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...people have experienced enormous physical and spiritual suffering under the Shah. Today he and his top generals, the worst murderers of all, are in this country, protected by its laws. Meanwhile innocent Iranian students are harassed and singled out for deportation. If existing laws can be amended overnight to intimidate Iranian students, why cannot the same laws be changed to require the extradition of criminals like the Shah...
...Shah's presence in the U.S. is a disgrace and an insult to the integrity of the American people, regardless of their view on the hostage issue. The conflict is not between our nations. Our anger is not directed at Americans because they are Americans. We have no genes for anti-Americanism in us. Our anger is directed at those in power who installed and maintained the Shah for 25 years, as they still do for dictators in Chile, Guatemala, Paraguay, the Philippines and around the world...
...Mossadegh was overthrown in a bloody coup d'etat orchestrated by the American administration through the Central Intelligence Agency? Has he forgotten that on June 5th, 1962, more than 10,000 innocent people were shot to death by the American-advised Iranian army? Does he not remember congratulating the Shah on the morning after Black Friday, September 8th, 1977, when the Shah's army shot down 5,000 unarmed demonstrators...
...sponsored coup meant for the Iranian nation 25 years of unparalleled brutality and suffering. Regrettably the complicity of the American government was a major factor in the maintenance of the Shah's regime. American advisors supported Savak, the dreaded secret police responsible for the torture and brutal deaths of untold numbers of Iranian citizens. The army was transformed into a brutal instrument of internal repression and a guardian of foreign interests in Iran and the Persian Gulf. What was called "economic development" in Iran during those 25 years was in reality the development of consumerism, quick profits for American...
...those dark 25 years, the American Embassy developed into an active policymaking center for deciding the fate of the Iranian people, and was indispensable for the survival of the Shah's regime. It is well-known in Iran that American Ambassadors were close advisors to the Shah and that the Enbassy was involved in the assignment of the top-level civilian and military posts. In short, despite President Carter's failing memory, the American government has been directly responsible for the the events in Iran during the Shah's regime. And this is in the name of you, the American...