Dear President Obama,<\/p>\n
We want you to know, that a majority of ordinary Iranians, both home and abroad, support the nuclear deal. As Negar Mortazavi, an Iranian-American journalist, quotes in the Washington Post, 1) thousands of Iranians have gathered in various cities across the world to rally for the deal´s passage.<\/p>\n
According to a new poll by the University of Teheran´s Center for Public Opinion Research (UTCPOR) and IranPoll.com, working in conjunction with the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM), some 57 percent of Iranians support a nuclear deal.2)<\/p>\n
Even critics of the Iranian regime support the deal. Dozens of high-profile Iranians, many of whom have been jailed for their political views, launched a video campaign calling the Congress not to inhibit the nuclear deal.3) The campaign includes messages from celebrated film-maker Jafar Panahi, Nobel peace prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, and British-Iranian activist Ghoncheh Ghavami. Also 340 Jewish rabbis sent a letter to Congress on Monday declaring their support for the Iran nuclear deal.4)<\/p>\n
This should prove, that supporting the nuclear deal does not mean supporting the Iranian regime. But this is what those, who lobby against the deal, especially the “Mojahedin-e-Khalg Organization” (MEK\/MKO\/PMOI)” try to make their followers believe.<\/p>\n
The deal´s opponents in the Iranian Diasporas are a minority, some of whom are connected to certain pressure group in Western capitals. They do not represent the Iranian people!<\/p>\n
The MEK, calling themselves “the Iranian Resistance”, try hard to prevent this deal because they want to force a military invention. Therefore they send out their fellas like Bob Mendez, who is a longtime supporter of the MEK,5) to vote against the deal. Working together with Israeli and US warmongers they spend thousands of dollars campaigning against the deal.<\/p>\n
We want you, Mr. President, to recognize, that those who yell for a hard line against Teheran, are not the voice of the Iranian people!<\/p>\n
We want you to see, that the Iranian people support an approaching to the US!<\/p>\n
We want you to fight for this deal, for freedom and for the people!<\/p>\n
Please do not forget thatthose who have paid the highest price for the cause of democracy and human rights in Iran (majority of the Iranian people) are supporting the deal.<\/p>\n
Yours sincerely,<\/p>\n
AAWA Association e.V.<\/p>\n
Dipl. Ing. Ali Akbar Rastgou (Chairman)<\/p>\n
September 2015<\/p>\n
[1] https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/worldviews\/wp\/2015\/08\/26\/these-iranian-pro-democracy-activists-want-congress-to-back-the-nuclear-deal\/<\/p>\n
[2] http:\/\/iranprimer.usip.org\/blog\/2015\/jun\/23\/poll-1-majority-iranians-support-deal<\/p>\n
[3] http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/aug\/25\/prominent-iranians-launch-campaign-congress-nuclear-deal<\/p>\n
[4] http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/251263-340-rabbis-urge-congress-to-support-iran-nuclear-deal<\/p>\n
[5] https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2015\/02\/26\/long-march-yellow\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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