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HOW THE WESTERN MEDIA AND
POLITICIANS DECEIVED THE
PUBLIC ON IRANIAN ELECTION ISSUE
Bismihe Ta'ala
Brothers and Sisters, Salam
The topic at hand is very disturbing because it
shows how deep the Zionist propaganda has penetrated
into the hearts of even the Muslim communities. My
family and I just returned from Iran (a few days
after the elections). To be sure, what you are
seeing on western TV is NOT the truth and I would
like to give my own observations as we saw them.
The elections were wonderful and exciting. No one
knew that so many people would show up and everyone
was in a spirited mood. What surprised us was that
due to the propaganda coming from the west, Moosavi
seemed to have a good chance to either win or at
least give Pres. Ahmadinejad a good run for his
money. What western media didn't show was the
tremendous popularity and support for Ahmadinejad--and
that's very unfortunate. We were in the holy city of
Qom although all of our family members live in
Tehran. We happened to go to the holy haram of
Hazrat Ma'soomeh to say Khoda Hafez when we were
caught in a frenzy of supporters for both
candidates.
We saw with our own eyes that the followers of
Ahmadinejad outnumbered those of Moosavi to around
80%. So, when people went to the polls, it was no
surprise that Ahmadinejad was in the lead almost the
entire process and with the exception of Tehran and
maybe one other city, Mr. Moosavi came in second.
The voting process was well-protected--we had
friends in the process who told us that it was
almost impossible to cheat. Each candidate had a
representative to monitor the votes at each
district--including Mr. Moosavi. It's strange that
until the election was finished that none of his
reps stepped up and said they saw problems or
discrepancies in the voting process. The rumors of
injecting 10 million votes in favor of Ahmadinejad
were ridiculous. Votes were fingerprinted and who
would sit around and fingerprint 10 million votes.
Even if they did and we were to subtract those votes
from his count, he still would have won. The issue
of more votes than voters was also not acceptable
because unlike America, Iran does not confine people
to vote in their own district. School was out and
the entire country was in the process of travel and
vacation so for example, many people in Qom left and
voted in other districts--causing the vote count to
be different than the actually population.
What was a big slap in the face though was when Mr.
Moosavi came forward and announced to the entire
world that the elections were fraudulent and even
portrayed the Rahbar as helping or at least turning
a blind eye to claims of cheating and lies. For a
man who claimed to support the revolution and the
principles of the shohodat, that few minutes of his
unguarded tongue did more to destroy the integrity
of the revolution than 30 years could have
accomplished by the enemies of Islam. I feel sorry
for him on the Day of Judgment.
For those of you who aren't familiar with Iran,
while many of his supporters were wonderful people,
including MANY of the ulema, the majority of his
supporters had behavior that was absolutely
appalling--especially for Muslims. While out in the
street, I had to pull my kids out quickly because of
the filthy language and behavior of those supporting
Moosavi. If you saw the way they were dressed, you
would have thought you were in the punk rock section
of San Francisco. I would never allow my children to
dress the way they were dressed and many of his
supporters (not all) were pro-western, anti-Islamic
'freedom' seekers. My question was why were they
seeking freedom when they were dressed worse than
any American I have seen?
To address the statements given below, I would like
to say the following. There is not any where in the
modern world that violent protests and riots are
allowed. To say that the entire world is lying but
the Iranian regime is not the issue. The government
never objected to protests--but they told Mr.
Moosavi to follow the law in regards to complaints
against the elections. He may not have participated
in the riots but he certainly did not stop them
either and in fact at times instigated them. The
western media was biased and absolutely false.
Police were not out beating and killing people.
People were beating the police, destroying property
and taking orders (as admitted) by the MKO
terrorists organization (which America lists but
allowed them to keep their weapons: The enemy of my
enemy is my friend.) Their leader Mariam Rajavi
announced their participation and also seemed
overjoyed so say that MKO was the actual winner of
the elections (remember the bombing of Imam Reza's
shrine that killed over 25 people? This was her
work).
Former President Abol-Hassan Bani Sadr stated as
well that he also gave orders for the uprising and
destruction following the elections. Don't forget
that America, Israel and even Saudi Arabia have had
their hand in this. America has not been silent in
saying that their aim is destroy the regime from
within and they even upped their budget for such
purposes by several million dollars (when Americans
are jobless and hungry).
Just to show an example of the twisting of facts,
how many of you saw the man on the motorcycle
getting beaten and a women was protecting him? ABC
and BBC listed him as a mazloom supporter being
beaten by the basij forces. In fact, he was a basij
volunteer being beaten by the supporters. They
caught one of them and he admitted that they were
being driven from outside sources. Those people
killed were innocent but know that at least eight of
them were members of the basij forces and they were
killed by gunshots fired from the protesters. In
Iran, it's illegal to carry weapons--so the question
remains as to where those weapons came from and who
supplied them.
Here is a question--if rioters took to the streets
here in America with weapons after being told to
disperse wouldn't US forces use all types of
violence such as taser guns, tear gas, batons and
even real guns? If any protestor attacked a US
police, the police have the right to shoot to kill.
So where is your excuse then that the Iranian forces
are cruel and killing innocent people? They were
doing their job to try and contain a violent and
destruction uprising of a minority of supporters.
Last night on Press TV, we witnessed a student that
was supposedly killed--he came forward and said he's
well and alive. Brother, reports and lies are out
everywhere and as Muslims who are responsible for
what we see, hear and say we have to be very careful
to understand the truth and only stick to the
truth--otherwise, we are as guilty as those
perpetrating the crimes. Ayatollah Khamanie
announced that any protests (after the initial
violence) would be banned and those defying the ban
would be punished. It's a fair stance and those who
defied it can not complain about the outcome.
All during the elections, Press TV seemed (in my
humble opinion) to be slightly biased toward Mr.
Moosavi. Yet today, they have even announced that
their footage and reporting is totally different
than what CNN has said concerning a demonstration in
front of the majlis in Baharstan square. They had a
woman crying saying police were taking people off of
buses, beating and even killing them. We were
watching live coverage and while some people were
gathered, for the most part, there seemed to be no
violence or uprising.
You mentioned that masses in Iran. Have you
considered that the masses are against these
demonstrations, riots and the behavior of the
Moosavi supporters? The masses in fact are in
support of Ayat. Khamani AND Pres. Ahmadinejad. From
our outlook, those elections were fair. The 'masses'
do not consist of half a million supporters. Those
eligible for the votes came to close to 50 million
so the supporters/rioters were actually a very small
percentage of the total voting population. And the
true masses are honestly disgusted with the behavior
of their Iranian counterparts.
You cannot even compare the statement of 'no
compulsion in religion' which has absolutely no
relevance to this current issue. 99% of the Iranians
are Muslim and 30 years ago, the majorty of those
Muslims voted for an Islamic Republic to be
conformed around the laws of Shia Islam. What
compulsion are you mentioning? The law is the law.
Ayat. Khamanie had every right to shed tears on that
day and the rest of the Muslim umma should have done
the same. Many of these Iranians were blinded by the
massive propaganda tool being injected into their
country on a daily basis. Those who rioted,
destroyed and killed were blinded by Shayton,
thinking that freedom means throwing off hijab,
being allowed to drink and mingle with mixed
genders. I cried when young girls would ask me how I
could have left the freedom of America to come to a
oppressive country such as Iran (meaning they think
that I'm forced into hijab and that somehow America
is free). As an American, I found my true freedom as
a Muslim to be in the very heart of what the western
media/governments fear the most. I'm free to think,
feel, dress and practice my religion without the
stink of hypocrisy and hiding just to be 'accepted'
by non-Muslims.
Certainly Imam e- Zeman (a.s.) won't kill innocent
people but neither were innocent people killed by
the government of Iran. As Brother Arif stated, the
people of Iran are very compassionate and loving,
including those members of basij, the governmental
officials and the Rahbar. I can even say this
propaganda of not being able to say what you want
without punishment is a bunch of lies. There were
many occasions that I openely voiced my concern on
problems in Iran with members of government and
never was I hauled away to prison because of it. In
fact, they politely listened, discusses and at
times, even agreed with me. Instead of given a
prison term, I was given tea, Iranian sweets and on
some ocasions, even lunch.
Yes, maybe some of the people in Tehran are bitter,
liars and cheaters--but that's just people
everywhere. There are many good and wonderful people
in Tehran as well as the entire country. But
remember this note: one of my brothers who passed
away (please recite Fatiha for his soul) told me
something before he died. I asked him why the people
of the revolution were not as openly active as the
opponents were. He said, "My sister, remember this.
The people keeping this government alive are the
fire under the ash. You can't see them, but they are
there burning strong and hot." So, that's what we
are seeing today. Those followers of the Rahbar, the
system and Islam are there burning strong. They are
silent in the face of the loud-mouthed
trouble-makers--many of whom don't even realize what
they are actually doing. Zionists and the westerners
aren't idiots that they don't know how to subtly
manipulate people.
As Muslims, we have to be strong, wise and follow
our leaders. They know what they are doing and we
are not in a position to question their decisions or
decide to follow the lies that are being portrayed.
I'm sorry for the length of this letter but it seems
there is a huge misunderstanding of the situation in
Iran. We have to be vigilent in our stance against
the plans of the enemies of Islam. If you think that
this is just something that popped out of nowhere,
you should know that the forces of Zionism, America
and other key factors have been planning something
like this for over 30 years. The chance came up,
they grabbed it but alhamdulillah, with Allah's help
and the wisdom of the Rahbar, their plots were
foiled.
"Wa makaroo wa makarollah wallaho khaiyul makireen."
"They plot but Allah plotted and He is the best of
plotters."
May Allah bless the Islamic Republic and the
servants who uphold it and may he hasten the
appearance of our Imam al Mahdi (a.s.).
Khoda Hafez,
Zainab Siavoshani |
