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The student movement to unseat the mullah dictatorship continues to grow.  The prisons in Iran are well-documented. I was not surprised to hear tht one of the most brutal prisons is in a shopping mall where dissidents, perhaps shopping, can be snatched and incarcerated.   The Revolutionary Guards are coming into conflict with the Iranian military who recently signed a petition which called for justice in dealing with the Iranian people and their growing concerns.  Perhaps this is an instance of the military siding with the people to stop oppression. Let's hope so.
Here's a fascinating part of the Iranian Charter:
History has, undoubtedly, shown human rights, democracy and free markets to be the most fair and efficient means for humanity to realize its potential. Theocracy, just like communism and fascism, belongs in the ash heap of history. Ultimately, no repressive, intolerant regime or ideology can withstand the spread of these ideals. Iran’s theocracy is no exception. Our triumph is absolutely, positively and undeniably inevitable. Our confidence in the inevitable victory of these three principals derives not from our naivety, idealism or dislike of the theocracy, but rather from these ideals’ innate ability in bringing out the best of humanity. They are simply a more productive and fair way of governing a society. Virtually every major technological, scientific, medical, etc… discovery has come from democratic countries. This, of course, is no coincidence. These advancements are made possible because democracies guarantee their citizens certain rights under the law and have the relevant institutions to protect these rights. That is also why their living standards are so much higher than ours. We need similar rights and institutions in Iran. These three ideals enable individuals to pursue their dreams far more effectively than any other ideology. And it is this pursuit of dreams that is the original inspiration of every great accomplishment mankind has ever known, such as electricity, telephone, flight, computer, space exploration, etc… Consider America, for example. Its economic wealth and technological military prowess are nothing but a byproduct of its real strength: the ideals set forth in its Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights.
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