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While peaceful nuclear technology is a right under the Non Proliferation Treaty to reduce dependency on oil, Iran??s intentions are dubious at best. Due to the technology achieved since the times of the coup against the Shah, we now can be certain that Iranian missiles could easily hit Israel. Deterrence in the form of direct threats from the U.S. and its allies should focus on preventing the Iranian leadership from putting its hands on fissile material that can easily be turned into bombs...
...counterproductive and undermines positive, grass-roots change. Foreign interference destroys civilian lives, institutions, and infrastructure, and provides a pretext for heightened repression. Solidarity with Iranian dissidents must be sophisticated enough to avoid manipulation by the neo-conservative agenda. Make no mistake, the first victims of any U.S. aggression against Iran??completely left out of the agenda of the “Freedom Concert”—would be on-the-ground Iranian progressives. “We are under pressure here both from hard-liners in the judiciary and that stupid George Bush...
...Harvard campus: They bring together diverse constituencies and provide a stage to highlight important issues. More significantly, they become the launching pad from which dialogue arises and ideas are exchanged. The cause of last weekend’s concert—to raise awareness of human rights issues in Iran??is an important and worthy one. Currently, the Iranian government is a system that ascribes to the use of torture for political gain and significantly limits citizens’ rights to practice religion freely or hold certain jobs. Last year, four Iranians were publicly hung for engaging...
...those of us who are sincerely concerned with the plight of Iranians cannot satisfy ourselves through further abdication. It is crystal clear that something has to be done.Even people halfway around the world can accomplish something important for Iran. In an interview with a German newspaper, one of Iran??s leading reformers, Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, said, “The conservatives always cave in to a lot of foreign criticism, and when there is no foreign criticism, they do what they want. I predict that in the future, if there is no international pressure, there will be even more...
...will be hard-pressed to find a leg to stand on in its criticisms of Iran??unlike India, a signatory of the NPT—when it attempts to do so in this month’s United Nations Security Council hearing. We hope the U.S. Senate roundly rejects this treaty, thereby reaffirming America’s moral legitimacy in global affairs...