Iranian Dissidents: No! We do not want nuclear energy

Iran Press News: Translation by Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi.

I can still hear the wailing of the old woman; after all Bam was supposed to become Bam again and did not. These days, the residents of Bam have become addicts due to the misery of their lives. Addiction is a bogus and sinister gift. It has been more than 2 years since the sound of laughter has rung out in the ancient city of Bam.

No! We do not want nuclear energy

If you go to the street and open your eyes, you will clearly see colorful women who surrender their bodies to the hands of black-robbed men in order to avoid the wanting eyes of their hungry children…they go with these men, all the while closing their eyes and wishing with all their might that tonight will be the last time I do this. After all they wish they were mothers, like the rays of the sun, for their daughters. Prostitution due to poverty is a bogus and sinister gift.

No! We do not want nuclear energy

In quiet and empty alleys, when the sun casts it’s skirt over the old rooftops in midday, young men can be seen leaning against the wall; until a few years ago they had the ordinary dreams of outstanding lives and they wished for nothing more than to be breadwinners for their families, through perseverance. These days their jobs are carrying Hashish, Ecstasy pills, Opium, Heroin…They breathe but each exertion sinks them deeper in the quicksand. Joblessness and addiction are bogus and sinister gifts.

No! We do not want nuclear energy

Driving around uptown Tehran, you see towers that amaze you that they would be in Iran. If you take a trip to the Caspian coast, the villas and mansions will leave you shocked that people with such wealth can actually live in Iran. The youth of the families who own these houses are immersed in the latest fashion and fantasy with their latest model cars…you would think you’re in Europe. They neither recognize the taste of their tears, nor the bitter taste of the days of oblivion. Class distinction is a bogus and sinister gift.

No! We do not want nuclear energy

The cries of residents of Bam were still in the air when the earth under the feet of the people of Lorestan quaked…it was only a few days after Norouz. This time however, the lack of news about the victims of the earthquake left both the Iranian people and the despots disconnected; the regime did not want the rest of the Iranians to hear or be reminded of the cries of their fellow compatriots. And there was no request for aid either, as the dictators have clearly earned themselves a vile reputation, having plundered what was rightfully meant to be delivered to the needy people of Bam. The innocent people of Lorestan cried out, pleaded and were overcome by the desperation of homelessness, disease, hunger, destruction…but no one even shed a tear for them. Lying and governmental corruption is a bogus and sinister gift.

No! We do not want nuclear energy

If I were to express the misery that is in the hearts of all those who live in this cat-shaped borders, I may compromise the infamy to which our despots do not admit and with utter deception are driving us into further darkness. If I were to write about the escape of the hopeful youth to other countries, the loss of the value of our currency, the shame that goes along with being Iranian…if I were to write about the prisons and liberty in a country whose citizens have become weary and afflicted while waiting for a better tomorrow that’s been being promise for more than a quarter of a century, the words would not stand the weight of the melancholy sentences. I better maintain my silence and keep the lump in my throat within myself.

No! We do not want nuclear energy

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No! We do not want nuclear energy

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