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Regime Change in Iran?
08/05/2002
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Rafsanjani: Rumsfeld will take hope of Iran
regime change to hell 11/2/02
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regime change in Iran
Recently there have been opinion articles about the potential of the
current protest movement in Iran to change the regime and criticism of the
Iranian theocracy by an Iranian . I am including the entire articles,
instead of the url's because access is subscription (pay) based.
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But taking over Iraq and remaking the global oil market is not necessarily
the endgame. The next steps, favored by hard-liners determined to elevate
Israeli security above all other U.S. foreign policy goals, would be to destroy
any remaining perceived threat to the Jewish state: namely, the regimes in Syria
and Iran. "The War Won't End in Baghdad," wrote the American Enterprise
Institute's Michael Ledeen in the Wall Street Journal. In 1985, as a consultant
to the National Security Council and Oliver North, Ledeen helped broker the
illegal arms-for-hostages deal with Iran by setting up meetings between weapons
dealers and Israel. In the current war, he argues, "we must also topple terror
states in Tehran and Damascus."
U.S. and Regime Change in Iran
By Michael Rubin, adjunct scholar
The Washington
Institute for Near East Policy
Jerusalem Post, November 20, 2001 ...
Eliminating the Taliban (and hopefully Saddam Hussein as well)
will be fine in the short term. But, the US can no longer afford to have no
long-term strategy in the Middle East; the terror of September 11 showed the
danger of allowing policy vacuums to develop.
Instead of feting Iranian diplomats, Washington should increase
its isolation of Iran. The mullahs see their world crumbling -- Washington
should provide no misguided hope. When the Islamic republic falls, a new,
secular Iran would be a natural bulwark against threats from Iraq, Afghanistan,
Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. It is ironic that in its drive to bring almost any
Middle Eastern regime into its coalition against terror, the State Department
may very well prolong a hostile regime and stymie the emergence of a new and
friendly democracy.
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/media/rubin/rubin-regime.htm
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Wednesday, July 31, 2002
Defense Chief Says US not Seeking Regime Change in Iran,
DPRK |
| US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Tuesday
that although the United States is seeking a regime change in Iraq, it is
not pursuing the same policy towards Iran and the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea (DPRK). |
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200207/31/eng20020731_100660.shtml
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Expressing the sense of the Senate concerning the continuous
repression of freedoms within Iran and of individual human rights abuses,
particularly with regard to women. (Introduced in Senate)
SRES 82 IS
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 82
Expressing the sense of the Senate concerning the continuous
repression of freedoms within Iran and of individual human rights abuses,
particularly with regard to women.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 12, 2003
Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. CAMPBELL,
and Mr. KYL) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Relations
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Senate concerning the continuous
repression of freedoms within Iran and of individual human rights abuses,
particularly with regard to women.
Whereas the people of the United States respect the Iranian people and value
the contributions that Iran's culture has made to world civilization for over 3
millennia;
Whereas the Iranian people aspire to democracy, civil, political, and
religious rights, and the rule of law, as evidenced by increasingly frequent
antigovernment and anti-Khatami demonstrations within Iran and by statements of
numerous Iranian expatriates and dissidents;
Whereas Iran is an ideological dictatorship presided over by an unelected
Supreme Leader with limitless veto power, an unelected Expediency Council and
Council of Guardians capable of eviscerating any reforms, and a President
elected only after the aforementioned disqualified 234 other candidates for
being too liberal, reformist, or secular;
Whereas the Iranian Government has been developing a uranium enrichment
program that by 2005 is expected to be capable of producing several nuclear
weapons each year, which would further threaten nations in the region and around
the world;
Whereas the United States recognizes the Iranian peoples' concerns that
President Muhammad Khatami's rhetoric has not been matched by his actions;
Whereas President Khatami clearly lacks the ability and inclination to change
the behavior of the State of Iran either toward the vast majority of Iranians
who seek freedom or toward the international community;
Whereas political repression, newspaper censorship, corruption, vigilante
intimidation, arbitrary imprisonment of students, and public executions have
increased since President Khatami's inauguration in 1997;
Whereas men and women are not equal under the laws of Iran and women are
legally deprived of their basic rights;
Whereas the Iranian Government shipped 50 tons of sophisticated weaponry to
the Palestinian Authority despite Chairman Arafat's cease-fire agreement,
consistently seeks to undermine the Middle East peace process, provides
safe-haven to al-Qa'ida and Taliban terrorists, allows transit of arms for
guerrillas seeking to undermine our ally Turkey, provides transit of terrorists
seeking to destabilize the United States-protected safe-haven in Iraq, and
develops weapons of mass destruction;
Whereas since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and despite
rhetorical protestations to the contrary, the Government of Iran has actively
and repeatedly sought to undermine the United States war on terror;
Whereas there is a broad-based movement for change in Iran that represents
all sectors of Iranian society, including youth, women, student bodies, military
personnel, and even religious figures, that is pro-democratic, believes in
secular government, and is yearning to live in freedom;
Whereas following the tragedies of September 11, 2001, tens of thousands of
Iranians filled the streets spontaneously and in solidarity with the United
States and the victims of the terrorist attacks; and
Whereas the people of Iran deserve the support of the American people: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) legitimizing the regime in Iran stifles the growth of the genuine
democratic forces in Iran and does not serve the national security interest
of the United States;
(2) positive gestures of the United States toward Iran should be
directed toward the people of Iran, and not political figures whose survival
depends upon preservation of the current regime; and
(3) it should be the policy of the United States to seek a genuine
democratic government in Iran that will restore freedom to the Iranian
people, abandon terrorism, and live in peace and security with the
international community.
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