jewish people, we condemn the
shameful act of the anti-national Iranian government in distorting
history and insulting your feelings. We apologise for our government’s
and president’s preposterous behaviour and we hope that all freedom
loving people would do their best to bring our voice of resentment to
the attention of the world public.
With warm regards and Shalom,
Dr. Dariush Ahmadi
Member of the “Iranian National Front –Europe”
December 2006
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