In The Name of My Father

January 24, 2007
Los Angeles, California
U. S. A.

To Americans, Persian Patriots, and the World:

The C-SPAN cable channel aired incredible information on Sunday evening, January 21st, which contained statements by numerous alleged luminaries in the American foreign policy establishment claiming a massive corruption existed in the highest echelons of the Imperial Iranian Armed Forces (IIAF) under Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi in the final days before the completion of the Islamic Revolution.

This depiction is one of massive disinformation and deliberate falsehood. First, it assumes without evidence that the corruption and treason of men like Hussein Fardoust is a snapshot of a larger cancer within the military under the Persian Monarchy. Secondly, this blood libel hides from the American public and Western World that untold numbers of military officers in the service of Iran like my Father, General Ali Neshat, the last Commander of the Imperial Guard, willingly gave their lives in service to King and Nation to oppose the despotism of Islamic fundamentalist theocracy. And for those honorable Officers of the Imperial Iranian Armed Forces who did not lose their lives, life savings and livelihoods were irretrivably lost; families were separated; forced repatriation abroad under threat of death occurred; and occupations in Western nations often resulted in destroyed careers and survival tactics in making a living in new and strange surroundings in exile. Has C-SPAN interviewed any of the former Officers of the Imperial Iranian Armed Forces now working as cab drivers in Los Angeles? Their life stories would be a living testimony to the hell that has emerged in their situations of the last 29 years.

There is one final reason for the disinformation presented by C-SPAN last Sunday evening. Elements loyal to British Petroleum, and the Iran group of 1978-79 formed by George Ball and Zbigniew Brzezinski at the behest of Jimmy Carter, want to continue to conceal what is widely known around the world: that these interests conspired to destroy the Persian Monarchy and the Pahlavi Throne, and actively worked with the Islamic Republic in Iran (IRI) regime to eradicate the economic, educational, and cultural progress made in Iran under Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi--in the interest of consolidating the power of international oil consortiums that did not want a strong, powerful, autonomous, independent Iran. The tragedies of the past three decades--and the innocent blood shed as a result--stain the hands of these evil men, whose lies continue to fill the ears of an undiscerning, uninformed public dependent on the minions of C-SPAN for information and analysis regarding these events of so long ago. If C-SPAN is interested in the story of corruption in Iran and the exploitation of its people, the chronicled crimes of the IRI regime in Iran Focus would be excellent material. Will we ever hear this story aired internationally?

Sarbazan will honor the memories of the fallen, unsung heroes of the Imperial Iranian Armed Forces in Beverly Hills, California on April 15th. C-SPAN is invited to cover the event--and to interview survivors and family members who fled the Hades of the Islamic Republic of Iran regime in 1979. The picture which will emerge is not one of mercenary profit and treason, but love of Nation and the 2500 year tradition of Persian Monarchy.

A message will also emerge from that gathering: that Iran will be reclaimed by its Patriots from the criminal cabal presently occupying the seat of power in Tehran, and that good will once again triumph over demonic evil and the oppression of a free and proud people. Come, C-SPAN, and experience this moment. Your American foreign policy constellation interviewed on Sunday night is also invited--to see the results of what they deliberately wrought so many years ago. It will be a time for renewal, recovery of vision, forgiveness, and the reestablishment of vision--seeing the day in sight when deliverance for the people of Iran and the Persian Nation will occur in the timing of Almighty God.

Payendeh Iran,

Shirin Neshat
Sarbazan
Los Angeles, CA
United States of America