Iran To Impose Nazi Measure on Non-Muslims (?)

Iran is truly living up to its name. The country that changed itself from Persia to Iran to 1935 out of sympathy for the Nazis (the word "Iran" means "Land of the Aryans" in Farsi) is apparently now instituting the completely Nazi-like law of requiring religious minorities -- Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians -- to wear identifying armbands so Muslims can avoid them in public.

This is about the most outrageous thing I've heard in a long time. Not that it's unexpected, given Ahmadinejad's openly Hitler-like views. But this is the first time Iran's government has backed up its anti-Semitic (and anti-Western) rhetoric with actual measures. We need to act ASAP to send the Mullahcracy to history's dustbin!

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Update: Apparently the story has not been fully confirmed, as it seems the badges might have been only a suggestion and not an actual law. We'll have to wait and see as more information comes out. But the fact that such discrimination could even arise as a suggestion is still deeply troubling, and one thing is certain: this regime cannot be allowed nuclear weapons under any circumstances.

Comments

[verdant]

Hi Surfer,

The fact that the article is viewed as a realistic possibility indicates the fascist government that is emerging in Iran. Why just a week ago Iran arrested Raman Jahanbagalou, a dual citizen of Iran and Canada, who is a prominant intellectual, teacher and philosopher. He is being held in the infamous

http://www.iran-press-service.com/ips/articles-2006/may-2006/jahanbagloo_arrested_9506.shtml

[verdant]

...Evin prison, where another Canadian was beaten to death...http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3070895.stm.

There is no purpose to Jahanbagalou's arrest and incarceration, other than to intimidate other intellectuals who promote democratic and non-fascist ideal. To permit this state to become nuclear is sheer lunacy....

[Solid Surfer]

Verdant, I agree completely. Speaking of which, Amir Taheri (the journalist who first reported the story about the armbands) is still standing by his story: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/68914.htm
And he's no crackpot either; in fact, I think he's one of the best reporters out there about Iran and the Middle East. (Here is the main website that he writes at: http://www.benadorassociates.com/)