It may seem strange for you that in Iran, Iranian had a moment of silence
for victims of terrorism in the US, but aren't Iranians human? Iranians are
like other people. They do have heart, they do have love and they do like
peace.
I'm an Iranian student. I was shocked by this tragedy, precisely like you
and other Americans.
We had a 8-years war and I think that one nation that has seen and
experienced a war (and the longest war after World War II), more than the
other people should hate war and violence. You may know that we have many
injuries from terrorism. Seven of our diplamats were killed in Afghanisatn a
few years ago. We don't have any news about some of our diplomats in Lebanon
that were hijacked about 20 years ago by affiliated groupswith Israel, and I
don't want to remind that on July 3, 1988 the cruiser USS Vincennes opened
fire on a civilian Iran Air airbus as it crossed the Persian Gulf on a
scheduled flight, killing all 290 people on board and so on. Weren't they
human?!
We love peace. We, like you and the other people, hate violence and war and
we are in sympathy with the victims of any violence, done by anyone and
anywhere.
The great Persian poet Saadi defines best what we believe:
Humans are parts of one body
They have been created from a single jem
If you do not care for others
You do not deserve to be called human
Reza
>From: Jeremy Williams <jbw@MAIL.LNS.CORNELL.EDU>
>Reply-To: Jeremy Williams <jbw@MAIL.LNS.CORNELL.EDU>
>To: DANCING-DISCUSS-L@listserv.uiuc.edu
>Subject: Re: Non-Dance: Fwd: TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES
>Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 11:34:54 -0400
>
>This has been circulating in various places.
>You will note that some of the details look strange and/or dated;
>this is because the message was written in 1973 on the occasion
>of the U.S. pullout of Vietnam.
>
>We may have been alone then, but we are not alone now.
>
>England is behind us. The Queen had "The Star Spangled Banner"
>played when the guard changed at Buckingham Palace yesterday.
>And England is not alone.
>
>For the first time in its history, NATO has invoked Article Five
>of its charter, which declares that an attack on one is an
>attack on all.
>Australia, in a rare case of bipartisan agreement, has similarly
>pledged support under the ANZUS treaty.
>
>But they are not alone. Some of you may recall video clips of
>Palestineans celebrating in the streets of East Jerusalem at the
>news.
>What did not get shown on U.S. television -- but did in Europe --
>was that there was another crowd, just as large, yelling at them
>to shut up, and that there was nothing worth celebrating. They
>held a candlelight vigil on Wednesday.
>I'm told that Yassir Arafat personally gave blood to be sent to
>the U.S.
>
>They had a moment of silence before a World Cup qualifying game
>in Iran. In Iran!
>
>--J
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