Please see the letter below by the Iranian opposition group Marze Por Gohar Party HQ'd in Los Angeles, in the district of Congressman Dana Rohrabacher concerning the member's communications with Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton. The letter was addressed to the congressman and cc'd to Madame Secretary.
Congressman's press release and letter:
Also note the congressman's historical concerning affiliations to Jack Abramoff, which begs the question of his role on the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2006/01/10/3128/rohrabacher-abramoff/
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Marze Por Gohar Party
1351 Westwood Blvd # 111
Los Angeles, CA 90024
August 20, 20012
Honorable Dana Rohrbacher
101 Main Street, Suite 380
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
RE: your letter to Sec Clinton 7-26-12
Dear representative Rohrbacher,
The Marze Por Gohar Party is disappointed and appalled by your recent letter to the United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, whereby you request that the American government aid separatists in Iran.
Your letter contains so many factual errors it is difficult to find a good place to start. Your historical recollection of Azerbaijan and Iran is simply wrong. Iran lost vast territories including Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan during the wars with expansionist Russia in the 19th century.
Azerbaijan has been part of Iran for over 3000 years.
Moreover, I would like to bring your attention to the historical fact that the modern era for Iran was established by the Azeri Dynasty of Safavieh in the 16th century when they succeeded in uniting and defending Iran against threats including the Ottoman Empire.
I would also like to mention that historians have always referred to all dynasties in Iran as Iranian, not Azeri, Kurdish or otherwise.
Azerbaijan has been part of Iran and it cannot be separated from Iran, as Iran will cease to exist. Azeris, live in mostly central Iranian cities, not just in Azerbaijan – Tehran alone is home to millions of Azeris.
You may be surprised to hear that officials in the highest echelons of power in the Islamic republic are also Azeris. The supreme leaders, Khamenei, in addition to many other Islamic republic authorities, such as Mousavi the former prime minister, are Azeris.
As a matter of fact, Azeris, not just Persians, have been dominating the political scene in Iran for decades. In other words, Azeris just as all the other Iranian ethnic groups have been tightly integrated into Iranian society.
Additionally your assertion that the Islamic republic is somehow an Iranian entity is not only insulting to Iranian patriots but is in fact patently false – an obvious conclusion for anyone familiar with the matter. Officials of the Islamic republic refuse to even admit that there was a Persian civilization and yet you label this occupying Arab regime as Iranian?
There is not much we Iranians agree on, but on the subject of Iran's territorial integrity, there is no daylight between us. And one sure way to make enemies with the people of Iran, who by and large are receptive to American ideals, is to support secessionist movements in Iran.
Lastly, we find it rather interesting that you speak of aspirations of people in the Persian Gulf, yet you make no mention of the thousands of people that have died in Bahrain for simply wanting a representative government. Is supporting the political aspiration of Bahrainis not a “worthy cause in and of itself”?
Sincerely,
Roozbeh Farahanipour
Executive Director
Marze Por Gohar Party
Email:Roozbeh@marzeporgohar.org
Cell: 310-500-8116
CC: The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
US Department of State
2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20520
