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Fakhr Avar is a big laier. he was not in politics. he was in jail because he raped his classmate. In U.S VIP havn't information about Iranian. everybody in Iran knows him and students do not support him.
he made a big crack in US intelligence activities and was a pilot case from Iranian intelligence agency.

OK "Enchanted" the big loser!!!!!!!
I guess you need to read too. It looks that instead of reading, you are writing bunch of lies about people who you have noooooooooooo idea about.

Fakhravar is a great guy and verrrrrrrry smart. You bunch of leftist communist idiots only find joy in making fun of our great President Bush.

Shame on you and shame on people who use this wonderful tool of weblog for their selfish ideas.

If you need to vent, use the restroom. Blogs should be respected.

I suggest that you read a couple of books too.

Best wishes for your miserable future.

Your conservative friend in Florida

Posted on November 10, 2007 01:58

TIFFANY HOLMS:
Quoting "Fakhravar is a great guy and verrrrrrrry smart." End of quote.
Mr. Fakhravar may just be one as you described him to be. However, any Iranian with the least qualities that takes one to be one, would tell you Mr. Fakhravar does not even come close to be one.
My bet is not long into future when Mr. Fakhravar matures enough and recognizes he has shaken hands with some who are void of any human qualities and likewise, are so anti human being, will cut his own hands.
Finally but not lastly, for those of you who have come to defense of Mr. Fakhravar my message is KEEP HIM. Needless to mention, he can only be wanted and welcomed by only those who relate to him.

OK "Enchanted" the big loser!!!!!!!
I guess you need to read too. It looks that instead of reading, you are writing bunch of lies about people who you have noooooooooooo idea about.

Fakhravar is a great guy and verrrrrrrry smart. You bunch of leftist communist idiots only find joy in making fun of our great President Bush.

Shame on you and shame on people who use this wonderful tool of weblog for their selfish ideas.

If you need to vent, use the restroom. Blogs should be respected.

I suggest that you read a couple of books too.

Best wishes for your miserable future.

Your conservative friend in Florida.

This man makes me puke. anyone who has spent over a day in Iran, knows that he is a shameless lier. Shame on the US administration for such low and cheap traitors.. He says he had to take the bar exam, while he -elsewhere- claims that on the day of the attack to the dorm, he has been treating patients in the ER! We never learned what he was studying at college (which he didn't finish). He talks about political experience' while being so illiterate and new to the world of politics that his 'hero' is GWB. He greets liberators on behalf of Iranians who would rather die than be associated with or represented by him. But seriously, What imbecile would take pride in 'being born on the same day and within the same hour with GWB"?? So what? he thinks he is interviewing People or OK magazine? Seriously, he is so cheap.

Now that he has the US citizenship and a couple of photos with his 'hero', he'd better get a life -and occasionally, read a little bit; just so that he would know a word or two about the world.

You don't know anything about this Hero. look at his BIO in www.fakhravar.com.
then you'll be in love with him. I like fakhravar.

Why do people like this man always insist that the U.S. and its military take action? Were he a true resistance fighter, dedicated to ousting the regime, would he not be INSIDE Iran or along its borders, planning actions?

And what is wrong with this picture:

"Dressed in mesh shorts and a T-shirt, he ushers me into his bare D.C. apartment late one night. There's a desk flooded with papers in one corner. On the wall hang a pre-revolutionary Iranian flag and a cowboy hat."

I don't know which is more disturbing: the mesh shorts or the cowboy hat.

Why do people like this man always insist that the U.S. and its military take action? Were he a true resistance fighter, dedicated to ousting the regime, would he not be INSIDE Iran or along its borders, planning actions?

And what is wrong with this picture:

"Dressed in mesh shorts and a T-shirt, he ushers me into his bare D.C. apartment late one night. There's a desk flooded with papers in one corner. On the wall hang a pre-revolutionary Iranian flag and a cowboy hat."

I don't know which is more disturbing: the mesh shorts or the cowboy hat.

It's a great honor for me to appear here tonight with the hero of our age, Amir-Abbas Fakhravar, and I hope you all heeded his words and will consider them very carefully.

http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=C1A7A7D4-6FF3-4791-8444-601BB744EA40

I like Amir Abbas Fakhravar, I proud of him.

I wonder how many of you know this freak man who intdouces himself as one of the oppsition leaders!
Non of the acceptable people who oppse the nasty regime of Iran don't know this funny man.

..."Amir Fakhravar tells the neo-conservatives that if America attacks Iran, they'll be greeted as liberators."...

I am an Iranian and I say to the neo-conservatives that if America attacks Iran, they may be greeted as librators or they might face troubles and attacks in every corner they go. Who really knows?!

I really do not think any policy maker in the US should define the foreign policies towards Iran based on a few opinions from some "selected" Iranian people.

People like Fakharavar are simply opportunist attention seekers that would say anything that you want to hear just to keep themselves in the media.

Be wise USA, You really do not need Fakharavar to tell you what to do! (do not forget I am an Iranian!)

...""Amir Fakhravar tells the neo-conservatives that if America attacks Iran, they'll be greeted as liberators."...

I am an Iranian and I say to the neo-conservatives that if America attacks Iran, they may be greeted as librators or they might face troubles and attacks in every corner they go. Who really knows?!

I really do not think any policy maker in the US should define the foreign policies towards Iran based on a few opinions from Iranian people.

People like Fakharavar are simply opportunist attention seekers that would say anything you want to hear just to keep themselves in media.

Be wise USA, You really do not need Fakharavar to tell you what to do! (do not forget I am an Iranian!)

I salute Mr. Fakhravar. He is the man... Long Live the Shah...

MOHAMMAD SHUT UP BINIM BOAAAA!!!!
KI AS to NAZAR KHAST.???..VAGHTI TO TA MOHANDES DARAN HARF MIZANAN YE AMALEH MESLEH TO NMIAD BEGE BIL BEZAN..
to esemh khodetam nmituni spel koni badbkhat....
THE HELL W U...
we are proud to have someone like Fakhravar..
Wake up and smell the ROSE...GETTO ..F...

you domis fron IR,
the hell with u and your GOVERNMENT IR..
I AM VERY PROUD OF THE CIS and their LEADER FAKHRAVAR...
TAKE A LOOK AT UR F>>FACES IN MIROR. I DONT THNIK I C ANYTHING beside PASHMO SHISHE....THE HELL WITH IR, MAHMUD THE JIHADDDDDDD
and his FOLLOWERS...KISS GWB 's ASS AND HAND DUDE...AND GET A LIFE..unam REAL ONE...

او
بنام حق
امروز همه سرگردانی های بشر از راه ناشناسی است . خداوند ادیان را برای مبارزه و تفرقه ارسال نفرمود . در پس همه پرده های حجاب تنها دو راه هویداست و روشن .
با شناخت صحیح دین فارغ از هر اسم و رسم و آدرس و تنها به نام خدا میتوان همه ملت ها را با راه آشنا کرد .و اختیار انتخاب راه را برای همه اختیاری بدانیم . دو راه بیشتر نیست نیکی که راه عقل است و بدی که راه احساس است . راه های رسیدن به انسان عقلانی و یا آدم امروز بر ما مکشوف بوده و همه گره های فلسفه را باز کرده ایم . بزرگان تان را بخوانید تا فلسفه را از دیدگاه جدید بررسی کنیم . گرم شدن کره زمین زنگ خطری است که راه حل آن در علوم فلسفی جدید آورده شده و تنها می ماند که شما درک کنید و برای رساندن این پیام به سلاطین و مشایخ جهان در کنار علما و عرفا و فلاسفه ما را یاری کنید .
یا حق

to roya:

please find a better way to attract people this comment from you it says that you dont know anything about iran.

I am suprised that you dont have seen Iran forbidden yet.

to roya:

please find a better way to attract people this comment from you it says that you dont know anything about iran.

I am suprised that you dont have seen Iran forbidden yet.

to roya:

please find a better way to get attraction from fakhravar.

As I know, FAKHRAVAR was a student leader for 14 years inside Iran from 1993 to 2006 and he is the Secretary General of Confederation OF Iranian Students until now.

Fakhravar is lying. He was not a student leader and organizer.

Those who condemn fakhravar but say they are against teh Islamic Republic, please tell me exactly what you have done in support of the democracy movement in Iran? then try to lecture us whether we should be friends with neocons or not?

I strongly support Fakhravar and I proud that I have such a friend.

The article never says Fakhravar endorses war, just that he says Americans would be greeted as liberators, which he has also said, publicly. Neocons can twist what people like Fakhravar say toward their own ends. That's what this article says. And it also says "Fakhravar opposes military action". Windarra that's the point, these bushies are Crazy!

Amar Bakshi, you ought to be ashamed of yourself for distorting Fakhravar's opinion. In his talk with Congress, he stated on the record that the US must engage Iran through diplomacy. An attack on Iran will only strengthen the radical elements of the mullah regime. It would be catastrophic for the middle east and the world.

Bush is a great man!

My question is how does he help by booming others countries. We already looking at the results what happened in Iraq still everyday lot of people dying but who cares right!
Thank you
Aslam
http://www.diabeticcorner.com

It seems people (like Gary Jackson)just use this space to post their own comments without reading the article or other comments.

If you actually read the article or listen to his speech at the Senate, he actually says there is no need to invade Iran, instead support the pro-democracy movement in Iran. And come on guys dont be fools not many revolutions have succeeded without some outside help. You can not fight a petro-Dollar religious theocracy with shoe string budget and no international backing.

If anyone wants Fakhravar not to look up to Bush and Neocons, its simple, HELP HIM, not discredit him! How do you expect people to like you when you discredit them??!

finally a balanced look at this guy!

Behnam :

I am not here to discredit anyone. But a true Iranian would never ever even look outside, specially to United states, for any assistance no matter what they are looking for or how valid or invalid their cause are. The United States has a brutal and vicious foreign policy solely to benefit itself and lots of time Israel specially during this current administration.
Finally but not lastly, the Iranians must never forget that Saddam would have never attacked Iran if he did not have the blessing and encouragements from US and likewise, they must never forget the constant feed of intelligence to Iraq by US hindering the Iranian forces advancements. The downing of the civilian plane too as well as the economic warfares it has unleashed against Iran for the last twenty Eight years resulting in economic losses in unimaginable scales.
Accordingly, Any Iranian entertaining the idea of getting sympathy from washington or washington to offer them sympaty is seriously misguided.

Gary Jackson:
Make no mistakes. No one idolizes George Bush let alone an Iranian. I can not see any Iranian no matter how unhappy with his or her govt they are and how much he or she has suffered, to be compromising his or her identity to acknowledge Mr. Bush let alone to idolize him. If indeed, there is truth to the circumstances surrounding Mr. Fakhravar I am confident he will, given time, realize Mr. Bush and the evil(Mr. Cheney) are just an affront to all human beings and nothing more.

Boys and Girls , can you say "Ahmed Chalabi"? ;D

thank you Amar...never have so many morons posted so few literate thoughts. how do these people sleep at night? not at all....I hope!

What is truly infuriating about this young man who idolizes George W. Bush is that he seems fully willing for Americans to spill their blood in pursuit of his liberation. But what about their own blood. We spilt much of our own blood in this country liberating ourselves from an oppressive Mother country. Why do so many of these dissidents hero worship George W. Bush--who has nothing whatsover to do with their country--but cannot find one among their own people to rally around and fight the oppression they are under?

And when are the American people going to start electing more thoughtful, intelligent leaders who understand the limits of American power and the moral implications of using that power in the most careless way?

There is no way I can have even a modicum of trust an someone who sees Geroge W. Bush as his hero. I am not unsympathetic to the cause of the Iranian dissidents but, if we have learned anything from our Iraq misadventure it ought to be that you simply cannot base such a momentous decision as going to war on the highly emotional and passionate sentiments of dissidents who want to bring about change in their countries.

This is the very sort of trouble we get into when we invest so much passion and hope into any one man. History is replete with instances of political personalities who see themselves as transformational figures with a destiny. Such people without exception wreak havoc on the world and its people. Napoleon, Hitler, Mao--all were invested with this same megalomania. I fear that George W. Bush--though at times it seems like a silly caricature--is invested in this same sort of personal delirium that History (or God) has selcted him out for a great work.

My only demand of God is that he spare the earth from such people and their idolators.

If the Iranian people are really so ready for revolution, they'll cause it to happen on their own. They don't need the help of having their homes destroyed courtesy of American bombs.

I have several friends in Tehran - intelligent, university educated, fluent in English - and as much as they despise the current leadership, they don't want to see their country invaded to make Goat Man go away. This makes sense, since the tens of millions of us who despise George W. Bush don't wish to have the US invaded by someone else either. The tide of history always moves against those who seek to have total dominion, and within a few years, the hardliners in Iran will fade away just as the former hardliners in the Soviet Union dissipated.

Only an impatient fool like W would believe that he has either the right or the responsibility to force history at gunpoint. An intelligent and patient man would recognize the movement toward openess that is happening within Iran's people, and try to foster that feeling rather than destroying it by attacking those who will bring about change on their own.

Anyone who claims to follow Iran news and say he has not until now heard of Fakhravar is a liar.

He is probably the best known and most loved Iranian dissident amongst young Iranians, whether you agree with him or otherwise.

Lonewolf, this story is the opposite of warmongering. It's warning people that even someone who DOES NOT SUPPORT WAR still can be used by this Bush regime and people like Perle to justify a war HE DOES NOT SUPPORT. It's subtle, unlike your comment. Pay attention.

this story is nothing more than pure propaganda nonsense. and i also think that if this site cannot be more responsible towards it's readers then it should be removed. fareed zakaria and his friends have lost my support here. why, is it that an open and realistic approach towards the realities of the middle east and central asia cannot be represented here? to say that the people of iran would welcome an invasion of their country any more than they have welcomed any other invasion is pure irrresponsible nonsense. this is warmongering on a basis that would make this reader believe that there is another world out there(maybe even another dimension). the american people should never be lied to in this manner. represent the truth or save us our time!!

Voice of America and Fiasco at Persian Service.

As a native born Iranian, I would like to suggest that there is no need to attack Iran militarily if the Bush administration pays attention to those who know the situation and use the awesome power of publicity instead of military.
Millions of dollars are spent in Persian Service of Voice of America but the end result is nothing but scandalous way of management and programming.
It is hard to believe but the Persian Service which supposed to be an organization to convey the policy of the U.S. has become a free platform for hard-line terrorist group of communists who attack the United Sates!
I have the documents in writings to prove that these were done with the knowledge of the management.
I used to work there and as I said before, I have all the documents in writings.
The manager is a woman called Sheila Gandji who can not read and write Persian. Therefore, in order to hide this shortcoming from the higher management, she has hired an eighty something man called Kambiz Mahmoudi who has a lengthy background as crook and charlatanism.
Don’t think that this is a personal vendetta.
Let me quote you a view from another media:
"The Iran Steering group concluded that much of the anti-American perspective that is broadcast is the result of decisions made by station managers in Washington D.C. and Prague. Sheila Gandji, the manager of Persian service has faced sharp criticism, particularly for her decision to stop VOA shortwave radio program in July, 2006 in order to focus on television broadcasts, which are more susceptible to censorship, since the government regularly confiscates satellites dishes in order to prevent the infiltration of foreign broadcasts."
The bizarre situation at the Persian Service of Voice of America caused the Republican Senator Coburn to write a long letter to President Bush about the fiasco there.
It is only in America where the government pays to be insulted.
Do you want more information? Write me: ijadi14@yahoo.com

Wow, a young guy with a criminal record in his home country operating out of an apartment with no furniture in DC is going to change things in a country of 70 million and the No. 2 oil producer in OPEC?

Right......is he not just a bit underfinanced?

Anonymous:

No one out side his or her Motherland can or shall be considered a fulfilling citizen. Nor can he or she claim any such.

hey Fred, What have you done for your country ERAN..TELL ME?

Hold your cheers.
Only the very shortsighted and clueless Iranians can be cheering Mr. Fakhravar.
It does not take one to be born in Iran or hold an Iranian passport to be called an Iranian. The qualities it takes one to be an Iranian are much more demanding. And I, although I would not trade away two inches of Iran for the world, for one, am not and can not call myself an Iranian since I am not there and contributing to the Motherland, and therefore can not have a legitimate voice or opinion here or elsewhere for that matter. a true Iranian fights for his or her rights, just and justice inside Iran, as well as defending motherland when threatened all when their own lives become irrelevant. Mr. Fahravar whom I have come to know only through this article, has not only undermined his earlier patriotism but betrayed his identity too by joining and appeasing the very people who have, unlike their propaganda, little regards for human lives. Mr. Fakhravar and likes him are irrelevant to the real patriots inside Iran.

Paganus :
You missed the main and only reason here as to why US should not attack Iran.

All the US military assets you just mentioned, if not backed by a just cause, would go down in wane. The history is a good source we can look up to and learn from. Of course, the US has had couple of cake walks in South America but then again, the sovereignless nations don't count.

Iran, with a grand history and a unique culture, will not be anything like those that the US has tried to impose its imperialistic policies on or punish them for disobedience in the past.

The Iranians are highly principled people. Blessed with minds matched with none others in the world and just and justice the core of their culture, have a lot more reasons and will come out as winners if, God forbids, a military conflict ever takes place between the two countries. Nowadays, I pray a lot that the evil, (Cheney) not to decide to be rated among the only administration in the history of this country to go out as the only one who has lost three wars at the same time.

The major problem is that America is temporarily insane. In her incapacity as a functioning example of democracy respecting free expression without police oversight, the engine that has pulled the train is stalled and not moving ahead. Sorry to all of us who now must get out and walk.

Iam Proud of Mr Fakhravar . He is a larg man .

Iam Proud of Mr Fakhravar . He is a larg man .

Iam Proud of Mr Fakhravar . He is a larg man .

Iam Proud of Mr Fakhravar . He is a larg man .

I hate that lair Laura Rozen.
I love AMIR FAKHRAVAR.

I love this guy ( fakhravar ) and I love BUSH.

No matter how much the Islamic Republic spends on discredditing his man, he is popular between the true opposition to this fundamentalist regime. Those who want to see democracy in Iran are proud of him. Doroud bar Fakhravar.Viva fakhravar.
mohammade comonist shut up!

No matter how much the Islamic Republic spends on discredditing his man, he is popular between the true opposition to this fundamentalist regime. Those who want to see democracy in Iran are proud of him. Doroud bar Fakhravar.

No matter how much the Islamic Republic spends on discredditing his man, he is popular between the true opposition to this fundamentalist regime. Those who want to see democracy in Iran are proud of him. Doroud bar Fakhravar.

There has been enough damage been done already in Iraq with nothing achieved except for the fall of Saddam. The Iranians are proud of their heritage and the Iranis are proud and principled people. We need peace. Lets put an end to all the anarchy that the world is facing today. Mr. President please live and let others live. That would bring peace and that is what we as world citizens are craving for.

Who is Fakhravar? How did he escape from Iran if as he says he was tortured and kept in solitary confinement. To me he is nothing but a stooge of the American President and propaganda material as part of the screwed up American foreign policy. Iran has a strong, democratically elected government and has strong principled people with a lot of character. Any attempt by America to even touch Iran would result in a catastrophe not only for Mr. George Bush and his stooges but unfortunately also for the American public

Who is Fakhravar? How did he escape from Iran if as he says he was tortured and kept in solitary confinement. To me he is nothing but a stooge of the American President and propaganda material as part of the screwed up American foreign policy. Iran has a strong, democratically elected government and has strong principled people with a lot of character. Any attempt by America to even touch Iran would result in a catastrophe not only for Mr. George Bush and his stooges but unfortunately also for the American public

Who is Fakhravar? How did he escape from Iran if as he says he was tortured and kept in solitary confinement. To me he is nothing but a stooge of the American President and propaganda material as part of the screwed up American foreign policy. Iran has a strong, democratically elected government and has strong principled people with a lot of character. Any attempt by America to even touch Iran would result in a catastrophe not only for Mr. George Bush and his stooges but unfortunately also for the American public

Who is Fakhravar? How did he escape from Iran if as he says he was tortured and kept in solitary confinement. To me he is nothing but a stooge of the American President and propaganda material as part of the screwed up American foreign policy. Iran has a strong, democratically elected government and has strong principled people with a lot of character. Any attempt by America to even touch Iran would result in a catatrophe not only for Mr. George Bush and his stooges but unfortunately also for the American public

A washed up has been--an old newspaper--looking for a job. Try flipping hamburgers dude, it is more dignified and you don't have to kiss you know what.

No matter how much the Islamic Republic spends on discredditing his man, he is popular between the true opposition to this fundamentalist regime. Those who want to see democracy in Iran are proud of him. Doroud bar Fakhravar.

Agree or disagree, all of the above posters, in their wide assortment, are above grade in expressing knowledge and independent viewpoints. Words will eventually come back as the best means to finding peace.