Friday’s IAEA Board of Governors’ resolution, outgoing Director General (DG) Mohamed ElBaradei’s last working day at the Agency, is not intended to get Iran’s opaque nuclear program off with a slap on the wrist. It is much more serious for the country. The resolution of 25 of 35 member states voting for (and 3 against: Venezuela, Cuba and Malaysia) must be a clear signal to Iran. Nobel laureate ElBaradei, whose efforts in preventing another war in the Middle East while preserving professional integrity cannot be praised any more may actually be highly satisfied with the resolution. He might even acknowledge lack of trust and confidence on either side, but the vote clearly shows that Iran cannot interpret the NPT (with withdrawals of its additional protocols and modified Code 3.1 regulations at will) as it does.

Incoming DG Yukia Amani will face enormous problems with Iran right in the beginning of his term. The covert construction of the Fordow/Qom site for enriching uranium has been condemned in the resolution as illicit, and any speculation as to whether commencement of construction work has started before or after Iran’s withdrawal of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty’s (NPT) modified Code 3.1 which requires member states to indicate new sites even at the time of planning is no longer regarded important. As Juan Cole sees it, Iran’s opaque nuclear program might seek a “breakout capability” whenever their rulers consider it necessary despite the Supreme Leaders’ claims that an atomic bomb is incompatible with Islam.  

But who is presently ruling the country? There are signs of serious power struggles within the complex oligarchy with both the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s and a due to a legitimacy crisis stricken President Ahmadinejad’s decline in influence. The opposition represented by Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Mir Hossein Mousavi (neither would be a trustworthy alternative to the present regime) and Mehdi Karroubi, not to talk about Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri, has been silenced in recent weeks. Silenced by terror, in show trials, family threats, and on the streets. Even yesterday’s confiscation of 2003 Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi’s prize money may be an example.

Right now, the country can only be regarded a military dictatorship, or junta. The Revolutionary Guards, or pasdaran, have already taken control of Iran. Withdrawal from the NPT may only be the next logic step.

Den religiösa diktaturen i Iran fortsätter i samma hjulspår som tidigare, de hjulspår som blivit än mer inkörda sedan valet i våras. Det senaste draget i det absurda schackspelet mot oppositionen och de krafter som kämpar för mänskliga rättigheter, är att de beslagtagit nobelpristagaren Shirin Ebadis medalj och diplom samt fryst hennes och makens banktillgångar. Allt detta på order av en religiös revolutionsdomstol.

Ingen är väl egentligen förvånad, det var väl bara en tidsfråga innan regimen så öppet visade sitt förakt för mänskliga rättigheter och internationellt erkända priser. Att hela tillslaget dessutom verkar vara olagligt, även enligt iransk lag, visar också vilket förakt regimen har för sina egna medborgare och de lagar som ett pseudo-demokratiskt parlament ändå har instiftat, med godkännande från det religiösa väktarrådet. Frågan är var vi går härifrån.

Oppositionen i Iran har vädrat morgonluft ända sedan valet i våras, där resultatet stinker av valfusk. Att de fredsprispengar som Ebadi har använt för att stödja oppositionen nu är frysta, spelar mindre roll. Pengar kan inte avgöra revolutioner och demokratiska reformer, även om de hjälper; endast om det finns en eller flera starka krafter i samhället som stödjer förändringen kan den komma till stånd. Att denna kraft har börjat växa i Iran råder det inga tvivel om. Frågan är, som vanligt när det gäller diktaturer och förtryck, inte om utan när regimen faller. Med lite tur kommer den dagen allt närmare och jag skulle kunna sätta pengar på att dagen närmar sig snabbare för varje absurt motdrag som regimen spelar.

Shirin Ebadi fortsätter sin gärning i exil, precis som så många andra iranier som har misshagat regimen. Jag hoppas att den senaste utvecklingen gör att fler människor i de demokratiska länderna i världen får upp ögonen för henne och därmed stödjer hennes och andra oppositionellas kamp för frihet och mänskliga rättigheter i Iran. Som det ser ut idag finns det inga mänskliga rättigheter att tala om i Iran, det finns bara rättigheter för dem som blint lyder förtryckarregimen.

Intressant?

Ron Rosenbaum über die Beschlagnahmung  des Friedensnobelpreises von Shirin Ebadi durch die Islamfaschisten:

And now the cowardly woman-hating, freedom-crushing creeps and bullies who pass for a regime in Iran (may the nuclear laboratories they lie about blow up in their faces) have stolen the symbol of something they could never hope to aspire to, indeed even understand in their evil ignorant fanaticism. They’re nothing more than scummy crooks degrading religious piety everywhere with their travesty of it.

No it wasn’t as bad as the murder, rape and torture of dissidents they perpetrated during the “Green Revolution” against the stolen election: it was a symbolic crime. Steal an election, steal a Nobel Prize, steal the life and soul of their people. But symbolic crimes are another symptom of the fascist theocratic mind of these shameful, subhuman butchers.

I don’t think this symbolic crime should be allowed to pass unnoticed. I think it deserves at the very least a high profile shaming, symbolic response. I think Obama should offer Shirin Ebadi refuge and protection in America from a regime that will not stop at symbolic crimes against her.

And he should return his Nobel to the Norwegians and declare that he will not take possession until of it again until the Iranians give Shirin Ebadi’s back. Not that they would be likely to do it, not that they show any evidence of the ability to feel shame. But they should be isolated like the moral lepers they are.

So etwas sei in der Geschichte des Friedensnobelpreises noch nie vorgekommen, ließ das Komittee in Stockholm verlauten. Die iranischen Behörden konfiszierten vor drei Wochen die Friedensnobelpreismedaille von Shirin Ebadi. Ebadi hatte 2003 den Preis erhalten. Die mutige Anwältin war immer wieder Schikanen und Drohungen ausgesetzt. Einen Tag vor den Präsidentschaftswahlen im Iran am 12.6.2009 reiste sie zu einer Konferenz nach Spanien. Bis heute konnte sie nicht zurückkehren. Was das Regime unter seinem Präsidenten Ahmadinedschad mit der Medaille vorhat, ist unklar…

O clima está tenso. E eu com tanta vontade de ir ao meu restaurante favorito. Saudades dos temperos incríveis que só naquele lugar consigo provar.

Hoje, quando ia a sair de casa reparei que estava alguém a vigiar-me. Segurei com mais força o lenço e, resolutamente, avancei. Não os posso deixar vencer. Não novamente. Fui dar uma volta, comprei o que faltava em casa e voltei. Tremi o caminho inteiro e nunca soube se era uma ou mais pessoas os meus seguidores.

Quando cheguei a casa ele estva branco, agarrado ao telefone. “Recebemos ameaças. Do governo”, disse, com a voz a sumir-se. Eu ergui a cabeça e olhei para o espaço vazio do meu troféu, recebido anos antes e confiscado há pouco tempo.

E olhei para ele, com um sorriso: “Isto será só  o começo. Nada há a temer..Apesar de tudo eu ainda acredito que a paz é possível.”

Entrada na Nossa Agenda a propósito da notícia:

Irão confisca prémio Nobel da Paz de Shirin Ebadi

http://www.publico.clix.pt/Mundo/irao-confisca-premio-nobel-da-paz-de-shirin-ebadi_1411663

Iran has confiscated the Nobel Peace Medal of Shirin Ebadi, the human rights lawyer, according to the Times newspaper.

I have never seen the prize so I hope it is more than a tiny figurine presented to a Sunday league football time, or a photocopied flyer given to a child who has done well in a spelling test.

But then when a country, such as Iran, confiscates it (on pretext of owed tax payments), I also hope that it really is just a scrap of paper. The prize itself is $1.4 million dollars, but was is more painful to dictator or religious nut case societies is that the Nobel Prize is about individual achievement, thought or just the sheer audacity for standing up for something you believe in.

Miss Ebadi is a woman with a mission and travels the World telling, whoever will listen, about the human rights travesties which go on in Iran every day. Their answer is to not listen, but to take a away a prize like a child in the playground taking away another child’s toy as it never got it’s own way.

What i love most about this is that the Nobel committee could summon the Iranian Embassy Ambassador for a meeting to tell him off. Does the Nobel Committee really have that much power? I thought it was a nice ‘to-have’ but it seems that it is the one prize that holds more sway than any other – a real status symbol that even governments, war lords and dangerous god botherers fear.

My son believes that the ‘tiger-monkey’, his imaginary scary monster, is out to get him. Do you think men like Hitler, who also banned anyone getting a Nobel prize, believe that the horrors of free speech hide in cupboards. Or that under your bed are answers to medical science that may go against your religious doctrines and, therefore, your own way of controlling the people?

So if Nobel stands for Noble, or I prefer to think of it as a WMD (Words Make Difference) then lets start firing long range versions at anyone who stops free speech.

(Bild: Shirin Ebadi)

Shirin Ebadi, en jurist som vann Nobels fredspris 2003 för sin insatser för demokrati och mänskliga rättigheter har fråntagits sitt pris av den iranska regeringen.

Priset som Ebadi fått togs inte emot väl i Iran. Det var erkändes inte ens av landets president.
På det här så sa även Ebadi att hon blivit hotad flera gånger efter att ha fått priset. Hennes bankkonto uppges även vara fruset.

Nobelkommittén har reagerat mot det här:

This is the first time a Nobel Peace Prize has been confiscated by national authorities. The medal and the diploma have been removed from Dr Ebadi’s bank box, together with other personal items. Such an act leaves us feeling shock and disbelief.

Förvånad någon?

Shirin Ebadi, a human rights lawyer, has been a thorn in the Iranian regime’s side for most of its 30-year existence.

Dr Ebadi, 62, was raised in Tehran, studied law at Tehran university and became her country’s first woman judge and president of the Tehran city court. But after the revolution of 1979 the Islamic regime decided that women were unsuitable to be judges and demoted her to a legal assistant. She resigned. It was like turning “the president of a university into a janitor”, she said.

Dr Ebadi started her own law practice later and began fighting for the rights of women and children. In 2000 she was arrested and sentenced to 15 months in prison after being convicted of defaming the Iranian authorities. The sentence was reduced, but she spent three weeks in Evin prison, Tehran.Shoes Mbt    Mbt Chapa    Mbt Sport

With the end of her spoon she carved on her cell wall: “We are born to suffer because we are born in the Third World.”

She founded Tehran’s Human Rights Defence Centre, has written 11 books, and earned international renown as a scholar and lawyer.

She is married with two daughters, who are pursuing PhDs in Britain and America. Dr Ebadi was also a surprise winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003.Shoes Mbt   Mbt sport white   Mbt walking shoes

The Nobel committee said that “as a lawyer, judge, lecturer and writer she has spoken out clearly and strongly in her country” and paid tribute to her courage, saying she “never heeded the threat to her own safety”.

She said: “The duty of life is to fight in a difficult situation, as there is in Iran.”

As many may know, Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited Latin America and spoke with the countries that welcomed him (not many) and many things were said and commented. In Venezuela, each “ruler” kissed the other one’s ass to no end and both stated that all they want is peace and prosperity to their respective countries and regions. Some detractors, such as myself, suspect (or know for a fact) that all those peace talks are just a pile of bull and just an intent of gathering filth of their own and trying to throw it back to their “enemies” hoping it sticks.

Now I read and article that just, once again, confirms how this Ahmadinejad and his mandate are as shady as his intentions with his foreign relations. Under Ahmadinejad regime, meaning recently, Iranian authorities confiscated the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize given to human rights activist Shirin Ebadi. In the report it is explained that when they say confiscated the nobel prize, it means everything, the money, the diploma and even the medal. The nobel prize was appointed to her thanks to her work in human rights and struggle to improve women and children’s status in society, but the government have determined now that such prize is unfit and has, as I said before, confiscated it, they even “respectfully” beat up the winner’s husband and of course imprisoned him (No real detail on this is mentioned). The fact is that for the first time in the history of the Nobel prize has one of them been confiscated by the winners national authority. *

So this is just another proof of the way this ruler work, no wonder why so many members of the population were stunned when he was re-elected even after the votes were recounted, no one, not even the voters in Iran could believe that this man was again back in power. Just to mention some of the most polemic actions and policies this man has taken:

A. The VERY shady nuclear program that he insists is for peaceful goals but always is very evasive with answers to simple questions and making up bad excuses when requested proof. Half the world is scared shitless that if nothing is done they might build a nuclear missile and start the feared nuclear war.

B. His laws against freedom for women and homosexuals is rigid and even considered as reactionary.

C. I am not very font of the Israelis and their modus operandi but I wouldn’t go as far as “hoping they are erased” or claiming that the holocaust is as fake as Chavez’s “peace mongering words”. On 14 December 2005, Ahmadinejad in words that have been changed, eased out or excused by saying it was a misinterpretation, he actually described the holocaust from WWII as being a “myth” and on 26 October 2005 Ahmadinejad also said Zionists (Or jews) should be wiped out from the pages of history with some other spice that could easily be interpreted as a plan to commit genocide.

D. His constant violations to human rights against political prisoners (SOOO very similar to Chavez and the Castro bros) who are mistreated and tortured just for being in the opposition and doing “acts of treason”. Also he is pro-abolishing or at least crippling the freedom of speech, even in the universities his regime tried avoiding women studying in large quantities arguing  “that there are not enough facilities such as dormitories for female students” or “presence of women generates some problems with transportation”. How charming.

The rising of so many “socialist”, and “revolutionary” countries is worrying, because their policy is rather simple “Either you join us or you are against us”. Knowing history, we can forsee that extremist causes result in massive killings, wars and hunger…we shall see

*Extracted from the CNN webpage

Iranian leaders are so insecure that the peace efforts of one of its own are a threat to their masculinity.  Robbing Shirin Ebadi of her internationally recognized Nobel Peace Prize, is really tacky.  This is not the first time Amadinejad, and the counsel that controls him, have acted out like the control freak bullies they are.  They are totally blind to the power of Iran’s next generation of leaders, growing up educated and exposed to sneak previews of what a little freedom can offer.  The new generation wants it.  The stuffy old men, controlling Amadinejad, cannot kill them all.  Their childish behavior only fans the flames for Iran’s future.  Government can only suppress its population for so long before it backfires.  Using religion as a weapon to suppress free thought, in the age of mass communication, spells downfall.  Will Shirin Ebadi, an icon in the international peace movement, end up like Aung San Suu Kyi?  Will the economically distracted world stand by and write her off as “such a shame” and send weak diplomatic protests to the oppressors?  Is peace just not economical anymore?  It seems that today’s global repositioning and asset grabbing encourages civil strife, to reduce populations that political bullies expect to deal with in the future.  World peace is challenged every day, seeds of defiance are being sown with every casualty tallied in the name of democracy or in the name of any religion, control is the name of the game. Collateral damage changes mindset, the most dangerous byproduct is revenge at any cost. Revenge grows exponentially.  “Peace mongers” are derided and looked upon as a threat to government control.  Suppression becomes more blatant when governments feel threatened by efforts for democracy and human rights. Extraordinary individuals who protect and empower the world’s most vulnerable populations. Dr. Shirin Ebadi exemplifies these attributes, especially in her efforts to confront challenges faced by women around the world.

Iranian authorities confiscate medal from 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi

By Ian Macdougall (CP)  TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities have confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi’s medal, her lawyer and Norway’s government said Thursday, in a sign of the increasingly drastic steps they are taking against any dissent.

In Norway, where the peace prize is awarded, the government said the confiscation was a shocking first in the history of the 108-year-old prize.

Ebadi, a human rights lawyer, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 for her efforts in promoting democracy. She has long faced harassment from Iranian authorities for her activities – including a raid on her office last year in which files were confiscated.

The seizure of her prize is an expression of the Iranian government’s harsh approach to anyone it considers an opponent – particularly since the massive street protests triggered by hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed June 12 re-election.

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During the past months, hundreds of pro-reform activists have been arrested, and a mass trial has sentenced dozens to prison terms.

In Tehran, Ebadi’s lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, confirmed the medal was confiscated and said it was seized on a September order from a judge at Tehran’s Revolutionary Court. The lawyer said she was not aware of the content of the order because the court has not allowed her to study it yet.

“Ebadi’s husband found out some 20 days ago that all medals, including the Nobel one, were confiscated from their safe deposit box,” Sotoudeh said.

Calls to Iranian judiciary officials were not returned Thursday.

Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere called the move “shocking” and said it was “the first time a Nobel Peace Prize has been confiscated by national authorities.”

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Ebadi said in an interview published Nov. 17 in the Italian daily Corriere della Sera that her apartment, pension and her bank account and those of her relatives had been seized, along with her Nobel and Legion of Honor.

“I live in an effective state of exile,” she was quoted as saying from a hotel in New York, where she had been attending U.N. meetings. “They say I owe them $410,000 in back taxes because of the Nobel; it’s a complete lie, given that the Iranian fiscal law says that prizes are excluded.”

She nevertheless said she plans to return to Iran when she can be more useful in the country than outside it.

“Nothing frightens me anymore, even if they threaten to arrest me for fiscal evasion upon my return,” she said.

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Norway protests against confiscation of Shirin Ebadi’s Nobel Peace Prize

Norway has reacted strongly to the news that the Iranian authorities have confiscated the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Shirin Ebadi in 2003. The Iranian Chargé d’affaires Has been summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

“This is the first time a Nobel Peace Prize has been confiscated by national authorities. The medal and the diploma have been removed from Dr Ebadi’s bank box, together with other personal items. Such an act leaves us feeling shock and disbelief,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.    (NRK/Press release)   Rolleiv Solholm

The Norwegian government said today that Shirin Ebadi’s 2003 Nobel Peace Prize medal and diploma have been removed from her bank box by Iranian authorities. More from CNN:

“The medal and the diploma have been removed from Dr. Ebadi’s bank box, together with other personal items. Such an act leaves us feeling shock and disbelief,” Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store said in a written statement.

Norway did not explain how it had learned of the alleged confiscation, and there was no immediate reaction from Iran.

“Such an act leaves us feeling shock and disbelief,” Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store said in a written statement.

Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a written statement that it “has reacted strongly” and summoned the Iranian charge d’affaires on Wednesday afternoon to protest the move.

During the meeting with the Iranian charge d’affaires, State Secretary Gry Larsen also expressed “grave concern” about how Ebadi’s husband has allegedly been treated.

“Earlier this autumn, he [Ebadi's husband] was arrested in Tehran and severely beaten. His pension has been stopped and his bank account has been frozen,” the statement from Norway said.

Store said in the statement that it marked the “first time a Nobel Peace Prize has been confiscated by national authorities.”

Ebadi received the prize for her focus on human rights, especially on the struggle to improve the status of women and children.

No winner here.

OSLO — Iranian authorities have confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi’s medal, the Norwegian government said Thursday, accusing Iran of a shocking first in the history of the prize.

Norwegian authorities were told that Ebadi’s medal was seized “within the last week or so” from a safe-deposit box in Iran along with personal effects including the diploma awarded with the medal, the Foreign Ministry said. Spokeswoman Ragnhild Imerslund said Norwegian authorities have been “in touch” with Ebadi since the incident.

Ebadi, a human rights lawyer, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 for her efforts in promoting democracy. She has long faced harassment from Iranian authorities for her activities – including a raid on her office last year in which files were confiscated.

The seizure of the medal is an expression of the Iranian government’s increasingly harsh approach to anyone it considers an opponent – particularly since massive street protests that erupted following the disputed June 12 presidential election and shook the government’s legitimacy.

Ebadi was out of the country at the time of the vote and has not returned since, saying she is “in an effective state of exile.”

The opposition claims that hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election was fraudulent. Ebadi urged the international community to reject the outcome and called for a new vote monitored by the United Nations. She has strongly criticized the clerical leadership’s postelection crackdown on dissent. During the past months, hundreds of pro-reform activists have been arrested, and a mass trial has sentenced dozens to prison terms.

Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere called the move “shocking” and said it was “the first time a Nobel Peace Prize has been confiscated by national authorities.”

The Foreign Ministry summoned Iran’s charge d’affaires in Norway Wednesday to protest the confiscation, Imerslund said.

he Foreign Ministry also “expressed grave concern” about Ebadi’s husband, who it said was arrested in Tehran and “severely beaten” earlier this fall, after which his pension and bank account were frozen.

The lawyer has represented opponents of Iran’s regime before but not in the mass trial that started in August of more than 100 prominent pro-reform figures and activists. They are accused of plotting to overthrow the cleric-led regime during the postelection turmoil.

The Iranian Embassy in Norway refrained from giving a comment.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee’s permanent secretary Geir Lundestad said the move was “unheard of” and “unacceptable.” He told The Associated Press that the committee was planning to send a letter of protest to Iranian authorities before the end of the week.

Ebadi could not be reached on Thursday for comment.

Ebadi said in an interview published Nov. 17 in the Italian daily Corriere della Sera that her apartment, pension and her bank account and those of her relatives had been seized, along with her Nobel and Legion of Honor.

“I live in an effective state of exile,” she was quoted as saying from a hotel in New York, where she had been attending U.N. meetings. “They say I owe them $410,000 in back taxes because of the Nobel; it’s a complete lie, given that the Iranian fiscal law says that prizes are excluded.”

She nevertheless said she plans to return to Iran when she can be more useful in the country than outside it.

“Nothing frightens me any more, even if they threaten to arrest me for fiscal evasion upon my return,” she said.

Venezuelanische StudentInnen demonstrieren gegen Ahmadi-Nedjad
http://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=9904

Politik und Wirtschaft

Atomkrise I: Weltmächte verabschieden Resolution gegen Islamische Republik
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKGEE5AP14D20091126?pageNumber=3&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true

Atomkrise II: Russland drängt Iran zur Zusammenarbeit
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601095&sid=aZYTZtWNpfwg

Atomkrise III: El Baradei lehnt Irans Forderungen ab
http://www.rferl.org/content/IAEA_Chief_Says_West_Wont_Meet_Iran_Atom_Demand/1888236.html

Atomkrise IV: Iran droht mit Abbruch der Zusammenarbeit
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,663542,00.html

Atomkrise V: Westerwelle schließt Sanktionen gegen Iran nicht aus
http://www.mz-web.de/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=ksta/page&atype=ksArtikel&aid=1259131875632
http://www.rp-online.de/politik/ausland/Westerwelle-schliesst-Sanktionen-gegen-Iran-nicht-aus_aid_787528.html

Ahmadi-Nedjad bei Chavez
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,663525,00.html

Neuer Ärger mit dem Parlament?
http://www.roozonline.com/persian/news/newsitem/article/2009/november/26//-1c2fa8921e.html

Bassidji randalieren vor Karroubis Wohnsitz in Qom
http://www.radiofarda.com/content/f3_karoubi_Iran_Qom/1888241.html

IRGC-Spionageleiter Hossein Ta’eb attackiert Rafsandjanis Sohn
http://www.roozonline.com/english/news/newsitem/article/2009/november/25//new-accusations-against-rafsanjanis-son.html

Iranische Mekka-Pilger: Tod Amerika, Tod Israel!
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iam54ei_bV1lRaMhZ81HgJjTR4kg

Hardliner Alireza Zakani: Ahmadi-Nedjads Sieg in erster Wahlrunde war ausgeschlossen
http://www.roozonline.com/english/news/newsitem/article/2009/november/25//first-round-victory-for-ahmadinejad-impossible.html

Fußballspiele ohne Zuschauer
http://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=9897

Menschenrechte

Insgesamt 113 Jahre Haft für 18 politische Oppositionelle (auch ein Rekord)
http://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=9914

Landesweite Verhaftungen von Studenten
http://www.payvand.com/news/09/nov/1266.html

Kloster statt Schule: Keine Gnade für die Jüngsten!
http://www.payvand.com/news/09/nov/1264.html

Islamische Republik beschlagnahmt Shirin Ebadis Nobelmedaille
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_eu/shirin_ebadi_nobel_seized_2

Neue Spionagevorwürfe gegen verurteilten Kian Tajbakhsh
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gI5BKAlerznAsQYDaKQmH5kTkvWAD9C7AFMO0

Wir sind alle politische Gefangene
http://www.rferl.org/content/Were_All_Political_Prisoners/1886857.html

Mullah on TV: Iranische Frauen wollten kein Hidjab (ach nee!)
http://www.khabaronline.ir/news-21864.aspx

This from the Tibet Fund:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 2009

FROM: The Tibet Fund
Contact:  Rinchen Dharlo or Robyn Brentano
212-213-5011

Global Campaign to Support the Tibetan People and Celebrate the Survival of Tibetan Culture is Launched

The Tibet Fund, Peace Jam Foundation, the Nobel Women’s Initiative, and the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education have joined forces to launch Thank You Tibet! a global campaign to celebrate the survival of Tibet’s great culture of wisdom and compassion and to support the Tibetan people’s steadfast commitment to nonviolence as a path to peace over 50 years in exile.

Nobel Peace laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Jody Williams, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Mairead Maguire, Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Shirin Ebadi, Betty Williams, and Wangari Mathaai have signed a Statement of Support to launch the campaign, and Williams, Maguire, and Ebadi personally delivered it to His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India where they held a press conference stating that the Tibetan people “have set themselves as a model for the world, of nonviolence, truth, democracy and resilience.”

The campaign calls for messages of hope and support to build a groundswell of support for the Tibetan people at a time when their culture and identity are at great risk of disappearing in Tibet.  People can sign the Nobel Laureates’ Statement of Support and upload their own messages in any medium-videos, music, visual art, photography, and text-to a dynamic website, www.thankyoutibet.org.  The campaign will culminate on March 4, 2010 at a major event in New York City featuring interfaith leaders, Nobel laureates, celebrities and performances by Tibetan and non-Tibetan artists.  Messages from the campaign will be projected throughout the event.

Video zum 16. Azar (7. November)
http://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=9793

Iranische Protestbewegung fordert mehr Unterstützung von Obama
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1942091,00.html?xid=rss-topstories

Unvergessen: Die ermordeten DemonstrantInnen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpx9MokvbmI&feature=player_embedded

Poster zum 16. Azar

Politik und Wirtschaft

Uran-Deal I: IAEA verabschiedet Resolution gegen die Islamische Republik
http://www.rferl.org/content/Draft_IAEA_Resolution_To_Press_Iran_On_Enrichment/1886928.html
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/24/world/AP-Iran-Nuclear.html

Uran-Deal II: Islamische Republik fordert Garantien (gähn)
http://www.rferl.org/content/Iran_Says_It_Needs_Guarantees_To_Ship_Nuclear_Fuel/1886151.html

Uran-Deal III: Warten auf Teheran (Godot)
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/11/24/waiting_for_tehran

Ahmadi-Nedjad in Brasilien: Treffen der Holocaust-Leugner
http://www.payvand.com/news/09/nov/1256.html
http://www.payvand.com/news/09/nov/1257.html

Mahmud am Rande des Abgrunds
http://www.alarabiya.net/views/2009/11/24/92290.html

Mahmuds Ärger mit dem Parlament
http://www.khabaronline.ir/news-26080.aspx

Parlament erwägt rechtliche Maßnahmen gegen Korruption der Regierung
http://www.roozonline.com/english/news/newsitem/article/2009/november/23//judicial-action-against-administration.html

Bassidji attackieren jemenitische Botschaft in Teheran mit Molotow-Cocktails
http://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=9789

Angeklagter französischer Waffenkäufer geständig
http://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=9786

Teheraner Tageszeitung Hamshahri darf wieder erscheinen
http://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=9809
http://www.rferl.org/content/Iran_Shuts_Newspaper_For_Publishing_Bahai_Temple_Photo/1886171.html

Die Kindersoldaten der Islamischen Republik
http://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=9808

Menschenrechte

Fünf Journalisten zu Haftstrafen verurteilt (die Wahrheit ist unerträglich)
http://www.payvand.com/news/09/nov/1253.html

Mehdi Karroubi fordert weiter Aufklärung der Vergewaltigungsfälle in den Gefängnissen
http://www.payvand.com/news/09/nov/1244.html

74 Peitschenhiebe für Reformpolitiker wegen „Beleidigung des Präsidenten“
http://www.radiofarda.com/content/F7_Atrianfar_Released/1886609.html

100 Studenten der Universität Ahvaz zum Sittenkomitee vorgeladen
http://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=9801

Shirin Ebadi überreicht UN-Sekretär Ban Ki Moon Schreiben zu Menschenrechtsverletzungen
http://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=9796

Journalist Maziar Bahari über seine Haftzeit in Evin
http://www.newsweek.com/id/223862?GT1=43002

Venerdì scorso è stato un giorno particolare. Wired Italia ha candidato Internet al Nobel per la Pace 2010.

Riccardo Luna, direttore di Wired, ha proposto l’assegnazione del prestigioso premio alla Rete delle reti con questa motivazione:

Dobbiamo guardare ad Internet come ad una grande community in cui uomini e donne di tutte le nazionalità e di qualsiasi religione riescono a comunicare, a solidarizzare e a diffondere, contro ogni barriera, una nuova cultura di collaborazione e condivisione della conoscenza. Internet può essere considerato per questo la prima arma di costruzione di massa, in grado di abbattere l’odio e il conflitto per propagare la democrazia e la pace. Quanto accaduto in Iran dopo le ultime elezioni e il ruolo giocato dalla Rete nella diffusione delle informazioni altrimenti prigioniere della censura sono solo l’ultimo esempio di come Internet possa divenire un’arma di speranza globale.

Giacomo Dotta di Webnews, in risposta a Luna, ha commentato:

Ogni giorno abbiamo questa battaglia di fronte: contrastare gli usi sbagliati della Rete ed allo stesso tempo negare ogni etichetta o grado di valore. Internet è uno strumento, punto. Nel bene e nel male.
Per questo non si può ora accettare la proposta di vedere assegnato a Internet il Nobel per la Pace. Non perchè non si apprezzi la bontà dello strumento, anzi. Però accettare l’attribuzione di un valore significa compiere un passo in una direzione sbagliata. Internet non è “bene” così come non è “male”: ambasciator non porta pena. La Rete non è un mondo di pacifisti così come non è un covo di pedofili: la Rete è semplicemente il più grande degli strumenti che abbiamo a disposizione, il più grande moltiplicatore delle idee e la più grande fucina di contenuti culturali esistenti.

Dotta punta il suo ragionamento sull’imparzialità della Rete, proponendo di contrastare quotidianamente i suoi lati negativi per promuovere, invece, ciò che c’è di buono in Internet.
Luna esalta fortemente i lati positivi, che difende a tal punto da voler premiare con il Nobel.
Mi è venuto in mente il conflitto di opinioni, nato dopo la decisione dell’Accademia di Stoccolma di assegnare il Nobel per la Pace 2009 a Barack Obama. Da un lato c’era chi lo ha definito un “Nobel preventivo”, assegnato a chi non ha avuto ancora il tempo materiale di mostrare un concreto cambiamento.
Dall’altro chi lo ha sostenuto con forza, ribadendo che l’assegnazione del Nobel è essa stessa un incoraggiamento al cambiamento.
Obama è una persona, Internet no. Ma mentre qualche mese fa siamo stati sorpresi dall’assegnazione del premio, ora lo siamo per la sua candidatura, e questo in ogni caso ci dà un anno per pensare a Internet.

Guido Scorza, a parer mio, sintetizza perfettamente le due correnti di pensiero:

Poco importa se Internet avrà davvero il Nobel e poco importa anche se quel Nobel spetterebbe davvero alla rete delle reti o piuttosto ai tanti uomini e donne, che ogni giorno in tutto il mondo attraverso Internet, ma non solo, dedicano il proprio tempo e le proprie forze alla costruzione di un mondo migliore, più libero, più democratico.
L’idea di Riccardo Luna, direttore di Wired Italia, varrà a dare a tutti un’occasione per parlare della rete in un Paese nel quale troppo spesso Internet viene criminalizzata e additata come artefice di rovine economiche, politiche ed umane.

Sono d’accordo con Scorza. Non conta la vittoria, ma conta soprattutto l’ambizione. Dobbiamo diffondere il lato buono di Internet, quello che non appare mai in tv, quel lato fatto di condivisione, di sana informazione, di svago divertente, di nuove idee.
Quel lato che si racconta in belle iniziative come Capitale Digitale, quel lato fatto di giovani di successo, di ambizioni, di nottate di lavoro, di blog interessanti, che mostrano punti di vista diversi dal coro.
Quel lato fatto di sana libertà, non di parole gridate, di pensieri intelligenti, di manager e studenti che si danno del tu, senza conoscersi, di esperti che rispondono ai quesiti di sconosciuti, perché hanno capito cosa vuol dire condivisione, conoscenza e partecipazione.

Il movimento Science for peace è nato per individuare i più efficaci antidoti contro lo scoppio dei conflitti. Le proposte di Veronesi, el Khayat, Bonino ed Ebadi di Federico Tulli

«Ho fatto un lavoro sulla violenza, in particolare sulla violenza che subiscono le donne nel mondo. Ho fatto anche il conto delle persone uccise nel XX secolo e la somma è allucinante. Si parla almeno di 300 milioni di morti. Minimo. La sola Seconda guerra mondiale ha lasciato sul campo 60 milioni di esseri umani. E cercando ancora ho trovato, per esempio, 200mila morti in Madagascar nel 1944, un milione di morti in Armenia, e poi il Rwanda. Gente che muore di violenza, e non sto parlando di cataclismi o di malattie ma di armi usate dagli uomini su altri uomini. E questa è una caratteristica antropologica umana su cui bisogna riflettere scientificamente. C’è chi pensa che la guerra sia una funzione scritta nei geni, che regola il numero di esseri umani sulla terra. Io, come donna e come scienziato, sono contro quest’idea». Rita el Khayat, scrittrice e antropologa marocchina, è socia onoraria del movimento Science for peace. Nelle sue parole, nella sua indignazione, nel suo rifiuto del concetto di violenza intesa come caratteristica specifica del genere umano e come tale impossibile da prevenire o sradicare, c’è l’essenza della due giorni di Milano. Un evento che “costringe” la comunità scientifica mondiale a uscire dal proprio habitat naturale per sensibilizzare l’opinione pubblica e indirizzarla verso la realizzazione che un mondo senza guerre oltre che possibile è indispensabile. Impegno che ricercatori del calibro di Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (premio Nobel per la Fisica 1997), Luc Montagnier (premio Nobel per la Medicina 2008), Harold Walter Kroto (premio Nobel per la Chimica 1996), solo per citarne alcuni, intendono onorare al meglio dopo aver aderito al Movimento ideato dalla Fondazione Veronesi. Tutti d’accordo sul fatto che il genere umano non si può più permettere alternative a un mondo orientato verso la progressiva pacificazione. «In quanto scienziati – osserva l’oncologo Umberto Veronesi – pensiamo che il tema della pace debba urgentemente essere riportato al centro del dibattito civile. Vogliamo creare una cultura di tolleranza e di nonviolenza. Per questo chiediamo a tutte le nazioni la progressiva riduzione degli armamenti per destinare parte degli investimenti ai bisogni più urgenti della gente: nuovi ospedali, asili, scuole, e la ricerca scientifica». Un’importante sponda politica alle richieste di Veronesi è fornita, con il consueto pragmatismo, dalla vice presidente del Senato e parlamentare radicale del Pd, Emma Bonino (che partecipa alla tavola rotonda dal titolo “Verso una politica estera e di sicurezza comune dell’Unione europea”): «Credo che il problema non sia quello di negare i conflitti – dice Bonino – ma di capire come è possibile superarli in maniera nonviolenta. Troppo spesso la politica ha agito in ritardo, e un movimento come Science for peace nasce per spingere i governi a trovare soluzione nonviolente ai conflitti. Una di queste potrebbe essere l’istituzione di unico esercito europeo. Molto meglio di 27 eserciti nazionali, sovrabbondanti, dispendiosissimi e francamente inutili». Un ideale filo rosa unisce le parole di El Khayat e Bonino a quanto detto dal premio Nobel per la Pace 2003, Shirin Ebadi, in una recente conferenza a Venezia: «Nel mondo di oggi, avere un esercito non serve a garantire la sicurezza di quel Paese. Giappone e Costarica non hanno eserciti; e non soltanto non hanno alcun problema sotto questo aspetto ma hanno raggiunto uno sviluppo sostenibile». Una società senza soldati è necessaria ma non è sufficiente, nota Ebadi (che partecipa alla tavola rotonda dal titolo “Immaginare e costruire un mondo di pace”): «La libertà di parola e la stampa indipendente sono gli elementi più importanti per la salute politica di una società. La stampa indipendente è un ostacolo agli abusi del potere». Il terzo e ultimo punto che evidenzia l’attivista iraniana riguarda la negazione dell’identità dell’“altra metà” del mondo: «Una società dove non si apprezza la partecipazione sociale delle donne, non soltanto commette una discriminazione contro le donne ma ignora e si priva della metà del potenziale della propria società; ed è evidente che non può raggiungere lo sviluppo come un sistema sano che usufruisce di tutto il proprio potenziale sociale». Un messaggio che non deve, non può rimanere senza destinatario.

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La due giorni di Milano

Due giorni in cui le parole si traducono in azioni concrete da attuare subito. È questo l’obiettivo della conferenza annuale di Science for peace. La prima edizione si svolge il 20 e 21 novembre a Milano (università Bocconi). Vi partecipano oltre 20 premi Nobel, scienziati di tutte le discipline, insieme a personalità significative della filosofia, della letteratura, dell’arte, di religione e della società. Tutti coloro cioè che hanno accettato l’invito dell’oncologo Umberto Veronesi a diventare parte attiva del movimento Science for peace. Ideato dalla Fondazione Veronesi (organizzatrice dell’evento), il movimento si pone due obiettivi prioritari: creare le basi culturali per lo sviluppo e la diffusione del concetto di pace e progressiva riduzione delle spese militari nel mondo nell’ottica di un’efficace prevenzione dei conflitti. Per consultare il ricco programma di conferenze e tavole rotonde visitare il sito www.fondazioneveronesi.it.

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La chiave del multilateralismo

«Costituire un esercito unico europeo che diventi forza di pace della Ue. Consentendo così anche una riduzione della spesa militare complessiva dei 27. Favorire la formazione di comitati regionali di scienziati dei Paesi delle aree “calde” del mondo, per indurli a dialogare. Affinché concertino azioni di pressione sui rispettivi governi finalizzate alla soluzione pacifica di conflitti. Promuovere una cultura della pace a tutti i livelli del sistema didattico. Formare un comitato di rappresentanti di istituti bancari e di imprese per pianificare una politica del credito che non favorisca il finanziamento di attività di produzione militare». Alberto Martinelli, segretario generale della conferenza e professore di Scienze politiche all’università di Milano, anticipa a left alcuni dei principali temi in discussione a Science for peace. Progetti ambiziosi che una volta trasformati in proposte concrete saranno depositati sui tavoli delle cancellerie dei 27 Paesi Ue. «Sono loro i principali destinatari del nostro messaggio», spiega il professore. «In particolare “miriamo” a sollecitare quei governi che a livello internazionale possono stimolare le decisioni “di pace” che noi scienziati intendiamo perseguire». Oltre alle istituzioni, sono i cittadini che le eleggono a dover recepire il messaggio di promozione di una cultura attiva della pace lanciato da Science for peace. Con lo stesso obiettivo l’opera del movimento deve proseguire tra gli scienziati dei diversi Paesi. Martinelli riconosce che l’impegno assunto dalla comunità scientifica internazionale non è affatto agevole, pur partendo da una base di notevole prestigio sociale. Un modello di approccio efficace sarà proposto oggi dal segretario della conference alla tavola rotonda “Una strategia multilaterale per un mondo di pace”. «L’attuale situazione reale dei rapporti di forza tra le grandi potenze mondiali è di multipolarismo. Non c’è un’unica potenza egemone con tutti gli altri in posizione subordinata. Certo, pesa la prevalenza americana in campo militare e tecnologico ma Cina e India sono in crescita, ad esempio. Un mondo multipolare – prosegue – può dar luogo a strategie multilaterali, cioè di cooperazione, nell’affrontare le questioni dell’agenda globale: dall’ambiente alla regolamentazione della finanza globale, dalla gestione dei flussi migratori al contrasto della grande criminalità internazionale o del terrorismo. Con altri studiosi provenienti da Usa, Cina e Russia cercheremo di vedere quanto, nelle linee di politica estera delle maggiori potenze, sia compatibile o meno con una vera strategia multilaterale di governance globale».    f.t.

**left 46/2009**

Von Ratze Fuhrergan erhält die Welt eigentlich im Wochenrhythmus Belehrungen darüber, was der Fieslahm ist und was nicht. Man hat den Eindruck, the Fuhrergan hege den geheimen Berufswunsch, Mulla zu sein. Seine Lektionen sind ausnahmslos harsch und anti-westlich sowie zunehmend anti-jüdisch. Sie sind zwar an die mohammedanistische Welt adressiert, aber werden natürlich auch im Westen gehört. Dass sie auf die freien Bürger verstörend wirken, scheint Ratze nicht zu interessieren – er weiß deren Eliten und Funktionäre unverbrüchlich hinter der Türkei, die deutschen schon seit hundert Jahren (1).

Unlängst nahm er den sudanesischen Chef-Schlächter Omar al Baschir in Schutz. Die Süddeutsche am 8. November: “Ein Muslim könne keinen Völkermord begehen, erklärte Erdogan” (2). Kathrin Hagemann präzisiert heute auf “alsharq” (3): “Weiter ging Premierminister Erdogan, der in einer Fernsehsendung erklärte, als Muslim könne Omar al Bashir keinen Völkermord begangen haben: ‘Gaza und Darfur darf man nicht miteinander verwechseln. In Gaza wurden 1.500 Menschen umgebracht. Wenn so etwas in Darfur PASSIERTE, würden wir darauf reagieren’. Angesichts der UN-Schätzung von über 300.000 Toten im weiterhin andauernden Darfur-Konflikt, ist dieses Statement kaum als Argument, sondern als Unterstreichung der türkischen Position zu Israel zu lesen.” Mehr noch, es ist eine ebenso widerwärtige wie zynische Lüge, es ist mohammedanistisch.

Moment mal, mohammedanistisch? “Ja”, sagen unsere Orkversteher, “mohammedanistisch, aber… MODERAT-mohammedanistisch!” Ach ja? The Fuhrergan selbst: “Diese Bezeichnungen sind sehr hässlich, es ist anstößig und eine Beleidigung unserer Religion. Es gibt keinen moderaten oder nicht-moderaten Islam. Islam ist Islam und damit hat es sich.” (4) Gut zu wissen!

Tja, die Momos, vielgestaltig ist ihre Erscheinung. Manche, wie Ratze und Tariq Rammeltag, betreiben Takija und warten auf den Tag X. Andere sind nur dem Namen nach noch Mohammedanisten. Sie wollen Mitglieder ihrer Community bleiben, aber ihr Mohammedanismus ist eher eine Mischung aus christlicher Ethik, orientalischer Kultur und ggf. einer mystischen Erfahrung. Eigentlich gehören sie schon fast zu uns, aber man weiß nie…

Bei Seyran Ates z.B. bin ich persönlich mir sicher (5), aber was ist zB. mit Navid Kermani (6)? Der war sehr unangenehm aufgefallen bei der Verleihung des Hessischen Kulturpreises (diverse Links siehe unten), welcher der interreligiösen Toleranz gewidmet war. Die christlichen Theologen Steinacker und Lehmann hatten es abgelehnt, den Preis gemeinsam mit Kermani anzunehmen, weil dieser “unversöhnliche Angriffe auf das Kreuz als zentrales Symbol des christlichen Glaubens” unternehme, und darüberhinaus auch eine klärende Aussprache verweigerte. Der Preis wurde ihm daraufhin nicht zugesprochen. Wiki bringt ein paar seiner Positionen: “Kermani kritisiert die Verzerrung religiöser Texte. So werde etwa im schulischen Religionsunterricht aus der Bibel ein ‘Wohlfühlgott’ abgeleitet und ein Gott behauptet, ‘der alle lieb hat’. Tatsächlich jedoch sei bei einer Betrachtung von Bergpredigt und weiteren Teilen der Bibel deren Gewalttätigkeit zu erkennen. Eine ÄHNLICHE Verzerrung ERKENNT Kermani im Islam und den gewaltorientierten Passagen des Koran.” Das ist m.E. eine ungeheuerliche, entweder sagenhaft dumme oder aber perfide Gleichsetzung – in jedem Fall ein fundamentaler Angriff auf Jesus und das Christentum. Andererseits: “Kermani setzt sich für die Trennung von Religionen und Staat ein. Religion dürfe nie zu einem Gesetz werden, das Unbeteiligte leiten darf.” Das wendet er aber nun wieder gegen seine Kulturpreisgegner: “… es sei für einen SÄKULAREN Staat ‘nicht hinnehmbar, dass ein Ministerpräsident (Koch, T.) auf ANWEISUNG eines Kardinals so handelt’”.

Heute gibt es einen ausführlichen Aufsatz von Kermanis Frau Katajun Amirpur (7) in der FAZ. Sie berichtet von einer sen-sa-tionellen Fatwa des höchsten iranischen Geistlichen, Großeierkocher Montazeri. Daran finde ich u.a. interessant, mal einen Einblick in die ganzen iranischen Räte, obskuren “Rechts”-Prinzipien usw. zu tun, deren bei uns wahrnehmbare Wirkung trotz ihrer Zahl und angeblichen Ausgefeiltheit noch nie gegen mehr als gegen Null tendierte.

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Atomwaffen sind unislamisch

Im Krieg ist nicht  alles erlaubt: Ein aufsehenerregendes Rechtsgutachten des Großajatollahs Montazeri widerspricht der Doktrin des rettenden Notbehelfs.

Die Welt schaut gebannt auf die Verhandlungen mit Iran in der Atomfrage und fragt sich: Will Iran die Bombe, oder kann man den Beteuerungen der Staatsführung trauen, Atomwaffen seien unislamisch? Jetzt hat sich mit dem Großajatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri der ranghöchste Theologe Irans mit einer Fatwa, einem Rechtsgutachten, zu dieser Frage geäußert.

Der ranghöchste Theologe? Zwar ist Revolutionsführer Ajatollah Khamenei das religiös-politische Staatsoberhaupt der Islamischen Republik Iran, doch Montazeri steht in der klerikalen Hierarchie über ihm, da er ihn nach allgemein herrschender Auffassung an religiöser Gelehrsamkeit überragt. Da sich jeder Schiit eine “Quelle der Nachahmung” suchen muss, der er in religiösen Fragen Folge leistet, sind dessen Äußerungen für Millionen von Gläubigen bindend. Nur Großajatollah Sistani, der im Irak lebt, genießt ein vergleichbar hohes Ansehen wie Montazeri.

In den achtziger Jahren war Montazeri als Nachfolger von Staatsgründer Khomeini vorgesehen. Doch als seine Kritik an den Menschenrechtsverletzungen der Islamischen Republik immer lauter wurde, hob Khomeini die Designation auf. Montazeri wurde unter Hausarrest gestellt, seine Söhne wurden verhaftet und viele seiner Anhänger hingerichtet. 1997 meldete sich Montazeri mit einer aufsehenerregenden Erklärung in der Öffentlichkeit zurück: In einem offenen Brief forderte er vom neu gewählten Präsidenten Mohammad Khatami, sich nicht von Khamenei in seine Politik hineinreden lassen, nur weil dieser als sogenannter “Oberster Rechtsgelehrter” meine, er stehe über der Verfassung. Die Verfassungsväter hätten nie im Sinn gehabt, eine religiöse Diktatur zu installieren. 1979 habe das Volk für eine Islamische Republik votiert, eine Herrschaft, die zwar dem Islam verpflichtet sei, aber vom Volk ausgehe. Es seien Parteien vorgesehen gewesen und eine freie Presse. Daraufhin wurde Montazeris theologische Hochschule in Qom von einem Schlägertrupp verwüstet. Bis heute ist dort die Drohung zu lesen: “Tod den Gegnern der Herrschaft des Obersten Rechtsgelehrten”.

Teuer zu stehen kam Montazeri auch sein Einsatz für inhaftierte Oppositionelle: Nachdem im Jahre 2001 Dutzende von Mitgliedern der Freiheitsbewegung verhaftet worden waren, verurteilte er das Erpressen von Geständnissen als ein aus kommunistischen Diktaturen bekanntes Verfahren. Er warf den Herrschenden vor, genauso verbrecherisch zu handeln wie das Regime, das sie selbst einst beseitigt hatten. Und mahnt, Geschichte könne sich wiederholen. Auch bei dem Aufruhr gegen die offenkundigen Fälschungen der jüngsten Präsidentschaftswahlen beflügelte der greise Großajatollah die Demonstranten mit einer Reihe von unerhört scharf formulierten Fatwas, die allesamt die Autorität des Revolutionsführers untergruben. Zuletzt entschuldigte er sich beim Volk für sein eigenes Mitwirken beim Installieren des Systems und erklärte, das heutige iranische System sei weder islamisch noch republikanisch – und nicht einmal mehr eine “Herrschaft des Obersten Rechtsgelehrten” (velayat-e faqih), sondern nur noch eine “Herrschaft der Sicherheitskräfte” (velayat-e nezamiyan).

Nun hat ein Schüler Montazeris, der Theologe Mohsen Kadivar (8), der anderthalb Jahre im Gefängnis verbrachte und derzeit in den Vereinigten Staaten lebt, den Großajatollah um ein Rechtsgutachten zur Atomfrage gebeten. “Der Bau und der Einsatz von Atomwaffen und Massenvernichtungswaffen sind aus vernunftmäßigen und religionsgesetzlichen Gründen (aqlan wa shar’an- Ich gehe davon aus, dass Sie sich diese ganzen ulkigen Begriffe in Ihr Vokabelheft schreiben, liebe Leserinnen und Leser! T.) verboten”, antwortet Montazeri. Als Grund für das Verbot nennt er die verheerende Wirkung der Waffen und das generelle Tötungsverbot des Islams (Wo er das herhat, ist sein Geheimnis, jedenfalls nicht aus Kloran und Hadithen, T. – 9 + 10). Montazeri nimmt zudem die Muslime in die Pflicht, sich nicht nur für die Abschaffung von Atomwaffen einzusetzen, sondern für das weltweite Verbot ALLER Waffen.

Eine so grundlegend pazifistische Position ist neu: Die offizielle iranische Position – formuliert von Ali Khamenei – besagt nur, dass Massenvernichtungswaffen unislamisch seien. Sie geht zurück auf Ayatollah Khomeini, der im Iran-Irak-Krieg erklärte, dass ABC-Waffen gegen die Gebote des Islams verstießen, und deshalb KEINE biologischen und chemischen Waffen einsetzen ließ, obschon Saddam Hussein von ihnen Gebrauch machte. Während Khomeini diese Waffen für ein großes Übel hielt, deren Einsatz durch nichts zu rechtfertigen sei, erzeugte der Krieg ein iranisches Trauma. Denn man sah sich von der Weltgemeinschaft alleingelassen und zog die Konsequenz, nie wieder in gleicher Weise angreifbar sein zu wollen. Der frühere Präsident Akbar RAFSANDSCHANI (Ein angeblicher Momo und Reformer, der sich die Vernichtung Israels herbeisehnt, T.) plädiert daher für Abschreckung und hat für diese Zwecke durchaus eine Vereinbarkeit von Islam und Atombombe herzustellen vermocht, als er 2001 sagte: “Sollte der Tag kommen, an dem die islamische Welt gebührend ausgestattet ist mit den Waffen, die Israel in seinem Besitz hat, dann würde die Strategie des Kolonialismus in ein Patt münden.” Außerdem lässt sich theoretisch mit dem Prinzip des sogenannten “Nutzens für das System” (maslehat-e nezam), dem zuliebe die islamischen Grundsätze außer Kraft gesetzt werden dürfen, auch der Einsatz von Atomwaffen rechtfertigen. Während in der islamischen Tradition mit “System” oder “Ordnung”, wie sich nezam auch verstehen lässt, die islamische Gemeinschaft gemeint war, bekam das Konzept Ende der achtziger Jahre einen rein nationalstaatlichen Charakter und bezog sich fortan auf den Nutzen für den Nationalstaat Iran.

Khomeini hatte auf Initiative von Rafsandschani hin das alte juristische maslehat-Prinzip 1989 als Mittel zur Rechtsfortbildung wiedereingeführt und den sogenannten “Rat zur Feststellung des Nutzens für das System” installiert. Sein Vorsitzender ist auch heute noch Rafsandschani. Anlass für die maslaha-Fatwa Khomeinis waren seinerzeit die vermehrt zutage tretenden Konflikte zwischen dem Parlament und dem Wächterrat. Letzterer muss laut Verfassung bestätigen, dass die vom Parlament verabschiedeten Gesetze nicht im Widerspruch zum islamischen Recht stehen. Doch konfliktträchtig waren gerade die Gesetze, die die Wirtschaft betrafen. Der Pragmatiker Rafsandschani, damals noch Leiter der Exekutive, fürchtete tatsächlich um den Fortbestand des Systems: Die konservativen Wächter würden durch ihr starres Festhalten an islamischen Vorgaben die Wirtschaft ruinieren.

Rafsandschani konnte Khomeini überzeugen, der erklärte: “Wenn es der Nutzen für die islamische Ordnung gebietet, ist es sogar erlaubt, das Fasten auszusetzen und Moscheen zu zertrümmern.” Damit stellte er den Primat des Systemerhalts über den Islam – was einer faktischen Säkularisierung des Rechts gleichkam. Zwar ist maslehat-e nezam ein altes islamisches Prinzip zur Rechtsfortbildung, doch die Anwendung, die Khomeini ins Spiel brachte, war spektakulär und eröffnete theoretisch den Raum für eine weitgehende Modernisierung des Rechts. Man nutzte diesen Raum allerdings nur an vereinzelten Punkten und gerade nicht, um gesellschaftliche Reformen herbeizuführen: Für die Verbesserung von Frauenrechten beispielsweise wandte man das Prinzip natürlich (wieso “natürlich”? T.) nicht an.

Hingegen wurde unter Berufung auf das maslehat-Prinzip in der jüngsten Vergangenheit die Unterdrückung von Opposition gerechtfertigt: Deshalb wurde an Montazeri im Juli, kurz nach den Wahlen, die Anfrage gerichtet: “Darf man sich auf das Prinzip ,Der Erhalt des Systems ist die höchste Pflicht’ berufen, um gegen die legitimen Rechte des Volkes zu verstoßen und zahlreiche moralische Grundsätze und klare religiöse Gebote, wie etwa Wahrhaftigkeit und Vertrauenswürdigkeit, MIT FÜSSEN zu TRETEN (Ohne Pathos läuft da nichts, T.)?” Montazeris Fatwa diesbezüglich lautete: “Das System hat keinen Wert an sich, und sein Erhalt ist keine unbedingte Pflicht. Die Aussage bezieht sich nur auf ein System, das zur Gerechtigkeit beiträgt und den Rahmen für die Verwirklichung religiöser und vernunftgemäßer Gebote schafft. Außerdem ist es offensichtlich, dass ein islamisches System nicht mit Tyrannei oder mit Maßnahmen gerettet werden kann, die im Widerspruch zum Islam stehen.”

Diese Aussage bezog sich auf die Wahlen, aber sie lässt sich übertragen: Auch das Tötungsverbot ist ein solches Gebot, das nach Ansicht von Montazeri nicht außer Kraft gesetzt werden darf. Im Streit um das rechte Islamverständnis zwischen Reformern und Reformgegnern geht es also auch um einen moralphilosophischen Streit, um einen Utilitarismus, der Dynamik ins Rechtsdenken bringt, aber auch den Abbau rechtlicher Garantien rechtfertigen kann. Durch die Publikation von Montazeris Fatwa zu den Atomwaffen will Kadivar der Welt mitteilen, dass von der Grünen Bewegung, wäre sie an der Macht, keine Gefahr ausgehen würde. Das bedeutet nicht, dass er für einen gewaltsamen Regimewechsel von außen plädiert. Im Gegenteil. Er hat sich wie auch die anderen prominenten, zurzeit im Ausland aktiven Mitglieder der Bewegung, wie Shirin Ebadi, Akbar Ganji und Mohsen Makhmalbaf, stets gegen einen Militärschlag ausgesprochen. Sie fordern die Isolierung des Regimes durch internationale Ächtung und Einreiseverbote. Ein kriegerischer Angriff würde genau jene Kräfte stärken, die trotz gegenteiliger Beteuerungen kaum vor dem Bau der Atomwaffe zurückschrecken dürften.

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Ich vermute, dass sowohl bei Montazeri und Kadivar wie auch bei ihrer empathischen Heroldin Amirpur die Angst vor ernsten Konsequenzen Vater des Gedankens ist. Darauf deuten Amirpurs letzte Sätze. Das Beispiel Irak hat den Schurkenstaaten und ihren Freunden gezeigt, dass eine rote Linie nicht überschritten werden darf. Iran steht kurz davor. Die ganze Garde sogenannter iranischer “Momos” und “Reformer” treibt die Angst vor einem Regimewechsel um. Sie betonen immer, dass sie den “gewaltsamen” meinen, aber bei den politischen wie kulturellen Verhältnissen im Iran bedeutet der Verzicht auf Gewalt leider auch den Verzicht auf den Wechsel. Iran ist ungleich brutalisierter als z.B. die DDR ihrerzeit, da erreicht man mit Friedensgebeten gar nichts. Das wissen diese Momos von Systemgrößen wie Abrakadabra Raffzahn über Montazeri bis zu Amirpur selbst auch ganz genau. Ihre Taktik ist Hinhalten und Verzögern – dieselbe wendet das Regime bei den Nuklearverhandlungen an. Ihr Publikum sind wir. Wir sind es, denen sie sagen: “Keine Gewalt”. Damit sich nichts ändert.

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Time am 13. November 2009

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(1) http://madrasaoftime.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/wir-brauchen-die-turkei/
(2) http://newsticker.sueddeutsche.de/list/id/863805
(3) http://alsharq.blogspot.com/2009/11/ein-muslim-kann-keinen-volkermord.html
(4) http://www.pi-news.net/2007/08/erdogan-es-gibt-keinen-moderaten-islam/
(5) http://madrasaoftime.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/geistreich-glauben/
(6) http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navid_Kermani
(7) http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katajun_Amirpur
(8) http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohsen_Kadivar
(9) http://madrasaoftime.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/kein-martyrer-mordet/
(10) http://www.faithfreedom.org/2009/07/25/did-the-prophet-endorse-suicide-bombing/

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Kulturpreis:
http://madrasaoftime.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/die-kunststunde-ii/
http://madrasaoftime.wordpress.com/2009/05/16/steinackers-erklarung/
http://madrasaoftime.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/1075/
http://madrasaoftime.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/liberal-wollte-ich-immer-sein/
http://madrasaoftime.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/schade-herrrabbi/
http://madrasaoftime.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/kreuzhype/

Ein weiterer iranischer Momo:
http://madrasaoftime.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/fordert-die-scharia-westliche-demokratie/

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Protests continued in Iran on the anniversary of the day the students took over the American embassy in Iran. Today, however, protestors were out to protest the summer election results and show their support for the Green Movement (Photo: November 4th, 2009).

Dear All,

Wednesday, November 4 was an important day in Iran. The official commemoration of the day the students took over the American embassy after the 1979 revolution turned into another occasion for widespread protests against the government of Mr. Ahmadinejad.

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November 4 Demonstrations

Another photo from the November 4th Green Movement protests.

* Those who think the Iranian riot police defends the public properties against violent rioters must watch this short clip:

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Mr. Karrubi in today’s protests:

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Tehran Links:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1074346277817&ref=mf

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http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=103708769645910&ref=mf

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Shiraz, very disturbing:

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Shiraz:

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Kerman:

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Kerman:

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Tehran, Metro Station:

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Tehran, though people disperse to avoid the riot police, large crowds form:

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Mashhad University (Azad):

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Mashhad University (Azad):

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Mashhad University (Ferdousi):

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Tabriz University:

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Ahvaz University:

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Shahre Kurd University:

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Isfahan:

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Najafabad University:

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Tehran, “guns, tanks, and Basijis don’t change anything”:

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Tehran, ”Green Iran does not want nuclear weapons”:

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A Book by one of my Stellar Students!

* Before the political events in Iran took over the windows, I used to introduce great books about Iran from time to time. I have one for you in this window called the Tribeswomen of Iran: Weaving Memories Among Qashqa’i Nomads. The author? My very own student in Persian (2003-2004) Julia Huang. Julia continued to study Persian at Yale (in addition to Turkish and Arabic). She graduated from Yale in 2008. She was a Fulbright Scholar in Turkey in 2008-2009 and conducted research on NGOs there. She is currently coordinating three NGOs in Mumbai, India. Next year (2010-2011) she will be studying at the London School of Economics and will be writing about her NGO work in Turkey, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and now India. Check the book out at Amazon.

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Dr. Etemad on Persian BBC

* Should Iran have nuclear energy? Should it allow western countries to enrich its uranium? Should it stay a member of NPT and IAEA? Dr. Akbar Etemad, the founder and first president of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran from 1974 to 1978, is known as the ”father of Iranian nuclear technology.” He addresses these issues in an interview with the BBC Persian program. I am sorry not to be able to provide you with English subtitles. Still, I am sure many Persian speakers on the list would find his angle on the subject very enlightening: http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/tv/2008/12/000000_ptv_hardtalk.shtml

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Hengameh Shahidi

Hengameh Shahidi on Hunger Strike

* Hengameh Shadidi is an Iranian human rights activist, who has been in prison for the last 124 days, despite her heart condition. She decided to go on a hunger strike to protest her arbitrary detention and after 8 days she lost consciousness. She is currently in the hospital. To the right is a beautiful picture of her.

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Mohamad Ghouchani

I’temade Melli’s Editor-in-Chief Released

* I’temade Melli’s editor-in-chief, Mohamed Ghouchani, was released from Evin Prison on October 30th after 131 days in prison. He was left on the street at 2:00AM—no explanations, no accusations.

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What is the Best Course of Action for the U.S.

* The Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi thinks the U.S. must press Iran for Human Rights violations: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/77184.html.

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Iran One of the Five Friendliest Nations

Open Travel says "Iran's most precious jewel is its people" and that Iran has some of the friendliest people in the world. They conclude: "The hospitality of ever-smiling Iranians is sincere and simple - they are always eager to help travelers, offer a cup of tea, pay for your lunch or invite home for dinner."

* How is friendliness measured? No idea, but you can see the article for yourself: http://opentravel.com/blogs/5-friendliest-nations-on-planet-earth/.

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Opera Based on Rumi’s Story of Moses and the Shepherd

* Let’s end on a musical note. A performance of a story by the medieval Iranian poet Rumi by the L.A. Symphony and the Iranian Mastan Ensemble in September:

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Good Night,

Fatemeh

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Fatemeh Keshavarz, Professor and Chair
Dept. of Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures
Washington University in St. Louis
Honorary Co-Chair, Iranians For Peace
Tel: (314) 935-5156
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Source: AFP

A Muslim woman’s place is in society: Nobel Laureate

AFP/File – Iranian Nobel peace prize winner Shirin Ebadi speaks during a press conference at Seoul, August 2009. …

ABU DHABI (AFP) – Iranian Nobel Laureate and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi on Monday implored Muslim women to assume a wider role in their home countries through education and active participation in politics.

“Women must fulfill their duty to society and not stay at home,” she told participants in the Festival of Thinkers forum in Abu Dhabi.

Ebadi said that young girls tend to become housewives after they graduate, which means that “their education is wasted.”

“Women should be educated… Education is an obligation under Islam. Why do we oppose our religion’s decrees?” asked Ebadi who spoke in Farsi.

“Why has the level of illiteracy gone up in Islamic countries? … Education is a duty and literacy is an obligation for us, just like prayers are.”

She also urged women in Muslim countries to participate in elections, citing the times of the Prophet Mohammed when everybody would take part in offering allegiance to the leader.

Ebadi, founder of the Centre for the Defence of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic, in 2003 became the first Iranian and Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her work to support democracy and human rights, especially for women and children.

In 1975, she became the first woman to preside over a legislative court in Iran. However, she was demoted to a secretarial position following the Islamic revolution in 1979 as conservative clerics argued that Islam prohibits women from assuming judiciary roles.

Ebadi, who currently teaches at the University of Tehran, did not refer in her speech to the political situation in Iran, where unrest erupted after the disputed re-election of incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June.