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Reza Pahlavi of
Iran, in response to a direct invitation by political prisoners
in Iran, pledged his solidarity and announced his plans to go on
a three day hunger strike starting Friday, June 10.
"Solidarity with
political prisoners of Iran and support for the
legitimate quest for freedom, human rights and economic
opportunity in Iran
transcends all political boundaries and ideologies," said Reza
Pahlavi,
opposition leader to the clerical regime of Iran.
Yesterday, in a communique, signed by numerous political
prisoners, in
Iran, the June 17 presidential elections were rejected as "sham
and
undemocratic." Calling for a boycott of the elections, the
communique also
cited the regime's abhorrent violations of human rights in Iran
and announced
the collective plan of the prisoners to go on a hunger strike as
an act of
nonviolent defiance of the regime.
Highlighting the demands of the communique, Reza Pahlavi said,
"Iranians
of all walks of life demand: freedom of speech; the unequivocal
observance of
human rights, by the regime; the immediate release of all
political prisoners.
Just last week, during a press conference in Paris, the 44 year
old leader
called for a national boycott of the scheduled June 17th
presidential
election, calling it nothing short of political theatre by the
regime.
Reza Pahlavi, who has been leading a campaign of political
defiance
against the Theocracy of Iran, is the former Crown Prince of
Iran. He is an
accomplished jet fighter pilot and graduate of US Air Force
training program
at the former Reese Air Force Base. Author of Winds of Change,
The Future of
Democracy in Iran, he is a Political Science graduate of the
University of
Southern California. |
