The Fascist Mullah -Talibans have started to destroy the ancient sites of Persian Culture

On the threshold of the grand catastrophe
Please listen to the last clamor of Bolaghi Gorge
Pasargad Plains and the mausoleum of Cyrus the Great!

An open letter to the world

Ladies and gentlemen! According to the official news-agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the government of Ahmadinejad has decided to begin the impoundment of the Sivand Dam in the next few days, despite the fact that many experts and thousands of people from all over the world have protested against such an atrocious act.
This means that a vast number of important archeological sites, containing mankind's most precious cultural heritages, are being flooded. Amongst the endangered sites is the mausoleum of Cyrus the Great, the author of the first declaration of Human Rights in 2500 years ago, that recognized the unconditional rights of human beings in choosing their religions, manifesting their opinions and cultural interests. A sample of his decree is on show at the United Nations while the original artifact is on display in British Museum .
Ladies and gentlemen! Around two years ago, the International Committee to Save Pasargad, issued an open letter addressed to you, informing you of the serious dangers that the impounding of Sivan Dam would create. Ever since, many of you, including thousands of Iranians, who are interested in the preservation of human kind's cultural treasures have tried their best to stop this catastrophe. We have written to all international organizations, including the UN, UNESCO and many other entities that have anything to do with the preservation of archeological treasures. We have repeatedly asked them to act according to their duties in this regards and intervene in a matter that should be considered as a much graver act than the destruction of Buddha's statutes in Afghanistan by the hands of Taliban. Unfortunately, we now see that the legitimate wishes of thousands of people of the world have been left ignored and the Cultural Heritage Organization of IRI, in collaboration with its Ministry of Energy, and supported by the whole administration of Ahmadinejad, have carelessly embarked on the destruction of Iranian nation's cultural heritage left and preserved for them through thousands years of history.
Ladies and gentlemen! Although it is the glorious reminiscence of ancient Iranian history that is being destructed in the hands of a group of unappreciative and ignorant people, we have to remind you that such a loss is not confined to the people of Iran . It is the whole world and the whole humanity that is standing on the threshold of loosing a part of its history and cultural achievements.
Ladies and gentlemen! If nuclear bombs endanger the lives of human beings, such acts of cultural genocide are actually just other sorts of destructive weaponry that annihilate the intellectual and spiritual lives of humans. It is a mind void of any knowledge of cultural values that can embark on the destruction of lives through either wars or such destructive actions in the realm of culture. Such dangerous weapons can only be used by such ignorant minds.
The silence of responsible organizations such as UNESCO, UN and other civil and political establishments in the face of such atrocities can, in fact, be interpreted as ignoring the threat of a nuclear showdown without acknowledging that if such cultural bombs are being exploded in any part of this planet everyone all over the world would be harmed through the spread of such dangerous anti-culture venom.
The International Committee to Save the Pasargad, would like to plea for help from everyone concerned. Please listen to this last clamor of the Bolaghi Gorge and Pasargad Plains, the home of Cyrus the Great and do not deny them of any action that is humanely possible on your part to stop this calamity in its initiating stage.

Only those who have done what they were supposed to do now would not be ashamed in the eyes of the future generations.

With love and regards
The International Committee to Save Pasargad
April 9, 2007
www.savepasargad. com
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خبرهای مربوط به آبگیری سد سیوند
طبق آخرین اخبار از روستائیان اطراف پاسارگاد و منطقه سد سیوند، همراه با آغاز بارندگی های پایان سال در استان فارس، مسئولین سد سیوند دریچه های سد را بدون اعلام قبلی بستند. طبق این گزارشات تمامی راه های منتهی به سد هم اینک در زیر مراقبت های شدید امنیتی بوده و تنگه ی "بلاغی" بوسیله تپه ای از کاک مسدود شده است. آخرین خبرها حاکی از به زیر آب رفتن مناطق باستانی اطراف می باشد. لازم به تذکر است که عکس های منتشره مربوط به روزهای دوازدهم تا چهاردهم فروردین بوده که توسط تلفن همراه یکی از خوانندگان ما برداشته شده و برای انعکاس این خبر به سایت سلام دمکرات ارسال شده است.