According to this new article from the Guardian online news service, out of the UK, at www.guardian.co.uk, Iran is going to name a street in Tehran in honor of Rachel Corrie! First here is that news article, and I do have some additional comments to follow:
Iran names street after Rachel Corrie
Tehran pays tribute to US activist crushed to death by bulldozer while trying stop the demolition of Palestinian homes
Associated Press
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 11 August 2011 13.32 BST
Iran has named a street in central Tehran after Rachel Corrie, an American pro-Palestinian activist who was killed in 2003. Photograph: Denny Sternstein/AP
Tehran city council has named a street after an American activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip in 2003, a local newspaper has reported.
The report in the Hamshahri, a daily affiliated with Tehran's authorities, said the council has named the street Rachel Aliene Corrie.
It said the sign would be placed in the city centre, but did not say when it would be displayed.
Corrie, a pro-Palestinian activist from Washington, was trying to prevent what she and other campaigners believed was a push by the Israeli military to demolish nearby Palestinian homes. She was 23 at the time of her death.
The decision marked the first time an Iranian street has been named after a US national since the 1979 Islamic revolution that ousted the pro-west shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi.
Before the revolution, at least three high streets in the Iranian capital were named after former US presidents: Dwight Eisenhower, John F Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt.
Iran and the US have not had diplomatic ties since militant students occupied the US embassy in Tehran, holding American diplomats hostage for 444 days from 1979 to 1981.
There are a few streets in the city named after western nationals, including Bobby Sands, a member of the IRA who died on hunger strike in a British prison in 1981, and Edward Brown, a British Orientalist known for his work on Iranian history.
Washington and its allies say Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons, and have imposed sanctions on the country. Tehran maintains its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes.
It is amazing how the Guardian tries to downplay this great honor by the nation of Iran by trying to put a spin on this story by stating that "Iran does not recognize Israel and supports the Palestinians", and again putting out the outright bold face lie that Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons.
So with all the constant vilification of Iran by the criminal state of Israel and their puppets in the mainstream media, comes this great honor to a true hero by the Iranian government. Again it is time for people to see who truly is the real evil, and the true danger to world peace, in the Middle East!
More to come
NTS


6 comments:
A little more "good stuff" about Iran : Iran has twice, in recent days, sent aid to the drought ridden areas of Africa, and has twice donated substantial sums of money..
Iran has, several times, tried to send aid to Gaza..
Didn't know... OMG! I'm speechless and my heart hurts.
On the other hand what a wonderful surprise about Iran. So sick and tired of lies and misinformation. :(
R.I.P. Rachel Corrie.
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Good!I'll propose to name a street after Ahmedinejad in my city in return.After all heroes must be honoured!
@Franklin Ryckært : I followed a link to you tube a couple of hours ago, and found a couple of nice videos of President Ahmadi nejad and his modest lifestyle, and would urge everyone to compare his lifestyle to that of other "world leaders" who live lavishly, at the expence of their citizens..
I think the videos were filmed by Hezbollah`s Al Manar..
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