Fwd: buried news from Iran

[Robert Simmons]

Am passing this on...it says things rather succintly.
Twin victims, people of Afghanistan and citizens of
USA. Get UN on it fast.




> more buried news. I had to dig this off of a middle
> eastern wire service.
> 
> Read this short statement by the President of Iran
> and then ask  yourself why his voice isn't being
heard on CNN. Who is the extremist here, anyway?  He
sounds a hell of a lot more reasonable 
than Bush.
> 

> 
> 
> thr 001
> Iran-Khatami-Attacks /POL/
>   
> Khatami laments twin calamity of Afghan people
> 
> Tehran
> 
> Oct 12, IRNA (Iran)-- President Mohammad Khatami
> here Thursday said that the Afghan people were
falling victim to a twin calamity in the wake of an
ultra-Orthodox rulership of the Taliban militia
> group as well as the U.S.-led attack on the war-torn
> country which is taking its toll on the civilians.
> 
> In a meeting with the new Canadian ambassador to
> Tehran, Khatami
> regretted the September 11 terror attack on the
> U.S., calling it a
> move against humanity, but also said that the
> American military
> showdown in the region could lead to a backlash in
> an international anti-terrorism bid.
> 
> "The American people have fallen victim to
> terrorists' crimes and
> the innocent Afghan people, on the other hand, have
> become victims of
> two oppression: that of their ignorant rulers who
> generate and export
> hate, violence, terror and drugs and the oppression
> which they have to endure these days because of
>massive American attacks," President Khatami said.
> 
> The Iranian president said he feared the ongoing
> situation in the
> region and the world would benefit the terrorists.
> 
> "Our proposal was to seek the roots of war,
> violence, terror and
> discrimination with prudence and under the auspices
> of the United
> Nations and fight with them. But, unfortunately,
> terror created war
> in which the innocent American and Afghan people are
> victimized," he
> added.
> 
> "Two superficially opposing voices are heard in
> America and
> Afghanistan, which in fact are the two sides of the
> same coin. One
> says whoever is not with America is a terrorist and
> the other says whoever does not accept of his
>behavior is an opponent of Islam and proponent of
>America.
> 
>"Such false and arrogant judgments are the rootcause
>of violence  and terror as well as war. This is
>while humanity today is in need of hearing the voice
>of justice and a real peace," President Khatami said.
> 
>In a separate meeting with the new Danish ambassador
>to Tehran,  the Iranian head of the state described
>the terror attack on the American trade and defense
>centers as an alarm bell for all humans.
> 
> "This event naturally and quite rightfully provoked
> the anger of  the world, and that of the American
>people above all, leading to a general hatred against
>terrorism and requiring a  global resolve for the
>fight with this phenomenon," he said.
> 
> A massive military action in Afghanistan, however,
> could derail
> the real campaign against terrorism, Khatami said
> and expressed
> concern over the fate of the "oppressed and
> afflicted" Afghan people.
> 
> He denounced some efforts to link the terror attack
> on the U.S.  to Islam and said,"As we do not
>attribute developments in Ireland or Basque to
>Christianity, such crimes should not be ascribed to
>Islam."
> 
> "Those who commit crimes in the name of Islam or
> Christianity, do
> two kinds of crimes: one is the crime and murder
> itself and the other
> crime is that they attribute it to religions which
> are the messengers
> of peace and humanity," Khatami said.
> 
> The Iranian president cited "poverty, discrimination
> and despair"  as the key to the rise of terrorism in
>the world, saying "anybody who seeks to have a normal
>life today, is threatened by terrorism in  the bitter
>and unsafe world of today."
> 
> He pointed to "a wave of aggressions and terrorist
> actions" against Iran, saying "the Islamic Republic,
>as one of the biggest victims of terrorism, calls for
>an all-out and global campaign against terrorism."
> 
Khatami cited "understanding, logic and a global
campaign under the UN leadership" as the key to the
fight against this evil phenomenon.
> 
> The Iranian president hailed improving ties between
> Iran and Canada, calling it "an example of relations
between two civilizations" in two prominent locations
of the world.
> 
> He said Canada had taken "big strides in the
> intimation of Islamic and Western governments."
> 
> The Danish ambassador conveyed warm regards of
> Denmark's princess to President Khatami and stressed
his country's intention for the strengthening of
Tehran-Copenhagen ties.
> 
> BH/AR
> End
> ::irna    01:54
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