Legitimate Resistance Can Prevail

Sun-Sentinel:

On Dec. 20, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution condemning human rights abuses in Iran, citing the crackdown on media, use of torture and discrimination against women. The resolution further demonstrates the international community's awareness of the Iranian regime's atrocities. This fundamentalist government's violations of human rights have been well-documented over 50 times by the United Nations and other groups.

Amnesty International, for example, reported that at least 108 executions took place in 2003 and 113 in 2002. For the past 25 years, the international community has condemned this brutal regime ...

Tehran's clerics and those who profit from the status quo would like us to believe that any regime change in Iran would necessitate a foreign intervention. The people of Iran, on the other hand, have shown us alternatives: regime change to a democratic and populist rule by the Iranian people through legitimate and unhindered resistance.

We must recognize that the major obstacle to change in Iran is the West's policies. It is not surprising that since the West has adopted an appeasement policy, no major democratic gain has been noticed in Iran. ...

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