My Dear People of Iran,For the past thirty years, the Iranian regime has used the cause of the Palestinian people as a way to distract from its own oppressive rule. I thank the people of Iran for showing their support over the years with the people of Palestine, especially because on this day of Qods, the people of Iran suffer under the kind of unelected oppression that is comparable in some ways to that suffered by Palestinians.
As a Palestinian, life-long fighter for the freedom and independence of Palestine and a leader of the first Palestinian intifada, I strongly condemn the Iranian regime’s violations of human rights and repeated use of violence against the nonviolent Iranian protesters, activists and prisoners. I stand in complete solidarity with and support for the Iranian people and am confident that with their resilience, they will achieve a free and democratic Iran to raise their children in and have a good life.
In unity,
Mubarak Awad
well-said
ReplyDeleteThe first Palestinian I actually like..!
ReplyDeletethanks alot . its Lily an activist women from Iran
ReplyDeleteSadly I hear from my Arab friends he is not that well known in the Arab world
ReplyDeleteMoral clarity - I appreciate that! What an eloquent statement.
ReplyDeleteHi Potkin
ReplyDeleteI've linked to this - do you know where Mubarak Awad's statement was first published or released?
Hi Kelly
ReplyDeleteI saw it on my facebook and here:
http://www.cyrusnews.com/news/fa/?mi=9&ni=5027
Be good if he can be contacted and confirms it. I just got so excited that for the first time a prominent Palestinian has backed the Iranian people's struggle that I immediately posted it
There are earlier words of support and advice from him to the Iranian people here:
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I didnt know he was Palestinian either. good job!
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