Justice and
Decency
Excerpt, minor edit by
Carolyn Bennett
I…draw your attention once again to
the gross negligence of the United Nations and other international
organizations toward this issue of great importance.
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| Toxic foreign relations practices |
Besides being recorded on the pages
of history, this negligence will further weaken already-diminished
international bodies in defending the inalienable rights of innocent
individuals and populations in the face of sadistic collective punishment. ─ Dr.
Alireza Marandi
The healer
Dr. Alireza Marandi is an Iranian physician and Professor of
Pediatrics and Neonatology at Shahid Beheshti University. During the
premiership of Mir Hossein Mousavi and during the second-term presidency of Akbar
Hashemi Rafsanjani, Professor Marandi was a two-term Minister of Health
(and Medical Education). During his nine years in office, medical education was
integrated with health care delivery.  |
| Dr./Professor Alireza Marandi |
In each of Iran's 29 provinces, one University of Medical
Sciences was established, thus making the country self-sufficient in health
human resources. In addition to being Minister, Dr. Marandi also served as
Deputy Minister and Advisory to the Minister.
Professor Marandi is Chairman of the Iranian Society of
Neonatologists; the Board of Directors of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Breastfeeding Promotion Society; and the National Committee for the Reduction
of Perinatal Mortality and Morbidity.
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| Sanctions affect currency commerce economy transactions |
Of his major contributions was a highly successful national
vaccination program (which included a program for terminating polio in Iran),
the significant reduction of infant and child mortality rates, as well as
organizing one of the most successful national birth control programs in the
World.
International negligence
U.S. Unspeakable cruelty
Letter from the healer
Seyed Alireza Marandi, M.D., President of Iran’s Academy
of Medical Sciences, to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (letter obtained by Press TV)
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“For over three decades, Iran has implemented highly
successful healthcare plans and programs, backed by the World Health
Organization, which have significantly improved the overall health of the entire
nation. These achievements are now seriously threatened by the escalation of
barbaric sanctions in the past few weeks ─ particularly by the U.S. government.
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| Ravages of Sanctions warfare Unspeakable cruelty |
“…As an individual responsible for monitoring the health of
my country’s people at a national level, as one who bears the responsibility of
defending fundamental human rights, I am again warning that the applied
sanctions have caused and will continue to cause acute shortages of necessary
food and medicine.
“…Following my letters of November 26, 2012 and January 26,
2013, regarding the highly adverse effect of the comprehensive sanctions
imposed by western countries on the health and welfare of the Iranian general
population, I am again underscoring that these inhumane sanctions
… ─ together with new sanctions
against those holding or transacting the Iranian national currency, soon to be
implemented by the United States government ─
…are definitely having significant
and negative impacts on the health of the Iranian public including women,
children, hospital patients, and anyone on medication.
“The sanctions are also making [food and medicine] essential
items increasingly more expensive and as a result these indispensable supplies
have become inaccessible to the most vulnerable of society including children,
mothers and the elderly as well as disease-specific and cancer patients. Many
patients have been forced to stop preparing and collecting essential medications
required for their treatment.
We are … witnessing more and more
cases of the gradual malnutrition and death of children and of patients with
specific diseases.
Sources and notes
“Barbaric U.S.-led sanctions killing Iranian children: Dr.
Alireza Marandi,” August 21, 2013, http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/08/21/319743/sadistic-us-bans-slaying-iran-children/
Dr. Marandi
Alireza Marandi is an Iranian physician and Professor of
Pediatrics and Neonatology at Shahid Beheshti University. He was also an
associate professor at Wright State University before returning to Iran, during
the Revolutionary days.
During the premiership of Mir Hossein Mousavi and during the
second-term presidency of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Professor Marandi was a
former two-term Minister of Health (and Medical Education). During his nine
years in office, medical education was integrated with health care delivery.
In each of the 29 provinces, one University of Medical
Sciences was established, thus making the country self-sufficient in health
human resources. In addition to being Minister, Dr. Marandi also served as
Deputy Minister and Advisory to the Minister.
Professor Marandi is Chairman of the Iranian Society of
Neonatologists; the Board of Directors of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Breastfeeding Promotion Society; and the National Committee for the Reduction
of Perinatal Mortality and Morbidity.
He is also the laureate recipient of the United Nations Population
Award (1999) and WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region’s Shousha Award (2000). He
is currently a commissioner of the World Health Organization (WHO) Commission
on Social Determinants of Health and a leading international expert on health issues.
Of his major contributions was a highly successful national
vaccination program (which also included a program for terminating polio in
Iran), the significant reduction of infant and child mortality rates, as well
as organizing one of the most successful national birth control programs in the
World. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alireza_Marandi
Rafsanjani
H.E. Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is a “reformer” and an
influential Iranian politician and writer, who was the fourth president of Iran
(1989-1997). Before resigning the position in 2011, he was a member of the
Assembly of Experts and head of the Expediency Council, a position designed to
settle disputes between the Iranian parliament and the Council of Guardians and
one of the most senior positions in Iranian politics; the Expediency Council
has the power to dismiss the Supreme Leader.
During the Iran–Iraq War, Rafsanjani was the de facto
commander-in-chief of the Iranian military. He was elected chairman of the
Iranian parliament in 1980 and served until 1989. He played an important role
in the choice of Ali Khamenei as Supreme Leader. In 2005 Rafsanjani ran for a
third term in office, placing first in the first round of elections but in the
run-off round he lost to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
On May 11, 2013, Rafsanjani entered the race for the June
2013 presidential election but on May 21 he was disqualified by the Guardian
Council.
http://themuslim500.com/profile/ayatollah-akbar-hashemi-rafsanjani
“IRAN SANCTIONS: U.S. Welcomes Rouhani With More Sanctions”
(by Scott Lucas), June 30, 2013, http://eaworldview.com/2013/06/iran-today-us-welcomes-rouhani-with-more-sanctions/
Iran Says UN Special Rapporteur On Human Rights In Iran Not Welcome In Tehran:
In a totally unsurprising move, the secretary of Iran’s High Council, Mohammad Javad Larijani, said that the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, was not welcome to visit the country.
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