Committee Against Ahmadinejad

Committee
Against
Ahmadinejad

August 20, 2007

Over the past 2 years, Iranian president Ahmadinejad has fully implemented Iran’s Islamic extremist agenda with increasing oppression within Iran and escalating terrorist activities abroad. Religious hatred, intolerance, and terrorism have for years been the trademarks of the Ayatollahs in Iran. Iran is not only the number one state sponsor of worldwide terrorism, but is the primary instigator of violence and instability in Iraq.

Ahmadinejad’s Revolutionary Guards (IRG) organization is responsible for killing and torture of the Iranian people. Similarly, his regime and the IRG are training and equipping terrorist in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East.

Disregarding Islam’s peaceful teachings, the Iranian government has incited and then exploited public sentiments to spread negative propaganda against Christians, Jews, and Bahaies. This hatred has become manifest internationally via Ahmadinejad’s call for the destruction of other countries in the region. Over the past 30 years, the Iranian regime has executed 120000 members and sympathizers of the oppositions. The United Nations has repeatedly (at least 52 times) condemned the Iranian government for its atrocious human rights record, and for inhuman and degrading treatment of its citizens.

Within Iran, public and extrajudicial executions have increased significantly since Ahmadihenjad and his IRG rose to dominance. Often, political opponents are charged with bogus criminal offenses and then executed in public. Stoning to death and torture continue unabated. According to Amnesty International, Iran continues to have one of the highest rates of executions in the world. The reported executions in 2007 have already exceeded 150, suggesting that by the end of this year the total number of executions would exceed the 177 recorded by Amnesty International in 2006.

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I am joining my colleagues, religious leaders and human rights activist to oppose the ongoing human rights catastrophe in Iran as well Ahmadinejad led government’s role in the violence in Iraq. I understand the aims of the “Committee against Ahmadinejad” are:

1. Publicize human rights violation in Iran.
2. Protest executions, especially the public hanging of individuals.
3. Support democracy seeking students, teachers, women, and minorities (religious and ethnic).
4. Expose Iran's destructive role in Iraq.

Sincerely,

Ed Towns
Member of Congress