'The Iranians are
shocked at my information'
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Here in Tehran, it is very good weather. The Iranians are treating Dennis
Pashe and myself very well. We are meeting with senior authorities and receiving
information that we never had before.
The life expectancy of the average
Iranian has increased significantly since the 1979 Revolution. It is now
comparable to the west. The common theme of western media is the violations of
human rights against Iranian women. I met with the health people in Iran and the
fact is that 70% of the students in university in the health area are women.
Seven out of every ten students are women. Imagine that. The Iranians are
actively making women into doctors and leaders. Their women are not only allowed
in University, the women are everywhere in government.
The world is jumping on the case of the Taliban shooting a young 14 year
old girl because the girl led the way to demanding that females be allowed in
schools. The west jumps on this, this young girl is a hero, but the west
creating a hero for the cause of women in the world is questionable.
We should
be asking, who created the monster. Who supplied the Taliban with
weapons and installed them into power. Was is it not the west that supplied the
Taliban with weapons in its war against the Soviets? Was it not the west that
gave them power to suppress the women?.
Is Iran a perfect place for women? Is
Canada? We can go into a bar room in Winnipeg and see naked women and men
dancing. Is that freedom? Respect for women? Is it not government that licenses
and profits from the sale of alcohol? How much does government receive for
licensing nude dancing and how much is the profit for government on selling
alcohol? No alcohol is allowed in Iran, drug dealers are dealt with immediately
and severely. So, who is creating the monsters?
The Russians are incensed at the Turkish government for using fighter jets
to intercept a passenger jet and forcing an inspection of its cargo. The charge?
Supplying the government of Syria with weapons! So, if Russia does it, not that
the Turks supplied the evidence, but say the Russians are supplying the Syrian
government with weapons,
who is supplying the weapons for the people opposing
the Syrian government.The question is, why is Russia not allowed to
supply weapons into the Syrian conflict if the west is supplying weapons into
that conflict.
Saddam Hussein was given the same role. He was encouraged into
war against Iran. He was promised good things.
What is the Turkish government
being promised by the west. A war between Syria and Turkey is another proxy war,
the same type of war as the bloody eight year war between Iraq and Iran.
Good
move, we can watch on our televisions at home while the Turks and Syrians kill
each other off. After they are both weak, we go in and get their oil. Smart,
real smart.
Apparently, it is legal and right to supply people with weapons because
they oppose what they consider an oppressive government.
Does that mean that the
indigenous people of Canada can be supplied with weapons? Of course not, Canada
doesn't support the supplying of weapons to every group that opposes oppression
governments and certainly, that has never our path as indigenous people in
Canada. We never bombed anyone and we will always oppose such actions. Besides,
we in the west want to watch people killing each other on television from the
safety of our homes, we don't want that in our homelands, we want that in other
countries.
In Iran, I see police officers with no guns. I would see more weaponry on
police in France than I do here. In fact, I would see more weapons on police in
Winnipeg than I do here. Is its perfect? No, no country is perfect but consider
this, if in Winnipeg, we can't control the violence and gangs, how would we fare
with a city of twenty million like Tehran. The charge made by Steven
Harper and his government that Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism is based on
Iran supplying people with weapons, encouraging other people to violently oppose
oppressive governments. United States supplied the weapons to the Taliban that
shot down the Russian aircraft, at least that is what the movie says. So, are we
state sponsors of terrorism? Are Russians not people, are Vietnamese not people?
To ask these questions is a basic human right, the right to free speech. It is
not only a right, it is a responsibility of a democratic society, that an
individual can question.
The Taliban who shot the 14 year old girl say
that she had no right to question, no right to her own individual thoughts. Do I
have a right to ask questions?
.
Does First Nations in Canada have a right to make
up their own mind on foreign policy or do we automatically file in line with the
immigrant governments who occupy our lands and suppress our indigenous
governments.
I have met with various ministers in the Iranian government. As a
technician working for several First Nations, my job is to identify, who will
the Chiefs meet with when they come to Tehran, what will be the agenda, what
issues will be discussed and what if any agreements will be signed? The results
of this first trip are significant.
The Iranians are shocked by my
information.
Canada pays nothing to indigenous people for the sixty metals and
minerals mined in Canada. The United States receiving 2.5 million barrels of oil
a day from Canada but ignoring the human rights of the indigenous people of
Canada. The devastation of the environment in the Tarsands. The charge I made
that the United States government ignored the Chiefs who travelled to Washington
when Obama was Inaugurated. The Obama administration did nothing to respect the
fundamental human right to property, that they never once questioned the
government of Canada on the human rights violations in Canada. So, Romney will
approve the Transcanada pipeline in his first day on the job as president.
Another President saying, the hell with human rights as long as we get their
oil.
Six hundred murdered and missing women in Canada. Sixty to ninety-five
percent unemployment for First Nations in Canada. Women not allowed to attend
post-secondary school in Canada because of cuts to education funding. This would
be acceptable if those indigenous women in Canada were treated the same as any
other women in Canada.
The thing is that while Steven Harper is not
pulling the trigger to kill a14 year old girl because she wants to go to school,
the reality is that many indigenous children in Canada are denied the same level
of education financing as their non native counterparts. If a female student is
denied an equal education in Canada, does that not limit their options. If the
females are in communities with 60 to 95% unemployment and the Indian Act denies
them the right to banks and mortgages, the chances are that the 14 year old
female will become a murdered and missing statistic. In Canada it is done much
more quietly than the Taliban do it but the result is the same, six hundred
murdered and missing indigenous women.
What is our statistic in Canada? Are seven of ten University students
female?
Terrance Nelson
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