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IRAN: Nowruz, the Persian New Year, a festival of fire

March 18, 2008 |  8:00 pm

Fire_festival

The streets of Tehran are streaked with flame and light; firecrackers rattle between booms of larger explosions. The city is joyous. It’s the Festival of Fire, an ancient, pre-Islamic celebration that marks the defeat of winter and the celebration of spring. Bonfires flicker through neighborhoods and guys on motor scooters are laughing and hurling cherry bombs.

As custom has it, all Iranians should contribute wood to the fire. A centuries-old poem reads:

'A branch, a branch...!
Whoever gives a branch,
May God grant his wish!
Whoever does not give a branch,
May God not grant his wish!'

It’s a night of folklore and fashion: Haji Firouz, the black-faced herald of the New Year, which begins Thursday, has again risen with his tambourine from the ashes of the underworld. Women are testing the religious police, slipping back hijabs a bit to show off highlighted hair and sometimes a brazen flash of blonde. Hotel managers are telling guests to remember to jump over burning wood piles and duck for bottle rockets.

— Jeffrey Fleishman in Tehran

Photo: A young man leaps over fire in a pre-Islamic ritual. Credit: Mehdi Ghasemi / ISNA


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Iran’s human rights abuses and use of political prisoners during
the Ahal-Al-Bait Rule of the country.

Hatred produces hatred. Violence results in more violence. So
why does humanity continue to suffer today and what is the solution?

The Sayeid, Ahal-Al-Bait, are in other words the descendents of Emam Ali ibn Abe Taliab and Prophet Mohammad. They taught us that they are very kind, peaceful, problem solvers, Saints, patient, lovers of humanity who possesses a thousand other good qualities. But now you have seen them in action for the last quarter of century in our poor country Iran. Now we hope you will be a good judge of what they are really doing in Iran and the region. What is difference between them and the second Islamic Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab the Arab Abbasid dynasty ruler, or Yazeed Bin Mauwiyah the second Arab ruler of the Umayyad dynasty, or even Zohak before them? There is little difference if you look at the history of our Iranian people with regards to other Arab rulers in our land.

Now it has been over one thousand years since our beloved country, the Sassanin Empire, was conquered by Arab Imperialists under the pretext of the Islamic religion. Through all of this time we have seen so many different entities rule our people under many different names and politics.

None of them was directly related to Ahal Al-Bait, the descendent of the Prophet Mohammad or the children of Emam Ali ibn Abe Taliab.
Many of them claimed to be from Emam Ali family, for example the saviod Shahs, but none of them was identified like the current ruler of Iran to be directly related, what they call Sayeid in Islamic countries.

Since the Emam Kouhmany revolution in Iran we have had a direct ruler by the Emam Ali Family. Just remind the readers, our people in general, and the Shitt Muslims in particular that the Emam Ali family, the Sayeid, is running the country now with an iron fist.

For every problem there must be some kind of solution. For every health problem there must be some kind of medicine. To solve any problem you need to understand the root of it and try to come up with the solution either by an individual or accumulated effort of a group of people.
Just like the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and AIDS was facing humanity and the effort by international community to solve the problem.

When Prophet Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Qweareyyshi, the founder of the Islamic religion from Arab origin, started the teaching of the new religion in Mecca his first enemy was his own relative from Arab tribes in Mecca. They forced him and his follower to move to Medina, another town in Saudi Arabia. There they clashed with the non-Arab Hebrew Jewish people. The campaign against the Hebrew Jewish people was lead by Ali Bin Abe Talib Al-Qweareyyshi, the cousin and the son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed, who later become the founder of Shiite Islam.

The campaign became very violent and productive for Islamic Army because the victims were non-Arab. This made the army unite and test their victory over non-Arabs, even though the Hebrew Jewish people were not their enemy. When they killed the Hebrew Jewish males they took the females, married them by force, and took their lands and their belongings. From that day until now it has become the tradition of the Arab warriors, which has been repeated over and over by Arab extremists and later by the Ottoman Turkish Empire against non-Muslim people in Europe.

The people who have suffered the most at the hands of the Arab nationalistic extremist movement since the beginning of Islam has been the Hebrew Jewish people and the Aryan (Ērānšahr or later become known as Iranian) people that are known today as (Persian, Kurd, Azeri, Afghani, Tajik, Pashto, Pakistani and other Aryan nations) who suffered greatly under the second Islamic Khalifa, Omar Bin Khtab, known as the most violent ruler against the Aryan people who later become known as the founder of the Sunni Islam.

The Campaign continues on and affected Europe and later went on to affect parts of Asia. Today it is affecting the whole world one way or another. Calling yourself neutral won’t solve this problem facing humanity.

If Iran or any other country with the same mentality has the Atomic Bomb or any other powerful destructive weapon, they are going to use it and that will be the end of the world as we know it.

To solve this problem facing humanity, the super power countries and individuals a like need to pay attention and confront the Arab extremists and their agents, like the ruler of Iran, today to stop the terrorist activity once and for all. Let them know about your feelings and understanding by raising your voices as individuals. This may make a difference with Arab people in the hope that they will join the rest of the civilization. Because of Arab oil too many leaders around the world are closing their eyes to this problem.

The Arabs and their agents in the Islamic world may realize that the people around the world do not like what they are doing against humanity on Earth. Then there will be hope that they will change their behavior and look back at their own violent history to see how unjust their hatred has been.

Only education will allow people to understand that inflecting pain and suffering upon other people is not the solution to your problems. Indeed, if the Arab and the Islamic world took a moment to look at the hard working Japanese people and take a lesson from their hard work and truthful efforts to serve their own people by building up their own country, they would see it is a much better solution than blowing yourself up and killing many other people.

In conclusion, every Iranian person (Aryan People) should face reality. Do some research and look at our peoples’ history. Understand our own miserable lives under the iron rule of the so called Sayeid families in Iran (The descendent of Prophet Mohammad or the children of Emam Ali ibn Abe Taliab). Understand their lies.

They told us that the Sayeid are kind and gentle, they love human beings and humanity. Look at their actions against the political prisoners of Iran today, especially people like Abbas Amir-Entezam, and judge for yourself.

Do political prisoner deserve such treatment by Emams, religious teachers and philosophers? Where is their kindness and humanity?
Is this too the fault of Western countries??? !!!

I found Ahmadinejad's Video where he is giving greeting for Norooz to Iranians:

http://irannegah.com/Video.aspx?id=546

Rebuilding a Modern Iranian State

Rebuilding a modern Iranian State following the overthrow of the current illegitimate Arabic regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Iran is the home of both Iranians (Eranšahr, Aryan) and non-Aryans. Our heritage is a mix of many different groups because our homelands are unfortunately located in a very strategic location within the Middle East.
Our people have suffered for over a millennium and continue to suffer today while our land is being abused and its residents subjugated by other nationalities. The fact that we have survived for over a thousand years is amazing in itself and a testament to the tenacity and courage of our people.
We have witnessed many empires come and go after the defeat of The Sassanian Empire. Since that time we have been reoccupied by many other nations, led by the Arab Nationalist movement. This movement is fueled by nothing more than hatred and revenge. They hide behind the guise of religion while in reality they use Islam as nothing more than a cover up. One needs look no further than Egypt, where their language and culture has been decimated, to see where this path leads.
The Medes Empire, The Achaemenids Empire and The Sassanian Empire are our heritage, we must never forget this. We must honor the spirit of our beloved leaders like Thee Dayukku (the founder of The Medes Empire), Thee Cyrus the Achaemenid (the founder of The Achaemenids Empire) and Thee Ardashir Babak (the founder of The Sassanian Empire, to which we belong).
With this in mind, look at our current day leaders. Where have they come from? Have they really cared about our culture, our heritage, or our nation? Why have we allowed people like Ayatollah Khomeini, Mohammad Khatami and Ayatollah Khamani to suppress our national pride in exchange for their Islamic Ideology? They claim they are holy men, yet take a minute and think about what they have done. They are trying to destroy our people’s sprit and make them slaves to religion so that our people will be servants. Look at the world today, most of the people on the earth have some kind of religious belief, but they are not slaves to their religion. Beliefs should be personal, not dictated by the nation. By perpetuating this ideology our people have becoming slaves of the Arab Nationalist Ideology through the Islamic Religion.
The Sassanian Empire united our people in the past and protected our people from invaders for a long time. The Sassanian Empire was the protector of the Zoroastrians Religion and was for all Aryan people without any discrimination. The Empire served the Aryan people from India to Europe; protect us in the East from the Turk nomads and in the southwest from the Arab nomads, in the north and west from the Roman Empire.
Today it would be impossible to unite such a large area under one country because of the Arab invasion of our homeland and the subsequent destruction of our civilization. Even those of us who are descendents of the Sassanian Empire are hopeless and abused by others. However, we believe that an economic union is the best way to continue with the struggle. We must be united in order to liberate our people from Arab domination and superiority. We must study the Islamic religion and understand the message of God based on our modern day knowledge so that our people won’t be slaves to rituals and practice.
The Islamic Religion split between Sunni and Shiite Islam because of the power struggle and differences between the second Islamic Khalifa (President or King), Omar Bin Khtab and the fourth Islamic Khalifa, Ali ibn Abi Talib. Khtab was known as the most violent ruler against the Aryan people, non-Arabs, and non-Muslims. He later went on to be the founder of Sunni Islam. His actions have become the foundation of the so-called Islamic and Arab terrorist ideology which in reality has nothing to do with Islamic religion. Western countries should attempt to understand the root of terrorist ideology. By doing this, they can see that they can defeat this ideology economically and socially rather than blindly attacking Islamic religious beliefs.
The fourth Islamic Khalifa, Ali ibn Abi Talib (599-661 CE), was the first cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad. He later became the founder of Shiite Islam. Ali ibn Abi Talib was a very extreme Arab nationalist who shared Khtab’s hatred of non-Arabs and non-Muslims. This is evidenced by his actions against the Jewish people during Prophet Mohammad’s rule and his war against the Jewish people in Arabia.
Ali ibn Abi Talib Al-Qweareyyshi was a young man and the leader of Islamic Army. He was responsible for the butchering of Jewish people during the attack on the city of Khabar. Khabar was the largest Jewish city in Saudi Arabia before Islam took over the region. After Prophet Mohammad passed away, Ali ibn Abi Talib Al-Qweareyyshi wanted to become an Islamic Khalifa but Omar Bin Khtab did not allow him to do so. This is the root of the animosity which continues even to this day.
From that day forward, Ali ibn Abi Talib Al-Qweareyyshi changed his policies. Whatever Omar Bin Khtab supported, Ali ibn Abi Talib Al-Qweareyyshi opposed. He tried very hard to become an Islamic Khalifa. He finally achieved this goal after the murder of the Third Islamic Khalifa, Othman Ibn Affan. Arab associates of Ali ibn Abi Talib Al-Qweareyyshi purportedly carried out this murder. Followers of the previous three Khalifas accused him of this murder. His actions were in such doubt that Mu'awiyya Bin Abu Sofian, a powerful Arab leader and one of the Islamic generals refused to recognize his status as Khalifa.
Eventually, Ali ibn Abi Talib Al-Qweareyyshi was forced to move to the area of what is modern day Iraq. At that time, he was in war with the Arab population and this is why he was nice to non-Arabs. The Aryan people who had been treated unjustly by the harsh rule of Islamic Army under the Arab Nationalist joined Ali ibn Abi Talib Al-Qweareyyshi and most of them become Shiite Muslims. Some Aryan tribes have digressed so far that they think of Ali as God and worship his descendents instead of the God.
Many people do not understand the reality of Arab rule and that is why we believe in educating them. When the people become educated the Ayatollahs of Iran will be lose their hold over the population and the Aryan people will be able to see through their propaganda.
Today, the Aryan people are divided between the two sects of Islam. Most of our people mistakenly worship the Arab personality instead of God. Our mission is to educate our people so that they may understand Islam and worship the creator of the universe rather than dead Arab leaders.
To build a modern Iranian nation we need to get united with all the Aryan people instead of putting barriers up between us. We fully understand that some branches of Aryan people like Persians, Afghans and Pakistanis who possess some power today may be opposed to accepting some less powerful Aryans such as Kurds, Blochis, or Pashtos in Pakistan as partners. It is far easier to simply attempt to assimilate these people. This policy is really the old Arab Imperialist policy. It is being implemented today by Arab agent, such as those in the leadership in Iran. Their real goal is to destroy our culture forever. We sincerely believe it is in the best interest of everyone to bring peace and stability to this region of the world. All interested parties, but especially western countries, should take the time to understand our culture and our past civilizations in order to achieve this goal.
The current policy in this region is not working. Without an understanding of the root of the terrorism philosophy we cannot effectively fight it. The world should confront those at the root of the problem. The Sayed families, whom claim to be the descendents of the fourth Islamic Khalifa, play a large role in this. They are behind all the terrorist groups from the Shiite Islam side because they want to be recognized as the Islamic Khalifa of all Islamic countries and convert all Muslims to Shiite Islam.
The world should confront Wahhabi Islam in Saudi Arabia and the world. They are the most violent Islamic group behind the Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. They must also confront the Sunni Islamic brother hood that are behind the Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri. Both groups are against Shiite Islam specially the Wahhabi Islam sect whose goal is to eliminate Shiite Islam once and for all. These two groups are truly behind all the terrorist groups from the Sunni Islam side because they also want to be recognized as the Islamic Khalifa of all Islamic countries and convert all Muslims to Sunni Islam.
In conclusion, Islamic people all around the world should study Islam carefully to rescue themselves from Arab nationalism or any other political ideology. They should bow only to God, the creator of the universe and its contents. Pray only to Allah (Arabic: , All h) in this modern day. Don’t be fooled by hate mongers like the Iranian leaders and Shiite Sayed families around the world. Don’t be fooled by people like Osama bin Laden and Ayman Al-Zawahiri who are merely trying to become the Islamic Khalifa by using religion as tool to reach their unlawful ambitions. People from the Western countries and around the world should be aware of the root of these problems and help Islamic people around the world to get out of this unproductive cycle. This can be accomplished by helping them economically and rebuilding those countries bit by bit through mutual benefit, economic, and education development.
Sincerely,
Jaff Sassani
from the SKDC
jaff.skdc@googlemail.com
http://www.jaff-sassanie.com/Default.aspx

Why we need an Aryan Economic Union (AU) similar to the European Economic Union (EU)

Since the fall of the Sassanian Empire, the principal victims of genocide or attempted genocide by the Arab Imperialists and their agents, the Sayed families, have been the Aryan nations. These people were known as Ērānšahr, or speakers of the Aryan languages, during the Sassanid Empire era. They have since come to be known as Iranian people, although these people are not limited to modern day Iran. These atrocities have been committed against our people under the pretext of the Islamic doctrine.

The campaign has never stopped. It began first with the destruction of our religion, and then continued on with the destruction of our culture. The Arab Imperialists accomplished this by creating division among the Aryan nations using nationalistic ideologies. They have used Shitte and Sunni Islam to create further division. They accuse western countries, the USA, and Israel for our division while in reality these three forces did not exist in our homeland at all when the process began. For over one thousand years, before the emergence of these forces the process was started and has never stopped. They continue even now without any end in sight.

We believe the solution to our miserable and divided Aryan nations will come when we are united economically.

One of the most powerful nations today within the Aryan people is the Persian nation in Iran. The turmoil among its people started less than one century ago when The Pahlavī (in Persian: دودمان پهلوی) dynasty started. The Pahlavī dynasty began with the crowning of Reza Shah Pahlavi in 1925 and ended with the Iranian Islamic Revolution of 1979. The division started among the Iranian nations when the Pahlavī rulers used force to impose the Persian language alone on all the other Aryans in the region.

Suppose the Pahlavī dynasty were to come in and rebuild the modern Iranian nation. They started by imposing the Persian language and culture on the other Aryan nations. This policy made Iran very weak among the other nations in the region. The assimilation (Farsification or Annihilation) of other nations is wrong and it is what divided the Aryan peoples. The policy led to a failed state and allowed the emergence of the Islamic Republic of Iran under the leadership of the Shitte Sayed families of Arab origin.

The Islamic Republic of Iran came to build a Shitte state led by the Sayed families. They promised Aryan nations for over one thousand years to rebuild the country based on Islamic laws and justice for all the nations within Iran. But soon, they followed in the footsteps of the Pahlavī dynasty and began ignoring the needs of the other nationalities within Iran.

The Islamic Republic of Iran is very weak now. The monopoly of power by the Sayed families and the assimilation policies in Iran are wrong again. The Persian nation should give up these failed policies and power mongering ways, in favor of rebuilding a modern country for all. In the past the idea of the Sassanian dynasty was workable for Aryan nations. Today the world has changed, so to rebuild the country we need to look at other nations experiences.

The Pahlavī dynasty borrowed the idea of nationalism from Europe at that time. They aimed to build one nation by the policy of assimilating other nations. This eventually turned out to be the wrong policy and not workable. The countries were divided, weak and vulnerable to civil war.

The European people got away from nationalistic ideas after World War II. They have built a European Union that works for every nation in Europe. The nations, for instance Czechoslovakia, divorced to build their own countries and then got united again under the European Union.

The Persian and other Aryan nations should look at the European nations again, but this time for a better idea. The ideas implemented by the Reza Shah Pahlavi came out to be the wrong idea. Now the people should use successful ideas instead of insisting on using failed idea. The Aryan nations should be free to form their own independent countries. The people will come together very fast to form an Aryan Economic Union similar to the European Economic Union.

The Aryan Union (AU), will save our people from the harmful policies of the Sayed families. It will bring the people peace and prosperity. We will be known as Aryan nations among the European nations, Chinese nation, Japanese nation and other nations in the world.

The Aryan Union (AU) can be achieved if we approach the only super power, the USA, and ask them for help. The US helped the people in Europe achieve their Union in the past. So, we the people should ask the USA and the European Union for help to build the Aryan Union in the Middle East.

The Aryan Union (AU) should be built based on friendship and cooperation with the USA, the European Union (EU), and Israel in the Middle East.

This is an idea diametrically opposed to the ideas of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran and the terrorist leader of Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden. Their plan of confrontation and destruction, of declaring war on the western people, has not brought peace and prosperity to our Aryan people in the world.

The opportunity is here for our Aryan people to get liberated from the Iranian Sayed families and their Arabic doctrine. They are no different from the other Arab tyrants in the history of our people. To balance the Arabs power and their imperialistic ambitions under Islamic pretext, we need to get united and form our own Aryan Union.

The use of the Islamic religion to take over other nations is an outdated idea now. We should give the people freedom of religion and freedom of thought. Allow them to decide what they want to worship. The use of force must be brought to an end.

The ideology of the Shitte Sayed families is bankrupt. They are no different from the Abbasid dynasty in the past. We, the people have waited for over one thousand years to bring the Sayed families (the descendent of the Ali ibn Abi Talib) to power. The Sayed Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s bovernment showed us what kind of the people they are when they have power. They are killers and destroyers like other Arab tyrants in the past. They turned out to be as bad as Dahag (Modern Iranian: Zahhāk).

The Shitte Sayed are not peaceful people. Our thoughts turned out to be wrong. We were taught for over one thousand years that Sayed Imams are full of kindness. We were taught that they were gentle. We were taught that they love people and all humanity. Now you see with your own eyes what kind of people they are.

The Government of Imam Sayed Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini proved to our people that there is no kindness in their hearts. They are killers who are full of hatred toward humanity in general and poor Aryan people in particular.

It would fill a hundred books to write about the carnage of their unjust rule in Iran, Iraq and Lebanon. Look at the statistics and see how many women and poor people they have killed so far. We see what kind of Sayed they are as they put thousands of people like Mr. Abbas Amirentezam in prison for life because of their political views.

The Sayed are in power now. They are not very kind people. When you test their unjust rule, you quickly see that they come out to be harsh and heartless, without mercy for any life or humanity.

Sincerely,
Jaff Sassani
From the SKDC
jaff.skdc@googlemail.com
http://www.jaff-sassanie.com/Default.aspx

The Flag of Kaveh or Kawa

True or mythological, the story of the blacksmith Kaveh goes back to an era before The Medes and Sassanian Empires. Kaveh led a popular uprising against the foreign demon-like ruler Dahag (Modern Iranian: Zahhāk). Using the blacksmith's leather apron on a spear as a flag, Kaveh lead the Aryan people to destroy Zahhak, the Arab tyrant who unjustly ruled over the Aryan people’s lands.
The founder of the Sassanian Empire was the Great Spirit and tireless son of the Aryan people, Ardashir Sassani. Once more the flag of the blacksmith Kaveh was used. Sassani used this flag as his own, as a symbol to liberate and build an independent country for the Aryan nation. We hope that someday the Aryan people will once again come together to form a united front, similar to the Europeans union. Every Aryan nation should have the freedom to form the country and Government for themselves separately. Instead of trying to destroy each other, we should try to help each other to form a free country like those in Europe so that we can live with each other in peace.
Racism will cause divisions, no matter whether it is Persian racism, Kurdish racism, Afghani racism or any other Aryan racism. Considering and accounting for each others interests, will bring the Aryan people together and get us united. The many languages used in Europe have not stood in the way as they form a solid European union. We, the Aryan people, have languages very similar to one another; it should be much easier for us to get united. We have a lot of powerful enemies, like families from the Islamic Sayed, with Arabic origins and Turks. They would not like to see us united. That is why they work to inject division among us.
The Sassanian Empire was an independent Aryan country that followed the Zoroastrians religion. It was not solely a Persian country. Even Ferdawsi are questionable. Those who follow the racist Persian policy are enemies of the Aryan people without any doubt. It is possible that Shitte Islamic Sayeds or Turks injected this racist belief among the Aryan people to keep them from becoming united forever. But enemies of the Aryan peoples plans are useless because the Aryan people are much more knowledgeable and smarter than they are. The Aryan people’s eyes were truly opened following the Islamic revolution of Iran. Sayed Allotola Komani’s, along with his disciples, ruled as a tyrant and abused many. They are no longer accepting the propaganda and they are not getting fooled in the name of Shitte any more. There is hope for a better future and happier days for the Aryan people.
People around the world have experimented with so many different economic systems. So far they have not found one to work properly. To name a few: the Judeo-Christian religion’s economic program, the Buddha religion’s economic program, the Islamic religion or Islamic Sari’ah’s economic program, the Communist economic program, the Socialist economic program, the Capitalist economic program. All of these economic programs failed and disappeared or do not work properly. The world is changing constantly. The only system devised by humans that has worked is the system of elections. If the people truly have a choice to elect, they will elect people according to the time. As the world changes, the citizens will have a hand in the system evolving as well. This theory has been used today to some extent in Japan, the USA, Canada, and Europe. By following such programs, the lives of their people are better than others using different economic programs.
Because of the reason above, political Ideology does not have value any more. The people will elect people to serve them. In the Middle East you can say the political parties are similar to mafia organizations. They are just like the Italian organization that steals, sells illegal drugs, kills and intimidates all to collect money for themselves. Middle East countries and Aryan countries today are filled with mafia.

Sincerely,
Jaff Sassani
from the SKDC
jaff.skdc@googlemail.com
http://www.jaff-sassanie.com/Default.aspx



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