To,
US President,
Barak Obama,
Washington DC,
United States.
Subject: The Balouch people need your government’s support
I am writing to you to let you know the situation under which the Balouch people are living in their motherland Balouchistan, Iran.
Since the first day of the Islamic revolution in Iran, the Balouch have been suffering from systematic discrimination in the hands of the Iranian theocratic regime. The regime has been exploiting their resources and destroying their sacred places besides suppressing them culturally. They are not allowed to read and write their mother language and their presence in decision making and administration apparatus is nil. Over 2,000 Balouch have been executed on baseless charges since 1979. To mention just one example, 13 Balouch youths were hanged to death on July 14, 2009.
The Iranian regime does not follow any rules or laws. It is sponsoring international terrorism from Pakistan and Afghanistan to Iran and Palestine. The world is clearly seeing how this regime is suppressing its own people who are demanding their rights. A significant number of top Iranian officials have been involved in terrorist acts in the world and are wanted in various countries.
The People Resistance Movement of Iran (PRMI) is fighting such a merciless enemy. It’s struggling for democracy and human rights in Iran. Its main political strategy is to work with other Iranian opposition groups (inside or outside) for restoring the citizenry rights of all Iranian religious and ethnic groups, including the Sunnites and the Balouch who are the main victims of Iran’s suppressive regime.
We are determined to stop the massacre of the Balouch people in the hands of the Iranian regime and we believe that self-defence is our basic right endorsed by universal human rights instruments, including the United Nations Conventions and Universal Declarations of Human Rights. Our long-term objective is to work for the establishment of a democratic Iran where all citizens, no matter to which ethnic group or religious sect they belong, enjoy justice and equal rights under a federal system and their right to self-determination is respected.
I strongly request you as the president of the United States, which is defending democratic and human-friendly values, to consider the Balouch issue while formulating your government’s foreign policy towards Iran. Though foreign policy is always based on national interests, I hope this time human rights values will also be considered by your foreign office.
Abdul Malik Regi
Leader of People Resistance Movement of Iran
Sunday 15 November 2009
