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I received this from Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi
She is asking that we email the individuals below on behalf of Nasrin Mohammadi.
Please read the following and write, call, fax, or email the leaders listed below as well as some of the media friendly pro student movement such as:
letters@nationalreview.com; letters@nypost.com; themail@newyorker.com; webeditor@washingtontimes.com; letters@washingtontimes.com; general@washingtontimes.com; Comments@foxnews.com; Foxaroundtheworld@foxnews.com; Foxreport@foxnews.com; Colmes@foxnews.com; Oreilly@foxnews.com; Warstories@foxnews.com; Cavuto@foxnews.com; Dear Friends and Compatriots,
I am appealing to you today on behalf of my imprisoned and tortured brother Manouchehr Mohammadi, leader of the National Association of Students of Iran, who has disappeared from prison.
I urge you to spread my letter wide and far to the Leaders of the Free World and human rights organizations. I ask you to solicit their support to free my brother and thousands like him from the shackles of medieval treatment at the hands of the regime's thugs.
My brother, who suffers from kidney disease and the excruciating effects of persistent torture, was first arrested and sentenced to 13 years in prison on July 18, 1999.
Few days ago upon presenting himself to section 3 of Evin political prison in Tehran following a temporary leave he was swiftly handed over to the Agents of the Intelligence Ministry. He was then forcefully questioned and severely beaten for talking to the international media and inviting Iranians to take part in recent protests.
In particular the Agents demanded the following from Manouchehr.
1. To disband the National Association of Students of Iran.
2. To take part in a television interview and announce the dissolution of the Association and his retirement from politics.
Since he refused to accept these demands, he was taken to the Solitary Confinement in the Section 209 of the Ministry of Information. He was planning to start a hunger strike in the next few days. However since yesterday we have received no news about his whereabouts. He has simply disappeared.
My Friends and Compatriots, there are no weapons at our disposal but the power of our spirit and the strength of our determination to awaken the moral force of world public opinion. It is vital that we mobilize support to free not only Manouchehr and my younger brother Akbar, but also thousands of their fellow prisoners of conscience. I urge you to write (sample letter at the end) to the following dignitaries and authorities.
President George Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Tel: 202-456-1414
FAX: 202-456-2461
president@whitehouse.gov The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair
10 Downing Street
London
SW1A 2AA
Fax: +442079250918.
Drewery Dyke
Amnesty International
1 Easton Street
London
WC1X 0DW, UK
Tel: +44-20-74135500
Fax: +44-20-79561 157
Hanny Megally, Executive Director and Elahé Sharifpour-Hicks, Researcher
2nd Floor, 2-12 Pentonville Road
London N1 9HF, UK
Tel: 44 20 7713 1995, Fax: 44 20 7713 1800
hrwuk@hrw.org 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor
New York, NY 10118-3299 USA
Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700, Fax: 1-(212) 736-1300
hrwnyc@hrw.org Yours respectfully,
Nasrin Mohammadi
Dear ……………………………
I am appealing to you today on behalf of Manouchehr Mohammadi, leader of the National Association of Students of Iran, who has disappeared from prison.
Mohammadi, who suffers from kidney disease and the excruciating effects of persistent torture, was first arrested and sentenced to 13 years in prison on July 18, 1999.
Few days ago upon presenting himself to section 3 of Evin political prison in Tehran following a temporary leave he was swiftly handed over to the Agents of the Intelligence Ministry. He was then forcefully questioned and severely beaten for talking to the international media and inviting Iranians to take part in recent protests.
In particular the Agents demanded the following from him.
3. To disband the National Association of Students of Iran.
4. To take part in a television interview and announce the dissolution of the Association and his retirement from politics.
Since he refused to accept these demands, he was taken to the Solitary Confinement in the Section 209 of the Ministry of Information. He was planning to start a hunger strike in the next few days. However since yesterday we have received no news about his whereabouts. He has simply disappeared.
I urge you to use your good offices to establish Mohammadi's whereabouts and demand his immediate release along with all the Iranian political prisoners.
Yours sincerely,
Name:
Nationality:
Country of Residence:
E-mail:
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Good idea to write media outlets, let's hope they get this in front of the American people. It's very important and exciting. But, right now on Fox they are talking about nude summer camps, on Msnbc about interest rates, and on CNN about Harry Potter. The Iranians need our support and I'm sure Americans will sympathize if they could get the whole picture.
Prayers.