Chaos, Crisis Create Islamic Republic Illusions

Recently, the handpicked President of the illegitimate body of government in Iran, President Ahmadinejad of the Islamic Republic, has been publicly and without any provocation denouncing the existence of the state of Israel. He has called for Israel to be wiped off the map, and claimed that "the Holocaust was a myth".

Iranian people neither agree with the handpicked President Ahmadinejads comments, nor have any such desire to eradicate the people of Israel. As a matter of fact, Iranians are very proud of the action of their champion of human rights, Cyrus the Great. It was this great Persian trailblazer of human rights who freed the Jews from captivity and promoted freedom of culture, religion and beliefs in the vast empire under his rule, something we wish to follow.

Mr. Ahmadinejad's glorifying resume is filled with crimes against humanity. Mr. Ahmadinejad was involved in storming the US embassy in Tehran and holding 52 American hostages for 444 days in the aftermath of the 1979 Iranian revolution. Six former American hostages have confirmed that indeed they believe Mr. Ahmadinejad was among their captors. He is also responsible for the suppression of dissidents in Iran and terrorist attacks abroad.

Mr. Peter Pilz, an Austrian MP, said he had "very convincing" evidence that Mr. Ahmadinejad - a former revolutionary guard and torturer- was involved in the murders of Dr. Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, with two other Kurdish activists in Vienna.

On behalf of those silenced in Iran by its illegitimate government, we, the Iranians abroad, along with the people of the world, strongly and unequivocally condemn the pogrom against the Jews by the selected President of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

We are asking the world community to exert maximum pressure against the Islamic Republic to behave in a civilized manner and to bow to the will of its people. However, if they refuse, they must be censured and expelled from the United Nations.