Iranians Opposed to the Regime Applaud California on Iran Divestment Bill
The Marze Por Gohar Party is delighted that the government of California has ratified Assemblyman Joel Anderson’s divestment bill. The passage of Assembly Bill 221 makes clear that the government of California will not abet in the oppression of Iranians by investing in companies that have business dealing with the Islamic Republic. The Islamic Republic finds it more important to fund terrorist organizations throughout the world then tend to the needs of Iranians, and therefore it should be of no surprise that roughly three out of four Iranians live either near or under the line of poverty.
Economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic are one of the few non-violent means still available for the Iranian opposition. If the international community is unable to impose sanctions against the Islamic Republic then the only other option left is military confrontation, something the clerical regime finds favorable as it will ultimately lead to Iranians uniting around the regime. The MPG Party will under no circumstances agree to foreign military intervention against our motherland. We therefore support economic sanctions as an effective tool in weakening the theocratic government that currently occupies Iran.
MPG believes that financially destabilizing the Islamic Republic, which currently has monopolized almost all facets of Iran’s economy through organizations such as the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, is one of the best means to fight this inhumane regime. These regime organizations have to date channeled billions of dollars on repressive instruments inside the country and have carried out terrorist activities across the globe. Cutting off this cash flow and disrupting this terrorist-supporting monopoly is the first step in overthrowing this Jihadist government.
In the spirit of preserving Iran’s national interest, global peace and security, the MPG Party served as the impetus for Assemblyman Joel Anderson’s (R- El Cajon) Bill 221 to divest California’s public retirement funds from businesses that invest in the Islamic Republic. The MPG party was a pivotal advocate of the bill through its passage by the California State Assembly June 5, 2007.
The MPG Party expects that the divestment bill will be implemented without delay, giving priority to the largest companies and investment ventures that indirectly help strengthen the Islamic Republic. The following is a partial list of United States and international companies conducting large scale business in Iran:
Total (France)
Royal Dutch Shell (Dutch)
Repsol (Spain)
ENI (Italy)
INPEX (Japan)
Oil and Natural Gas Company, ONGC, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)
Oil India Ltd (OIL)
Petronas (Malaysia)
Petrobras (Brazil)
GS Holding Corp (South Korea)
Norsk Hydro (Norway)
Bow Valley Energy Ltd. (Canada)
China National Petroleum Corp. (China)
Sheer Energy (Canada)
Gazprom (Russia)
Lukoil (Russia)
GVA Consultants (Sweden)
OMV (Austria)
ENAP (Chile)
Down with the Islamic Republic
Long Live Iran
Compiled by the Foreign Policy Council of the Marze Por Gohar Party
