Posted on 02/06/2005 2:38:16 AM PST by DoctorZIn
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The Iranian Regime's planned celebration at the Marriott Hotel CANCELED!
Iran just took a hit from the Free Republic and the blogosphere.
The Marriott corporation has just announce that it had canceled an event to celebrate the “Islamic victory against America.”
The event, billing itself as: “"Twenty Sixth Anniversary of the glorious victory of the Islamic Revolution and bDeath to America Dayb",” was scheduled for tomorrow.
I reported last Tuesday, the Iranian government had booked the use of the Bethesda Marritott. The opposition to the event was lead by Dr. Iman Foroutan, executive director of SOSiran.com and ActivistChat.com.
Our combined efforts apparently generated a firestorm of letters, phone calls and faxes to the Marriott corporate office.
As a result, the Washington Post is now reporting that the Marriott canceled the event saying:
John Wolf, a Marriott spokesman, said yesterday that the hotel canceled the event after realizing it is illegal to do business with Iran. He said Marriott officials will "be taking steps" to prevent similar bookings in the future.Thank you to everyone that took the time to contact the Marriott! Together we can make a difference.
Announcement of the event raised an outcry from Iranian opponents of the country's regime who live in the United States. They organized a campaign calling on Marriott to cancel.
"For them to come celebrate the anniversary of their glorious revolution in the United States is just wrong," said Iman Foroutan, director of the Iran of Tomorrow Movement, an American-based organization working to oust Iran's fundamentalist regime. "If they allowed this, I would not be surprised if al Qaeda celebrated their next anniversary in the heart of New York."
In a letter sent this week to Marriott officials and Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, Foroutan cited an order from then-President Bill Clinton designating Iran as "an extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy and economy" of the United States. The letter went on to say that it is illegal for Iran to do business within the borders of the United States.
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Wonderful news!
Excellent Work! Thanks for report!
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Mullahs tighten grip as US looks to Iran
The Scotsman ^ | 6 Feb 2005 | IAN MATHER AND ANNETTE YOUNG
Posted on 02/06/2005 7:42:32 AM CST by Cornpone
SABRE-rattling by George W Bush against Iran as the world’s primary state sponsor of terrorism has given the mullahs who run the country the opportunity to crack down on dissenting voices.
With parliament firmly in their grip, the hardliners in the Tehran theocracy have increased pressure on moderate-minded politicians, journalists, writers and internet bloggers.
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Who's running the Bethesda Marriott?...An Iranian???
"Who's running the Bethesda Marriott?...An Iranian???"
J. Willard Marriott was Morman and I believe his son, the current head of Marriott, is too.
This was probably booked by some underling who wasn't aware of the group they were booking.
Congratulations
Doc, there are reports that the Iranian government can't handle the request and need for fuel and gas consumption of internal market for the next year in Iran, as consumption grows every day.
I think that will be one of the results of withdrawal of many Foreign OIL companies from Iran. That can be a big issue next year.
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Excellent work.
Who did the Marriott support in the presidential election?
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