DATE=7/20/99 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-251972 TITLE=IRANIAN DEMONSTRATION (L ONLY) BYLINE=ANNIE LU DATELINE=NEW YORK CONTENT= VOICED AT: (VOICED BY LARRY FREUND) INTRO: MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE GATHERED NEAR UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK TODAY (TUESDAY) IN SUPPORT OF THE RECENT STUDENT PROTESTS IN IRAN. V-O-A'S ANNIE LU REPORTS FROM NEW YORK. TEXT: /// DEMONSTRATION ACT /// IRANIANS LIVING IN THE NEW YORK CITY-AREA HELD A PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION NEAR THE UNITED NATIONS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS PROTESTING IN IRAN, THE DEMONSTRATORS SAID, FOR THEIR RIGHT OF FREEDOM. ORGANIZER KURDOSH KALHOR (KOO-RUSH KAHL-HOR) SAID PEOPLE JOINED THE RALLY TO DECLARE THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE IRANIAN REGIME AND TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR THOSE IRANIAN STUDENTS WHO HAVE ASKED THE GOVERNMENT TO REFORM. MR. KALHOR SAID THE DEMONSTRATION WAS ALSO CALLED TO ASK THE UNITED NATIONS TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE CURRENT SITUATION IN IRAN. /// KALHOR ACT /// AT THE PRESENT TIME, BASED ON THE LATEST NEWS THAT WE HAVE, THERE ARE MORE THAN FOUR THOUSAND STUDENTS IN JAIL IN IRAN. THE LEADERS OF THESE STUDENTS, UNDER TORTURE, HAVE MADE CERTAIN STATEMENTS (SO) THAT WE BELIEVE THEY HAVE BEEN EXECUTED BY NOW. WE WANT THE UNITED NATIONS TO SUPPORT THE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN IRAN. THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE. /// END ACT /// THE DEMONSTRATORS SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT DURING THE PAST 20 YEARS, THE FUNDAMENTALIST DICTATORSHIP OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN HAS DELIVERED NOTHING BUT FEAR, HORROR, DEPRIVATION AND TERRORISM BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. ONE WOMAN IN THE GROUP, ZARI KHALAJ (ZAH-REE HAH-LAHDG), SAID THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT HAS FORCED MANY PEOPLE LIKE HER OUT OF THE COUNTRY. /// KHALAJ ACT /// WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THE IRANIAN STUDENTS. IT IS 20 YEARS. WE ARE ALL OVER THE WORLD BECAUSE WE HAVE NO HOME. /// END ACT /// ORGANIZERS OF THE RALLY SAID IT WAS ALSO CALLED TO ENCOURAGE INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY IN IRAN. (SIGNED) NEB/NY/ACL/LSF/PT 20-Jul-99 3:23 PM EDT (1923 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America .
