Earthquake in Western Iran, an added dilemma for Iranian people<\/p>\n\n\n\n
B\u200cy Ali Latifi <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n While Iran\u2019s economy is in its\nworst condition and the mullahs\u2019 regime allocates all the natural resources of\nthe Iranian people to terrorism, assisting terrorist groups in Yemen, Iraq,\nLebanon and Palestine, and producing weapons of mass destruction and missiles,\nthe recent earthquake in western Iran doubles the suffering of the Iranian\npeople.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On November 8, earthquake struck\nthe western reaches of Iran, so far killing five and injuring more than 700.\nThe earthquake, which was only 5.9 on the Richter scale, resulted in many\ndeaths and financial losses. The devastation was due to the worn-out buildings that\nthe poor people live in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is still insufficient and accurate\ninformation on the status of recent earthquakes. But a brief look at the\nregime\u2019s actions reveals the fact that the mullahs do not think about the\nsuffering of the people. Instead, they seek to steal and repress the people\ninside Iran, as well as focus on overseas terrorism and threaten the world. As\nthey are now more focused on Iraq, they want to repress the Iraqi people rather\nthan deal with earthquakes in western Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0Mustafa Najjar, head of the country\u2019s crisis management organization, said: \u201cIn terms of temporary accommodation, we have no choice but to supply tents in earthquake-prone areas, and the provision of a trailer houses is another matter that we do not agree with.\u201d\n\n(Etemad online November 18)\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Youssef Davoodi, a member of the Majlis, also admitted\nthat despite passing a few days from earthquake, 90% of the affected villages\nin Sarab have not yet started digging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said: Removing\nearthquake rubbles in villages is very slow and there is need to take action.(Mehr News Agency\nNovember19)<\/p>\n\n\n\n People in the area have also repeatedly protested officials\nignoring their problems over the past few days, and say they suffer from lack\nof facilities while the weather is very cold and many people have no shelter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the question is; how many more earthquakes should happen in order to secure the villages and cities in Iran against the quakes? How many more innocent people, including children, should be killed so that the national wealth would be used to rebuild and secure the earthquake-prone towns instead of fueling foreign conflicts? The main question is: When will this disarray, which is directly caused by the corruption in the urbanization system, end? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Of course this is only a small sample of the corruption that the regime is plunged in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After the recent earthquake in Western Iran, Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi<\/a> on Friday expressed her condolences to the people of Iran over the deadly quake.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy\ndeep condolences to the survivors of the earthquake in Azerbaijan, Zanjan,\nGilan,\u00a0Ardabil, and wishing for quick recovery of those injured,\u201d Maryam Rajavi<\/a> said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\nurge the nation to rush to the aid of the victims of the\nearthquake.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBy\nplundering Iran\u2019s wealth or squandering it in warmongering and anti-patriotic\nnuclear and missile projects, the mullahs have left the people of Iran\ndefenseless in the face of natural disasters,\u201d Mrs. Rajavi added.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n By plundering Iran\u2019s wealth or squandering it in\nwarmongering and anti-patriotic nuclear and missile projects, the mullahs have\nleft the people of Iran defenseless in the face of natural disasters. #Iran<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n