Originally posted by redhead57
Back in 80 I dated one of the Iranian students that were here on those visas and stayed after it expired out of fear. His family had been part of the
regime of the Shah and when the takeover happened his whole family was nearly wiped out. Change of regime over there is not simple and these people
in power are well aware of what they are facing if a coup were to really happen there. I only hope the momentum continues and the people come out in
full force, that is the only way this will end well for the people of Iran. IMHO
I had a girl in a couple of high school classes(1980), whos family fled the revolution fearing for thier lives. Her father was an architect or
engineer or something cant remember, hardly the kind of person that would be hunted around the globe but they were.
An attempt to kill them was made right here in the US by iranian "students". One day while driving home from work, with his daughter their car was
run off the road and riddled with bullets.
I read about the incident in the paper, but details were few and it was reported as a shoot out between the mexican mafia and nuestra famillia, they
were having quite the gang war at the time.
A few days later she came to class to say goodbye, with an FBI escort, because they were moving again, this wasnt the first attempt on thier
lives.
She was a really nice girl too,it was quite a shock to a group high school sophomores that a foreign power would go to such lengths to get someone.I
suspect the revolutions beef with them was that they were christians.
back to the subject at hand, there are several ATS's that are conspicuously absent from this discussion.
Lets see them blame this on the cia.
Revolutionary Iran has a long history of reppressing its people, just a couple of months ago two young men were executed for BEING GAY, thats a
civilized society for you.
Or how about the british journalist that was arrested and beaten to death by security forces. Or the untold numbers of non shia muslims that have
been dissapeared.
or the non shia mosques that have been bulldozed
or their treatment of non muslim citizens, zororastrians and members of the bahai faith and others.
or the public beateing of women for not covering thier heads
its funny how some people conviently forget such things