A Mother's Journey

ABC Radio report about mothers of American prisoners visiting them in Tehran

18-May-2010
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humanbeing

connect the dots, no fear

by humanbeing on

how is there ever going to be rapprochement if individuals are a priori censured, boycotted, imprisoned, because they happen to be born into a certain religion or country? or also have a 'history' of visiting a country for which you have an obsessive aversion? or even, for argument's sake, a justified aversion of its government? are you suggesting you have restrospective power to dictate the 'history' of individuals over whom you have no dictatorial sovereignty? but i guess you do have.

why not climb down, and choose the path of hospitality?

even if these individuals, who don't represent a government policy, are 'guilty by association', and many wouldn't consider it so, did they not come to see some of the most beautiful mountains in your beautiful country? you do concede that your country is beautful. maybe they naively do not distinguish between 'kurdish' and 'regular' iranian land? it's encouraging that you do recognize this distinction. 


Anonymouse

Kurdistan is actually a bus tour destination in Iran.

by Anonymouse on

We were going to take a bus tour to Kurdistan last year but chose another destination.  Plan to visit Kurdistan one day. 

Everything is sacred.


No Fear

Some simple facts , you connect the dots

by No Fear on

1- They were caught illegally in Iran with NO proper documentations.

2- Going for a hike in an area filled with kurdish militia is not your regular hiking trip.

3- They were days away from the nearest kurdish town when caught.

4- They were in areas which are controlled by PEJAK.

5- Israel and US , support and train kurdish seperatists including PEJAK.

6- The hikers are connected to Israel by religion or travel history.

 


BehroozAzarin

Darveesh and Obama jaan,

by BehroozAzarin on

Darveesh and Obama jaan, what do you mean, what they were doing there? They were helping to spreading love and democracy to Iran, just as we have witnesed in Iraq, Afghanistan and the rest of the world.


BehroozAzarin

Bavafa, If those mothers

by BehroozAzarin on

Bavafa, If those mothers were like Sara Palin, Hillary Clinton and some others, specially in republicans, world would be hell.

I talked to some Americans and asked their opinions. They said, it is not their fault. It is Iran's fault for being located on the way of the hikers.  So again, Iran is to blame and Americans are to be forgiven.

 


Iranian.comfan

How ironic!

by Iranian.comfan on






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You normally see this kind of jubilance when Iranians get US
visas, not the other way around.  LOL


Darveesh

what were they doing there?

by Darveesh on

the most dangerous zone of Kurdish rebellion and day to day fight?


obama

Were they recruited from campus? Innocent???

by obama on

Her last is arabic (Fattal)? She is smart and political. She is kissing up to IRI ahead of time. No wone is stupid enough to go all the way from here to the dangerous part of the world unless they have the US government's backing! What do I know?


pedramx

Wish them well

by pedramx on

dost daram bebinam hamin harfa ro rajebeh khobi va mehrabooni irania mizaneh vaghti bachash azad besheh?! I wish them well and success...


Bavafa

I do wish them well and hope they can bring their kids home

by Bavafa on

Only if the world's politics was run by MOTHERS whose children were soldiers, there would not have been another war in this world.

Mehrdad


Anonymouse

I wish them well and success in bringing their children home.

by Anonymouse on

Everything is sacred.