Madeline Albright condemns Haleh’s incarceration
May 25th, 2007Ex Secretary of State Ms. Madeline Albright demands Haleh’s immediate release through a statement issued on May 23rd.
The arrest and imprisonment by Iran of Haleh Esfandiari, a highly accomplished and respected 67-year old academic and program director from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, is offensive and indefensible. Accusations against Ms. Esfandiari of conspiring to foment a revolution in Iran are spurious and ridiculous. The Iranian government should release Ms. Esfandiari immediately and unconditionally. I want to express my admiration for Ms. Esfandieri’s intellectual integrity and commitment to helping the people of Iran and the Middle East, and emphasize the respect of intellectual and academic freedom as a core value of civilized nations.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:43 am
“If and when there is a functioning democracy in place, then there shell not be any political prisoners nor a militarism regime”.
Such arrest indicates that the Iranian regime is not a democracy but a system which is afraid of the concept and therefore by arresting its citizens indicating that fact. Growth of a functioning democracy is the future of young Iranians and all over the world, by arresting Haleh the Iranian people will and has questioned the Iranian regime, as the American people questioning the US militarism regime and its action around the world… where such behavior sooner or later has to be answered by both systems, until then, there is no such thing as a functioning democracy nor the basic elements of democracy, as some seams to state the falsehood of the matter. A country as Iraq has been destroyed by US militarism regime, the hope of people achieving democracy been demolished by the religious fundamentalism in Iran, simply by falsifying the facts in democracy a country as Yugoslavia and its people been divided and they have become the enemy of each other.
Haleh Esfandiari has to be released so as those responsible for 4 million homeless Iraqis that have fled the illegal invasion - war also needs to answer to the people, so as those whom; direct or indirect; ordered the killings of millions of Iraqi children… To pave the way for the future of a Functioning democracy it is an absolute for those responsible to face the law and consequences of their illegal action, a functioning democracy is not a one way path, it includes everyone which means that a functioning democracy starts at home.