Protest against Iranian Vice-Minister in Berlin

After STOP THE BOMB heard of a non-public event with the Iranian Vice-Minister for Economic Affairs Mohammed Reza Farzin, we called for short-term protests on Oct. 26, 2011. Around 30 people came and made a lot of noise! After the announcement of our protest, Rainer Stinner, foreign policy spokesman of the FDP, canceled his meeting with the Iranian minister because of "scheduling difficulties". On this page you can find the greeting from Rabbi Abraham Cooper (Simon Wiesenthal Center), a press review, our press statement and more.
We'd like to thank all of the supporters of this protest!
An article in Die WELT (German) about the event fully confirmed our rejection of such futile and self-defeating "critical dialogues". We will thus continue to protest against any collaboration with Iranian regime members!

Greeting from Rabbi Abraham Cooper (Simon Wiesenthal Center)

Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, on behalf of the 400.000 members of the Simon Wiesenthal Center:
"Inviting dialogue with a senior Iranian official about "problem solving in Afghanistan"is like asking a professional arsonist to advise authorities on how to stop a wave offorest fires. Further, the promise of possible German "energy cooperation" with theMullahocracy in Tehran at a time when the EU and the US struggle to thwart Iran'snuclear ambitions, is beyond irresponsible; it further empowers and emboldens theregime which promotes denial of the Nazi Holocaust, whose president threatens tofinish Hitler's job by threatening the annihilation of the Jewish State and whosepolicies daily undermine the stability of the entire Middle East and beyond.The fig leaf that this meeting is arranged by a foundation, fools no one. We urge theGerman authorities to bar the entry of the senior Iranian official and to urge thefoundation to instead convene a solidarity meeting for the countless Iranians incarcerated because of their pro-democracy views or religious beliefs..."