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Mehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206717468978850985.post-21584312426988165872013-07-21T15:00:00.000+01:002013-07-21T15:00:13.347+01:00First They Took the Commission; Now They’re Coming for the Council.
UN diplomats informed Reuters that Iran intends to fill seats on the Human Rights Council’s 47-member body. The General Assembly’s annual elections for the Geneva- based Human Rights Council will be held later this year in New York. There will be 14 seats available for three-year terms beginning in January 2014.
From the Asia group, which includes the Middle East and Asia, Mehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206717468978850985.post-13325431701075771182013-06-21T00:47:00.001+01:002017-08-01T12:10:48.455+01:00Sensationalised Ignorance vs Educated Opinion
I stumbled across this post on Facebook, and being a supporter of women's rights in the pursuit of securing gender equality in the world, I gave it the time of day.
Unfortunately, I was deeply saddened to see the sensationalised text inciting more hatred towards a particular religion during an already fragile time. With the Western world peaking in it's hatred for a religion itMehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206717468978850985.post-43235517667101985302012-01-06T16:43:00.002+00:002012-01-06T16:49:05.405+00:00UN Resolution Supports Case Against IRI for 'Crimes Against Humanity'.
For all those who claimed that a case against the IRI for Crimes Against Humanity would be futile:
"Noting that, under the Geneva Conventions of 1949, torture and inhuman treatment are a grave breach and that, under the Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Rome Statute of the Mehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206717468978850985.post-47784506981150347742011-10-21T21:44:00.003+01:002011-10-21T21:47:21.290+01:00A Sad Day for Humanity
Yet another murder to add to the list. If we treat our oppressors/murderers by murdering them, then we are no better than them. We prove to be just as evil as they were. Where is the justice? No human has the right to decide who dies; those who make that decision serve to incinerate the very fabric of humanity. Gaddafi wasn't even tried before a competent court for what he was accused of.
In Mehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206717468978850985.post-79495537529806735092011-07-21T23:42:00.000+01:002011-07-21T23:42:07.895+01:00In IIn search of warmth, I embraced the cold.
In search of the sweet, I tasted the bitter.
In seeking hope, I experienced despair.
In seeking power, I became powerless.
In search of knowledge, I met the ignorant.
In search of freedom, I became imprisoned.
In finding you, I lost myself.
In search of love, I was seduced by lust.
In being selfless, I became selfish.
In finding faith, I disbelieved.
In Mehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206717468978850985.post-81346733995750270822011-05-25T15:42:00.008+01:002011-05-25T17:51:15.215+01:00True Courageous HeroesTrue heroes are those who demonstrate utmost courage by risking themselves in order to protect others, be it through openly objecting to an abusive system or government; or running into a burning building to rescue a life.
Heroes are not those who express dissent or take a stand in situations where they are free and safe to do so; no. True heroes are those who object against an unjust Mehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206717468978850985.post-36377747496910494672011-04-01T22:45:00.005+01:002011-05-01T23:11:14.614+01:00Iranium
The concerned blog post has been deleted due to the highly sensitive misunderstandings that arose from it.
I felt that where the Nuclear issue pertaining to Iran was concerned, the documentary sensationalised the issue to some degree...However, I whole-heartedly agree with 'Iranium's' correct depiction of the treacherous and oppressive regime that is manifest in the 'Islamic' Government Mehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206717468978850985.post-63830261084341090302011-03-12T15:42:00.015+00:002011-03-13T16:09:09.852+00:00Galloway Dishonestly Denies Support for AhmadinejadThe link provided demonstrates how Galloway unequivocally lies as he responds to a pertinent question on supporting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his presentation at London School of Economics on 7th March, 2011. He also presented at SOAS University on Friday 11 March, 2011 in an event titled "Solidarity with Middle East revolution - with GEORGE GALLOWAY at SOAS".Galloway has been known to support Mehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206717468978850985.post-45004315661367677872011-02-17T15:57:00.003+00:002011-02-17T16:07:31.314+00:00Green Valentine's Day Turns RedThe Green tide of relentless protesting for freedom in Iran filled the Iranian streets once again on Valentine’s Day (25 Bahman). As the raging revolutions came to an ease to the west in Tunisia and Egypt, the world stood by with abated breath as the courageous youth of Iran commenced their movement once more since the 2009 presidential elections protests. Protestors were filmed tearing down and Mehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206717468978850985.post-11039686321899337552011-02-02T21:13:00.026+00:002011-05-08T18:15:16.007+01:00An Important Lesson for Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi
On Wednesday 2nd February, 2011, Nobel Laureate Dr. Shirin Ebadi presented a very eloquent and inspiring speech before a packed Brunei Gallery at London's SOAS University; the event was titled "The Role of Women in Promoting Peace in the Middle East". Dr. Ebadi spoke in Farsi, and her words were translated into English by an interpreter.
The president of SOAS University, Baroness Helena Mehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206717468978850985.post-50086584527617801492011-01-30T23:57:00.011+00:002012-02-22T14:51:22.250+00:00Journey to Freedom - Revisited [22 Feb. 2012]
The ‘Confederation of Iranian Students’ (CIS) collaborated with the ‘Institute of World Politics’ (IWP) to hold what was heralded as the first conference on democracy in Iran that comprised of personalities from all backgrounds who held opposing and sometimes conflicting views, to gather and engage in an open forum. Supporters of various Iranian political parties from the Mujahedeen, right Mehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206717468978850985.post-4033631674724753022011-01-20T14:35:00.002+00:002011-01-20T15:19:43.361+00:00"Let this Land...Go Up in Smoke"The late Supreme Leader and founder of the Iranian ‘1979 Islamic Revolution’, Ayatollah Khomeini, maintained in his 1980 speech in Qom, Iran:“We do not worship Iran, we worship Allah; for patriotism is another name for paganism. I say let this land burn. I say let it go up in smoke, provided Islam emerges triumphant in the rest of the world”This so-called ‘Iranian Supreme Leader’ – is actually Mehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206717468978850985.post-73952469077997887282010-12-22T10:55:00.008+00:002010-12-23T12:20:42.517+00:00Holding IRI Officials to RansomAfter witnessing the purchased and corrupt governments support the IRI, I was further shocked and disgusted to have found that the police in Germany demonstrated a total disregard for the right to freedom of expression, and a blatant violation of due process.A group of Iranians were peacefully demonstrating outside the IRI embassy in Berlin, December 10, 2010. They had banners that were not even Mehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206717468978850985.post-516177265025388092010-12-12T18:48:00.009+00:002010-12-20T01:39:23.898+00:00Paper Tigers Grow Milk Teeth, But It's a Good StartPresident Obama signed the ‘Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010’ (CISADA), which was prepared by the One Hundred Eleventh Congress of the United States of America’ at its Second Session, on Tuesday 5th January, 2010. The ‘preamble’ claims that the purpose of the Act is to ‘amend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to enhance United States diplomatic efforts with Mehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206717468978850985.post-38292026999807827582010-11-30T23:31:00.006+00:002010-12-11T16:06:27.716+00:00Organization of Human Rights AbusersThe vision of human rights protection held by Rene Cassin, Eleanor Roosevelt and John Humphrey when drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), in 1948, is fast becoming buried by the sands of time. The ‘organization of human rights abusers’ has endorsed a ‘softly softly catch your monkey’ approach to infiltrate and corrupt the operations of the UN. This ‘organization’ comprises Mehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206717468978850985.post-46856210604814667512010-11-10T20:47:00.003+00:002010-11-10T21:12:24.444+00:00REJECTEDIt is with great pleasure to report that the Islamic Republic of Iran failed to gain their much undeserved seat at the newly formed United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of women (A.K.A. UN Women). Thanks to international pressure by human rights defenders and the last minute candidacy of Timore Leste, the monstrous oppressor of women will not be able to corrupt another UNMehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206717468978850985.post-71280452978111109182010-10-31T23:34:00.006+00:002010-11-01T23:56:21.530+00:00What Are You Doing, UN!?It is one thing for the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC) to have foolishly appointed the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) a seat on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW); but now, ECOSOC has come up with another 'ingenious' action - to appoint the IRI and Saudi Arabia onto the newly formed Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Mehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206717468978850985.post-46212300544225113562010-10-24T00:11:00.007+01:002010-10-24T00:56:00.432+01:00Shelling Human RightsThe Fifty-fifth session of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is due to take place in New York, from 22 February til 4 March, 2011. Members of the CSW include the secretly elected IRI, who subjugates women in its national legislation, by subjecting them to the will and authority of men where fathers can consent to the forceful marriage of their nine year-old daughters to Mehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206717468978850985.post-77590369220348745122010-10-03T17:20:00.003+01:002010-10-03T17:27:23.790+01:00We Want Peace, Freedom, and Human Rights; Not the IRI's WarAhmadinejad - the so-called president of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) – has been invited by President Michel Suleiman of Lebanon for a two-day visit, commencing the 13th October, 2010. Ahmadinejad is due to meet his key ally Hassan Nasrallah, Hizbollah leader; and then tour the south of Lebanon.The spokesperson for Israel’s foreign ministry, Yigal Palmor, said that it is as if Ahmadinejad Mehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206717468978850985.post-90702706233555111942010-09-09T00:04:00.003+01:002010-09-09T00:09:40.311+01:00Paving the Way to Another HolocaustFirst they came for the Jews, and no one spoke up for the Jews, at least not in time; consequently millions of Jews suffered torture and the incomprehensible slaughter at the bloodied hands of the criminal Nazi regime. Now they’ve come for the Muslims, with their Quran-burning sessions in Florida, and the anti Ground Zero Mosque rhetoric and propaganda. Anyone with a drop of sense in the ocean ofMehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206717468978850985.post-79673215527976040222010-08-25T14:27:00.003+01:002010-08-25T14:45:45.017+01:00The Case of Sakineh M. Ashtiani and the Dual Illegality of StoningYet again international attention has been directed to the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) as they engage in battle against defenders of human rights so that they may further perpetrate human rights violations. In this case, they intended to stone to death Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. Now, in an attempt to placate the international community, the Judiciary claims that they wish toMehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206717468978850985.post-48689313476499333332010-08-25T02:24:00.002+01:002010-08-25T02:28:36.767+01:00Shiva Nazar AhariCharged with being a ‘moharebeh’ (one who wages war against God), Shiva Nazar Ahari is due to be sentenced on 4th September. The IRI’s favourite punishment for such a charge, if not the only punishment, is death. The IRI will want to make an example of her, for she has been the thorn of truth that digs in the treacherous side of the IRI. She has been the one who tirelessly fought against the Mehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206717468978850985.post-44232080277829959152010-08-25T02:16:00.002+01:002017-08-01T11:51:09.389+01:00Second Generation of Human Rights?
Under the auspices of the United Nations, there are two 'types' of human rights:
I) First generation human rights - Civil and Political rights - the right to be free from torture; the right to life; the right to freedom of expression; the right to be free from persecution for beliefs or views; etc; and
II) Second generation human rights - Economic, Social and Cultural rights - including the Mehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206717468978850985.post-91164563161305514662010-08-14T02:31:00.005+01:002010-08-14T03:27:47.183+01:00Ignorance and the UN Threaten Plato's LegacyOn July 28, 2010, Hamid Sadeghi, an Iranian refugee sealed his lips together using a thread and needle, and with a compatriot commenced their hunger strike in protest after their asylum applications were rejected. Such is reminiscent of a scene from a horror movie where mouths of victims are sewn together. What could have driven such a desperate individual to such extreme measures? The tyranny Mehrtashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com3