Iranian army warns against repressing Green movement
Afshin Ellian reports on a letter released on Thursday by officers of Iran's regular army warning the Revolutionary Guards and the political echelon against a Chinese-style repression of the Green movement. In summary, they wrote: Together we fought in the war with our brothers in the Revolutionary Guards in order to defend the country, the people, and the honor of the nation. They also emphasize that “the value of the land means the value of the Iranian nation.” This is very interesting. Value of the nation.Hmmm.
Not abstract concepts such as Iran or Islam, but the value of the nation determines the value of the land. Therefore, the weapons of the army and RG are to be used to protect the nation: “When we fought together, we could never suspect that parts of the RG would ever use its weapons against the people.”
The last section of this brief but powerful statement will surely immortalize these brave officers: “The army is a haven for the nation and will never want to suppress the people at the request of politicians. We shall remain true to our promise not to intervene in politics. But we cannot remain silent when our fellow citizens are oppressed by tyranny.”
They go on: “Therefore, we warn the Guards who have betrayed the martyrs (from the war between Iran and Iraq) and who decided to attack the lives, the property and the honor of the citizens. We seriously warn them that if they do not leave their chosen path, they will be confronted with our tough response. The military is a haven for the nation. And we will defend the peace-loving Iranian nation against any aggression.”
Very clear language. This declaration was distributed by several human rights sites such as Iran Press News and Amir Kabir and Gooya.
I have spoken with several sources inside and outside of Iran. The statement is real. If Khamenei orders the arrest of the officers, resistance will spread like wildfire in all barracks of the regular army.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:22 PM
2 Comments:
That's why Khomeini and the mullahs in the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic Revolution created a parallel army loyal to the Islamic Revolution rather than rely on the regular army to keep the regime in power. The Islamic Republican Guard Corps have a sufficient monopoly of armed force to not only crush protests but to ensure the regular army does not try to mount a coup against the regime itself.
when I read this article I thought you were going to draw parallels between this and the use of the army in Israel to uproot Jews from its own land
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