It is easy to criticize U.S. policy toward the Middle East today: Washington’s militaristic approach has contributed to the growth of fundamentalism and helped strengthen dictatorial regimes. Still, Iran’s fundamentalist rulers often use such criticism as a way of disguising their own ineptitude and their responsibility for Iran’s deplorable conditions…
Meanwhile, thanks to Khamenei’s nuclear ambitions, Iranians now face the possibility of new sanctions and an unwanted and ruinous war. Iran’s reformists oppose the nuclear program, which they have criticized in open and confidential letters to the government… In this struggle, as in the general fight for democracy and human rights, Iranians need the support of the international community, including the American people. …
Iran’s pro-democracy movement is rooted in the country’s moral, cultural and spiritual values. The fight for freedom is our own responsibility, not that of the Bush administration. Iranians need the American people to support us by lobbying their government to adopt policies that will help the forces of democracy and civil society. The Middle East desperately needs peace, not another war. Access the full article>>