Dear fellow Americans, Europeans and Iranians,

The World's current economic and political atmosphere has reached a highly explosive state, almost at a point of no return. We, the people of the world need to unite more than ever before to defuse the time bomb of our own making: dictatorships, environmental degradation, poverty and our world's massive human rights and economic plunder of people with no voice.

For so long millions upon millions of people have been and still are victims of the criminal and imperialistic strategies, conducts and phony rhetoric preached in defense of false and misleading democracy all over the world. Institutions such as the World Trade Organization, World Bank and IMF, paved the road for Globalization, or the silent takeover of natural resources, formation of modern slavery and robber-baron mentality by the American and European Nation-Less Corporations. These are well-known facts and realities of life, recognized even by the most illiterate people of the world. From Latin America, to Africa and Asia, there are many unhealed scars, lingering signs of mental and physical damages and injuries, testimony of colonial plunders. It is time to change, and those who try to resist change and interfere with the inevitable establishment of world-sweeping human rights, equality, fair and just systems of government, shall forever rest in the trashcan of history.

We, the people, have to become organized, active and vocal to express our non-violent thoughts and peaceful solutions before George W. Bush attacks Iran, thus forcing Iran to retaliate. Iran is not Iraq, or Panama, or Granada. An attack on Iran in any form or shape will lead to, if not World War III, but very close to it. Nobody wants that, except the warmongers, weapon manufacturers and their shareholders.

Recently from the US President to members of his cabinet and a variety of so-called think tanks, all are calling for the terrorist ruling mullahs in Iran to stop enriching Uranium and to abandon plans for building nuclear weapons! The US is threatening not to allow the terrorist ruling mullahs in Iran, under any circumstance to reach the point of nuclear fuel production capability. Too little, too late! Makes one wonder where were these people for the past thirty (30) years!

Iran's nuclear activity began almost thirty (30) years ago, and since India and Pakistan tested their atomic bombs it became more evident. In the past year, two (2) strong suspect earthquakes shook Bam and Kerman, parts of Iranian southern territory, which are not on any fault line. These suspicious earthquakes look more like underground testing of atomic bombs by the terrorist ruling mullahs, carelessly destroying Bam and Kerman, killing thousands of people, sadly a typical terrorist mullah behavior.

If the current US administration is sincere and serious about helping the Iranian people in their struggle to achieve democracy in Iran, they should take the following recommendations very seriously.

1 - The US administration must understand that bullying Iran and constant direct and indirect threats against Iran has an adverse affect and strengthens the mullahs' position, thereby discrediting US democracy encouraging rhetoric in regard to supporting Iranians in their struggle to achieve democracy. A brief review of the Iran Iraq war and the reasons why mullahs wanted to extend the bloody war, paints a crystal clear picture of Iranians' strong sense of nationalism and criminal mullahs' ruthlessness. The barbaric ruling mullahs have betrayed Iranians / Persians before and are doing it again, using foreign threats as an excuse to crush objective media and democratic movements, thus prolonging their corrupt regime.

2 - The US administration should stop threatening Iran with military strike and exercise better judgment and control over its foreign policy. US must caution Israel to stay out of this matter completely and remind Israel the historic fact that the very same Persian people that Israel is in such a hurry to bomb and kill, saved Jews from total annihilation, not once but twice. A little gratitude and appreciation wouldn't hurt.

3 - The US should publicly apply pressure on the conscience-less corporations and governments to stop their twenty six (26) year support of the terrorist mullahs' regime.

4 - There is only one way to truly support Iranian democracy activists, and the Iranian / Persian people. That is through constant media attention to be given to the past and present barbaric activities of the mullahs' terrorist regime. Constant media coverage should also be given to the Iranian / Persian freedom-loving activities all over the world.

5 - We urgently need to form a unifying committee to energize, organize and mobilize the Persian / Iranian people. The committee would be responsible to produce an inclusive and unifying declaration of independence on the basis of which, we, the Persian / Iranian people shall take our country back.

6 - We can easily transform the upcoming Iranian election into a national referendum, as many courageous Iranians within Iran are already calling for, provided, we are able to offer a democratic alternative to avoid any power grab and power vacuum. In our current circumstances, the focus should be on how to take advantage of this opportunity to unify the opposition groups and strengthen our coordination to weaken, and bring down the mullahs' regime.

7 - Forming a transitional unifying committee would in effect, lead to the avoidance of chaos, power vacuums, and provide a roadmap, an alternative governing system to the Iranian people inside Iran for a non-violent and peaceful transition to democracy. We need the formation of this transitional unifying committee to avoid chaos and power vacuums, but even more importantly, to assure that there will be a "representative" government when the mullahs' regime falls.

At the same time, to significantly increase the chances of success, we must work from a platform of democratic principles. Democracy is not something to be imported or exported. We, the Iranian / Persian people are the creators of democracy for our own country and we must do this for our children and our country. We have suffered enough. We have blamed enough. Our only salvation is to put aside our grievances, reconcile, and join hands. We are in this together, and we must build our future together. US bombs are not the answer to our problems. US bombs will strengthen mullahs' position, regime and destroy any chance of establishing democracy in Iran.

Therefore, We, the Iranian / Persian people have set aside our differences in order to begin building a bright and promising democratic future for IRAN.

We, the Iranian / Persian people say YES to regime change in Iran, through a non-violent referendum in Iran, by the Iranian / Persian people, and say NO to WAR against IRAN.

On the path to democracy, Iranian / Persian people cannot fight two different fronts at the same time: the terrorist mullahs on one side and the foreign interventionist forces on the other. We, the Iranian / Persian people can easily initiate and undertake the necessary democratic changes through the upcoming Non-Violent referendum in Iran, so long as the European and American Nation-Less Corporations, stop interfering and stop supporting the terrorist mullahs' regime in Iran.

As an act of solidarity, we, the Iranian / Persian people ask of our fellow freedom loving Americans and Europeans to join us, and demand for an immediate halt of all government and corporate support to the mullahs' regime in Iran and freeze of all their bank accounts.

It takes such small efforts on our part, the people, just one (1) hour, and one (1) dollar a day, to verbalize a peaceful resolution for all to rally around and encourage government and business officials to take the sensible, just and peaceful course of action. To that conclusion, to start with, I would like to humbly suggest a full-page advertisement in major newspapers.

Declaration Of Independence

The long awaited political breakthrough is at last on hand, a chance for conducting a national referendum in Iran instead of the mullah's deceitful presidential election scheduled for June of 2005. We, the Iranian / Persian people, must take advantage of our newly formed international consensus to act for change of government in IRAN.

We, the Iranian / Persian people hereby Declare Our Independence and we all agree that, under no circumstances, religious ideology shall ever play a role in the national sovereignty, social, political and economic future of Iran and the Iranians / Persians. Under the banner of national sovereignty, we, the Iranian / Persian people have come together to take our country back.

To that conclusion, we all agree that, only Iranian / Persian people reserve the right to determine their future, and Iranians' / Persians' Well-Being must always come first.

We all agree, to hold these truths to be self-evident, that all human beings are created equal, and are endowed by Mother Nature with certain unalienable Rights: amongst which, are life, liberty, pursuit of knowledge, right to property, human rights and equality.

We all agree that, to secure the rights of all Iranians / Persians, government shall only be instituted by, and among the Iranian / Persian people.

We all agree that, the democratically elected government shall always derive its just powers from the consent of the Iranian / Persian people only.

We all agree that, it is also the fundamental right of the Iranian people to alter or abolish any government, whenever it becomes destructive and abusive of the principles of Iranian / Persian people's life, liberty, pursuit of knowledge, right to property, human rights and equality.

We all agree that, only the Iranian / Persian people shall reserve the right to institute a new government, laying its foundation on the inherent principles of life, liberty, pursuit of knowledge, right to property, human rights and equality.

We all agree that, this new grass-root political movement, shall be free of any religion, and function only based on an innovative, liberating and visionary platform, governed by the unmatched and superior power of reasoning, common sense, ethical and honorable means of providing for, and managing public safety and social equality.

Iran's salvation, pride and liberty,
Freedom in the horizon, emerging near,
Unity, promising endless possibility,
Promising national sovereignty, this year

Therefore, let it be known that this document announces and serves as an invitation to assemble the first Iranian / Persian Temporary Congress, as a democratic and secular grass-root political movement. The said Temporary Congress will initiate gatherings of Iranians / Persians throughout the world to accomplish the democratic ambitions of the Iranian / Persian people, to establish a temporary government embodying democratic and secular principles.

The objective of this first Iranian / Persian Temporary Congress shall be to achieve a far and wide consensus between the Iranian / Persian people, both inside and outside of Iran in regards to establishing a new social authority within the borders of Iran, which shall:

1 - Protect the fundamental human rights outlined in the International Declaration of Human Rights, of all Iranians / Persians and block any law that would contradict the said internationally recognized human rights document.

2 - Establish a temporary governing architecture to form an alternative independent, free, democratic and secular system of government in Iran.

3 - Establish an internationally monitored, democratic referendum in which Iranians / Persians inside and outside of Iran can safely participate in choosing their future path and cast their votes for, and to establish the temporary government's scope of authority without fear or intimidation by the mullahs' regime in Iran.

Thereby, establishing a democratic and secular system of government in Iran, by the Iranian / Persian people, for the Iranian / Persian people. The said temporary government shall make no law to infringe on the Iranian / Persian people's fundamental human rights, such as: freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and freedom of movement, to participate in the formation of a new Iranian / Persian democratic and secular constitution.

Please support this liberating democratic and secular political movement by signing on, and adding your name.

Sincerely,

Bahram Maskanian