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United in Hate: The left's romance with tyranny and terror.

Dear Hamvatan Samsam, KN, Fred and other thinkers,

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Please read this book. It is reasonably priced. It contains valuable information about the nexus of terror and Islam promoted by so calld "progressives".

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KN, you almost had a heart attack!

I personaly believe you're more on the confused side. Unfortunately, you are not very bright and it shows in your reaction.

What I said was simply stating the facts as follows:

1. You have declared yourself a Zionist and a Republican many times on this website.

2. Republicans headed by George W. Bush have destroyed us economically and morally.

3. Zionists loyalties are always reserved for Israel first and not for United States or Iran.

4. The above groups have not done anything to promote Iranian peoples' rights.

News bulletin; xtra!!! xtra !!!!!Q is recanting his past

Am I reading him right thru all that blah blahh that he is repenting & recanting his past defence of such issues such as Arab conquest of Iran & the progress and achievment they brought to us backward Zorostrians ?. It sounds pretty much like a dude misunderstood ...

In that case, after due verification, I welcome him to the ranks of true patriots & as of today I will stop calling him Hajii....:::))) ..mind you , do me a favour prince , just like Anonymous Fish I,m looking forward in reading many articles from you on the subject of cultural genocide of Iranic heritage under way in the shaikhdom . finally , please read and sign below ;

I , Q, lower  ;) myself to appologize for my past defence of an ideology that has forced my nation to give up & forego of their true heritage . I hereby , reclaime & embrace with pride my ancient true Iranian identity & say be gone to all traces of Pan-Arab/Pan-Ommatie servitude . Let me be the example to all those brainwashed Ommaties that it,s never too late to repent .

Sign here :----------------            Dated :--------------------

Witnesses: SamSam,   Anonymous Fish  Kaveh Nouraii  Freddy & Amillio ::))

//www.iranianidentity.blogspot.com/

//www.youtube.com/user/samsamsia

w h a t i s i t !!!

is that like the WORST thing you can say about someone... that he's a zionist...LOL

i've never seen a word used SO much to insult SO many people with SO little relevance.

obamavoter.  good for you.  i voted for him too.  but dude.... lighten up a little!  how are we ever going to convert kaveh if we keep insulting him.  and damn it... he was soooo close to seeing "the light".

LOL

ObamaVoter

Ashamed? The last thing I feel is shame.

What facts have I "pulled" about Palestinians?

Are you just going to talk empty words or are you going to back them up with facts?

Confused? The only thing that confuses me is why people like you ever leave Iran. You come here to the States or go to Europe and proceed to do nothing other than bitch about Western society.

People like you are nothing more than miserable parasites who dig into their host uninvited, suck and bleed them dry then have the nerve to ask why they're unwelcome.

If calling me a Zionist gets you off, then you are truly pathetic. Idiots like you are the type who bring a knife to a gunfight. Unless you can come at me with something more substantial, go take a hike. 

KN, One has to feel ashamed to know he's a Republican....

The party that gave us George Bush the Idiot. You probably pulled your facts about Palestinians from a hat! You are at best confused and at worst a pretender of Iranian peoples' rights. You are a well known Zionist on this website and we don't expect any better from Zionists or Republicana, Iranian or not.

ObamaVoter

Listen to this Republican, very, very carefully.

1. No one is going to bomb Iran. There is a greater likelihood of one man winning the lotto jackpot and being struck by lightning at the same time twice in a row than there is of Iran being bombed.

2. No one is blaming Palestinians for what is happening to them. Hamas and Hezbollah, two terrorist groups that are not even Palestinian at all are the ones to blame.

You are giving too much credit to what is called "partisan rhetoric". By the way, that is just a fancy term for good old-fashioned BS.

I signed

Pls sign this folks.

When NIAC speaks, I listen......

Yes, I signed it a few days ago and will sign some more to keep the greedy hands of opportunists off my ancestral land's ancient artifacts.

And I don't want to hear the appologists who are nay-sayers as usual. You tell them "they may bomb Iran" and they answer "it's the IRI's fault". You tell them Palestinians are being massacred by Israeli army and US support and they reply "but it's their own fault".

And, as usual,they are mostly rightwing Republican.

Is this a sitcom?

Q, you need to take a Ritalin or something. No one wants to see these artifacts auctioned off and going God knows where. It's not just the hijacking of a culture, it's felony theft. This has everyone charged up.

But ask yourself this: Do you think that this would even be a possibility had it not been for the behaviors and actions of the regime? Don't rationalize it. REAL-ize it. 

As for the defendant not having representation......Q....the defendant is Iran, right? Who represents Iran?

The IR. The Velayat-e-Faqih.

Does it still have to be spelled out for you?

O.J. Simpson would have a better chance against this judge than the IR.

This whole thing truly sucks. On one hand, the fate of priceless historical artifacts may be determined by some douchebag judge in Chicago, where everyone in the government is on the take, and on the other hand, the IRI is on the take too, and can't be trusted with these items for even a millisecond. Don't try and deny it. You know I'm right.

All of this talk about preserving Iran's dignity is meaningless bullshit. The mollahs and their supporters trashed Iran's dignity a long time ago.

Speak up about it. Be angry about it. Protest it. Call the Illinois State Bar and the board of judicial review to see if there's anything in this idiot judge's file that would preclude him/her from making such a ruling.

But this? This is childish bullshit. While you're crying slander and libel like a little schoolgirl who lost her lollipop in the sandbox at the playground, judges are laughing their asses off thinking, "What a bunch of stupid idiots fighting amongst themselves. No wonder they're backwards."

Other petitions for all interested

Save the Precious Archeological Sites of Pasargad in Iran:

//www.petitiononline.com/Pasargad/petition.html

Human Rights Groups Petition Iran For Release Of HIV/AIDS Doctors:

//www.iranfreethedocs.org/

STOP THE WAR ON IRAN BEFORE IT STARTS:

//stopwaroniran.org/petition.shtml

CODEPINK petition calls for Iranian human rights centers to reopen:

//www.codepink4peace.org/article.php?id=4593

Now can we all sign NIAC's petition to stop the auctions?

There are plenty of causes out there and each of us is free to work and promote the cause we believe in.

If you agree with a cause then show your support. To sit here and tell others what they must be thinking or doing is silly and counterproductive. 

Why are we expected to agree with each other on 100% of every subject or we'll be dismissed no matter what we have to say.

IRANdokht

for someone who couldn't

for someone who couldn't care less what samsam thinks, Q spends a whoooole lot of time defending himself...lol.

Q's right to an opinion is the same as anyone elses... a right.  But Q... you might want to remember that while you're lashing out at samsam for calling you or anyone else names, or YOUR determining that their opinions are worthless, you're guilty of the same thing.  if someone disagrees with YOU, then they are "not true iranians". 

i'd also point out that your "opinion" that this is a bullshit case differs to the max from the legal communities.

that's called double standards my friend.

please let us know when the petition to save iran's cultural sites comes out.  THAT is one that i think needs a little more attention, IRregardless of your thinking that it "doesn't matter what the iranian government is doing".

Another cheap shot by NIAC

Why are they concerned now?

They don't give a rat's ass about human rights violations in Iran and when asked why not, they claim that they are not a human rights organization and not their responsibility to CARE.

Now all of a sudden, they've become vanguards of Iranian culture and civilization caring about Iran's cultural heritage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why do they always deliberately look the other way and blame others when the guilty party, the Iranian government, is right in front of their eyes? Have you ever seen them even remotely considering the Iranian government, even remotely guilty for anything?

JJ. please do not delete

Samsam, your 5th grade Logic only works on morons

You have nothing but BS excuses.

I didn't say anything about Mullahs, "Ommat" Islam, or anything else. Your "beef" is with your paranoid yourself. You are blind. You are incapable of thinking and acting objectively. During the Gaza crises, you called people "Ommatist" making up your usual BS saying they care about Islam more than about Iran. And here you call people Ommatist who are defending Iran's pre-Islamic identity. Reality, other words, is meaningless to you. You believe what you want to believe. If you are not a big fat walking defintion of a "hypocrite," the word has no meaning.

You know how I prove that your types are hypocrites ? It,s because you the self-proclaimed media writer giant , havent shown me one article among hundreds that you wrote which is about the glory of ancient Iran prior to Qadesiyeh(without shaikhist twist , offcourse) . SHOW ME THE MONEY..ha?

You know how I prove you're a lying serial exaggerator with a 5th grade intelligence ?

Where have I ever called myself a "media writer giant" or anything like that? SHOW ME DA MONEY! HA?

Are you a child molestor? Show me all your articles that reject child molesting. Show me all your articles that say Nazism is bad. Show me all your articles that reject cannibalism, racism, communism. Do you believe the earth is round? I don't see any articles about that! What's the matter? Don't you have proof? SHOW ME DA MONEY HA?

You see how retarded and childish this logic is?

(I seriously doubt if you can cool down enough to even understand what I just said)

Prove to me that you are not a hypocrite and your overnight Jew-mullah...

I don't have to prove sh@#$@# to you and you can spare me your racist rant, not interested. You are welcome to go on thinking whatever you want. Your hypocrisy is on display, no one has to resort to 5th grade flawed BS to "prove" it.

I heard ,University of Chicago has it,s own team of attornies

Yes, I heard from the Zionist the new line is "Don't worry, it will all fix itself. Nothing to see here". How convinient for the Zionists.

This case is over 10 years old, and every major decision regarding the removal has gone in favor of forceful removal of the artifacts. UC is not the defendent, Iran is the defendent. I have already contributed to this cause. Do you even know what you're talking about?

This so-called judgement is rediculous on it's merrit. It is a joke of a judgement that only got this far because the lawyers are taking advantage of Iran/US not having diplomatic relations, and thus don't recognize each others jourisdictions. You do not have the decency to say this. When asked to sign a simple peition with the most powerful Iranian American voice in Washington you resort to playing games with BS Excuses, and character assassination. You show that your own hatred is more important than these artifacts. This is no lost on anyone.

Just like I said, some sad narrow-minded Iranians like yourself have decided to use this to advance their political agenda. Not unlike those morons protest the Iranian National sports teams, or the ignorant a-holes who support a blockade of Iran. Thank God all these people have decided to spare the rest of Iran from their ignorant presence.

Zion:

Don't even amuse us by pretending you give a rat's ass about any of this, other than to score some rhetorical points against Iran. Taking "hypocrisy" claims on Iran's heritage from someone who advocated bombing iran is nothing more than a joke that only morons can take seriously. But to be fair, there are plenty of morons for you to fool right here.

How about you, and those who are the volunteer mouthpieces of the regime in Iran,

I couldn't care less what you think. But I'm not a mouthpiece of anyone. I will be flagging your slanderous comment.

Let this be a lesson to ALL nations...

To never let the irreplaceable leave your turf, especially since now we know that where they end up may treat them as nothing more than cheap circus exhibits and threaten to pawn them off based on some trumped-up "victim" crusade! If people want to occupy the same space as them bad enough, they can travel to your country and contribute to your tourism industry!

Q and friends

As Sam correctly mentioned, there is already a proficient team of lawyers of the university if Chicago, decent people who know their job, at work here in a civilized land of law.

How about you, and those who are the volunteer mouthpieces of the regime in Iran, protest against the dam built by your Islamist pals, you know, the one that is destroying Cyrus' tomb? How come that never happens?

Zion

RE:Fred

"Iranian treasures are safest outside the reach of the Islamists’ sticky fingers and in due time and after their overthrow will be turned over to the relevant elected representatives of the Iranian nation. "

Yes, and Santa Clause exists, Khameni enjoys reading Shakespeare and Mahatma Ghandi will be cloned back to life in the year 2020.

reminds me of the story of Jew turned mullah in Hamedan, heeh

""to advance your narrow-minded political agenda is beyond shameful""

Unlike you and your Ommatie kinzmen , mine is not a political agenda but a cultural one . I dont give a F*** about your mullahs , same old status quo opposition , opportunist players or wether mullahs stay or go . My beef is with the whole Arabo Ommatie stinkin corpse of a culture .  Q? defence of the legacy of ancient tyrants ?..Thats when Ommaties come into play with their so called cause  .

You know how I prove that your types are hypocrites ? ..It,s because you the self-proclaimed media writer giant , havent shown me one article among hundreds that you wrote which is about the glory of ancient Iran prior to Qadesiyeh(without shaikhist twist , offcourse) . SHOW ME THE MONEY..ha?

Prove to me that you are not a hypocrite and your overnight Jew-mullah playing madly in love with Darius, Xerxis & those blood thirsty tyrant kings of Achamenead & Sassanid is sincere ..

H-y-p-o-c-r-i-t-e

How do they say it !! aouzeh bellaha menah shaitaneh rajim

btw* I heard ,University of Chicago has it,s own team of attornies , and they are doing an honorable job defending the artifects . We dont need artist bazii ,  if you are serious , then set up a fund and help UFC pay the bills .

//www.iranianidentity.blogspot.com/

//www.youtube.com/user/samsamsia

SamSam, your cheap libel is crossing the line here

If you agree with the petition, sign it.

No one asked for your personal slander.

At a time like this, some people would rather play political games than to save the artifacts. Thanks to short-sighted, self serving conspiracy minded blabber like the kind listed in this thread, the looters of these artifacts will now claim "support" among the Iranian population for their illegal seizure and sale.

It doesn't matter what the government of Iran is, this looting is UNACCEPTABLE.

NIAC is an effective organization with an established presence in the US Capitol and they sure as hell have more support and are more representative of Iranian Americans than any other organization out there. It was NIAC that hired the lawyers to mount a defense on this issue, as IRI refuses to recognize any jourisdiction.

For you, Fred and Imani and whoever else to use an opportunity like this to advance your narrow-minded political agenda is beyond shameful.

I sense Obama wants to do the right thing, but needs to be pushed hard. Obama needs to be reminded of the Baghdad episode. The willfull allowance of looting of Baghdad meuseum is dark stain upon America. At least in that case, it was criminals who did it illegally. Now, the right wing "war on terror" pressure has made it all seemingly legal. It is even worse. when you send your letters, remind him of Bush's mistakes in Baghdad.

Anonymous8: It's hard to take Imani (or his "editor" handlers) seriously. I would have expected one stupid line in his long rant about the fact that this auction is unacceptable, but he didn't see fit to speak on that until specifically called out. The only honorable person here is Darius Kadivar.

Don't make BS excuses and political speeches: DO YOUR PART!.
//capwiz.com/niacouncil/issues/alert/?alertid...

Couple of links with good background on this case.
//www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2...

Thank You to Iranian.com, Payvand, and Persian Mirror and others for hosting these appeals.

Thank You NIAC and Thank You attorney James S. Irani
//www.payvand.com/news/08/may/1305.html

another ploy

I signed a petition sent to me by a friend blogger earlier any ways but , this is being used by Arabo Ommaties to, as Darius says it "hijack patriotism" ;) . They claime , it,s for the sake of the legacy of old Iran yet they are the enemy number 1 of old Iran(true Iran) ..those who side with  Qadesiyeh regime with indifference toward true Iran have lost their claime to her heritage long ago..may be when shaikhs fly :))) . 

I just hope my signature is not next to theirs .

//www.iranianidentity.blogspot.com/

//www.youtube.com/user/samsamsia

confusing...

this seems to be a little confusing.  a comment is highlighted "maybe they'll end up.... " yet i don't see that comment made anywhere in the article attached to this blog.  is there another one where this lawyer "mused" about the artifacts?

it also says a court "is about to confiscate" the artififacts.  the article clearly is pessimistic that this can or will be done.

the comment about auctioning them off on e-bay is careless, incorrect and provocative. 

there is no doubt that this is not the correct way to go about settling the judgement.  again, the article clearly says that the proceeds would be a fraction of the value OR the settlement and highly unlikely.

so.  i'm asking what is the uproar about?

and would any iranian WANT them to be returned to the current regime in light of the fact that the current regime is destroying cultural sites by the hundreds?

i hope you'll respond with civility as i'm asking civil questions.

peace out.

fred wants the auction:

FRED: "Iranian treasures are safest outside the reach of the Islamists’ sticky fingers and in due time and after their overthrow will be turned over to the relevant elected representatives of the Iranian nation."

thank you Fred for telling us what country you really represent. I'm sure everything taken will be returned in "due time" just like Gorjestan and Bahrain!!!

even egypt can't get mummies back after 300 years of being in french and english museums.

sure!!! let someone pay 30 million dollars and then later "return in due time" to the Iran. you are such a joker! a LYING joker.

you are not Iranian. I fully agree. you do not fool me. you have no right to call yourself that.

Thanks to Mr. Imani for being honor to clarify.

Islamist racket

Ok. The Islamist/Anti-Semites and their likeminded lefty allies have a racket going.  They back the Islamist republic's murderous policies to the hilt and when the time comes to pay the piper they feign patriotism and ask why all are not stampeding to clean up the Islamists’ mess. These are the same people who deny Mossadegh his due and attribute his oil nationalization to Kashani, the infamous charlatan/accomplice in murder.

Iranian treasures are safest outside the reach of the Islamists’ sticky fingers  and in due time and after their overthrow will be turned over to the relevant elected representatives of the Iranian nation.

BTW, those Islamists who are used to doing business Islamist way should learn the sane way of how things work. In the civilized world stripping someone of his/her nationality on spur-of-the-moment and without due process is a no no.

The question remains...

what has Mr Imani done about this Auction? Has he taken any step to prevent this auction or is he just badmouthing the ones who have raised awareness and spoken up already?

IRANdokht

A note

Mr. Imani believes that these items must remain in a safe place and return to Iran when there is an Iranian regime in power. The items are not to be auctioned ever. The regime that is intentionally obliterating all the vestiges of Persian history is not a trustworthy client. Don't you agree? 

Mr. Imani agrees with Ms. Gerstenblith, a DePaul professor. The bombing survivors clearly deserve compensation, she says, adding that she wouldn't object if land or bank assets were at stake. "Money is money," she says. "But cultural objects are completely different."

One wonders why no one gets upset here when the regime is destroying all the Persian Cultural Heritage in Iran?  Haven’t you read Mr. Imani’s article? So, where is the condemnation?

Signed !

Done !

Thanks for the Feedback !

DK

Fred and Amil What the hell are you saying???

You're saying let them go ahead and sell these artifacts? And you call yourselves Iranian?. YOU ARE NOT!

Don't ever even pretend to care about Iran. Your loyalty is made clear. When push comes to shove, you would literally sell out Iran to benefit Israel for some BS "terrorism" case.

This case is pure bullshit and you know it. Maybe I should steal and sell the statue of Liberty for what the US did to Iran in 1953. That case would be much stronger than this.

The only reason this judgement was made was because the defendent had no representation. Shame on you.

Irandohkt

You say "There are organizations like NIAC who are helping and doing what they can and then there are people who complain and do nothing positive."

The IRI's huge Propaganda machinery inside is doing more "positive" jobs to keep mullahs'regime in life than NIAC Lobby does abroad.

Thank you NIAC

Your continuous efforts in defending Iran's dignity and advocating peace are appreciated. 

There are organizations like NIAC who are helping and doing what they can and then there are people who complain and do nothing positive. 

Thanks for representing Iranian's cultural interest and for promoting peace.

IRANdokht

Culturecide of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The intolerant monolithic Islamists are on the march, lashing out with fury at non-Islamic people and cultures. This cult of violence and death spares neither the living nor the non-living heritage of humanity: wherever and whenever it can it commits culturecide—wiping out other people’s precious cultural treasures. Not long ago, the Islamists’ destruction of the Buddha statues in Afghanistan shocked the world and exposed the savage nature of this cult of violence depravity. Yet, much more destruction on a broad range is taking place in Iran under the direction of the Islamist theocrats.

The Islamist zealots ruling Iran for the past 30 years have undertaken a systematic campaign of endangering and destroying the cultural sites of pre-Islamic Iran, ignoring the numerous petitions and pleas of the Iranian people.

For one, blatantly rejecting the repeated appeals of individuals and organizations such as the International Committee to Save the Archeological Sites of Pasargad, the Islamic Republic proceeded with the construction of the Sivand Dam which went into operation on April 2007 by the order of the ruling Islamists’ point man, President Ahmadinejad.

What many experts have warned and feared has already come to pass. The inevitable elevation of humidity from the Sivand Dam has given rise to massive invasion of Cyrus the Great Mausoleum by lichen and fungi. Cracks have started to appear on the stonework of tomb of King Cyrus, humanity’s first author of the charter of human rights.

The building of the Sivand Dam by the Islamist government was launched under the pretext that it would be a boon for the farmers. Impartial experts, including expert geologists from the University of Shiraz, have countered with evidence to the exact opposite outcome. Farmers in the area had worked diligently for centuries and habilitated the originally salty soil. Water from the new dam is bound to make it the farmers’ bane by returning the soil to salinity once again, experts warned.

In order to discredit those who protested against constructing the ruinous dam, the Islamic Republic’s Vice President Esfandiar Rahim Mashai, who ironically heads the state culture and heritage organization, has claimed that groups "opposing the Islamic Republic" are behind the protests.

Mr. Rahim-Mashai who was appointed as the director of ICHTHO after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was “elected” as the regime's new President said in a press conference in March 2006 that he had never heard of the Sivand Dam or the Bolaghi Valley. The Pasargad Heritage Foundation has filed a complaint against Mr. Mashai for a hearing on his intentional systematic endeavor to destroy ancient cultural treasures of the Iranian people.

The destructive effects of the Dam is also impacted the air quality of the area. According to Amir-Teimur Khosravi the Mayor of Pasargadae, "the level of humidity near the mausoleum of Cyrus the Great is so high that none of the Pasargadae's residents have ever experienced it before. There is constant flow of damp and humidity smells in the Pasargadae plains that are coming from Bolaghi Gorge. In the Southwest section of the mausoleum, which is considered the entrance to the archaeological site, the subterranean waters have surfaced and caused cracks to appear on the stonework.”

Khosravi continued, “Pasargadae has always been renowned for its clean and pleasant weather, but now, as a result of high levels of humidity produced from [the artificial lake behind] the Sivand dam, the area suffers from a sultry condition.”

Referring to the gorge, "it is far from here," said one of the government’s functionaries at the dam site, which is slowly filling up. "There will be no damage." People in the provincial capital Shiraz—renowned as being the capital of poets and beautiful roses, as well as for its imperial Persian ruins—have a different opinion. They say the project may increase humidity in the arid area near the city of Shiraz, which they believe could damage the limestone mausoleum of Cyrus the Great.

From its inception, the Islamic Republic has waged a systematic campaign of wiping out any and all cultural heritage and even joyous pre-Islamic festivals of the Iranian people: replacing Iranian’s traditional happy celebratory events such as Nowruz , Yalda, and many more with endless death-centered Islamic mourning. The Islamists aim to obliterate the Persian antiquities as well as any vestiges of the pre-Islamic Iran. They have put in charge inept puppets as archeology experts so that it would justify their terrorist action against Persian antiquities.

The illegitimate government of the Islamic Republic of Iran is a quisling foreign entity that has betrayed Iranian people, its tradition, its glorious pre-Islamic achievements, and is incessantly working against Iran’s national interest. Iran, under the stranglehold and machinations of these parasites, has been transformed, in less than three decades, to the lead perpetrator of all that is abhorrent to humanity.

Although the Islamic Republic’s record speaks dismally for itself, there are numerous reasons for its relentless campaign of cultural genocide. The Islamic regime's decision to slowly destroy Cyrus the Great tomb is in part motivated by the realization that the people revere King Cyrus for the just laws he instituted as well as his emancipation of the Jews some 2500 years ago. Hence, this benevolent king is despised by the Islamists for symbolizing what are truly Iranian and anathema to Islamic credo, as well as keeping the love of non-Islamic nationalism alive in the heart of the populace.

Under the guise of development, the Islamic Republic has launched a comprehensive program of obliterating any physical traces of Iran’s rich archeological sites. A partial list of these acts is listed below.

*Sahand Dam in East Azerbaijan which will submerge the 6000-year-old Kul Tepe site. Archaeologists agree that over ten ancient sites in the region, some from the fifth millennium B.C. will be buried under the water, according to an official of the East Azerbaijan Province Cultural Heritage and Tourism Department.

*Alborz Dam in Mazandaran province, which caused irreversible damage to the cultural heritage of the eastern part of Mazandaran province.

*Karun Dam in Khuzestan province is submerging the ancient sites of the Izeh region.

* Mulla Sadra Dam to Drown 7000 Years of History. “Mehr Ali Farsi is one of the most important archeological sites of Fars province. Archeological excavations in this historical site could reveal many unknown facts about the pre-historic period of Fars province. “Despite the fact that this historical site had been identified before the inundation of Mulla Sadra Dam, the authorities of the dam have neglected the necessity for carrying out excavations in this area and started the flooding of the dam in a very short time,” according to Azizollah Rezayi, head of archeology team in Mehr Ali Farsi historical site.

*Salman-e Farsi Dam was inundated in 2007, without the CHTHO’s permission. It flooded a 350-hectare Sassanid city, which had been inhabited since the pre-Achaemenid era.

*Destruction of one of the biggest historical sites in the Chahar-Mahal Bakhtiari province by the Islamic Republic Ministry of Road and Transportation. A local archaeologist who wished to remain anonymous for his safety said: "Israel should not be worried about the [Islamic] regime's threat of wiping it off from the map; it is we [Iranians] who should be worried, as the regime is determined to wipe us off of the map."

He added "everyday this anti-Iranian regime is coming up with a new plot to destroy our heritage. One day our heritage is being threatened by dam projects, the next it’s road constructions. They claim these are development projects, but if this is the case why is our heritage being destroyed in the darkness of night and in secret - and why don't they sit down with the cultural authorities to find a solution to carry out their so-called development projects, and at the same time safeguard our national heritage?"

*45,000 years old Paleolithic site of Kaftarkhun, located in Iran’s Isfahan province, has been completely annihilated to build a horse racing course while the eastern parts of this ancient site have seen irreversible damage due to quarry blasting.

*1000-hectare area of a historical site belonging to Parthian dynastic era (248 BCE-224CE) in Khuzestan province has also fallen victim to developmental constructions of the Islamic regime’s Hamidieh Azad University in Hamidieh city.

* Tomb of Firuzan (Abu-Lu'lu'ah) in Kashan destroyed, in part to placate the Sunni Arabs. This Persian hero killed the Islam’s second Caliph, Umar ibn al-Khattāb, avenging the death on thousands of Iranian by Umar’s Islamic aggressors.

The inanimate historical sites of the world are indeed living schools where invaluable lessons are held in their repositories. Preserving, exploring and studying these sites tell a great deal about humanity’s past, its triumphs and defeat.

Destroying these sites, no matter where they are in the world is tantamount to the burning of libraries. Only truly barbarians such as the bigoted Islamists fail to appreciate these treasures that belong to the entire human family. It is the Islamists’ belief that any and all information, ideals and practices that fall outside of Islam are void and must be eliminated.

It is the imperative duty of all enlightened people to steadfastly counter the relentless monolithic Islamic culturcide taking place in Iran or wherever in the world the scourge of Islamism invades.