SMCCDI-Student Movement's Fateful Uprising

The Student Movement’s Fateful Uprising

SMCCDI (Public Statement)

November 21, 2002

"If You Rise, If I Rise, All Will Rise"

Again, the history-making will of a generation- that is

well on its way to becoming the liberating force of Iran in

the twenty-first century- has shaken the government of

lunacy and atrocity making the oppressed country the focus

of international attention. It is now more than ten days

that the glorious student uprising has been going on with

the support of university instructors from Tehran and other

cities. Ten clamorous and glorious days that the students-

by leveraging the experiences of the past, and with

applaudable thoughtfulness and wisdom- have step-by-step

turned their logical requests into political demands, and

are opening their path towards organizing an

all-encompassing widespread student movement in line with

the rightful demands of Iran’s Third Force.

Indeed, it was close to 24 years that the minions of the

[Islamic Republic] terror machine were engaged in full

force in the systematic killing of free-thinkers, both

domestically and abroad; and without encountering

widespread resistance, they were busy hunting their

handpicked victims. During this time, the Islamic Republic

displayed- quite well- the face of a real ideological and

theocratic government: a savagery and cruelty the likes of

which can only be found in such dogmatic governments. Along

this line, they established courts for persecuting free

thought, sent tens of thousands of political prisoners and

prisoners of conscience to the gallows of death, and

imprisoned others in their dungeons.

Verily, the silence of many political and enlightened

currents in the face of atrocities that took place in the

name of defending Islam and the Revolution during the

beginnings of the mullahs’ seizure of power gave an

opportunity to the butchers of the Islamic Republic to

tighten the noose of persecuting thought. Gradually, and

with great caution, they even went after their comrades

that had attained beliefs other than those of the regime

and had spoken out in criticism of it. Now, it is clear to

all how the Hezbollah Mafia have invaded the democratic and

popular establishments. Alas, under the ‘active

passivism’ of the so-called reformists, they go to

spend the last wind-breaking uphill road in order to show

the flag of the Islamic Republic’s pure dictatorship.

Students, Intellectuals, Struggling Freedom-loving Nation

of Iran:

This is not the first time that an intellectual has been

sentenced to death in the courts of injustice of the

Islamic Republic for their views, beliefs, and outlooks.

The strugglers of the path to freedom in Iran have in the

past seen many of their intellectuals face the death squads

or the gallows. Other times, their dead bodies have been

found mutilated by the hands of the Islamic Republic in

their own homes. Everyone recalls the en masse killings of

the summer of 1367 (1988) when the leader of the revolution

drank the poison goblet of peace, the assassination of the

free-thinkers abroad during the era of the Commander of

Construction [ex-President Rafsanjani], and the sinister

incident of the Chain Murders during the era of Dialogue

Among Civilizations [President Khatami].

The history of Abrahamian literature is a true witness to

the petrifying crimes that rulers and judges of such

religions have committed based on their own self-righteous

interpretations of the relevant Holy books. People have

been sent to the gallows and cross for the crime of

maintaining beliefs and thoughts other than those of the

establishment. However, the great mistake of the Islamic

Republic is that not only does it not fully understand this

history, but also that they do not understand that the

growing of awareness and the expansion of science have

always exposed the deceitful claims of the unrighteous

promoters of religion.

If the Church was able to rule for three centuries in

‘un-enlightened’ Europe and send many

intellectuals to their deaths with the accusation of being

against the Holy book, all have seen how with the expansion

of discoveries and inventions- especially with the

invention of the printing machine and the resulting

widespread publications- the forgeries of the Church were

exposed by the Protestants and the countdown for the

disintegration of religious reigns in Europe started.

Without a shadow of a doubt, if the church withstood three

centuries, in our times, the Islamic Republic will not last

beyond a quarter century, as it does not posses such power

to maintain its grasp, and in the age of satellite

technology and information superhighways, the nation will

not allow a great and cultured country like Iran to be

ruled by inhumane tribal rule.

Students, Intellectuals, Struggling Freedom-loving Nation

of Iran:

Now, the Islamic Republic is getting closer and closer to

the end of its disgraceful life. In these final moments,

with their historically crooked thinking, they think that

by intensifying their oppressive measures and by choking

the voice of criticism they can continue sucking the blood

of the nation for a while longer. Indeed, the brutalized

nation of Iran has paid a high price so far and may pay a

higher price yet: Not only have the mullahs committed many

atrocities, not only have they plundered the national

wealth, these [clergy] who know nothing of God- with the

undying support of their leader- have imported blood

infected with [HIV] and meat infected with Mad Cow Disease-

the latter which, having been processed in plants belonging

to the Islamic Coalition, clearly illustrates that for

filling their wide sacs [the mullahs] will abstain from no

crime. The silence of the ‘Reformist’ lords in

face of these treasonous and criminal acts attests that

they are all sitting at the same proverbial table, and that

if on occasion they cry out, it is only to attain a larger

portion: they do not feel sorry for the oppressed nation of

Iran.

However, among the benefits of the high price [the nation

has paid], is the ending of the holiness of the cloak and

turban that Iranian Muslims revered until before the

mullahs crawled to power. During the past twenty-four

years, which the Islamic Revolution has shown its true face

to the people, on the one hand, the religious leaders and

authorities who met the [necessary] comprehensive religious

guidelines [to guide the devout] were condemned to prison

or house-arrest and the Specialized Court for [dealing

with] the Clerics excommunicated many of the clergy; while,

on the other hand, many other clergy abstained from public

preaching and sermons as they were too preoccupied with

pillaging the wealth of the nation! The astronomic wealth

of the lords and their prince-lings has become an aphorism

for everyone; while, everyday, the population of homeless

street-children and the jobless are on the rise. That love

and compassion that till yesterday existed in the hearts of

the great Iranian nation for the clergy, has turned into a

hatred that has even caused some of the clergy to complain

about the regime; and, for quite a while now, new

interpretations of Islam have been heard from experts on

Islam and Islamic studies under the name of Islamic

Protestantism as they try to combine the rules and

regulations of Islam with national interests, human rights,

and scientific findings.

Dear Struggling Students:

Now that the student movement, with its continuous motion,

has attained a new momentum and possesses the support of

the university instructors, intellectuals, and

freedom-lovers of Iran and the world, it is discarding the

imperfections from itself that had been forced upon this

movement, to find its true historic and future-making path.

The pyramid of the Islamic Republic’s leadership is

petrified of the re-emergence of the student movement

uprising- as the forbearers of freedom and thought- so, the

heads of the three branches along with the leader are

calling the students to self restraint. Since the so-called

government of ‘civil dialogue’- as in the past-

does not posses the gumption to issue demonstration permits

and with their usual complacent silence has again recreated

the atmosphere for the Hezbollah thugs to violate the

sanctity of the university by killing, beating, and

repressing the students, it is imperative for the student

movement to declare its message on a national scale in

order to attract the support of a large segment of society.

The demands of the movement should not be limited to the

overturning of the death sentence or release of a single

person. [Rather], as in the past, the release of all

political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, the

abolition of the death penalty, the implementation of the

contents of the International Declaration of Human Rights,

and a referendum for determining the type of democratic and

secular regime to be established in Iran should be on the

top of the agenda of the movement.

The Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy

in Iran has rallied all its force and muster for the

express purpose of achieving as peaceful a passage as

possible beyond the Islamic Republic based upon the

principles of civil disobedience; and, ultimately, the

establishment of a democratic and secular government. Along

this line, based upon democratic beliefs, not only does the

Committee defend the freedom of speech and thought of all

Iranian citizens and request the release of all political

prisoners and prisoners of conscience, it also welcomes any

kind of research for the expulsion of superstition and

excess from religion. This Committee believes that in the

democratic and secular Iran of the future even the clergy,

modern religious thinkers, and new interpreters of religion

can play a valuable role in advancing the society.

Long Live Freedom!

Long Live Secularism!

November 21, 2002 (30 Aban 1381)

The "Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy

in Iran" (SMCCDI)

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