de.stopthebomb.net http://de.stopthebomb.net/ Latest News de de.stopthebomb.net http://de.stopthebomb.net/fileadmin/stb.gif http://de.stopthebomb.net/ 32 32 Latest News TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 11 Oct 2023 11:56:00 +0200 Lectures by Stephan Grigat http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3351&cHash=a0513d0c2b6d85f548d78bf9510f1c0f Antisemitism of the regime | Iran under Raisi Der Antisemitismus der Ajatollahs. Irans Konfrontation mit Israel und die europäische Iran-Politik, Diskussion mit Christian Schüller, Wien, Jüdisches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung,
7.10.2021: Flucht & Vertreibung der Juden aus den arabischen Ländern & dem Iran, Dortmund, Gesellschaft für christlich-jüdische Zusammenarbeit
6.10.2021: Flucht & Vertreibung der Juden aus den arabischen Ländern & dem Iran, Gelsenkirchen, Gesellschaft für christlich-jüdische Zusammenarbeit
22.9.2021: Der Exodus der Juden aus der arabischen Welt & dem Iran: Diskriminierung, Flucht & Vertreibung, Siegen, Gesellschaft für christlich-jüdische Zusammenarbeit
21.9.2021: Terror aus Teheran. Die Raketenangriffe aus Gaza & die Rolle des iranischen Regimes, Ulm, Deutsch-Israelische Gesellschaft
17.9.2021: Israel im neuen Nahen Osten. Geopolitische Interessen, alte Konfrontationen & neue Kooperationen, Jahrestagung des Wissenschaftlichen Forums für Internationale Sicherheit, Landesverteidigungsakademie Wien
1.9.2021: Iran unter Raisi: Repression, Antisemitismus und das Herrschaftsgefüge in der „Islamischen Republik“, Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung, Online via Zoom
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[Translate to en:] Covid-19 & das iranische Regime http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3344&cHash=cafb6027e11dd1f85f5b98a1a2d2b5cd [Translate to en:] Coronakrise & Antisemitismus im Iran taz erschienen. Lesen Sie hier.]]> Press Releases Mon, 24 Aug 2020 15:21:00 +0200 Khamenei’s threats against Israel must have consequences http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3342&cHash=f95b0d8584c0cd6b9fe746c06002f28a STOP THE BOMB demands to break off relations with the Iranian regime on the occasion of “Quds Day” Jerusalem Post ]]> Press Releases Fri, 22 May 2020 13:21:00 +0200 #NoQudsDay 2019 http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3324&cHash=c8d13d31a515d263ee227ac9d1378d5b Rally June 1, Vienna: Together against every Antisemitism! Gemeinsam gegen jeden Antisemitismus! #KeinQudsTag in Wien
Saturday, Juni 1, 2019, Afternoon Leopoldsbrunnen, Graben 1010 Vienna
Aufruf zur Kundgebung:
Kurz nach der Islamischen Revolution im Iran hat Ayatollah Khomeini 1979 den sogenannten "Al-Quds-Tag" eingeführt, zu welchem jedes Jahr im Iran und weltweit antiisraelische und antisemitische Proteste organisiert werden. Al-Quds bedeutet Jerusalem und unter dem Slogan der "Befreiung Jerusalems von der zionistischen Besatzung" propagieren das iranische Regime und seine Verbündeten die Vernichtung Israels.
Auch in Wien findet jährlich die von Mullahs angeführte, strikt nach Geschlechtern getrennte Demonstration statt. In der Vergangenheit wurden von den Veranstaltern zum Judenmord aufrufende Karikaturen in den sozialen Medien gepostet und antisemitische Verschwörungstheorien verbreitet.
An dem zentralen Ziel des iranischen Regimes, Israel zu zerstören, hat sich seit 1979 nichts geändert: Auch der vermeintlich „moderate“ iranische Präsident Rohani bezeichnet Israel als "eiternden Tumor" und "Krebsgeschwür". Auch während der Präsidentschaft Rohanis hat das Regime Wettbewerbe und Konferenzen zur Holocaust-Leugnung organisiert. Das iranische Regime deklariert offen, die Hisbollah und den palästinensischen Terror gegen Israel zu finanzieren. Es rüstet permanent auf, betreibt eine aggressive Expansionspolitik im Nahen Osten und versucht, sich an der Grenze zu Israel festzusetzen.
Unter dem islamistischen Regime leiden auch all jene Iraner und Iranerinnen, die sich der restriktiven islamischen Reglementierung ihres Lebens durch den autoritären Gottesstaat zu entziehen versuchen – egal, ob es sich um politische Aktivist_innen, Frauen, Homosexuelle, Gewerkschafter_innen, religiöse Minderheiten oder einfach nur Jugendliche handelt, die ihr Leben selbstbestimmt und frei vom Zwang der Scharia leben wollen. Unter Rohani wurden deutlich mehr Menschen hingerichtet als unter seinem Vorgänger Ahmadinedschad. Gemessen an der Bevölkerungszahl werden im Iran seit 2013 die meisten Hinrichtungen weltweit durchgeführt.
Es ist ein Skandal, dass Österreich noch immer eine wichtige Rolle spielt, wenn es um Geschäfte mit dem Regime in Teheran geht, und österreichische Politiker_innen und Firmen sich dem Regime andienen. Wir fordern dazu auf, sich unserem Bündnis anzuschließen und sich klar und unmissverständlich gegen den Al-Quds-Marsch zu positionieren!
- Für ein Verbot des antisemitischen Al-Quds-Aufmarsches!
- Solidarität mit Israel! Gegen jeden Antisemitismus!
- Solidarität mit der demokratischen und säkularen Opposition im Iran und im Exil!
- Keine Staatsbesuche bei und von Holocaustleugnern!
- Keine Geschäfte mit dem iranischen Regime!
- Für ein vollständiges Verbot der Hisbollah in Österreich und der EU!
Unterstützt von (Zwischenstand): 
Aktion gegen den Antisemitismus in Österreich 
Basisgruppe Theater-, Film- und Medienwissenschaft
Café Critique
Christen an der Seite Israels
Fakultätsvertretung Geisteswissenschaften
Forum gegen Antisemitismus
GRAS – Grüne und Alternative Student_innen
Informations- und Beobachtungsstelle Antisemitismus (iba)
Institutsgruppe Politikwissenschaft
Israelitische Kultusgemeinde
Jüdische Österreichische HochschülerInnen
Kommunistischer Student_innenverband – Linke Liste (KSV-Lili)
RAI – Recherchegruppe Antisemitismus und Islamismus in Passau und Umgebung
Republikanischen Club – Neues Österreich
Semiosisblog – Politik, Recherche, Analyse
STOP THE BOMB – Bündnis für einen demokratischen und nuklearwaffenfreien Iran
Queer Hebrews
WIZO- Women's International Zionist Organization
Einzelpersonen:
Mahsa Abdolzadeh, Grüne Bezirksrätin in Döbling
Sama Maani, Schriftsteller, Psychoanalytiker
Daniela Holzinger, Nationalratsabgeordnete, Parlamentsklub Jetzt
Maryam Farzam/ Bezirksrätin Favoriten (SPÖ) & Iranische Aktivistin
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Aktionen Thu, 23 May 2019 14:08:00 +0200
Lectures on Iranian regime in Germany (all in German) http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3268&cHash=f407d7eafdeef17aa5065dfaec0b2acf Editor Stephan Grigat presents "Iran - Israel - Deutschland" vor ]]> Events Mon, 30 Apr 2018 16:41:00 +0200 STOP THE BOMB welcomes new US-sanctions against Iran http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3298&cHash=69bbef89d3f4b365e8807bfb097a79e7 Press release, November 4, 2018 The coalition STOP THE BOMB welcomes the new US sanctions against the Iranian dictatorship. Maximum pressure on the Iranian regime is needed to counter the dangers of Iran’s nuclear and missile programs, the continued threats against Israel, Iran’s aggressive expansionist policies in the region and against the brutal oppression of the Iranian people and their struggle for freedom. The coalition STOP THE BOMB is working for an isolation of the Iranian regime and for support of the Iranian opposition. Stephan Grigat, the academic director of STOP THE BOMB Austria comments: "Instead of supporting the antisemitic terror regime in Iran, the EU should consider the new US-sanctions as an opportunity to rethink their policies. Europe’s Iran policy has proven to be illusory. It neither succeeded in improving the situation in Iran, nor in the region. The Iranian nuclear program was not ended through the nuclear deal, instead it has been institutionalized and legalized." The coalition STOP THE BOMB calls for substantial changes regarding Germany’s Iran-policy: No support for the regime in Teheran but every kind of support for the democratic, secular opposition.]]> Press Releases Mon, 05 Nov 2018 10:25:00 +0100 Rally: Stop Iranian state terrorism http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3286&cHash=14b1da5df64a3d892ff6ad177165cde0 Saturday, September 15, 2018, 2pm, Opernring Vienna Facebook
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Aktionen Thu, 13 Sep 2018 10:34:00 +0200
#RouhaniNotWelcome http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3278&cHash=691cdf919c6cf9de7dd2819179df061e Rallies against Rouhani in Vienna, July 4 #RouhaniNotWelcome
Rally against Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Vienna
Wednesday, July 4, 2018, Vienna
10am, Maria-Theresien-Platz (Information desk 9am-2pm) 5pm, Federal Economic Chamber, Wiedner Hauptstraße/Johann-Strauß-Gasse (Information desk 4pm-7pm)
Press release, July 2, 2018: No Red Carpet for Rohani! STOP THE BOMB protests in Vienna #RouhaniNotWelcome: Demonstrations against the reception of Iranian President by Van der Bellen, Kurz and the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber Under the motto #RouhaniNotWelcome the Coalition STOP THE BOMB organizes two demonstrations on 4 July against the Iranian President’s visit to Vienna, who was also blisteringly criticized by the Wiesenthal Center in Jerusalem. At 10 am there will be a demonstration at Maria-Theresien-Platz against the reception of Rohani by the Austrian Federal President, Alexander Van der Bellen and the Federal Chancellor, Sebastian Kurz. The academic director of STOP THE BOMB, Stephan Grigat: “To meet with Rohani does not strengthen purported ‘moderate forces’ in Iran, but the antisemitic terror regime of the ‘Islamic Republic’ at large.” The second demonstration by STOP THE BOMB will take place at 5 pm at the street corner Wiedner Hauptstraße/Johan Strauß-Gasse. It is against Rohani being received by the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber. Grigat: “Rohani’s appearance at the Economic Chamber shows that Austria wants to continue the disastrous tradition to act, via business with the Ajatollahs and the Revolutionary Guards, as a stirrup holder for a regime that openly threatens Israel with annihilation, that finances Islamist terror groups like Hezbollah, and that, also under Rohani, organizes conferences and cartoon contests for Holocaust denial.” The demonstrations are directed against the European appeasement towards the Iranian Regime. The organizers demand solidarity with the democratic and secular opposition both in Iran and in exile, as well as with Israel. Besides STOP THE BOMB, also the Green and Alternative Student Union, the Jewish Austrian Student Union and the Democratic Student Union of Iranian Kurdistan support the demonstrations.
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Aktionen Wed, 27 Jun 2018 12:19:00 +0200
Against Courting the Iranian Regime in Vienna http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3276&cHash=b69c6272f1d4109aedf869a96dbc9450 STOP THE BOMB reiterates criticism of Iranian President Rouhani's visit to Austria
The coalition STOP THE BOMB reiterates criticism of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's visit to Austria, which has meanwhile been confirmed for 4 July 2018. The academic director of STOP THE BOMB, Stephan Grigat: "To meet with Rouhani means to legitimize a regime that openly threatens Israel with annihilation."
It is only three weeks ago that Iran's "supreme leader" Ali Khamenei again named Israel a "cancerous tumor" that "has to be eradicated". Also Rouhani called Israel a "festering" and a "cancerous tumor". The regime under Rouhani pursues a massive expansion in the region and further supports Islamist terror organizations at the borders to Israel, like Hezbollah and Hamas. Besides that, under Rouhani considerably more people were executed in Iran than under his predecessor. 
Grigat: "If Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz' avowal to Israel's security shall be more than mere rhetoric, he has to pile pressure on the Iranian regime, instead of offering its president a platform in Vienna. What is needed is a profound change in the Austrian and European Iran Policy."
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Press Releases Mon, 18 Jun 2018 12:57:00 +0200
No Quds Day in Vienna! http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3266&cHash=f36010bd933b922468a04d188abc4877 Discussion & Protest on June 6th & 9th Panel discussion on Wednesday, June 6th Rally on Saturday, June 9th Bundesländerplatz (Mariahilfer Straße/Amerlingstraße)
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Aktionen Mon, 30 Apr 2018 16:37:00 +0200
Rouhani in Vienna in July? http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3274&cHash=9393e06258f0aec4ace634cf30b308dd Vienna (OTS), May 5, 2018 Das Bündnis STOP THE BOMB übt scharfe Kritik am geplante... OTS), May 5, 2018
Das Bündnis STOP THE BOMB übt scharfe Kritik am geplante Österreich-Besuch des iranischen Präsidenten Hassan Rohani, der laut einem Bericht der „Presse“ am 4. Juli, kurz nach Beginn des österreichischen EU-Vorsitzes, stattfinden soll. Der wissenschaftliche Direktor von STOP THE BOMB, Stephan Grigat: „Sollte Rohani Anfang Juli tatsächlich nach Wien kommen, wäre das ein völlig falsches Signal, und sicher werden nicht nur wir dagegen demonstrieren. Anstatt die Ajatollahs während der österreichischen EU-Ratspräsidentschaft zu hofieren, sollten Österreich und die EU die gegenwärtige Situation nutzen, um einen fundamentalen Wandel in ihrer Iran-Politik einzuleiten.“
STOP THE BOMB fordert, dass Bundespräsident Van der Bellen Vertreter der demokratischen iranischen Opposition in die Hofburg einlädt, anstatt Vertreter des iranischen Regimes zu hofieren. Grigat: „Wer sich mit Rohani trifft, legitimiert einen Präsidenten, in dessen Amtszeit noch deutlich mehr Menschen im Iran hingerichtet werden als unter seinem Vorgänger. Rohani, der Israel als ‚eiternden Tumor’ und ‚Krebsgeschwür“ bezeichnet hat, agiert als das freundliche Gesicht eines terroristischen Regimes, das eine massive Expansion in der Region betreibt und jihadistische Organisationen wie Hisbollah und Hamas unterstützt. Treffen mit Rohani verfolgen letztlich das Ziel, der österreichischen Wirtschaft den Weg zu noch besseren Geschäften mit dem Holocaustleugner-Regime in Teheran zu ebnen."
STOP THE BOMB fordert von der österreichischen Regierung und der EU, neben dem Atomprogramm das Raketenprogramm und die Menschenrechtsverletzungen des iranischen Regimes ins Visier von harten Sanktionen zu nehmen und die gesamte Hisbollah sowie die Revolutionsgarden auf die europäische Terrorliste zu setzen. Grigat: „Die Vorstellung, eine Mäßigung des Regimes durch Einbindung in den internationalen Handel zu erreichen, hat sich als völlig illusorisch erwiesen. Ein Ende der iranischen Bedrohung für die Region, Europa und die Welt wird es erst mit einem demokratischen Iran geben.”
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Press Releases Wed, 30 May 2018 09:50:00 +0200
Buchpräsentation "Iran – Israel – Deutschland" http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3229&cHash=b782e606941d63b0f77ef51cf82848ed Antisemitismus, Außenhandel und Atomprogramm
Iran – Israel – Deutschland
Antisemitismus, Außenhandel & Atomprogramm
Buchpräsentation mit dem Herausgeber Stephan Grigat und den Autoren Sama Maani & Gerhard Scheit
Donnerstag, 5. Oktober 2017, 19:00 Uhr
Hauptbücherei am Gürtel, Urban-Loritz-Platz 2a, 1070 Wien
Der heutige Iran, Israel und Deutschland sind auf eine merkwürdige Weise miteinander verbunden. Eine entscheidende Rolle spielen dabei Geschichte und Gegenwart des Antisemitismus. Der Band erhebt Einspruch gegen die gängige Darstellung des iranischen Regimes und fragt nach den besonderen Beziehungen, die Deutschland als „Rechtsnachfolger des Dritten Reiches“ zur antisemitischen Diktatur im Iran einerseits und zum jüdischen Staat andererseits unterhält. Das Regime der Ajatollahs wird ebenso vor dem Hintergrund der Erfahrung des Nationalsozialismus analysiert wie die deutsche Iran-Politik und die israelischen Reaktionen auf das iranische Atomprogramm.

 Stephan Grigat (Hg.): Iran – Israel – Deutschland. Antisemitismus, Außenhandel und Atomprogramm. Hentrich & Hentrich, Berlin 2017, 252 Seiten, 24,90 Euro 

Inhaltsverzeichnis & Bestellmöglichkeit: 
http://www.hentrichhentrich.de/buch-iran-israel-deutschland.html

 Stephan Grigat, Lehrbeauftragter an der Universität Wien, 2017/18 Research & Teaching Fellow an der Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Permanent Fellow am Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum Potsdam 

Sama Maani, Schriftsteller, Psychoanalytiker und Autor u.a. von „Respektverweigerung. Warum wir fremde Kulturen nicht respektieren sollten. Und die eigene auch nicht“ 

Gerhard Scheit, Mitherausgeber der Werke von Jean Améry und von „sans phrase. Zeitschrift für Ideologiekritik“, Autor u.a. von „Suicide Attack. Zur Kritik der politischen Gewalt“

 Eine Veranstaltung des Verlags Hentrich & Hentrich und des Vereins 'Literatur und Theorie‘, unterstützt von STOP THE BOMB.
Die Veranstaltung auf Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/273333119827077/

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Events Thu, 07 Sep 2017 18:05:00 +0200
Grigat & Küntzel on Nuclear Deal (in German) http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3272&cHash=b363a945c0b40df9f86881bbb3b788cc USA, Europe & the future of Iran-Business Deutschlandfunk Kultur zum iranischen Atomprogramm interviewt und plädiert für einen fundamentalen Wandel in der europäischen Iran-Politik. Hören oder lesen Sie das Interview hier.
Matthias Küntzel, seit Jahren regelmäßiger Referent auf STOP THE BOMB-Veranstaltungen und Ko-Autor des Bandes „Iran - Israel - Deutschland“, über die aktuelle Situation nach dem Rückzug der USA aus dem JCPOA: 
"Niemand aber stellt die Frage, warum es legitim sein soll, mit einem Regime Geschäfte zu machen, das die Region und die eigene Bevölkerung terrorisiert und das Israel auslöschen will. …Wer heute noch glaubt, Sanktionserleichterungen für Iran würden Verhaltensänderungen nach sich ziehen, macht sich lächerlich. Wer das Regime von einer Fortsetzung seines destruktiven Kurses abbringen will, muss den Druck auf Teheran solange erhöhen, bis das Regime vor der Alternative 'Verhaltensänderung' oder 'Untergang' steht. Dies aber wird nur mithilfe massivster Sanktionen möglich sein. … Appeasement basiert auf einer Kombination von Wunschdenken und Angst. Die Appeasement-Politik der EU ist gescheitert. Je schneller das die Verantwortlichen in Deutschland und Europa begreifen, desto besser für den Frieden in der Welt."
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Press Releases Tue, 15 May 2018 17:22:00 +0200
February 19, 2018: Press Release: FATF Meeting: Iran Must Remain on the Blacklist of Terrorism Sponsors! http://de.stopthebomb.net/en/fatf.html News Mon, 19 Feb 2018 00:35:00 +0100 7 February 2018: Letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel http://de.stopthebomb.net/en/campaigns/lettertomerkel.html News Tue, 06 Feb 2018 17:04:00 +0100 EU Parliament to meet participant of Iranian conference of Holocaust deniers http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3246&cHash=03d2bf0e3d12895da2894f1a8bdf1772 STOP THE BOMB demands to cancel the invitation of Aladdin Boroujerdi and asks for condemnation by... ]]> Press Releases Mon, 22 Jan 2018 11:39:00 +0100 STOP THE BOMB demands support for protesters in Iran http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3244&cHash=4b086a2770824b590b811b16c989b660 Coalition criticizes complicity of Austria – demand for sanctions for human rights violations
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Press Releases Tue, 02 Jan 2018 10:53:00 +0100
January 1st, 2018: Press Release: STOP THE BOMB demands political support for protesters in Iran http://de.stopthebomb.net/en/press/press-releases.html#c3324 News Mon, 01 Jan 2018 19:26:00 +0100 November 12, 2017: Banking-Forum for a Terror-Regime. STOP THE BOMB protests against "Banking and Business Forum Iran Europe" http://de.stopthebomb.net/en/press/press-releases.html#c3319
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News Sun, 12 Nov 2017 12:07:00 +0100
Van der Bellen and Kurz courting Rouhani in New York http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3234&cHash=fb2f5223db046941bedf5a7018bd9eb4 STOP THE BOMB criticizes meeting of Austrian President and FM with “friendly face of terror”
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Press Releases Mon, 18 Sep 2017 07:26:00 +0200
Oberbank fördert die Ajatollahs http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3230&cHash=c8e745d9a0040caf2c3e0921c7048776 STOP THE BOMB kritisiert Deal mit antisemitischem iranischen Regime und warnt vor Nordkorea-Szenario Wien (OTS) - Das Bündnis STOP THE BOMB kritisiert scharf den geplanten Iran-Deal der österreichischen Oberbank, der am 21. September in Linz in Anwesenheit von Vertretern des iranischen Regimes unterzeichnet werden soll. Laut dem Chef der Bank wäre es das erste Abkommen einer europäischen Bank nach der weitgehenden Aufhebung der Iran-Sanktionen. 
Stephan Grigat, der wissenschaftliche Direktor von STOP THE BOMB, verweist angesichts der angespannten Situation in Korea darauf, dass jedes Geschäft mit dem iranischen Regime das iranische Atom- und Raketenprogramm finanziert: „Die Ajatollahs bekommen gerade vorgeführt, wie man wenige Jahre nach einem Atomabkommen, das bereits 1994 mit Nordkorea geschlossen wurde, zur Nuklearwaffenmacht werden kann. Das dazu benötigte Geld will dem Regime in Teheran nun offenbar auch die Oberbank verschaffen. Auch nach der Sanktionsaufhebung gilt: Wer mit dem Mullah-Regime Geschäfte macht, finanziert die Vernichtungsdrohungen gegen Israel, die Unterdrückung der iranischen Bevölkerung, die regionale Expansion des Regimes und den Griff nach der Technologie der Massenvernichtung.“
Grigat weiter: „Wieder einmal prescht ausgerechnet ein österreichisches Unternehmen vor, wenn es darum geht, mit dem Holocaustleugner-Regime in Teheran Geschäfte zu treiben. Die Oberbank stellt sich in die schlechte Tradition der langjährigen Kooperationspolitik Österreichs gegenüber dem iranischen Regime. Andere Unternehmen sollten sich bewusst sein, dass Geschäfte mit dem iranischen Regime nicht nur moralisch äußert verwerflich sind, sondern auch weiterhin ausgesprochen riskant bleiben.“
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Press Releases Thu, 07 Sep 2017 18:04:00 +0200
July 26, 2017: Open letter: Prominent Journalists, Scholars and Human Rights Activists call for a Stop of the support for Islamist Associations http://de.stopthebomb.net/en/press/press-releases.html#c3282 News Wed, 26 Jul 2017 13:15:00 +0200 No red carpet for Hassan Rouhani! #RouhaniNotWelcome http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3122&cHash=5d083e6c1c56378138128aa6933eaf8c Iranian regime postponed visit to Austria - Rally on day X! #RouhaniNotWelcome The rallies announced by STOP THE BOMB in cooperation with Kurdish, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, antifascist, LGBT and student groups under the motto #RouhaniNotWelcome, which had been scheduled for 30th and 31st of March 2016 in Vienna, have been cancelled following the Iranian regime's last-minute postponement of its visit to Austria. According to media reports, the Iranian regime demanded ahead of the visit that Austria ban our demonstrations, which was rejected by the Austrian authorities citing freedom of assembly.
As there is currently no information when the reception of the Iranian regime in Austria will take place, we are planning our demonstration for the day X.
>>> No red carpet for the Iranian regime!
>>> No deals with Holocaust deniers!
Call for a demonstration Hassan Rouhani is not a "moderate bearer of hope" but the friendly face of terror. Under his presidency more people have been executed per year in Iran than under his predecessor Ahmadinejad. The Iranian regime is heavily investing in its military buildup and is financing anti-Semitic terrorist organizations like Hezbollah and Hamas. In Rouhani’s and Khamenei’s Iran, there are state-sponsored festivals for Holocaust denial, homosexuals are threatened by the death penalty, women are brutally oppressed and the annihilation threats against Israel are repeated all the time. In Iran's war for Syria's Assad hundreds of thousands people have already been killed. By rolling out the red carpet for the Iranian President, and by doing business with the regime of ayatollahs,  Austrian President Heinz Fischer and European companies legitimize and finance hate and agitation against Israel, homophobia and Islamist terror!
 
·      Solidarity with Israel – Against any form of Anti-Semitism!
·      Solidarity with the secular opposition - For a free and democratic Iran!


Supported by: STOP THE BOMB, Jewish Community Vienna, Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), CdFI – Club Friends of Israel, Social Democratic LGBT Organization SoHo, Association of Jews Persecuted by the Nazi Regime, Democratic Youth Union of Iranian Kurdistan, Kurdish Democratic Students of Rojawa (Syria), Democratic Students Union of Iranian Kurdistan, Kurdish Democratic Party of Syrian Kurdistan, Or Chadasch - Jewish-liberal Community Vienna, Initiative Liberal Muslims Austria, Christians for Israel-Austria, Austrian-Israeli Society, WIFNO – Wissenschaft für Frieden in Nahost, ZFÖ – Zionistische Föderation in Österreich, Misrachi, Bnei Akiva, Bund Sozialdemokratischer Juden-AVODA, Women's International Zionist Organization/European Council of WIZO Federations, Künstlerlnnenkollektiv monochrom, Café Critique, Karl Pfeifer (Journalist), Bagru Powi, Communist Students - Left List, Zwi Peres Chajes Loge Bnai Brith, and others ]]>
Aktionen Fri, 17 Mar 2017 11:37:00 +0100
STOP THE BOMB in the media http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2789&cHash=53278a48fdf8159d1f9c3f4841e17ea3 Austrian and international media report about our activities Der Standard: Al-Quds-Tag: Israelfeindliche Demo zog durch Wien - Gegenproteste (25.6.2017) Algemeiner: As Austrian Capital Readies for ‘Al-Quds Day’ March, Anti-Fascist Activists Pledge to Confront ‘Antisemitic Agitation’ (23.6.2017) Vienna.at: “Quds-Tag”: Protestkundgebung gegen antiisraelische Demo auf der Mariahilfer Straße (23.6.2017) Kleine Zeitung: Schelling verteidigt geheimen Iran-Besuch (13.6.2017) Heute: Schelling, Nowotny: Kritik an "Geheimbesuch" im Iran (12.6.2017) Vol.at: Schelling und Nowotny sondieren Geschäfte im Iran (12.6.2017) APA/Finanzen.at: Schelling und Nowotny im Iran - Bank Austria dementiert Geschäfte (12.6.2017) Kurier: Schelling und Nowotny auf Wirtschaftsmis­sion im Iran (12.6.2017) ORF.at: Kritik an Schellings Besuch im Iran (12.6.2017) Radio Corax: Interview mit Stephan Grigat "Nach der Präsidentschaftswahl im Iran: Ein kritischer Blick auf Ruhani" (23.5.2017) Jerusalem Post: Shots fired as Iran arrests over 30 gay men in violent raid (20.4.2017) NDR: Interview about the nuclear deal with the Iranian regime and Hassan Rouhani, the 'friendly face of terror' in the program "Shabat Schalom Magazin" (27.1.2017) 2016 Commentary Magazine: Europe Betrays Human Rights Again (28.10.2016) Jewish News Service: Meet the Austrian politician fawning over Iran (27.10.2016) Jerusalem Post: Iran’s media considers German female minister a man, sparking outrage over handshake - STOP THE BOMB: “Disgraceful: Lesbian German minister happily signed deals with regime of Iran that executes homosexuals.” (8.10.2016) APA/Tiroler Tageszeitung: Österreich und der Iran besiegelten Umwelt-Kooperation - Kritik von STOP THE BOMB (13.9.2016) APA/Salzburger Nachrichten: Iranische Vizepräsidentin am Dienstag in Wien - Kritik von STOP THE BOMB (12.9.2016) Heute: Islamistische Ex-Geiselnehmerin: Minister empfangen "Terror-Patin" Ebtekar in Wien (12.9.2016) World Tribune: Iran hangs gay teenager with ‘no access to a lawyer’ (5.8.2016) Jerusalem Post: Iran executes gay teenager in violation of international law (4.8.2016) Oe24.at: Nazi-Eklat bei "Al-Quds-Tag" - "Danke an Hitler, dass er die Juden umgebracht hat" (4.7.2016) Der Standard: Antisemitische Übergriffe bei Anti-Israel-Demo (3.7.2016) Vienna.at: "Al-Quds-Tag": Antiisraelische Demo auf der Mariahilfer Straße (2.7.2016) Wiener Zeitung/APA: Demonstration am "Al-Quds-Tag" gegen Israel in Wien (2.7.2016) APA/Tiroler Tageszeitung: Massenproteste gegen Israel im Iran - Bündnis gegen Al-Quds-Tag in Wien (2.7.2016) Die Presse: Irritationen nach Iran-Visite Michael Häupls (3.6.2016) Jerusalem Post: Israeli ambassador blast Vienna mayor for Iran visit (3.6.2016) Österreich: Häupl auf Geheim-Trip in Teheran - jetzt Kritik von „Stop the Bomb" (31.5.2016) NZZ.at: Wiens Bürgermeister Häupl zu Besuch im Iran - „Stop the Bomb“ kritisierte Visite als „Anbiederung an das Regime“ (30.5.2016) ORF.at: Häupl zu Besuch im Iran - Kritik von STOP THE BOMB (30.5.2016) Der Standard/APA: Wiener Bürgermeister Häupl zu Besuch im Iran - Kritik an Besuch (30.5.2016) Tiroler Tageszeitung/APA/dpa: Deutschland verurteilt Karikaturen-Ausstellung im Iran
„Stop the Bomb“ fordert Verurteilung durch Österreich (18.5.2016) Wiener Zeitung: OMV muss Konzernkosten senken - "Stop the Bomb" warnt vor Iran-Engagement (18.5.2016) APA/Trend: OMV-Chef Seele: "Wir sind in einem Dauerkampf" - Warnungen der irankritischen Plattform "Stop the Bomb" wegen Iran business (18.5.2016) APA/Die Presse: Holocaust-Leugnung: Karikaturen-Wettbewerb im Iran startet - Die irankritische Organisation "Stop the Bomb" fordert eine klare Verurteilung (13.5.2016) NZZ.at: Das Rätsel um Rohanis Rückzieher (31.3.2016) Tiroler Tageszeitung: Absage von Irans Präsident missfällt nicht allen (30.3.2016) The Tower: Rouhani Reportedly Cancelled Vienna Trip Due to Scheduled Protests (30.3.2016) ORF ZIB: Iran verlangte "relativ heftig" Verbot von Demonstrationen (30.3.2016) Die Presse: Iran: Warum der Rohani-Besuch platzte (30.3.2016) ORF.at: Gratwanderung vorerst vermieden (30.3.2016) ORF.at: Weiter keine offiziellen Gründe für Absage (30.3.2016) BILD: Absurde Begründung! Rouhani sagt Wien-Besuch in letzter Sekunde ab (30.3.2016) APA/Trend: Spekulationen über Absage von Rouhani-Besuch (30.3.2016) Bloomberg: Iran's Rouhani Scraps Austria Trip as Nations Differ on Reasons (30.3.2016) Salto: (K)ein roter Teppich für den Despoten (30.3.2016) Die Presse: Rohani-Absage könnte an Demonstrationen liegen (29.3.2916) Wiener Zeitung: Absage in letzter Minute (29.3.2016) Der Standard: Irans Präsident verschiebt aus Sicherheitsgründen Besuch in Wien (29.3.2016) Heute: Wegen Sicherheitsbedenken: Besuch von Irans Präsident Rohani in Wien abgesagt (29.3.2016) Wiener Zeitung: Alte Freunde, neue Hoffnungen - Protest am Heldenplatz (28.3.2016) APA/Salzburger Nachrichten: Irans Exil-Opposition fordert Absage von Rouhani-Besuch (25.3.2016) Kurier: Exil-Opposition: Wien-Besuch von Rouhani absagen (25.3.2916) Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Rohani kommt nach Wien - Kritik (21.3.2016) APA/Salzburger Nachrichten: Iranischer Präsident Rouhani kommt Ende März nach Österreich (18.3.2016) Kurier: Rohani möchte Wien, den Verhandlungsort der Iran-Atomgespräche, besuchen - Kritik an Rohanis Besuch in Österreich (18.3.2016) ORF ZIB24: Irans Innenminister bestätigt Vernichtungsdrohungen gegen Israel, STOP THE BOMB fordert Absage des Rohani-Besuchs in Österreich (17.3.2016) Volksblatt: Iran: Wirbel um Rakete mit Aufschrift „Israel muss vernichtet werden“ (9.3.2016) APA/Krone.at: Iran provoziert Westen erneut mit Raketentests - Absage von Rohani-Besuch gefordert (9.3.2016) Die Presse: Hofburg bereitet Rohani-Besuch bei Fischer vor (1.2.2016) Audiatur Online: Iran – Vom wahnsinnigen Tiger zum braven Kätzchen? (21.1.2016) Nordwestradio (Radio Bremen/NDR): Interview (in German) on the lifting of sanctions with Stephan Grigat (18.1.2016) taz: Aufträge in Milliardenhöhe warten - Die Kampagne Stop the Bomb kritisiert den Ausbau der Wirtschaftsbeziehungen scharf (17.1.2016) BILD: Wie Irans Öl-Gelder jetzt in den Terror fließen (17.1.2016) BR: EU und USA heben Sanktionen gegen Iran auf - Israel skeptisch (17.1.2016) BILD: Iran-Sanktionen weg - "Konjunkturprogramm" für Unrechts-Regime? (17.1.2016) BILD: USA und EU heben Sanktionen gegen Iran auf! Bis zu 100 Milliarden Öl-Dollar fließen an die Mullahs und ihr Terrorregime (16.1.2016) 2015 Jungle World: Schlange stehen in Teheran (3.12.2015) Radio Z: Interview mit Stephan Grigat zu Wiener Abkommen & iranischer Opposition (21.9.2015) NU Magazin, Nr. 61, 3/2015: Vertrag mit dem Iran - Ein schlechter Deal (September 2015) The South Asian Times: Austrian president criticised for Iran visit (8.9.2015) i24news: La visite du président autrichien en Iran suscite la controverse (8.9.2015) The Jerusalem Post: Austrian president engulfed in criticism over visit with Iran’s Khamenei (8.9.2015) Euronews: Austrian president says seeks to build bridges in Iran (7.9.2015) Channel News Asia: Austrian president says seeks to build bridges in Iran (7.9.2015) The Times of Israel: Austria president to become first European leader in Iran in decade (7.9.2015) Deutsche Welle: Austrian President Heinz Fischer heads to Iran - Not without controversy (7.9.2015) Reuters: Austrian president says seeks to build bridges in Iran (7.9.2015) ORF: Fischers heikle Mission im Iran - Kritik bereits im Vorfeld (6.9.2015) Die Presse: Iran-Besuch: Fischer wischt Kritik beiseite (4.9.2015) Der Standard: Muzicant kritisiert Fischers Iran-Besuch (2.9.2015) APA: Muzicant kritisiert Iran-Staatsbesuch: „Doppelmoral“ (2.9.2015) Jerusalem Post: Jewish leader threatens to sue European companies who support Iranian terror with trade (11.8.2015) Heute: Kräne aus Österreich für Hinrichtungen im Iran? (3.8.2015) 24news: Une entreprise autrichienne de grues veut réintégrer le marché iranien (3.8.2015) i24news: Firm whose cranes was used for hangings set to re-enter Iran market (3.8.2015) Industriemagazin: Kranhersteller Palfinger hat "nichts aus Geschichte gelernt" (3.8.2015) Jerusalem Post: Business as usual: Austria to sell Iran cranes for possible use in hangings (2.8.2015) Die Presse: Aktivist wird Aktionär - und will jetzt mehr (1.8.2015) ORF: Palfinger auf Liste von Iran-Kritikern (31.7.2015) APA: Salzburger Kranfirma Palfinger will nichts mit Exekutionen im Iran zu tun haben (31.7.2015) Jerusalem Post: Analysis: Iran nuclear agreement won’t improve human rights (30.7.2015) ORF: Großer Andrang bei Tagung - Scharfe Kritik (26.7.2015) Tiroler Tageszeitung: Heimische Betriebe hoffen auf Milliardenmarkt Iran - Demos begleiteten das Treffen (24.7.2015) Die Presse: Bericht über die Iran-EU-Investment-Konferenz und STOP THE BOMB-Protest (24.7.2015) Der Standard: Iran-Geschäfte mit dem schlafenden Riesen, inkl. STOP THE BOMB-Protestaktion (24.7.2015) Wiener Zeitung: Bericht über über die Iran-EU-Investment-Konferenz und STOP THE BOMB-Protest (24.7.2015) APA: Bundespräsident Fischer reist am 7. September in den Iran - Kritik von STOP THE BOMB, Grünen, CdFI (23.7.2015) SME.sk: Rakúsky prezident navštívi začiatkom septembra Irán - demonštrovala skupina "Stop the Bomb" (23.7.2015) KURIER: Bundespräsident Fischer reist in den Iran, Kritik von STOP THE BOMB (23.7.2015) APA: Bundespräsident Fischer reist am 7. September in den Iran - STOP THE BOMB Kritik (23.7.2015) ORF: Fischer reist im September in den Iran - Kritik von STOP THE BOMB (23.7.2015) Kleine Zeitung: Im September: Fischer reist in den Iran (23.7.2015) ORF: Großer Andrang bei Iran-Wirtschaftskonferenz - STOP THE BOMB protestierte (23.7.2015) Salzburger Nachrichten: Großer Andrang bei Iran-Business-Konferenz in Wien - - STOP THE BOMB protestierte (23.7.2015) APA: Großer Andrang bei Iran-Business-Konferenz der WKÖ (23.7.2015) ORF: Iran-Business-Konferenz startet in Wien - Kundgebung von STOP THE BOMB (23.7.2015) Kleine Zeitung: Geschäfte im Iran - Konferenz startet in Wien (22.7.2015) APA: Atom-Deal: Iran-Business-Konferenz ab Donnerstag in Wien (22.7.2015) Lizas Welt: Gute Freunde kann niemand Treffen (21.7.2015) Radio Eins des RBB: Gabriel wirbt im Iran für deutsche Wirtschaft - Protest von STOP THE BOMB (20.7.2015) Süddeutsche: Der Minister als Türöffner - Kritik von STOP THE BOMB an Sigmar Gabriels Iran-Reise (19.7.2015) BILD: Bewegender Apell an Gabriel: Vergessen Sie nicht, wen das Regime auf dem Gewissen hat! Jungle World: Protest gegen Iran Business in Berlin und Wien (16.7.2015) Nordwestradio: Interview with Stephan Grigat on the nuclear deal with the Iranian regime (15.7.2015) Der Standard: Op-ed by Stephan Grigat "Ein Deal voller Risiken" (A Deal Full of Risks) (15.7.2015) APA: Atom-Deal - Krititk von STOP THE BOMB (14.7.2015) Radio Eins des RBB: Interview with Stephan Grigat after the nuclear deal (14.7.2015) BILD: „Historische Einigung“ 7 Dinge, die Sie über den 
Atom-Deal wissen müssen (14.7.2015) ORF "Wien Heute": "Standhaft" gegen Al-Quds-Tag (11.7.2015) ORF: Parolen gegen und für Israel in der City (11.7.2015) ORF: Aufregung um israelfeindliche Al-Quds-Demo (10.7.2015) APA: Grüne Bedenken gegen israelfeindliche Al-Quds-Demo in Wien (10.7.2015) Wiener Zeitung: Al-Quds-Tag: Bild gewordener Antisemitismus (10.7.2015) Reuters: A sign which reads 'Stop the Bomb' is seen as protesters gather outside the hotel where the Iran nuclear talks meetings are being held in Vienna, Austria. (1.7.2015) Thomson Reuters Foundation: A sign which reads 'Stop the Bomb' is seen as protesters gather outside the hotel where the Iran nuclear talks meetings are being held in Vienna, Austria (1.7.2015) Kleine Zeitung: Atom-Deal-Beratungen machen langsam Fortschritte (1.7.2015) APA Austria Presse Agentur: Kundgebung gegen "gefährlichen Deal" mit Iran am Mittwoch (29.6.2015) NEWS.at: Wirtschaftskammer veranstaltet Iran-Forum (5.5.2015) Austria Presse Agentur APA: Wirtschaftskammer veranstaltet Iran-Forum (4.5.2015) Die Presse: STOP THE BOMB-criticism against planned Iran trip of Austria's President Heinz Fischer: „Iran's state-sponsored Holocaust denial is being ignored in order to get business back on track." (17.4.2015) FluxFM: Interview with Stephan Grigat about STOP THE BOMB, the planned Russian missiles shipment to Iran and the nuclear talks (15.4.2015) Jungle World: Viele Löcher. Stephan Grigat zur Lausanner "Vereinbarung" über das iranische Atomprogramm (9.4.2015) Haberler.com (in Arabic): Lausanne Agreement is a Success for Iranian Tactics (3.4.2015) Nordwestradio: Interview with Stephan Grigat on Iran talls in Lausanne (2.4.2015) Hessen Radio hr1: "A bad deal would make the world less safe, and the situation in the Middle East would further escalate." Interview (in German) with Stephan Grigat about the Lausanne nuclear talks (30.1.2015) 2014 Jungle World: Halbzeit für die Ayatollahs (4.12.) Jungle World/Jungle Blog: Deutsch & österreichsiche Akademiker im Iran (3.12.) Jerusalem Post: Analysis: Europe retreats from pressing Iran on human rights progress (1.12.) RIA Novosti: Protestas en Viena para que el Grupo 5+1 presione a Teherán (24.11.) Nordwestradio: Interview (in German) on the Iran talks with Stephan Grigat (24.11.) APA: Atomgespräche - IKG und STOP THE BOMB gegen „Appeasement“ gegenüber Iran (24.11.) Der Standard: Atomverhandlungen: Ein fauler Kompromiss? (24.11.) Kleine Zeitung: „Jerusalem Post“ verurteilt Iran-Besuch der Leobener (23.11.) Jerusalem Post: Vienna NGO blasts academic visits to Iranian university (20.11.) Jungle World/Jungle Blog: Österreich wieder vorneweg (17.11.) Cicero: IS und Iran: Wenn Antisemiten Antisemiten bekämpfen (22.10.) RIA Novosti: Activists Stage Protest Against Tehran's Nuclear Program Amid Vienna Talks (15.10.) RIA Novosti: Coalition for Nuclear-Free Iran Announces Rally in Vienna Against Appeasement Policy (14.10.) Wiener Zeitung: Oida! - Wirklich? (6.10.) Wiener Zeitung: Aufatmen (5.9.) ORF ZIB: Rally against Quds-Day (26.7.) ORF Wien Heute: Rally against Quds-Day (26.7.) Puls 4: Demos in Wien (26.7.) Die Presse: Pro- und anti-israelische Demos: Schreiduelle in Wiener City (26.7.) Kurier: Erneut anti-israelische Demonstration in Wien (26.7.) Krone: Anti-Israel Demo und Gegenkundgebung in Wien (26.7.) Der Standard: Antiisraelische Kundgebung in Wien (26.7.) ORF.at: Kaum Zwischenfälle bei Demos in Wien (26.7.) Heute: Rund 400 begingen "Al-Quds-Tag" (26.7.) Puls 4: Heißes Wochenende in Wien (25.7.) Tiroler Tageszeitung: Warnung vor antisemitischen Massenaufmärschen in Europa (25.7.) APA: Warnung vor antisemitischen Massenaufmärschen am Al-Quds-Tag (25.7.) Die Presse: Revolutionsexport aus dem Iran (25.7.) Servus TV: Stephan Grigat zu Gast in der Sendung "Servus am Morgen" ab Minute 13:40 (24.7.) Die Presse: Noch mehr Zeit für die Ajatollahs - Op-ed by Stephan Grigat (23.7.) Wiener Zeitung: Der Wiener Atom-Kongress (12.7.) Tiroler Tageszeitung: "Stop the Bomb" warnt vor "fatalem Deal" im Atomstreit (11.7.) Kleine Zeitung: Außenministertreffen zu Iran-Gesprächen in Wien (11.7.) Salzburger Nachrichten: Außenministertreffen zu Iran-Gesprächen in Wien (11.7.) Vienna Online: Außenministertreffen zu Iran-Gesprächen in Wien (11.7.) Südtirol News: Außenministertreffen zu Iran-Gesprächen in Wien (11.7.) Salzburg24.at: Außenministertreffen zu Iran-Gesprächen in Wien (11.7.) Neues Volksblatt: Außenministertreffen zu Iran-Gesprächen in Wien (11.7.) SVZ Salzburger Volkszeitung: Außenministertreffen zu Iran-Gesprächen in Wien (11.7.) Vorarlberg Online: Außenministertreffen zu Iran-Gesprächen in Wien (11.7.) Okto TV: Stephan Grigat in program "Es werde Licht" (Let there be light) on "Iran: Charm Offensive and Terror — The Double Game of the Ayatollahs" (10.7.) Jerusalem Post: Analysis: Are Germany and Austria undercutting the potency of Iran sanctions? (22.6.) Nordwestradio: Interview with Stephan Grigat/STOP THE BOMB after the latest round of nuclear talks with the Iranian regime in Vienna (21.6., NDR & Radio Bremen) Nordwestradio: Criticism against nuke talks & interview with Stephan Grigat/STOP THE BOMB (16.6., NDR & Radio Bremen) Tiroler Tageszeitung: Neue Runde der Atomgespräche in Wien begonnen, Zarif optimistisch (16.6.) Der Standard: Gespräche über Irans Atomprogramm in Wien (16.6.) Wiener Zeitung: Gespräche über iranisches Atomprogramm in Wien (16.6.) Tiroler Tageszeitung: Irans Außenminister geht optimistisch in Wiener Atomgespräche (16.6.) Neues Volksblatt: Neue Runde der Atomgespräche in Wien begonnen (16.6.) Austria.com: Neue Runde der Atomgespräche in Wien begonnen (16.6.) Salzburg24.at: Neue Runde der Atomgespräche in Wien begonnen (16.6.) SüdtirolNews: Neue Runde der Atomgespräche in Wien begonnen (16.6.) Jungle World: Abgeordnete laden iranischen Botschafter nach Protesten aus (31.5.) HaGalil.com: "Völkerverständigung" mit iranischen Islamisten (30.5.) Jungle World: Shopping mit den Mullahs (28.5.) Jungle World: Doch kein Business Forum Iran (22.5.) Heute: Kritik an Treffen Fischer mit iranischem Außenminister (15.5.) Kleine Zeitung: Informeller Besuch Zarifs bei Fischer (15.5.) Austria.com: Informeller Besuch Zarifs bei Fischer (15.5.) Vienna Online: Informeller Besuch Zarifs bei Fischer (15.5.) Salzburg24.at: Informeller Besuch Zarifs bei Fischer (15.5.) Vorarlberg Online: Informeller Besuch Zarifs bei Fischer (15.5.) Falter: Kurz verreist Teil 1 Teil 2 (7.5.) ORF.at: Werben für Atomdeal (28.4.) ORF.at: Österreichs Brückenfunktion (26.4.) KRONE HIT (Radio): Criticism against Iran trip of FM Kurz & Interview with Stephan Grigat, part 1 (26.4.) KRONE HIT (Radio): Criticism against Iran trip of FM Kurz & Interview with Stephan Grigat, part 2 (26.4.) APA Austria Presse Agentur: Außenminister Kurz in heikler Mission im Iran (26.4.)

Die Presse: Kurz zu heikler Mission im Iran eingetroffen (26.4.)

Wirtschaftsblatt: Außenminister Kurz auf heikler Mission in Teheran (26.4.)

Wiener Zeitung: Außenminister Kurz in heikler Mission im Iran (26.4.)

Kleine Zeitung: Außenminister Kurz in heikler Mission im Iran (26.4.)

Salzburger Nachrichten: Außenminister Kurz in heikler Mission im Iran (26.4.)

Tiroler Tageszeitung: Außenminister Kurz zu heikler Mission in Teheran eingetroffen (26.4.)

Neues Volksblatt: Außenminister Kurz in heikler Mission im Iran (26.4.)

SVZ Salzburger Volkszeitung: Außenminister Kurz in heikler Mission im Iran (26.4.)

NÖN Niederösterreichische Nachrichten: Kurz in heikler Mission im Iran (26.4.)

BVZ Burgenländische Volkszeitung: Kurz in heikler Mission im Iran (26.4.)

Nachrichten.at: Außenminister Kurz in heikler Mission im Iran (26.4.)

Austria.com: Außenminister Kurz in heikler Mission im Iran (26.4.)

Vienna Online: Außenminister Kurz in heikler Mission im Iran (26.4.)

Vorarlberg Online: Außenminister Kurz in heikler Mission im Iran (26.4.)

Salzburg24.at: Außenminister Kurz in heikler Mission im Iran (26.4.)

Südtirolnews.it: Außenminister Kurz in heikler Mission im Iran (26.4.)

MSN Nachrichten: Außenminister Kurz in heikler Mission im Iran (26.4.)

Osttirol Online: Außenminister Kurz in heikler Mission im Iran (26.4.) Tiroler Tageszeitung: Heikler Besuch für Außenminister Kurz in Teheran ab Samstag (25.4.) Der Standard: Iran-Besuch in Zeiten der Entscheidung (25.4.) Die Presse: Iran-Atomgespräche in Wien: Konkretes erst im Mai (8.4.) Wiener Zeitung: Neue Wiener Iran-Atomgespräche begonnen (8.4.) Salzburger Nachrichten: Neue Wiener Iran-Atomgespräche begonnen (8.4.) Tiroler Tageszeitung: Neue Wiener Iran-Atomgespräche begonnen - Text wird ab Mai verhandelt (8.4.) Austria.com: Neue Wiener Iran-Atomgespräche begonnen (8.4.) Salzburg24.at: Neue Wiener Iran-Atomgespräche begonnen (8.4.) Vorarlberg Online: Neue Wiener Iran-Atomgespräche begonnen (8.4.) Neues Volksblatt: Neue Wiener Iran-Atomgespräche begonnen (8.4.) Salzburger Volkszeitung: Neue Wiener Iran-Atomgespräche begonnen (8.4.) Südtirol News: Neue Wiener Iran-Atomgespräche begonnen (8.4.) Osttirol Online: Neue Wiener Iran-Atomgespräche begonnen (8.4.) MSN Nachrichten: Neue Wiener Iran-Atomgespräche begonnen (8.4.) Austria.com: Iran-Besuche von Kurz und Fischer: “Stop the Bomb” fordert Absage (7.4.) Vienna Online: Iran-Besuche von Kurz und Fischer: “Stop the Bomb” fordert Absage (7.4.) Vorarlberg Online: Iran-Besuche von Kurz und Fischer: “Stop the Bomb” fordert Absage (7.4.) Salzburg24.at: Iran-Besuche von Kurz und Fischer: “Stop the Bomb” fordert Absage (7.4.) Jungle World: Teheran darf alles - die deutsche Wirtschaft auch (3.4.) Vienna Online: Kundgebung gegen iranisches Regime vor dem Austria Center Vienna (17.3.) Salzburg24.at: Kundgebung gegen iranisches Regime vor dem Austria Center Vienna (17.3.) Vorarlberg Online: Kundgebung gegen iranisches Regime vor dem Austria Center Vienna (17.3.) Jungle World: Verhandeln bis zur Bombe, nächste Folge (14.3.) Wiener Zeitung: Besondere Momente (28.2.) Tiroler Tageszeitung: Österreich schielt wieder in den Iran (27.2.) Wiener Zeitung: Österreich schielt wieder in den Iran (27.2.) Österreich: Protest vor Wirthschaftskammer (25.2.) Heute: Demo vor Austria Center - Wien: Welt verhandelt über Atomprogramm des Iran (18.2.) Austria Presse Agentur (APA): “Produktiver” Auftakt der Iran-Atom-Verhandlungen (18.2.) Yahoo News Mexico: Activistas de la alianza "Stop the bomb" protestan delante del Austria Center (18.2.) Deutschlandradio: Proteste des Iran-kritischen Bündnisses STOP THE BOMB angekündigt (18.2.) CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation): Interview with STOP THE BOMB speaker Dr Matthias Küntzel broadcasted in their morning bulletins NTD TV: World Powers, Iran Start Talks on Lasting Nuclear Settlement (18.2.) El Nuevo Herald (USA): Irán se niega a cerrar instalaciones nucleares (18.2.) O Dia (Brasil): Dúvidas marcam o início da negociação sobre o programa atômico iraniano (18.2.) Salzburger Nachrichten: “Produktiver” Auftakt der Iran-Atom-Verhandlungen (18.2.) Vienna Online: Keine schnelle Lösung bei Atomgesprächen erwartet (18.2.) Vorarlberg Online: “Produktiver” Auftakt der Iran-Atom-Verhandlungen (18.2.) Kärntner Tageszeitung: Keine schnelle Lösung bei Atomgesprächen erwartet (18.2.) NÖN: Keine schnelle Lösung bei Atomgesprächen erwartet (18.2.) Salzburger Volkszeitung: “Produktiver” Auftakt der Iran-Atom-Verhandlungen (18.2.) Salzburger Nachrichten: Zarif zu Iran-Atomgesprächen in Wien eingetroffen (17.2.) Südtirol News: Zarif zu Iran-Atomgesprächen in Wien eingetroffen (17.2.) Volksblatt: Zarif zu Iran-Atomgesprächen in Wien eingetroffen (17.2.) News: Vor Atomgesprächen ist EU vorsichtig optimistisch, Iran weniger
Kurz "stolz" auf Gespräche - Protest vor UNO-City angekündigt (17.2.) Kleine Zeitung: Zarif zu Iran-Atomgesprächen in Wien eingetroffen (17.2.) Heute: Proteste in Wien angekündigt - Irans Außenminister trifft Kurz zu Atom-Gesprächen (17.2.)]]>
Press Releases Wed, 14 Jun 2017 14:45:00 +0200
Together against any form of anti-Semitism! #NoQudsDay in Vienna http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3214&cHash=b448148813463f9aecf797ef27fb5d8a Rally on June 24th, Start 3pm, Mariahilfer Straße/Bundesländerplatz
The protest rally "Together against any form of antisemitism! #NoQudsDay in Vienna" is organized by the broad Alliance against Quds-Day in Vienna and will take place on June 24th. Info desk & rally
Saturday, 24 June 2017, 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Speeches start 3:30
Mariahilfer Straße, Bundesländer Platz (Corner Neubaugasse/Amerlingstraße)
Here is the call and a list of supporting groups and indiviuals: Shortly after the "Islamic Revolution" in Iran in 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini introduced the so-called "Quds Day" as an anti-Semitic and anti-Israel hate fest in Iran and worldwide. „Al Quds“ means Jerusalem in Arabic and under the slogan of the "liberation of Jerusalem from Zionist occupation" the Iranian regime and its allies mobilize for the annihilation of Israel.

A gender-segregated demonstration led by mullahs follows this call every year in Vienna and openly spreads anti-Semitic propaganda in public. In the past the organizers posted cartoons in the social media that called for the murder of Jews and disseminated anti-Semitic conspiracy theories by claiming that Israel would "breed" the "Islamic State". The Austrian Ministry of Interior registered Hezbollah and jihad flags as well as anti-Semitic banners saying "Boycott the 4th Reich, Zionists = Nazis" and depicting a Star of David mutating into a swastika.

The central goal of the Iranian regime - Israel's annihilation - has not changed since 1979. The allegedly "moderate" Hassan Rouhani calls Israel a "festering tumor". In a missile test in March 2016, Iranian long-range ballistic missiles were marked with "Israel must be wiped out". The Iranian regime boasts about financing Hezbollah and Palestinian terror against Israel.

Subject to the regime's bloody terror are also those Iranians who wish to evade the regimentation of their lives by the regime - be it political activists, unionists, homosexuals, religious minorities or just simply young people who want to live their lives in self-determination and without the Sharia's constant coercion. Under Rouhani more people have been executed than under his predecessor Ahmadinejad. Iran has the highest number of executions per capita worldwide.

It is a scandal that Austria is still at the forefront when it comes to doing business with the henchmen in Tehran. Austrian politicians and companies are cozying up to the regime while their Iranian hosts organize even more Holocaust denial events. From the "Supreme Leader" down, the denial of the Shoah is still being celebrated by the Iranian regime.

"In view of Austria’s special responsibility for combatting anti-Semitism" the Austrian government adopted the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism on April 25th in order to counter the hatred against Jews and Israel. Prior to that Vienna’s mayor Michael Häupl introduced the first monitoring committee on anti-Semitism at the city hall. Anti-semitic hatred, however, does not only exist in the milieu of neo-Nazis, fraternities or circles close to the FPÖ. For years anti-Semitic incidents occured during "Quds-Day" - we therefore call upon all anti-Fascist politicians in Vienna and upon civil society to join our alliance and to take a clear stand against "Quds-March"!

- Ban the anti-Semitic "Quds-March"!
- Solidarity with Israel! Against any form of anti-Semitism!
- Solidarity with the democratic and secular opposition in Iran and in exile!
- No state visits at and of Holocaust deniers!
- No business with the Iranian regime!


Supported by:
Albert Steinhauser, Member of Parliament/The Greens
Petra Bayr, Member of Parliament/SPÖ
Heinz Karl Becker, Member of European Parliament/ÖVP
Sigrid Maurer, Member of Parliament/The Greens
City Councilman Peter Florianschütz/SPÖ
City Councilman Peter Kraus/The Greens, Spokesperson of the Green LGBT chapter
City Councilwoman Birgit Hebein/The Greens
District Councilman Peter Traschkowitsch/SPÖ, LGBTI-Organization SoHo
District Councilwoman Maryam Farzam/SPÖ
District Councilman Niki Kunrath/The Greens
District Councilwoman Mahsa Abdolzadeh/The Greens
District Councilwoman Julia Novotna/The Greens
Markus Koza/Federal Secretary of AUGE/UG
Theodor Much, President Or Chadasch, Liberal Jewish Community Vienna
Ronald J. Pohoryles (President bei ALDE Party Individual Members Austria)
Sebastian Reinfeldt/Semiosisblog
Middle East Democracy Alliance, Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien, Kurdische Gesellschaft für Bildung Integration und Kultur, Grüne & Alternative Student_innen Wien, Jüdische Österreichische HochschülerInnen, Kommunistischer Student_innenverband Linke Liste, Aktion gegen den Antisemitismus in Österreich, Green Party Women’s Organization Vienna, Österreichisch-Israelische Gesellschaft, Club der Freunde Israels, Bund Jüdischer Verfolgter des Nazi-Regimes, Republikanischer Club – Neues Österreich, STOP THE BOMB, Zwi Perez Chajes Loge der Bnai Brith, Forum gegen Antisemitismus, Bund sozialdemokratischer Juden – Avoda, Christen an der Seite Israels – Österreich, JIFE - Jüdisches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung, QueerHebrews, WIZO-Women International Zionist Organisation Austria, KünstlerInnenkollektiv monochrom, Zionistische Föderation Österreich, Misrachi, WIFNO – Wissenschaft für Frieden in Nahost, Hashomer Hatzair, Junge Linke, Fakultätsvertretung Geisteswissenschaften an der Universität Wien, Fakultätsvertretung Human- und Sozialwissenschaften an der Universität Wien, Studienrichtungsvertretung Judaistik an der Universität Wien, and others]]>
Aktionen Sat, 24 Jun 2017 14:00:00 +0200
Broad alliance to protest against anti-Semitic "Quds"-march in Vienna on June 24th http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3221&cHash=c5d7661e30d5a62729f1ae9048b01578 "Quds"-organizer is official at Austria’s Religious Islamic Community IGGiÖ - Anti-Semitism and...
In the run-up to and during previous "Quds" demonstrations, which are gender-segregated and led by mullahs, anti-Semitic hate was openly expressed in public. In the past, the organizers posted an anti-Semitic cartoon in their social media channel that called for the murder of Jews and disseminated anti-Semitic conspiracy theories by claiming that Israel would "breed" the "Islamic State". The Austrian Ministry of Interior registered Hezbollah and jihad flags as well as anti-Semitic banners saying "Boycott the 4th Reich, Zionists = Nazis" and depicting a Star of David mutating into a swastika. In spite of his involvement in this anti-Semitic and terror glorifying events, Waldmann was able to stage himself next to IGGiÖ-President Ibrahim Olgun last week as a co-signer of a declaration "against terrorism and anti-Semitism."

"The central goal of the Iranian regime and its European supporters - Israel's destruction - has not changed since 1979. The allegedly 'moderate' Hassan Rouhani calls Israel a 'festering tumor'. The Iranian regime openly boasts about financing Hezbollah and Palestinian terror against Israel. 'Supreme Leader' Ali Khamenei and high-ranking regime officials again and again deny the Holocaust," explains Stephan Grigat, STOP THE BOMB’s Research Director.

A broad alliance of civil society and Members of Parliament Petra Bayr, Albert Steinhauser, Sigrid Maurer, Member of European Parliament Heinz K. Becker, Vienna City Council Members Peter Florianschütz, Birgit Hebein, Peter Kraus and members of various District Councils will come together to hold a rally "Together against any form of anti-Semitism! #NoQudsDay in Vienna" on Saturday, June 24th, from 3pm at Bundesländerplatz/Mariahilfer Straße. Apart from STOP THE BOMB, the alliance is supported by Vienna’s Jewish Community, the Green Students, Republikanischer Club - Neues Österreich, the Initiative against Anti-Semitism, the Kurdish Society for Education, Integration and Culture, as well as many other groups. ]]>
Press Releases Thu, 22 Jun 2017 10:01:00 +0200
Secret visit to Iran: Austrian Finance Minister Schelling and Austrian National Bank Governor Nowotny cosying up to Iran’s Islamist regime http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3218&cHash=8bd6a9b5abad67e64e0c104c90ff8981 Enormous Iran business risks remain for banks due to terror financing, money laundering and...
U.S. and EU sanctions are still in place even after the nuclear deal, affecting Austrian banks and companies. A "snap-back" of the old sanctions has to be taken into account, as has the imposition of new sanctions. In April 2017, the U.S. State Department announced that Iran continues to sponsor terrorism, and that the nuclear deal would undergo a review. Given the control of the Iranian economy by the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), it has to assumed that  foreign trade revenues are used for the expansion of the nuclear program and the financing of Iran’s terrorist activities (e.g. the financing of Hizbollah, Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad). Therefore a debate is currently taking place in the U.S. Congress on the the "IRGC Terrorist Sanctions Act of 2017" which is supported by both Democrats and Republicans.

"With intransparent visits and by doing business with the Iranian regime Austrian politicians, banks and companies support an Islamist dictatorship that is responsible for the highest number of executions per capita worldwide and an anti-Semitic regime that threatens to destroy Israel and engages in Holocaust denial. The Iranian regime destabilizes the entire Middle East by supporting terrorism in Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria and the Palestinian territories and is thereby co-responsible for the expulsion of millions of refugees," said Stefan Schaden, a spokesperson for STOP THE BOMB. ]]>
Press Releases Mon, 12 Jun 2017 16:34:00 +0200
The Anti-Semitism of the Ayatollahs http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3210&cHash=d6e11467ecd7a19b797fdbdd188e9df7 The Iranian Regime After the Elections and the Hatred of Israel NOTE: This event will be held in German.]]> Events Wed, 07 Jun 2017 19:00:00 +0200 Lecture (in German) 7 June "The Anti-Semitism of the Ayatollahs" http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3216&cHash=07c2f7158abc16958aaf8a933855ee4a The Iranian Regime after the Elections and the Hatred of Israel
The lecture will show that the annihilation threats against Israel and the denial or relativization of the Shoah are inherent in the nature of the Iranian regime, irrespective of who is Iran’s President today. The lecture will also address the situation in Iran after the presidential elections and the significance of the regime's ideology for its expansion all the way up to Israel's border and its annual "Quds Day" rallies.

Stephan Grigat is a lecturer at the University of Vienna and in 2016/17 he was a visiting Professor at the Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum Potsdam. He is the author of "Die Einsamkeit Israels. Zionismus, die israelische Linke und die iranische Bedrohung".

This event is organized by STOP THE BOMB and supported by the Alliance against Quds-Day in Vienna, which is calling for a rally against "Quds-Day" on 24 June.]]>
Press Releases Tue, 06 Jun 2017 09:46:00 +0200
May 25, 2017: Press Release: Sigmar Gabriel invites organizer of the antisemitic and anti-Israel Quds march. http://de.stopthebomb.net/en/press/press-releases.html#c3268 News Thu, 25 May 2017 01:33:00 +0200 STOP THE BOMB warns companies of dangers of doing business ahead of Austrian Economic Chamber’s Iran trip http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3208&cHash=ec15c083d6abb1438304206bb105591a Terror financing, human rights abuses and the Revolutionary Guards’ control of the economy among...
Due to Iran’s terrorist activities (e.g. the financing of Hizbollah, Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad), its involvement in money laundering, and because of the regime’s brutal human rights abuses, U.S. and EU sanctions are still in place even after the nuclear deal, affecting Austrian companies. While according to media reports last year U.S. authorities are investigating whether Bank Austria violated Iran sanctions, Raiffeisen and Oberbank still want to press ahead with their Iran business.

The U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives are currently working on new sanctions, like the "Terror-Free Skies Act" (addressing the support for terrorism by civil Iranian airlines like Iran Air, a codeshare partner of Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines) and the "IRGC Terrorist Sanctions Act of 2017", which would designate the IRGC in its entirety as a terrorist entity. The U.S. State Department announced that Iran continues to sponsor terrorism, and that the nuclear deal will undergo a review. In April the European Union announced the extension of existing Iran sanctions, including a ban on exports to Iran of "dual use" goods.

"By doing business with the Iranian regime companies support an Islamist dictatorship and an antisemitic regime that threatens to destroy Israel and whose 'Supreme Leader' denies the Holocaust. In Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria and the Palestinian territories, the Iranian regime destabilizes the Middle East and is co-responsible for the refugee wave to Europe. Under the supposedly reformist President Hassan Rouhani more Iranians have been executed than under his predecessor Ahmadinejad," says STOP THE BOMB’s Research Director Stephan Grigat. ]]>
Press Releases Thu, 04 May 2017 10:33:00 +0200
Austrian Vice Chancellor’s "road map": 400.000 euros for cooperation with Iran’s Islamist regime http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3202&cHash=da82928186fe44bbc955bf827a748ae0 Austria’s cooperation partners involved in oppression of students and Holocaust denial
Kazem Moussavi, an exiled Iranian activist whose Green Party of Iran is part of the STOP THE BOMB campaign, voices his criticism: "There are no objections to scientific cooperation with people from Iran. The reality shows, however, that scientific projects of Austrian universities and of OeAD, the Austrian agency for international mobility and cooperation, are based on exchange with the regime’s ideologically controlled universities, institutions, scientists and students."

Stephan Grigat, STOP THE BOMB’s Research Director points to the fact that partners of Austrian universities are involved in the Iranian regime’s promotion of Holocaust denial, as it was the case with a 2016 cartoon contest at the University of Isfahan, a partner university of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. "Austria’s Minister of Economy wants to ‚further deepen‘ the cooperation with a regime that - also under allegedly 'moderate' President Rouhani - openly threatens Israel with annihilation, and whose Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei - to this very day - questions the reality of the Holocaust." ]]>
Press Releases Wed, 01 Mar 2017 13:18:00 +0100
Februar 17, 2017: Truck Campaign: STOP THE BOMB protests against the Invitation of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif to the Munich Security Conference http://de.stopthebomb.net/en/campaigns/msc.html News Fri, 17 Feb 2017 15:07:00 +0100 Berlin: Conference: Iran – Israel – Germany: A complicated Triangle http://www.mideastfreedomforum.org/index.php?id=475 Jan. 23-24, 2017: With Emily Landau, Raz Zimmt, Roya Hakakian, Matthias Küntzel, Andreas Benl,... Dates Sun, 11 Dec 2016 13:50:00 +0100 January 17, 2017: Press Release: Iranian agent targeting Pro-Israel Group. Iran’s terror export poses a threat to Germany http://de.stopthebomb.net/en/press/press-releases.html#c3244 Iran’s terror export poses a terror threat to Germany News Tue, 17 Jan 2017 20:51:00 +0100 December 29, 2016: Press Release: STOP THE BOMB warns German companies of doing business in Iran http://de.stopthebomb.net/en/press/press-releases.html#c3225 News Thu, 29 Dec 2016 22:24:00 +0100 December 16, 2016: Aleppo – The Desaster of the Iran-Appeasement http://de.stopthebomb.net/en/press/press-releases.html#c3220 News Fri, 16 Dec 2016 19:59:00 +0100 Does Hair Drive People Crazy? Veiling as a System http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3179&cHash=2dad3759d37f61eb25794a9020d4f306 Film & discussion (in German) with Fathiyeh Naghibzadeh & Nina Scholz Note: Event held in German!
Film: French and Persian with German subtitles
Where Islamist forces are in charge, be it via state power or via social pressure, women are obliged to mark themselves with a piece of clothing that emphasizes their inferior role in society. While women in the "Islamic Republic" of Iran have fought back against the forced veil in many ways, women in Western countries often tend to downplay or culturally relativize oppression. Fathiyeh Naghibzadeh will talk about the "phallocentric regime of the Mullahs" and its understanding of the "meaningful and precious role of a woman" in Islam, highlight the type of masculinity embodied in the regime’s repression apparatus and examine the relationship of this constellation towards the Iranian society. Nina Scholz will discuss the role of the headscarf and veiling as symbols of gender inequality and trademarks of Islamism. She will highlight the reactionary concepts of gender and society in some trends among Muslim feminists as well as recent identitarian feminists and shed a light on the worldwide rise of Islamism and the consequences for Europe. Before the discussion: Screening of "The Liberation Movement of Iranian Women - Year Zero", a short documentary filmed by French feminists about the mass demonstrations against the introduction of forced veiling in Tehran in 1979.
Fathiyeh Naghibzadeh took part in women’s demonstrations in March 1979 in Iran and later fled Iran 20 years ago. Today she lives in Berlin and is an exiled Iranian activist at the Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin and for the STOP THE BOMB campaign. She is the co-author of the books "Der Iran - Analyse einer islamischen Diktatur und ihrer europäischen Förderer“ and „Iran im Weltsystem. Bündnisse des Regimes und Perspektiven der Freiheitsbewegung".

Nina Scholz is a political scientist and author based in Vienna. Her research focuses on areas like National Socialism, antisemitism, Islam and human rights. She is the editor of „Gewalt im Namen der Ehre“ and together with Heiko Heinisch she published „Europa, Menschenrechte und Islam – ein Kulturkampf ?“ as well as „Charlie versus Mohammed, Plädoyer für die Meinungsfreiheit“ (Passagen Verlag).

Mahsa Abdolzadeh
is a political scientist, author of "Demokratieversuche der Frauenbewegung im Iran. Eine historische Analyse mit Beispielen aus dem 20. Jahrhundert" and a Green district councilwoman in Vienna. ]]>
Events Fri, 11 Nov 2016 18:30:00 +0100
AVISO 11 NOV 6:30pm "Does Hair Drive People Crazy? Veiling as a System" http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3185&cHash=35f33c3f62efa520b32aed7d73c3f4f6 Film & discussion with Fathiyeh Naghibzadeh & Nina Scholz Press Releases Mon, 07 Nov 2016 12:18:00 +0100 Rafsanjani with anti-Israel tirade in meeting with Austria’s Deputy Parliament Speaker Kopf http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3183&cHash=2e6907fbf68427fbb5156dbcc53c053b Kopf downplayed Iran’s sad execution record in scandalous meeting
According to Iranian regime media, the head of the Expediency Discernment Council and former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani received Austria’s Deputy Parliament Speaker with a classic anti-Semitic notion and declared regarding Israel, that the "fabricated Zionist regime" is to blame for terrorism in the region.

Said Stephan Grigat, STOP THE BOMB’s Research Director: "Bad enough that Kopf pays his respect to the anti-Semitic ayatollahs and does not even say a word against the Iranian regime’s threats to wipe out Israel, which are also repeated under Rouhani. But when Kopf now demands the removal of all still existing sanctions against the Iranian regime for human rights abuses and the financing of terrorism - well, this really can only be understood as the ultimate cozying up to Iran’s brutal Islamist regime." ]]>
Press Releases Tue, 25 Oct 2016 12:10:00 +0200
Deputy Speaker of Austrian Parliament to meet Holocaust denier Larijani in Tehran http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3181&cHash=b8ce0dede6485594e3c949c7e815473e Another high-ranking politician of Austria’s conservative ÖVP cozying up to Iran’s Islamist regime
Said Stephan Grigat, STOP THE BOMB’s Research Director: "Austria’s People’s Party apparently bets on increased collaboration and trade with the Islamist Iranian regime which sponsors terrorist organizations like Hezbollah and Hamas and massively oppresses Iranian citizens."]]>
Press Releases Fri, 21 Oct 2016 13:54:00 +0200
Austria’s conservative party ÖVP is courting Iran’s nuclear chief Salehi while Social Democratic Parliament Speaker Bures talks about "historical responsibility" in Israel http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3171&cHash=7512af69deb1c84724865233af4b3481 Chief of Iran's Central Bank in Vienna - German intelligence warns of Iran’s illegal proliferation...
Also the chief of Iran’s Central Bank, Valiollah Seif, has arrived to Vienna, accompanied by a business delegation. According to Iranian regime media, Seif is set to meet National Bank of Austria Governor Ewald Nowotny and other banking officials today. International media reported that Austria’s Erste Bank, Raiffeisen and Oberbank resumed business with Iran, which is still a high risk due to existing U.S. sanctions. Meanwhile German intelligence reports warn of Iran’s illegal proliferation efforts for goods that can be used for nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles and even biological and chemical warfare capabilities.

Said STOP THE BOMB’s Research Director Stephan Grigat: "During a visit in 2013 Salehi openly threatened critics of the Iranian regime in Austria. In an interview with the Austrian daily 'Wiener Zeitung' Salehi urged critics like STOP THE BOMB to be 'cautious' or they 'could end up in problem situations'. This clearly shows that dialogue is impossible with representatives of this regime, which killed thousands of opposition members. It is both a reprehensible and shortsighted foreign policy that Austria embraces those who are working towards the destruction of the Jewish State, while at the same time Austrian Parliament Speaker Bures offers empty slogans about Austria’s historical responsibility during her visit to Israel."]]>
Press Releases Tue, 27 Sep 2016 11:11:00 +0200
Ex-hostage taker Ebtekar in Vienna: Austrian government is cozying up to Iran's Islamist terror sponsoring regime http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3169&cHash=02ec00c78ff083acdf75308de0001da2 Ministers Kurz and Rupprechter courting Iran's Vice President
In 1979, Ebtekar was the spokeswoman of the hostage takers in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. She then declared she was ready to shoot the hostages. And just last year on CNN Ebtekar defended the slogan "Death to Israel!".

Said Stephan Grigat, STOP THE BOMB’s Research Director: "The Austrian People's Party apparently bets on increased collaboration and trading with the Islamist Iranian regime which sponsors terrorist organizations like Hezbollah and Hamas and calls for the annihilation of Israel. Rouhani's and Ebtekar's government was involved in this year's Holocaust denial competition via its Ministry of Culture. Foreign Minister Kurz likes to emphasize Austria's responsibility for Israel and has called for action to fight antisemitism - but how does this go together with receiving representatives of the Iranian regime?"]]>
Press Releases Mon, 12 Sep 2016 08:43:00 +0200
September 7, 2016: Press Release: Collaboration with Terror. German authorities invited Iranian Intelligence Minister to Berlin http://de.stopthebomb.net/en/press/press-releases.html#c3205 News Tue, 06 Sep 2016 23:39:00 +0200 July 2, 2016: Demonstration Against the Antisemitic Quds-March in Berlin http://de.stopthebomb.net/http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=478&L=1 News Tue, 14 Jun 2016 22:10:00 +0200 Anti-Semitic "Quds-Day": Islamists to march in Vienna on Saturday, counter-protests announced http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3160&cHash=0dfbf9fea2a0bf951a53e7b583f150ce Mayor Häupl, Interior Minister Sobotka mum on annual anti-Semitic hate demonstration
It is about time for Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka to finally take the dangers arising from Islamists close to the Iranian regime serious. In Germany, the “Quds Day” organizers are under observation by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. Vienna’s mayor Michael Häupl, who recently visited Tehran while the regime’s Holocaust denial contest was still on-going, has apparently adopted a soft line of cozying up towards Iran’s Islamist regime and remains silent on this biggest regularly held anti-Semitic demonstration in Vienna.

A broad civil society alliance with the support of Members of Parliament Petra Bayr, Albert Steinhauser, Sigrid Maurer and Vienna City Council Members Peter Florianschütz and Peter Kraus says "No to Anti-Semitism!" and calls for counter-protests on Saturday, July 2nd, from 3pm at Bundesländerplatz/Mariahilfer Straße. Apart from STOP THE BOMB, the alliance is supported by Vienna’s Jewish Community, the Green Students, the Social Democratic LGBT Organization SoHo, the Kurdish Society for Education, Integration and Culture, as well as many Jewish, Christian and anti-Fascist groups. ]]>
Press Releases Wed, 29 Jun 2016 13:16:00 +0200
June 14, 2016: Press Release: STOP THE BOMB Condemns Reception of Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif in Berlin after Islamist Murder of Homosexuals http://de.stopthebomb.net/en/press/press-releases.html#c3171 News Tue, 14 Jun 2016 09:42:00 +0200 "No to Anti-Semitism" - STOP THE BOMB supports protests against anti-Semitic "Quds-Day" http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3152&cHash=8d7d65f1ab38c78f8f5b9c93335b72d1 21 & 28 June panel discussions & 2 July rally of broad alliance Tuesday, 21 June 2016, 7:00pm - in German
Antisemitismus, Verhetzung und der „Al-Quds-Tag“
Diskussion mit Albert Steinhauser (Die Grünen), Andreas Peham (DÖW) & Simone Dinah Hartmann (MEDEA)
Moderation: Karin Stanger (GRAS)
Universität Wien, NIG, HS II
Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien Tuesday, 28 June 2016, 7:00pm - in English
"The Iranian Regime - Anti-Semitism, Expansion in the Middle East & Refugee Crisis"
Discussion with Thaer Al-Nashef (Syrian journalist & dissident) & Florian Markl (MENA)
Chair: Simone Dinah Hartmann (MEDEA)
Grünes Haus, Lindengasse 40, 1070 Vienna

Saturday, 2 July 2016, 3:00-6:00pm
RALLY "No to Anti-Semitism! #noAlQuds
No Quds-Day in Vienna!“

Bundesländerplatz/Mariahilfer Straße, 1060 Vienna Shortly after the “Islamic Revolution” in Iran in 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini introduced the so-called “Quds Day” as a global hate fest to mobilize for the annihilation of the State of Israel. The “Day for the liberation of Jerusalem from Zionist occupation” – in other words the propaganda event for the destruction of Israel – is supposed to be held every year at the end of Ramadan.

A gender-segregated demonstration led by mullahs follows this call every year in Vienna, making it in one of the city’s biggest frequent anti-Semitic demonstrations. Disguised as “peaceful” they call for an end to Israel’s existence. This central goal of the Iranian regime – Israel’s annihilation – has not changed since 1979.

The Islamic Republic of Iran threatens to wipe out the world’s biggest Jewish community: Israel, which the alleged “reformer” Hassan Rouhani calls as “festering tumor”. In a missile test in March 2016, Iranian long-range ballistic missiles were marked with “Israel must be wiped out”. The Iranian regime boasts about financing Hezbollah and Palestinian terror against Israel.

The aggression of the Iranian regime is not exclusively directed at the Jewish State, however. Iran’s “Quds Brigades” commit cruel terror attacks worldwide. In Syria, the Iranian regime has a direct responsibility for the mass atrocities of his allied dictator Assad.

Subject to the regime’s bloody terror are also those Iranians who wish to evade the regimentation of their lives by the regime – be it political activists, unionists, homosexuals, religious minorities or just simply young people who want to live their lives in self-determination and without the Sharia’s constant coercion. Under Rouhani more people have been executed than under his predecessor Ahmadinejad – more than 2000 since August 2013. That is the highest number of executions per capita worldwide!

It is a scandal that Austria is still at the forefront when it comes to doing business with the henchmen in Tehran. Austrian politicians and companies are cozying up to the regime while their Iranian hosts organize even more Holocaust denial events. From the “Supreme Leader” down, the denial of the Shoah is still being celebrated by the Iranian regime.

There were also anti-Semitic incidents around last year’s “Quds-Day” in Vienna and before.

Vienna’s City Council meanwhile adopted the “Viennese Declaration for the Fight Against Anti-Semitism” which explicitly addresses all sorts of anti-Semitism. We therefore call upon all anti-Fascist politicians in Vienna and upon civil society to join our alliance and to take a clear stand against “Quds-March”!

Ban the anti-Semitic “Quds-March”!

Solidarity with Israel! Against all forms of anti-Semitism!

Solidarity with the democratic and secular opposition in Iran, in Syria and in exile!


No state visits at and of anti-Semitic regimes!

No business with Holocaust deniers!


For the full ban of the terror organization Hezbollah in Europe!

Supporters:

Petra Bayr, Member of Parliament, SPÖ
Sigrid Maurer, Member of Parliament, The Greens
Albert Steinhauser, Member of Parliament, The Greens
City Councillor Peter Florianschütz, SPÖ
City Councillor Peter Kraus, The Greens, Spokesperson oft he Green LGBT chapter
Sebastian Reinfeldt, blogger, former Wien Anders spokesperson
Marco Schreuder, fmr Member of Parliament, The Greens
Middle East Democracy Alliance
Jewish Community of Vienna
Aktion gegen den Antisemitismus in Österreich
Grüne & Alternative Student_innen Wien
Basisgruppe Politikwissenschaft
Kurdische Gesellschaft für Bildung, Integration und Kultur
Democratic Students Union of Iranian Kurdistan
Club der Freunde Israels
Österreichisch-Israelische Gesellschaft
Die Grünen Andersrum
SoHo - Sozialdemokratische LSBTI-Organisation
Christen an der Seite Israels – Österreich
Bund Jüdischer Verfolgter des Nazi-Regimes
WIFNO- Wissenschaft für Frieden in Nahost
STOP THE BOMB
Or Chadasch - Jüdisch-liberale Gemeinde
Forum gegen Antisemitismus
Bund Sozialdemokratischer Juden – Avoda
Kommunistischer Student_innenverband – Linke Liste
Jüdische Österreichische HochschülerInnen
Institutsgruppe Geschichte
QueerHebrews
Women’s International Zionist Organization Austria/European Council of WIZO Federations
Zionistische Föderation in Österreich
Mizrachi
Bnei Akiva
Hashomer Hatzair
Bnai Brith – Zwi Peres Chajes Loge
Gruppe Monolog
Café Critique
Students supporting Israel at the Lauder Business School Vienna
ÖH der Lauder Business School
Künstler_innenkollektiv monochrom
Fakultätsvertretung Geisteswissenschaften
Junge Linke
and others
Webseite: Bündnis gegen den Al-Quds-Tag in Wien 2015
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Facebook: Gegen den Al-Quds-Tag in Wien #noAlQuds
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Aktionen Events Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:03:00 +0200
June 5, 2016: Press Release: Leading organizer of Iranian Holocaust Cartoon Contest is a Partner of the German Federal Government http://de.stopthebomb.net/en/press/press-releases.html#c3169 News Sun, 05 Jun 2016 04:37:00 +0200 Despite arrest wave and Holocaust denial: "Antifascist" Viennese mayor Michael Häupl visits Iran http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3148&cHash=cb3acedfdafe0bf40fb18ce78cadfce2 Trip comes amid Holocaust denial exhibition, floggings, mass arrests and execution spree
Stephan Grigat, STOP THE BOMB’s Research Director, condemned Häupl’s courtship of the Iranian regime: "According to human rights activists, Tehran’s mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf was involved in massive human rights abuses as a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and took part in the crackdown on students. The organizer of the state-sponsored Holocaust denial exhibition, Massoud Shojai-Tabatabai, is a deputy Director for culture and arts at Tehran municipality. Although Häupl regularly swears 'Never Again!' at Holocaust memorial ceremonies, he now seems to be keen on getting into business with Iran’s anti-Semitic ayatollahs. We clearly call upon Vienna’s governing municipal coalition of Social Democrats and Greens to immediately stop the collaboration with the Iranian regime."]]>
Press Releases Mon, 30 May 2016 14:46:00 +0200
Risky Iran business for OMV: Possible legal and financial consequences http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3144&cHash=02ab31ea8b7c50c9ba8975d9e2db9a0d Business deals finance terrorism, the missile program, human rights abuses - OMV violates own code...
First, U.S. sanctions against the Revolutionary Guards for Iran’s terrorism support and human rights abuses are still in place. And second, the Revolutionary Guards who control large parts of Iran’s economy and foreign trade are specialists in setting up front companies, which means that European companies can never really be sure not to engage in dealings with sanctioned entities.

The International Monetary Fund only yesterday criticized the lack of anti-money laundering and terrorism-financing laws in Iran. The U.N. and NGOs report nonstop about the deterioration of the anyway disastrous human rights situation in Iran. In such an environment OMV would violate the company’s very own code of conduct.

"Apart from legal and economic risks, companies must also expect reputational losses. As it was already pointed out last summer by Ariel Muzicant, Vice-President of the European Jewish Congress, European companies, which finance Iran’s terror with trade, will face legal action," warned Stephan Grigat, STOP THE BOMB’s Research Director.]]>
Press Releases Wed, 18 May 2016 13:17:00 +0200
Iran: Rouhani government sponsors Holocaust denial event http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3142&cHash=cafcac1abd8a0ea6e7ae19012d73dfc5 STOP THE BOMB calls upon Austrian President Fischer and FM Kurz to issue a clear condemnation -...
"The May 14th date of the opening was chosen on purpose to coincide with the independence day of the one country which the Iranian regime regularly threatens to wipe out: Israel. Just recently, Austrian President Heinz Fischer, Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz and the Parliament swore vigilance against anti-Semitism on occasion of the anniversary of liberation day on May 8th. If they really mean it, they must clearly and without ambiguity condemn the state-sponsored anti-Semitism in Iran and immediately stop the cooperation with this regime", said Stephan Grigat, STOP THE BOMB’s Research Director. ]]>
Press Releases Fri, 13 May 2016 09:51:00 +0200
May 12, 2016: Press Release: German Parliamentarians must condemn Iranian Holocaust-Cartoon Competition http://de.stopthebomb.net/en/press/press-releases.html#c3164 News Thu, 12 May 2016 10:28:00 +0200 May 12, 2016: Open Letter to German Parliamentarians: Condemn the Antisemitic Iranian Caricature Contest! http://de.stopthebomb.net/http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=477&L=1 News Thu, 12 May 2016 12:13:00 +0200 OMV bets on business with Iran’s terror mullahs and Holocaust deniers http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3136&cHash=bca71d53a19a06f7784803c46d216bf6 STOP THE BOMB warns against high risks of terror financing, money laundering and complicity in...
The partly state-owned OMV contradicts its own code of conduct, in which the company declares its commitment to human rights. According to the UN, soaring executions, floggings, amputation punishments, denied access to education and employment are still a reality in Iran. Homosexuality is still punishable by death.

STOP THE BOMB’s Research Director Stephan Grigat warns: "OMV must be ready to face the accusation that with their deals they support the brutal oppression of the Iranian population and the financing of Islamist terror organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah. Conducting business with the Iranian regime means to finance its policies, including the expansion in Syria, the nuclear and missiles programs and even events dedicated to Holocaust denial. A previous memorandum of understanding, which had been signed prior to the harsh sanctions against Iran, resulted in massive international protests".]]>
Press Releases Wed, 04 May 2016 14:27:00 +0200
April 29, 2016: Open letter to Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel: Why are you supporting the world champion of executions and hatred of Israel, Mr. Gabriel? http://de.stopthebomb.net/http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=474&L=1 News Fri, 29 Apr 2016 19:43:00 +0200 April 29, 2016: Broad alliance criticizes Iran trip of Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel http://de.stopthebomb.net/en/press/press-releases.html#c3157 News Fri, 29 Apr 2016 00:30:00 +0200 Kurds, Christians, Baha’is are persecuted in Iran - yet Austria’s Fischer to roll out the red carpet for Rouhani #RouhaniNotWelcome http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3129&cHash=331898eda1c3783ac91672574f139f78 Soaring executions, floggings, amputation punishments, denied access to education and employment
"By receiving Hassan Rouhani - a pillar of the regime for decades - Austria legitimizes the brutal crimes of the Iranian regime. Doing business with this regime means to finance its policies of oppression and persecution", explains Hiwa Bahrami, who is the spokesman of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) in Austria and Germany. PDKI leader Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou was murdered by the Iranian regime in Vienna in 1989.

Amnesty International reports about the wide-spread discrimination of Baha’is, Azeris, Baluchis, Kurds, Turkmen, Sunnis, members of the Ahwazi Arab community and other ethnic and religious minorities, i.e. concerning the access to housing, water, the labor market and education. Members of ethnic and religious minorities are more likely to face criminalization for vague charges like "enmity against God" and "corruption on earth" which are punishable by death.

STOP THE BOMB, the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, the Initiative of Liberal Muslims in Austria, the Jewish Community and many others will be holding a protest rally under the Motto #RouhaniNotWelcome tomorrow, 10am, at Vienna’s Heldenplatz, Erzherzog Karl Monument. On March 31st, from 08:45am, activists will run an info desk in front of the Chamber’s Economic Forum Austria-Iran.]]>
Press Releases Tue, 29 Mar 2016 10:22:00 +0200
Iran’s regime denies the Holocaust - yet Austria’s Fischer to roll out the red carpet for Rouhani http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3126&cHash=d14ae164f9796f093418a0d98d21469c Rouhani called Israel a "festering tumor" - Regime repeated annihilation threats #RouhaniNotWelcome
Said Stephan Grigat, Research Director of STOP THE BOMB: "Regime-sponsored Holocaust cartoon festivals and orchestrated 'Death to Israel' mass rallies: The Iranian regime never hides its antisemitic ideology. Just a few weeks ago, it test-fired missiles marked with threats to wipe out Israel - missiles that are capable of reaching Tel Aviv and Jerusalem already today."

"On his website, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei calls the Shoah a 'myth' and President Hassan Rouhani when asked about the reality of the Holocaust answered he was 'not a historian' - a popular strategy of Neo-Nazis and international Holocaust deniers", explained Raimund Fastenbauer, Secretary General of Vienna’s Jewish Community.

Daniel Kapp, speaker of the Austrian Friends of Israel, added: "President Heinz Fischer makes himself the willing helper of the anti-Semitic regime in Tehran, a regime that funds terrorism, openly stirs up hatred against Israel and Jews and even promotes a second Holocaust by threatening to annihilate Israel."

STOP THE BOMB, the Jewish Community, the Club of the Friends of Israel, the Democratic Party of Kurdistan-Iran and many others will be holding a protest rally under the motto #RouhaniNotWelcome on March 30th, 10am, in Vienna. ]]>
Press Releases Fri, 25 Mar 2016 09:22:00 +0100
Even children on death row in Iran - but Austrian President Fischer to roll out red carpet for Rouhani http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3124&cHash=7886984f38e74506da564a685eafb570 March 30th: Rally against Austria’s courtship of the Iranian regime in Vienna #RouhaniNotWelcome
But Austrian politicians like President Fischer, Chancellor Werner Faymann, Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, Minister of Economy Reinhold Mitterlehner, the President of the Austrian Economic Chamber Christoph Leitl, and companies like OMV and Palfinger willingly ignore the massive human rights violations in Iran in order to get business deals worth billions with the Iranian regime back on track. In this way Austrian companies are financing the regime’s terror against the Iranian population and in the Middle East, while the very same terror is fueling the current refugee crisis.

A group of civil society organizations and intellectuals, among them STOP THE BOMB, the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, the Jewish Community of Vienna, and many others, will therefore be holding a protest rally under the motto #RouhaniNotWelcome on March 30th, 10am, at Vienna’s Heldenplatz.]]>
Press Releases Thu, 24 Mar 2016 09:32:00 +0100
Rouhani visit to Austria: President Fischer makes mass executions, holocaust denial, terror sponsoring and homophobia socially acceptable http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3120&cHash=a1fa801ca5a82bc07a2812ec614721b0 STOP THE BOMB calls upon civil society to join protests #RouhaniNotWelcome
STOP THE BOMB is going to hold protest rallies together with civil society and antifascist groups which stand up for universal human rights and against anti-Semitism.]]>
Press Releases Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:26:00 +0100
After Iran fired missiles marked "Israel must be wiped out" http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3115&cHash=6e35eed2720f8c6c901c0d7336370e68 STOP THE BOMB demands cancellation of invitation for Rouhani to Austria Press Releases Wed, 09 Mar 2016 16:20:00 +0100 Feb. 12, 2016: STOP THE BOMB: "The Iranian regime, Assad and Russia are responsible for the refugee crisis, Mr Steinmeier" http://de.stopthebomb.net/en/press/press-releases.html#c3153 News Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:06:00 +0100 Feb. 2, 2016: Trip to Iran: German foreign minister Steinmeier meets with Holocaust-deniers http://de.stopthebomb.net/en/press/press-releases.html#c3150 News Mon, 01 Feb 2016 23:23:00 +0100 Feb. 2, 2016: Open Letter to the German Foreign Minister: Why do you talk to Holocaust deniers, Mr. Steinmeier? http://de.stopthebomb.net/http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=473&L=1 News Tue, 02 Feb 2016 15:22:00 +0100 Only days after latest Holocaust denial: Austria reaffirms invitation for Iranian regime http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3106&cHash=8272c15bedc6cfd3d69c40452d8dd62d STOP THE BOMB demands disinvitation, announces protest against Rouhani’s visit
In case Rouhani’s visit will take place as previously announced, STOP THE BOMB calls on civil society to join the protest. ]]>
Press Releases Mon, 01 Feb 2016 08:52:00 +0100
Iran sanctions lifted: billions for terror, oppression, Mideast wars and the nuclear program http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3104&cHash=7c0e07fe1e8513004dbea8a271c50d3a STOP THE BOMB warns against risky Iran business – Companies face legal action for terror financing...
The character of the Iranian regime has not changed since Hassan Rouhani took office. Said Stephan Grigat, Research Director of STOP THE BOMB: "Amid Rouhani’s charm offensive the worst persecution wave since 2009 is currently taking place. His allegedly moderate regime set a sad execution record in 2015 with more than 1000 people killed. In its quest to export the revolution, Iran is waging wars in Syria, Iraq and Yemen. Via terror proxies like Hezbollah it fuels the jihad against Israel, while senior regime officials continue to deny the Holocaust. Those doing business with the Iranian regime support its policy."]]>
Press Releases Sun, 17 Jan 2016 09:29:00 +0100
Jan. 17, 2016: Press Release: Iran sanctions suspended: billions for terror, oppression, Mideast wars and the nuclear program http://de.stopthebomb.net/http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=70&L=1 News Sat, 16 Jan 2016 21:04:00 +0100 Queueing in Tehran" - Simone Dinah Hartmann & Ulrike Becker in the German weekly "jungle world" http://jungle-world.com/artikel/2015/49/53097.html Europe ignores the dangers posed by the flawed nuclear deal and the Iranian regime Aktionen Mon, 14 Dec 2015 11:36:00 +0100 AUDIO Recording of the lecture "Fleeing Iran, Assad, Hisbollah, ISIS" held in Vienna on 3 December 2015 http://de.stopthebomb.net/http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=472&L=1 Aktionen Mon, 07 Dec 2015 12:59:00 +0100 In cooperation with "this human world": Documentary "Those Who Said No" http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3089&cHash=fdb8c7371eac18c6e1d89da7bc5e6d4f After the screening panel discussion on human rights in Iran "this human world", which is going to take place 3 - 11 December 2015 in Vienna.

Together we will be hosting a film screening and a panel discussion. For ticket information click here.

The documentary "Those Who Said No" (director Nima Sarvestani, Schweden/Germany 2014, Persian/English) tells the story of the Iran prison massacre in 1988: For the first time in history an international People’s Tribunal convenes in The Hague Court of Justice to investigate the mass executions of political prisoners in Iran during the 1980s. Survivors lead this fight for justice. Together they testify against a crime that has been kept secret from the world for over 25 years. Between 10.000 and 30.000 people were killed. Those responsible for these crimes now serve in high ranking position in the Iranian government. One prominent example is the "Minister of Justice" Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi.

After the screening: Panel discussion (in German) on the current human rights situation in Iran with

Mahsa Abdolzadeh (Political scientist and author)
Amir Gudarzi (Author, filmmaker)

Hiwa Bahrami (Representative of the Democratic Party Kurdistan-Iran in Austria & Germany, Co-author of „Der Iran. Analyse einer islamischen Diktatur und ihrer europäischen Förderer“)

 A cooperation of "this human world" and STOP THE BOMB.
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Events Sun, 06 Dec 2015 18:00:00 +0100
Fleeing Iran, Assad, Hezbollah, IS http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3079&cHash=11390cb146168ece2807169126f6c6ba Lecture & discussion NOTE: Event will be held in German! Hundreds of thousands of people fleeing from the Middle East are currently looking for refuge in Europe. While the "Islamic State" and its atrocities get a lot of attention, hardly anyone wants to talk about the rest of those responsible for this drama: The Iranian regime and its allies Hezbollah and Assad. We will therefore highlight the role of Iran's policy of regional destabilization and support for Hezbollah and Assad in the Syrian drama. Further we will have a look at why people also continue to flee from Iran itself while the West is cosying up to the regime and calls it "moderate". Is it really a good idea to form an alliance with Assad and Iran against ISIS, so to say with the "Islamic Republic" against the "Islamic State", as some German and Austrian policymakers demand? And what is the connection to the Iran deal and Russia's intervention?

Florian Markl is the Chief Analyst at MENA und co-autor of books on Iran like "Der Iran. Analyse einer islamischen Diktatur und ihrer europäischen Förderer" and "Iran im Weltsystem. Bündnisse des Regimes und Perspektiven der Freiheitsbewegung“

David Kirsch is a commentator and blogger who mainly focuses on Iraq, Syria and asylum law. He works with refugees.

Ljiljana Radonić is a political scientist. She teaches at the University of Vienna and is a researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.


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Events Thu, 03 Dec 2015 19:00:00 +0100
3 DEC Lecture „Fleeing Iran, Assad, Hezbollah, ISIS“ http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3095&cHash=bc6686e20d5c3914189e7f83cfcadc82 6 DEC Documentary & discussion at „this human world“ film festival
STOP THE BOMB therefore will be holding a lecture and discussion to highlight these issues with Florian Markl (MENA) and David Kirsch (commentator) on December 3rd, at 7pm, at the University of Vienna/NIG, lecture hall III, Universitätsstrasse 7. The speakers will also discuss why people are still fleeing Iran while the regime is falsely being described as "moderate" by many in the West. Why is it important to criticize the plan to form an alliance with Assad and Iran against ISIS? And how do the nuclear deal and the Russian intervention affect all of this?

On December 6th, at 6pm, at Vienna’s Schikaneder cinema, STOP THE BOMB will be co-hosting the screening of the documentary "Those Who Said No" (dir. Nima Sarvestani) in cooperation with the international human rights film festival "this human world". The film tells the story of the Iran prison massacre in 1988, when up to 30.000 people were executed, and the international People’s Tribunal in The Hague Court of Justice in 2012 initiated by survivors and the victims’ relatives. The documentary shows that those responsible for the mass killings now serve in high ranking government positions, like Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi, who is tnow he Minister of Justice in the "moderate" government of President Hassan Rouhani. After the screening there will be a discussion on the current human rights situation in Iran with Mahsa Abdolzadeh (political scientist & author), Amir Gudarzi (author & filmmaker) und Hiwa Bahrami (Democratic Party Kurdistan-Iran). ]]>
Press Releases Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:29:00 +0100
Berlin: International Conference: Window of Opportunity or Collapse of a Region? - Western Middle East Policies and Israel after the Deal with Iran http://www.mideastfreedomforum.org/index.php?id=463 Iran's nuclear program, Syria, Islamism and the security threats to Israel Dates Thu, 12 Nov 2015 18:48:00 +0100 Berlin: International Conference: Window of Opportunity or Collapse of a Region? - Western Middle East Policies and Israel after the Deal with Iran http://www.mideastfreedomforum.org/index.php?id=463 Opening panel: Combatting, Inclusion or Dialogue - Western Responses towards Islamism Dr.... Dates Thu, 12 Nov 2015 18:49:00 +0100 Nov. 18, 2015: Demonstration against the promotion of Iran deals by the German Government http://de.stopthebomb.net/http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=70&L=1 News Wed, 18 Nov 2015 18:52:00 +0100 21.-22. November 2015: International Conference in Berlin: Iranian nuclear program, Syria, Islamism and security threats for Israel http://www.mideastfreedomforum.org/index.php?id=463 News Thu, 12 Nov 2015 18:54:00 +0100 International Book Fair Vienna BUCH WIEN Rewards Iranian Executioner Regime With Own Pavilion http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3081&cHash=28f1442857f4d4545766c6d4b35be231 Iranian Embassy offers a daily „consultation service“ with known anti-Semites & Islamists –...
According to Iranian regime media, at the pavilion the Iranian embassy is going to offer a daily "consultation service" with known Islamists Nezamuddin Haeri Shirazi and Mohammad Kiarashi who have, amongst others, close ties to the "Islamic Center Hamburg" (IZH), an important center for the Iranian regime in Europe to spread its anti-Semitic propaganda. Now they obviously want to disseminate the jihadist and anti-Semitic ideology of the Iranian regime at BUCH WIEN. STOP THE BOMB demands the immediate cancelation of the invitation for the Iranian regime by those responsible at BUCH WIEN and a statement by the sponsors.

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Press Releases Wed, 11 Nov 2015 12:05:00 +0100
"Islamofascism" Revisited http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3071&cHash=c46612803d081914a9a021bc98649393 Rule of Cliques, "Islamic Economy" and Anti-Semitism in Iran Events Thu, 29 Oct 2015 19:30:00 +0100 October 14, 2015: Press Release: Rewarding Terror – STOP THE BOMB protests against Iran-trip of Foreign Minister Steinmeier http://de.stopthebomb.net/en/press/press-releases.html#c3130 News Wed, 14 Oct 2015 10:12:00 +0200 October 4, 2015: Joint Protest declaration against the Iran trip of Olaf Lies, Minister of Economics in Lower Saxony http://de.stopthebomb.net/en/olaf-lies.html News Sun, 04 Oct 2015 17:02:00 +0200 The JCPOA with Iran: A Bad Deal http://nunu.at/article/vertrag-mit-dem-iran-ein-schlechter-deal/ STOP THE BOMB founder Simone Dinah Hartmann in Austria's NU magazine: "The Vienna deal with the... Aktionen Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:38:00 +0200 Sept. 18, 2015: Press Release: The Iran Deal and the Syrian refugee crisis. German Policy Co-Responsible for the Syrian Refugee Crisis http://de.stopthebomb.net/en/press/press-releases.html#c3122 News Fri, 18 Sep 2015 10:26:00 +0200 Austrian President Fischer: In the Footsteps of Kurt Waldheim in Iran http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3065&cHash=10756ea90019d22ddc2e2b9160948600 Handshake with Holocaust denier - Financing of terror - STOP THE BOMB condemns the business trip of...
"In 1991 it was Kurt Waldheim, Austria’s President with Nazi past, who was the first Western head of state who travelled to Iran after the Islamic Revolution. Today, of all people, it is Heinz Fischer, who conceives himself as an fierce anti-Fascist, who is the first European head of state since 2004 to pay a respect visit to Iran’s anti-Semitic dictatorship", explains Stephan Grigat, the Research Director of STOP THE BOMB. "Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, whose hand President Fischer will shake on Tuesday, openly threatens the Jewish State with annihilation and denies the Holocaust. If Fischer really wanted to help improve the situation in Iran, he could anytime officially invite exiled Iranian dissidents to his office in Vienna. But whoever travels to Iran together with a huge business delegation aims at flattering the rulers and legitimizes the Iranian regime’s policies", Grigat added.

The spokesperson for STOP THE BOMB in Austria, Stefan Schaden, warns against financing Iran’s state-sponsored terrorism: "Andritz, OMV, Lenzing, Raiffeisen, Erste Bank and the more than 100 other companies in the delegation must face the accusation that they directly support the brutal oppression of the Iranian population and the financing of Islamist terror organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah. Conducting business with the Iranian regime means to finance the Iranian Revolutionary Guards which control large parts of the foreign trade as well as the nuclear and ballistic missiles programs." ]]>
Press Releases Mon, 07 Sep 2015 08:52:00 +0200
Wednesday, 2 Sept, 10am - Press Conference with EJC Vice President Muzicant & STOP THE BOMB http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3062&cHash=f8c02227f53ca7af24146e4d88b03a0d Antisemitism, Holocaust Denial, Execution Record & Austria's Support for the Iranian Regime Subject: Iran trip of Austria's President Heinz Fischer, Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, Economy Minister Reinhold Mitterlehner, Economic Chamber President Christoph Leitl and Austrian companies (OMV etc.)

With:
- Dr. Ariel Muzicant, Vice President of the European Jewish Congress
- Dr. Stephan Grigat, Research Director of the non-partisan coalition STOP THE BOMB

When: Wednesday, 2 September, 10am

Where: IKG Vienna, Seitenstettengasse 4, 1010 Vienna

Accreditation: You are requested to register until Tuesday, 1 September, 4pm via Email to d.zimmermann@ikg-wien.at OR via phone 01 - 53104 105

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Press Releases Mon, 31 Aug 2015 12:55:00 +0200
Sept. 17, 2015: Lecture and Discussion in Berlin: The murders in Berlin's "Mykonos" restaurant - How the Germany judiciary contained the Iranian state terrorism http://www.mideastfreedomforum.org/index.php?id=459 News Thu, 27 Aug 2015 13:10:00 +0200 Austrian Crane Manufacturer Palfinger Eyes Iran’s Execution Market http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3052&cHash=9895a3f6d0701b009d11e7420521a22a CEO Ortner sees huge demand for cranes in Iran - Palfinger crane was used for executions in 2011 -... the use of at least one of its cranes in Iran for executions has been documented, Palfinger CEO Herbert Ortner yesterday described Iran as a "promising market". There is an especially high demand for cranes in the country, Austria’s Press Agency APA quoted him say. The Salzburg based company does not seem to have any problem at all with the fact that this high demand is due to the mass executions taking place in Iran at the moment. According to Amnesty International, the regime has executed at least 700 people in 2015.

STOP THE BOMB spokesperson Stefan Schaden explains: "Palfinger is one example, which clearly shows, that Austrian companies do not care at all about the disastrous human rights situation when it comes to doing business in Iran. In fact they support the regime and its inhuman policies as long as it serves their profit interests. The Austrian Economic Chamber WKO and Austrian politics in general encourage this attitude with the planned visit to Iran of Austrian President Heinz Fischer, Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, Economy Minister Reinhold Mitterlehner and WKO President Christoph Leitl. While European companies rush into business with the Iranian regime, the Iranian population is thrown under the bus as the regime is enabled to continue with its brutal oppression." Photo: Palfinger crane used in a public execution in Iran in 2011 http://www.worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo/2012/contemporary-issues/ebrahim-noroozi/07]]>
Press Releases Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:17:00 +0200
The Road to Hell is Sometimes Paved With Good Intentions http://www.matthiaskuentzel.de/contents/manchmal-ist-der-weg-zur-hoelle-mit-guten-vorsaetzen-gepflastert Matthias Küntzel on the nuclear agreement with Iran and its consequences (article in German) Aktionen Mon, 27 Jul 2015 10:56:00 +0200 No Business Deals With the Iranian Regime! http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3046&cHash=601b00ecdba3e9afe5ee2576f2dcf068 Protest against the Iran-EU-Investment-Conference at Austria's Economic Chamber WKO & the visit of...
This conference shows that billions of Euros are going to flow to the Iranian mullahs as a result of the Vienna agreement. This will enable the regime to sponsor its terror proxies like Hamas and Hezbollah and to enforce its aggressive expansion in the region in unprecedented ways. The terror against the Iranian population will not decrease, but increase. Already now more people have been executed under supposedly "moderate" President Rouhani than under his predecessor Ahmadinejad.

Conducting business with the Iranian regime means to finance the nuclear program, the annihilation threats against Israel, Holocaust denial, the export of Islamist terror and the oppression of the Iranian population. ]]>
Aktionen Tue, 21 Jul 2015 10:54:00 +0200
July 23: Protest Against Iran Business Conference at Austrian Economic Chamber WKO http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3048&cHash=5e30a6f3b474e6799b27c7740b4e6ca6 STOP THE BOMB demonstrates against Iranian Industry Minister in Vienna
Stefan Schaden, spokesperson for STOP THE BOMB in Austria, sharply criticizes the event: "70 years after the Shoah, Austrian and German companies are in the first row to boost business ties with the anti-Semitic Iranian regime. While the implementation of the nuclear deal has not even started and the sanctions on Iran are still in place, Austria’s WKO beats the big drum for increasing trade with the Holocaust deniers and Israel haters in Iran."

Stephan Grigat, the Research Director of STOP THE BOMB, explains: "At this point it remains completely unclear when the sanctions, which are all still in place, will be removed in consequence of the Vienna nuclear agreement, which still holds many hurdles. This conference shows, however, that billions of Euros are set to flow to the Iranian mullahs as a result of the deal. This will enable the regime to sponsor its terror proxies like Hamas and Hezbollah and to enforce its aggressive expansion in the region in unprecedented ways."

Hiwa Bahrami, who represents the Democratic Party of Kurdistan-Iran in Austria and Germany, voices his criticism: "Conducting business with the Iranian regime is a stab in the back of the Iranian opposition. The terror against the Iranian population will not decrease, but increase. Already now more people have been executed under supposedly 'moderate' President Rouhani than under his predecessor Ahmadinejad." ]]>
Press Releases Wed, 22 Jul 2015 10:33:00 +0200
July 17, 2015: Protest against the trip of Iran of German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel / Against the Nuclear Deal with Iran http://de.stopthebomb.net/http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=464&L=1 News Sun, 19 Jul 2015 15:02:00 +0200 July 14, 2015: Press Release: Nuclear Deal: The Path to the Iranian Bomb. Removal of sanctions channels billions to Islamist terror http://de.stopthebomb.net/en/press/press-releases.html#c3055 News Tue, 14 Jul 2015 13:37:00 +0200 Nuclear Deal: The Path to the Iranian Bomb - STOP THE BOMB criticizes agreement with Tehran http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3038&cHash=85549143fbea354b0d7aa08aa7d1113a Removal of sanctions channels billions to Islamist terror
STOP THE BOMB regards the planned removal of sanctions as especially disturbing. Stephan Grigat, STOP THE BOMB’s Research Director, explains: "Reinstating sanctions in case of Iranian violations of the agreement will prove unworkable. It took 10 years to establish the anyway insufficient sanctions architecture, which was met by harsh resistance. The Iranian regime exactly knows that there will not be a rapid reinstatement once the sanctions are removed. Billions of dollars currently blocked will soon be unfrozen as a result of this deal and at the anti-Semitic regime’s disposal. This will enable the regime to sponsor its terror proxies like Hamas and Hezbollah in unprecedented ways. The terror against the Iranian population will not decrease, but increase. Already now more people have been executed under allegedly 'moderate' President Rouhani than under his predecessor Ahmadinejad."]]>
Press Releases Tue, 14 Jul 2015 13:41:00 +0200
"Together Against Anti-Semitism" - STOP THE BOMB supports protests against anti-Semitic "Quds-Day" http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3028&cHash=982dee946f2c60516542a0a062148386 Lectures & demonstration of Jewish, Christian, LGBT, Kurdish & anti-Fascist organizations No Quds-Day! Together Against Anti-Semitism! #noalquds Two lectures on the Iranian regime's anti-Semitism, its export of the revolution and on the anti-Semitic mass rallies of last year across Europe will be held (in German) on 7 July 7 & 9. Rally "No Quds-Day! Together Against Anti-Semitism!"
Saturday 11 July 2015, 4pm (Info desk 3pm - 6pm
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Stock-im-Eisen-Platz, 1010 Vienna, Austria

Supporting organizations see below

In Mid-July, Islamists and Anti-Semites in Vienna will mark the so-called “Quds Day” yet another time like in other cities worldwide. Introduced in 1979 after the “Islamic Revolution” in Iran by Ayatollah Khomeini, the “Day for the liberation of Jerusalem from Zionist occupation” – i.e. the propaganda event for the destruction of Israel – is to be held annually after the end of Ramadan. A gender-segregated demonstration led by Mullahs will follow this call in Vienna in one of the city’s biggest anti-Semitic demonstrations. Disguised as “peaceful” they call for an end to Israel’s existence. This central goal of the Iranian regime - Israel’s annihilation - has not changed since 1979.

At „Quds March“, the flag of the organization responsible for numerous deadly terror attacks worldwide especially against Jews will be on display: the flag of Hezbollah. Last year Austria’s Ministry of the Interior registered banners saying “Boycott the 4th Reich Zionists = Nazis” with a Star of David turning into a swastika.

Meanwhile the City Council of Vienna adopted the “Viennese Declaration for the Fight Against Anti-Semitism” which explicitly addresses all sorts of anti-Semitism. We therefore call upon all anti-Fascist politicians in Vienna and the civil society to join our alliance and to take a clear stand against “Quds-March”!

While the fans of the Iranian regime march in Vienna, nothing substantial has improved in smiling President Hassan Rouhani’s Iran. The number of executions has dramatically increased under his presidency. Homosexuality is still punishable by death. Misogynous laws aim to reduce women to baby-making machines. Rouhani, who said Israel is an “old wound on the body of Islam”, takes usually part in Tehran’s “Quds-March” like his predecessors. Even during the nuclear talks a high-ranking Iranian general declared “Israel’s destruction” is “nonnegotiable”. A couple of days after the Lausanne agreement, the regime proudly announced the high number of participants in their Holocaust cartoon contest. And just recently a top advisor to the “Supreme Leader” Ali Khamenei loudly proclaimed that “Iran has the divine permission to destroy Israel”.

By boosting both trade and political cooperation, European countries like Austria have enabled the Iranian regime for the last 36 years to continue with its nuclear and missiles programs - programs that now the West seems ready to accept. In a move to get business back on track, Austria’s President Heinz Fischer plans to travel to Iran and visit the anti-Semitic regime as the first EU head of state since 2005. Whoever is doing business with this regime, however, finances the propaganda of the rulers in Tehran, their regional expansion and the oppression of the Iranian population. The aggression of the Iranian regime, whose „Supreme Leader“ has time and again questioned the historical reality of the Holocaust, is not only directed against the Jewish State. Subject to its bloody terror are also those Iranians who wish to evade the regimentation of their lives by the regime – be it political activists, unionists, homosexuals, religious minorities or just simply youth who want to live their lives in self-determination and without the Sharia’s constant coercion.

Solidarity with the freedom movement in Iran and the secular opposition in Iran and in exile!
Solidarity with Israel! Against all forms of anti-Semitism!
No state visits at anti-Semitic regimes!
No business deals with Holocaust deniers!
For a total ban of the terror organization Hezbollah in Europe!
Website: Alliance against Quds-Day in Vienna 2015
Facebook: facebook.com/GegenDenAlQudsTagInWien

Supporters:
Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien
Club der Freunde Israels
Aktion gegen den Antisemitismus in Österreich
Bundesrat Marco Schreuder (Die Grünen, Bundessprecher der Grünen Andersrum)
Gemeinderat und LT-Abg. Peter Florianschütz (SPÖ)
Gemeinderat und LT-Abg. Senol Akkilic
GRAS – Grüne und Alternative StudentInnen
Jüdische Österreichische HochschülerInnen
Kurdische Gesellschaft für Bildung, Integration und Kultur
Österreichisch-Israelische Gesellschaft
Christen an der Seite Israels – Österreich
WIFNO- Wissenschaft für Frieden in Nahost
AUGE/UG Wien – Alternative & Grüne GewerkschafterInnen/Unabhängige GewerkschafterInnen
HOSI Homosexuelle Initiative Wien
Or Chadasch Jüdisch-Liberale Gemeinde Wien
Women’s International Zionist Organisation/European Council of WIZO Federations
STOP THE BOMB
Zwi Peres Chajes Loge der Bnai Brith
Die Grünen Andersrum Wien
SoHo – LSBTI-Organisation der SPÖ
Junge Linke
QueerHebrews
Republikanischer Club – Neues Österreich
Basisgruppe Politikwissenschaft
Misrachi Österreich
Prof. Kurt Rosenkranz (Gründer des Jüdischen Instituts für Erwachsenenbildung und des Jiddischen Kulturherbstes)
Zionistische Föderation in Österreich
Bund Sozialdemokratischer Juden - Avoda
KünstlerInnenkollektiv monochrom
Café Critique
Pro Zion Austria
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Aktionen Sat, 11 Jul 2015 16:00:00 +0200
Protest Against „Quds-March“ of Iranian Regime Supporters in Vienna http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3036&cHash=27ab9862b51e06b645930f57cf41f351 STOP THE BOMB supports counter rally „Together Against Anti-Semitism“ on July 11th
Quds-Day was established by the Iranian regime in 1979 to mobilize for Israel’s annihilation and is today organized in major cities around the world. In Vienna, the organizers are linked to Imam-Ali-Mosque in the 6th district. Meanwhile, allegedly "moderate" Iranian President Rouhani took part in today’s Quds-March in Tehran, where the crowds chanted "Death to Israel". At last year's Quds-March, Rouhani called Israel an "old wound". Just a couple of days ago, Ex-President and now chairman of the Expediency Council Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, declared a "moderate" by the West, said that Israel would soon be "wiped off the map". And the Iranian Revolutionay Guards reaffirmed that the destruction of Israel has the "highest priority".

Stephan Grigat explains: "Quds-Day shows the anti-Semitic character of the Iranian regime. It must not remain unchallenged when supporters of such an ideology march through Vienna. Also the P5+1 who are currently negotiating with the Iranian rulers about the nuclear program have to understand, that nothing has changed when it comes to the annihilation threats against Israel, to the inhumane practices of the regime and its expansionist moves in the region.“ ]]>
Press Releases Fri, 10 Jul 2015 10:18:00 +0200
No Acceptance of the Iranian Nuclear Program! http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3030&cHash=cd0519319cd6239c2cedad98aa3d502a Jewish Community Vienna (IKG), STOP THE BOMB & PDKI warn against rotten compromise with Holocaust... Rally 12:00 noon, info desk 09:00am - 03:00pm Supported by: STOP THE BOMB; Jewish Community Vienna (IKG), PDKI-Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan No acceptance of the Iranian nuclear program!
No rotten compromises with Holocaust deniers!
Support the democratic & secular Iranian opposition!
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Aktionen Wed, 01 Jul 2015 12:00:00 +0200
Negotiating Toward the Bomb? http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3010&cHash=a98def51a3905e30b53430bb04c4d798 The Iranian Regime & the Western Iran Policy Note: Event will be held in German

Following the contradicting Lausanne declarations by the P5+1 and the Iranian regime in April there was much talk of a „historic agreement“ that would offer a good solution for the ayatollahs’ problematic nuclear weaponization efforts. Critics pointed out, however, that an agreement based on the Lausanne arrangements would leave Iran’s nuclear infrastructure intact and be tantamount to the West’s surrender to Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. This panel discussion will therefore focus on the prerequisites and consequences of the nuclear talks: What would be the alternative to a bad agreement? What happened to Rouhani’s promises of „reform“ and the charm offensive directed at the West? What is the significance of continued annihilation threats, Holocaust denial and the Western Iran policy for Israel? What does the regional expansion of the Iranian regime mean in the shadow of the nuclear negotiations?

Karin Kneissl served in Austria’s Foreign Service until 1998 and has since worked as a freelance researcher & lecturer. She has published extensively on the Middle East and is the author of i.e. „Mein Naher Osten“ & „Der Energiepoker“.
Matthias Kuentzel is a political scientist & author of „Germany & Iran. From the Aryan Axis to the Nuclear Treshold“, as well as the co-author of „Der Iran. Analyse einer islamischen Diktatur und ihrer europäischen Förderer“.
Stephan Grigat is a lecturer at the University of Vienna & the Research Director of STOP THE BOMB. His latest book is „Die Einsamkeit Israels. Zionismus, die israelische Linke & die iranische Bedrohung“.

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Events Mon, 29 Jun 2015 18:30:00 +0200
Iran nuclear talks: Rally in Vienna on July 1st http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3034&cHash=1e805593c4a77919ae0a077342732040 STOP THE BOMB, Jewish Community of Vienna & PDKI to protest against a rotten compromise with the...
Raimund Fastenbauer, the Jewish Community’s Secretary General, declares: "Whoever negotiates with the ayatollahs, but ignores the Supreme Leader Ali Khamanei’s Holocaust denial, has already fallen for Hassan Rouhani’s and Mohammad Zarif’s charm offensive. And whoever ignores the permanently repeated Iranian annihilation threats against Israel is actually putting up the Jewish State’s existence for negotiation." Regarding the nuclear talks, Stephan Grigat of STOP THE BOMB adds: "A deal, which leaves the infrastructure of the nuclear and missiles programs intact, institutionalizes the dangers arousing from these programs permanently. The policy of appeasement toward the Iranian regime enables its regional expansion in the Middle East." Hiwa Bahrami, representative of the PDKI in Germany and Austria, calls for the support of the Iranian opposition: "It is like a stab in the back of the democratic and secular opposition in Iran and in exile to recognize regime figures as legitimate negotiating partners while the same regime executes more people under Rouhani than under Ahmadinejad."

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Press Releases Mon, 29 Jun 2015 10:09:00 +0200
Vienna 29 June: Panel discussion on the nuclear deal with Iran http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=99&L=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=88&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3032&cHash=8f9822b9716cc14cdf42f0ba33ad9f25 STOP THE BOMB to host a controversial debate on the negotiations with the Iranian regime Press Releases Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:58:00 +0200 July 11, 2015: Demonstration: Against the anti-Semitic Al Quds march in Berlin - for solidarity with Israel and freedom in Iran! http://de.stopthebomb.net/http://www.stopthebomb.net/index.php?id=463&L=1 News Thu, 11 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0200