Open Letter of the Iran National Front- Organizations Abroad

to

The President of the United States of America

The Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States of America:

Your Nowruz message to the Iranian people was wonderfully explicit and clear in solidarity with the Iranian people. The Iranian people had doubts whether you had sided with the people or with their brutal tyrants. The Iranian people had asked you whether you stood with them or with their oppressors. In your Nowruz message, you explicitly stated that: “I am with you” and not with the regime. Your emphasis that the regime’s actions indicate their fears of the democratic demands of the Iranian people and that Iran’s future will not be determined by fear but by the youth, gave your Nowruz message a superb sincerity.

The struggles of the people in the past few months against the dictatorships in the Middle East and North Africa have illustrated that international support has had a role in the victory of the pro-democracy movements. We trust the amazing power of the Iranian people in the struggle for freedom and liberation. We are delighted that you share this view as well. The Iranian people are aware that international support for their struggles will expedite their victory against the tyrannical regime brutalizing them. At the same time, the Iranian people oppose military invasion, actions that endanger the territorial integrity of Iran, imposing of a new dictatorship, and looting of Iran’s national wealth under any pretext.

The Iran National Front- Organizations Abroad is part of the pro-democracy and nationalist movement of Iran. The Iran National Front was established in 1949 by Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh with the objectives of establishing a government based on the rule of law and the commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The INF has remained faithful to its original objectives of establishing the rule of law, democracy, and human rights.

Your earlier mentioning of the coup d’ etat by the CIA and the British intelligence service in 1953 against the nationalist and democratic government of Dr. Mossadegh probably indicates that you are aware of the great negative impact of the coup on Iran and the region. The 1953 coup caused great lack of trust of the U.S. among the Iranian people. In the light of the previous U.S. support for dictatorship, we regard your recent message a great positive step in gaining the support and trust of the Iranian people. We hope that the U.S. government’s new policy in support of democracy in Iran and the region continues. This new direction toward support for democracy will help will usher in an era of friendship between the U.S. and the peoples of Iran and the region. The 1953 coup, which undermined democracy and independence of Iran destroyed democracy in Iran and caused anti-Americanism in Iran. A genuine friendship between the U.S. with Iran and other countries in the region that are based on mutual respect and mutual interests not only are beneficial to the U.S. but also would help world peace. Such friendly and humane milieu could only be achieved in a Middle East that is free from dictatorships and enjoys freedom.

Again, we thank you for your sincere support of the democratic demands of the Iranian people. We hope that you will continue this new support for democracy which will help the causes of humanitarianism and international peace.

With Respect,

Executive Committee of the Iran National Front- Organizations Abroad

Engineer Kambiz Ghaemmagham, Engineer Bahman Mobasheri, Dr. Houmayun Mehmaneche

March 26, 2011

Contact Europe: Dr. Homayoun Mehmaneche, Tel. 00498974029525, Germany

Contact USA: Mr. Kambiz Ghaemmagham, Tel. 0019092449425, CA, USA

E-Mail Address: info@iranazad.info

Internet: www.iranazad.info

Address: Iran National Front – Organizations Abroad (INF-OA); P.O. Box 136, Audubon Station, New York City, N. Y. 10032, USA

original text in Farsi