Ndi Kevin Zeese ndi Margaret Flowers, March 7, 2019
Ife tangobwerera kuchokera ku masiku asanu ndi anayi ku Iran ndi nthumwi ya mtendere ya 28-yolembedwa ndi CODE PINK. Zili bwino kuti anthu ku Iran akufuna zinthu ziwiri:
- Kulemekezedwa ngati dziko lodziimira, lolamulira
- Kukhala mwamtendere ndi United States popanda kuopseza nkhondo kapena zilango zachuma kufunafuna kuzilamulira.
Njira yopita ku zolingazi imafuna kuti United States isinthe ndondomeko zake ku Iran monga momwe dziko la United States lakhala likulowerera mmbuyo mu ndale za Iran ndi zotsatira zoopsa. A US amayenera kuimitsa chigamulo chake ndikuchita nawo mowona mtima, mwaulemu kukambirana ndi boma la Iran.
Chimodzi mwa zinthu zazikuluzikulu zaulendowu chinali ulendo wopita ku Museum Museum ya Tehran. Tili panjira yopita ku Nyumba ya Mtendere, tinadutsa malo omwe kale anali a Embassy a US, omwe tsopano amatchedwa "US Den Espionage Museum." Apa ndi pamene US adalamulira Iran kudzera mu Shah mpaka ku Islamic Revolution ya 1979. A US adakhazikitsa chiwawa cha Shah ngati wolamulira wankhanza pambuyo pake pogwira ntchito ndi Great Britain ku Awononge Pulezidenti Wosankhidwa ndi Demokalase Mohammad Khalid mu 1953 mkati kuwombera Icho chinali chimodzi mwa zolakwika zazikulu zakunja zakunja za mbiri ya US.
Ku Nyumba ya Mtendere, tinalandiridwa ndi mkulu wa asilikali, Iraq War-Iran, omwe adachokera ku 1980 kupita ku 1988 ndipo adayendera nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale ndi ankhondo ena awiri. Nkhondo, imene inayamba posakhalitsa Iran Revolution mu 1979, sakanakhoza kutheka popanda Chilimbikitso ndi thandizo la US monga ndalama, thandizo la panyanja ndi zida. Anthu opitirira wani miliyoni anaphedwa ndipo anthu a 80,000 anavulazidwa ndi zida zamakono mu nkhondo imeneyo.
Awiri a maulendo athu oyendayenda adasokonezedwa ndi mankhwala omwe amachititsa kuti ayambe kusokoneza. Mmodzi anavulala ndi mpiru wa mpiru, zomwe zimakhudza mitsempha, maso, ndi mapapo. Mankhwala osayang'ana maso sakupezeka chifukwa cha chilango cha ku America; kotero msilikali uyu amagwiritsira ntchito anyezi kuti adzigwetsere misozi kuti athetse zizindikiro. Kumvetsera kukhwima kwake kosalekeza, tinkachita manyazi kuti US onse awiri Kupatula Iraq pamodzi ndi zowonjezera zofunika zogwiritsira ntchito zida za mankhwala ndipo tsopano akuwalanga anthu mopitirira ndi ziletso zomwe zimakana mankhwala ofunikira.
Ku Nyumba ya Mtendere, nthumwi zathu zinapereka mabuku a museum pa nkhondo ndi mtendere. Mphatso imodzi inali bukhu lokongola, lopangidwa ndi manja ndi Barbara Briggs-Letson wa California omwe analembedwa kukumbukira anthu a 289 a ku Iran omwe anaphedwa pamene Msilikali wa ku United States waponyera ndege ya ku Ireland mu July 1988. Mtumiki Wonse wa Mtendere anasaina bukuli ndipo analankhula mawu achisoni. Bukhuli liri ndi mayina a munthu aliyense amene anaphedwa ku Farsi komanso ndakatulo za Irani. Fmr. Pulezidenti George HW Bush ndi wonyansa poti, "Sindidzapepesa konse ku United States - Sindikusamala kuti zowonadi zake ndi ziti… sindine wopepesa ku America, ”gulu lathu linapepesa.
Totsogozedwa ndi Sandy Rea, tinayimba Dona nobis pacem (Chilatini cha "Tipatseni mtendere"). Izi zidapangitsa kuti chipindacho chikhale pamodzi ndikugawana zamphamvu zopempha mtendere, ndikulira ndi kukumbatirana pakati pa Gulu La Mtendere ndi aku Irani omwe amayendetsa Museum ya Tehran Peace.
Kenaka nthumwizo zinayendera manda akuluakulu ku Tehran pomwe anthu makumi asanu ndi awiri a ku Irani anaikidwa m'manda. Tinapita ku chigawo cha zikwi zingapo omwe anaphedwa mu nkhondo ya Iraq-Iran, onse otchedwa kuti ofera. Mandawo anali ndi miyala yamutu, ambiri omwe anajambula zithunzi zakufa zakufa ndi zokhudzana ndi miyoyo yawo. Analinso ndi chokhumba kapena phunziro lomwe adali nalo kwa ena omwe adawoneka mu kabuku kakang'ono kamene msilikali adalengedwera kuti akagawidwe nawo akamwalira. Panali gawo la asilikali osadziwika omwe anaphedwa pankhondo ndipo mmodzi wa anthu ophedwa-makamaka amayi ndi ana osalakwa omwe anaphedwa pankhondo.
Manda adadzazidwa ndi anthu omwe amachezera amanda a okondedwa awo kuchokera ku nkhondo. Mzimayi wina adayandikira gululo kutiuza kuti mwana wake yekhayo anamwalira ali ndi zaka makumi awiri m'ndende ndipo amabwera kumanda ake tsiku ndi tsiku. Wotsogolera yemwe anali kuyenda ndi ife anatiuza ife banja lililonse ku Iran lasokonezedwa ndi nkhondoyi.
Cholinga cha ulendowu chinali msonkhano wodabwitsa ndi Mtumiki wa dziko la Iran, Mohammad Javad Zarif, yemwe adakambirana mozama za 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal, zomwe zinagwirizana pakati pa China, France, Russia, United Kingdom ndi United States pamodzi ndi Germany ndi European Union ndi Iran kwa zaka zopitirira khumi. Anafotokoza kuti zokambirana zinayamba mu 2005 ndipo zinatsirizidwa ndikusindikizidwa ku 2015. Iran ikugwirizana ndi zofunikira zonse za mgwirizano, koma a US sanachotse chilango monga adalonjezera, ndipo adachotsa mgwirizano pansi pa Purezidenti Trump.
Zarif, wolemba dipatimenti wa nthawi yaitali yemwe ali ndi maudindo ofunika kwambiri mu nkhani za dziko la Iran, anali wowolowa manja komanso nthawi yake yogwiritsira ntchito 90 maminiti ndi ife. Poyamba anatifunsa kuti tiyankhule za mafunso omwe tinali nawo, kenako tinayankhula kwa maminiti a 60 ndikuyankha mafunso ambiri.
Zarif anafotokoza chomwe chimayambitsa mavuto pakati pa United States ndi Iran. Sizokhudzana ndi mafuta, boma la Iran kapena zida zankhondo za nyukiliya, zokhudzana ndi kusintha kwa 1979 ya Iran yomwe inachititsa kuti dzikoli likhale lopanda ulamuliro ku United States pambuyo pa ulamuliro wa 1953. Iran ikufunidwa kulemekezedwa ngati dziko lolamulira lomwe limasankha ndondomeko yawo yapakhomo ndi yachilendo, osati yolamulidwa ndi United States. Ngati US akhoza kulemekeza ulamuliro wa Iran ngati fuko, padzakhala mtendere pakati pa amitundu athu. Ngati US akuumirira kulamulira, nkhondoyi idzapitiriza kuopseza chitetezo cha dera ndikuwononga mtendere ndi chitukuko kwa mayiko awiriwo.
Zili ndi ife. Ngakhale "demokalase" yaku US imapatsa anthu aku United States mphamvu zochepa, popeza timakakamizidwa kusankha pakati pa zipani ziwiri zolipiridwa ndi Wall Street komanso onse omwe akuthandizira mfundo zakunja, tikufunika kukhudza boma lathu kotero kuti lisiye kuwopseza mayiko, kufooketsa chuma chawo ndi zilango zosaloledwa, komanso amalemekeza anthu adziko lapansi. Iran ikutiwonetsa kufunikira kokhala a world beyond war.
Kevin Zeese ndi Maluwa a Margaret amalumikizana ndi Popular Resistance. Zeese ndi membala wa komiti yolangizira ya World Beyond War.
Yankho Limodzi
Maboma sangabweletse mtendele koma titha kubweletsa mtendele mkati mwathu!