This weekend Iranian pro-democracy activists called on opponents of Tehran's Islamic regime throughout Southern California to rally against repression and hardship in their homeland.
The weekend protests were staged to coincide with the Feb. 11, 1979, anniversary of the fall of the Pavlavi dynasty in Iran and the establishment of an Islamic republic, which drove hundreds of thousands to flee the country.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons has drawn harsh economic sanctions on the country, inflicting hyperinflation and shortages on the Iranian people, say activists within the New Iran movement, which is behind the weekend demonstrations.
"In exchange for oil and nuclear reactor contracts, Russia and China have used their veto power to water down or block the most powerful pressure that could be put on the Islamic Republic," said Bijan Karimi, executive director of the New Iran pro-democracy movement. "As a result, the regime feels free to ignore the international community and continues to refuse to give power back to our people, respect human rights or halt their nuclear ambitions", said Parviz Haddadizadeh, one of the organizers of the rallies in Southern California.
For more: SoCal Iranians launch rally against Iran's regime, Russia and China - latimes.com
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