need some help from you guys here.....

[kermalou]

just got this from a friend in Iran

Dear Friends and Compatriots,

I am appealing to you today on behalf of my imprisoned and tortured brother Manouchehr Mohammadi, leader of the National Association of Students of Iran, who has disappeared from prison.

I urge you to spread my letter wide and far to the Leaders of the Free World and human rights organisations. I ask you to solicit their support to free my brother and thousands like him from the shackles of medieval treatment at the hands of the brutal regime's thugs.

My brother, who suffers from kidney disease and the excruciating effects of persistent torture, was first arrested and sentenced to 13 years in prison on July 18, 1999.

Few days ago upon presenting himself to section 3 of Evin political prison in Tehran following a temporary leave he was swiftly handed over to the Agents of the Intelligence Ministry. He was then forcefully questioned and severely beaten for talking to the international media and inviting Iranians to take part in recent protests.

In particular the Agents demanded the following from Manouchehr.

1. To disband the National Association of Students of Iran.
2. To take part in a television interview and announce the dissolution of the Association and his retirement from politics.

Since he refused to accept these demands, he was taken to the Solitary Confinement in the Section 209 of the Ministry of Information. He was planning to start a hunger strike in the next few days. However since yesterday we have received no news about his whereabouts. He has simply disappeared.

My Friends and Compatriots, there are no weapons at our disposal but the power of our spirit and the strength of our determination to awaken the moral force of world public opinion. It is vital that we mobilize support to free not only Manouchehr and my younger brother Akbar, but also thousands of their fellow prisoners of conscience. I urge you to write (sample letter
at the end) to the following dignitaries and authorities.

President George Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Tel: 202-456-1414
FAX: 202-456-2461
president@whitehouse.gov


The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair
10 Downing Street
London
SW1A 2AA
Fax: +442079250918.


Drewery ***
Amnesty International
1 Easton Street
London
WC1X 0DW, UK
Tel: +44-20-74135500
Fax: +44-20-79561 157


Hanny Megally, Executive Director and Elahé Sharifpour-Hicks, Researcher

2nd Floor, 2-12 Pentonville Road
London N1 9HF, UK
Tel: 44 20 7713 1995, Fax: 44 20 7713 1800
hrwuk@hrw.org

350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor
New York, NY 10118-3299 USA
Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700, Fax: 1-(212) 736-1300
hrwnyc@hrw.org


Yours respectfully,

Nasrin Mohammadi

============================================


Dear .................................

I am appealing to you today on behalf of Manouchehr Mohammadi, leader of the National Association of Students of Iran, who has disappeared from prison.


Mohammadi, who suffers from kidney disease and the excruciating effects of persistent torture, was first arrested and sentenced to 13 years in prison on July 18, 1999.

Few days ago upon presenting himself to section 3 of Evin political prison in Tehran following a temporary leave he was swiftly handed over to the Agents of the Intelligence Ministry. He was then forcefully questioned and severely beaten for talking to the international media and inviting Iranians to take part in recent protests.

In particular the Agents demanded the following from him.

3. To disband the National Association of Students of Iran.
4. To take part in a television interview and announce the dissolution of the Association and his retirement from politics.

Since he refused to accept these demands, he was taken to the Solitary Confinement in the Section 209 of the Ministry of Information. He was planning to start a hunger strike in the next few days. However since yesterday we have received no news about his whereabouts. He has simply disappeared.

I urge you to use your good offices to establish Mohammadi's whereabouts and demand his immediate release along with all the Iranian political prisoners.

Yours sincerely,

Name:

Nationality:

Country of Residence:

E-mail:

 

[Platypus]

Thanks for the email spam

 

[kermalou]

not email spam,

 

[ThaGrandCow]

Originally posted by: kermalou
not email spam,

You sure? Sadly, the people trying to make a name for themselves are stooping to lower and lower levels to get people to pass the chain letter on. Although this one doesn't say "if you send this to 50 people you'll have good luck" it smacks of chain letter.

 

[shady123]

lol, good call

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: ThaGrandCow

Originally posted by: kermalou
not email spam,

You sure? Sadly, the people trying to make a name for themselves are stooping to lower and lower levels to get people to pass the chain letter on. Although this one doesn't say "if you send this to 50 people you'll have good luck" it smacks of chain letter.

Well, I'm still hesitant to believe this but nothing showed up on snopes.com or urbanlegends.com

 

[AnyMal]

I would be sceptical of anything that comes out of Iran. AFAIK, nothing good came out of Iran in the last few decades.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Really? We must have the same Iranian friend then, except mine lives in Canada.

Go back to your chatroom, AOL-boy, and quit spreading your spam here. :disgust:

- M4H

 

[Ronstang]

Why should the US get involved? We are hated over there. Kind of funny how everyone wants to retain the right to hate us yet the come to US first when they need something. I was in high school when the Iranians took and held Americans hostage for 444 days. That whole country can go to/rot in hell for all I care. I'll support US intervention if it means turning the whole place into a parking lot.

 

[Shaftatplanetquake]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Really? We must have the same Iranian friend then, except mine lives in Canada.

Go back to your chatroom, AOL-boy, and quit spreading your spam here. :disgust:

- M4H

Thats a pretty heartless attack you've leveled at Kermalou. I don't remember much of his postings, but I can see that he has been here for 2 years and has over 2k posts, is there anything in particular that you can use to back up your arguments?

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Thanks for the email spam

I don't know. The character seems to be real enough.

 

[Miramonti]

I think another term for this is "an official press release from the desk of the cia to promote a propaganda war against iran".

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
Why should the US get involved? We are hated over there. Kind of funny how everyone wants to retain the right to hate us yet the come to US first when they need something. I was in high school when the Iranians took and held Americans hostage for 444 days. That whole country can go to/rot in hell for all I care. I'll support US intervention if it means turning the whole place into a parking lot.

no...send in the IRS