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By Dr. Dariush Ahmadi
January 2, 2007
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Dear friends and fellow human beings,
Hostility to Jews by the present and past Iranian rulers has always been condemned by the Iranian people as a reprehensible and disgraceful act.
The history of our country shows that Iranians have always treated minorities with respect and that our people, drawing on lofty Iranian traditions, have lived in peace and harmony with their neighbours for many centuries.
Unfortunately, however, the fate of our country is at present in the hands of a bunch of fanatics who see their survival only in making the Middle East region ever more insecure. Thus, making illegitimate use of the resources of the Iranian people, they spend huge amounts of money to prevent the Palestinian people from living side by side with Jews in peace and harmony.
The Iranian National Front, which has always tried to make the true voice of the Iranian people heard by the world public, declares once more that the present Iranian government and leadership are not the true representatives of the Iranian people. This fanatical bunch, which is now in power, strives to divert the attention of the world public from the crimes and tragedies taking place in Iran by disputing the Holocaust, that is, one of the most ghastly events in the history of mankind. And this, in a country where Cyrus the Great twenty five centuries ago liberated the Jews from the yoke of Babylon, for which he is praised by the Jews in their Holy book. Also, many Jewish researchers of the Holocaust have named Iranians who helped and gave shelter to the Jews in France and elsewhere during World War II.
We find it a pity that the world is oblivious of the ordeal that the people of Iran and its freedom fighters are undergoing now under the present Iranian regime. This reminds us somehow of the indifference of the allied forces to the atrocities that the Jews were subjected, as if those powers did not know what was then happening to the Jews.
We therefore reaffirm our belief that only a secular and democratic Iran can bring peace and security to the Middle East region and that helping realize such a development would be much less costly than the Baker and Hamilton schemes.
Dear friends and fellow human beings, dear Jewish people, we condemn the shameful act of the anti-national Iranian government in distorting history and insulting your feelings. We apologise for our government's and president's preposterous behaviour and we hope that all freedom loving people would do their best to bring our voice of resentment to the attention of the world public.
With warm regards and Shalom,
Dr. Dariush Ahmadi
Member of the Iranian National Front -- Europe
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