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6/5/07
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Anniversary of Khomeini's Death
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By
Javad Fakharzadeh
The political scene/atmosphere from
Iran is not shown (or felt) in the
West. I visited Iran for the first time since 1977
and could feel this atmosphere from within. It is quite different from the
Western perspective. As a starter, Monday June 4th is the anniversary of the
death (Rehlat) of Emam Khomeini; the founder of Islamic Republic of Iran. It is
a national holiday in Iran,
in fact all government offices, banks, schools and some businesses are closed in
Iran for most of this week.
Iran's media have been busy
broadcasting Khomeini's messages all week and are full of commentaries about the
late leader. In fact, this event has been well organized in advance and you
could see Khomeini's images, messages all over the capital and cites across
Iran for the past several weeks. Such
event is not propagated in the western media for obvious
reasons.
Iranians
holding pictures of Ayatollah Khomeini
Although many disagree with his harsh treatment of intellectuals during
his rein, nevertheless, we have to accept that Khomeini was the man behind the
1979 revolution overthrowing the Shah's regime which was fully supported by the
Zionists, Israel and the
US and their allies. Their direct
influence/interests not only to Iran have been vanished, but it has depressed
drastically in the entire Middle East .
Khomeini's
Shrine
I visited
Khomeini's Shrine a week ago using the newly built advanced underground Metro,
one of the most modern one I have seen in the world. The shrine is well
architected with huge parking area surrounded by open area for prayers that can
easily accommodate well over a million visitors around the shrine. I paid a
visit to the shrine and saw many Azaris, Tajik, Baloochis, Afghan, Iraqis, Kurds
and Arabs. As a footnote, I could not see a single graffiti anywhere within the
Metro. This is an indicative of people's respect to this highly used
transportation phenomenon easing the city traffic. It's been stated that the
government is planning to expand the Metro to triple the size to cope with the
people's demand.
Tehran’s Metro
This week, millions of people are traveling from all over
Iran (and the Middle East?)
to Khomeini's shrine just south of Tehran to
commemorate his legacy in changing the fabric of the western influence in the
heart of the Middle East. You would not hear or
read today's big event in any Western media for obvious reason in order to
downplay the huge movement underway in Iran in an attempt to change the world political
atmosphere to justify anti-Iran propaganda and the possible subsequent military
strike against Iran. This is the essence of Zionist
inner ploy and an attempt to quell and suppress Iran's
independence. Although much improvements are needed across Iran's
political, economical and social spectrum to improve the standard of living of
the vast majority of the people, but these changes must come from within and
without any outside direct force or confrontations; e.g., US-Israel-UK imposed
mandates or regime change as prescribed by the neo-cons and/or the Zionists.
Iranians
mourning Ayatollah Khomeini
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