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A personal cry by an Iranian-born earthquake scientist for a change in how Iran addresses its seismi

VOKRadio, Los Angeles, California, USA

A personal cry by an Iranian-born earthquake scientist for a change in how Iran addresses its seismic risk and resilience

11/15/2017

By Manuel Berberian, Ph.D., PG (University of Cambridge, UK, Elected Member, New York Academy of Sciences)

The heart of the matter

Iranians do not deserve death and complete destruction in 2017. In my judgment, neither earthquakes nor buildings kill the people in this beautiful and ancient country. The culprits are instead the lack of democracy, accountability, and transparency, which has permitted corruption in the building industry. Despite the presence of a strong 50-year-old building code, the failure of earthquake-resilient construction and permitting today should be treated as a criminal case.

The state of damage in Iran

The 12 November M=7.3 earthquake devastated a large area in the Iran-Iraq border region, and ruined or severely damaged several towns. The latest restrained state official news released on Tuesday November 14 at 16:18 local time (+5 hr UTC, +8.30 hr ET, and 11:30 WT) reports 530 dead and 7400 injured in Iran, mostly in the cities and towns of Qasr Shirin, Sar Pol Zahab, Kermanshah, Eslamabad (the former Shahabad) Gharb, Kerend, Salas Babakhani, and numerous villages (irna.ir; isna.ir, Etela'at, Kayhan). The border area is mountainous and is not densely populated. Many villages have not yet been visited by the officials due to landslides. Despite cold winter nights, people stayed outside many with few tents. Schools in the epicentral area have been closed since Monday in the city of Kermansh, as well as in the earthquake stricken area.

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Maskan-e Mehr government built affordable housing in Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran damaged severely in quake

VOKRadio, Los Angeles, California, USA
Maskan-e Mehr government built affordable housing in Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran damaged severely in quake Report by Radio Zamaneh photos "Maskan-e Mehr" housing by IIRNA 11/13/17 Powerful Earthquake Near Iran-Iraq Border Kills Hundreds. According to latest official tallies, 395 Iranians were confirmed dead as of Monday afternoon. Over 6,650 others were also injured. A powerful earthquake centered 30 km to the east of city of Halabja, near the Iran-Iraq border has killed more than 400 people, injuring more than 6,650 in Iran alone. According to Iranian Seismological Center at University of Tehran, a 7.3-magnitude earthquake shook the mountainous Iran-Iraq border region Sunday Nov 12, followed by at least 50 aftershocks. Iran's western province of Kermanshah which borders Iraq through the Zagros Mountains has suffered significant damage. Mojtaba Nikkerdar, deputy governor of Kermanshah province told state media that rescuers were working through the night to find people trapped. Nikkerdar says that the death toll would rise: "There are still people under the rubble. We hope the number of dead and injured won't rise too much, but it will rise."
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KURDISH IRANIAN PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE CRITICALLY ILL: MOHAMMAD NAZARI

VOKRadio, Los Angeles, California, USA
KURDISH IRANIAN PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE CRITICALLY ILL: MOHAMMAD NAZARI 23 October 2017, Index number: MDE 13/7327/2017 Prisoner of conscience Mohammad Nazari, who has been unjustly languishing in prison for over two decades, is critically ill and needs urgent medical care outside prison. He has been on hunger strike since 30 July, demanding his release from prison. He must be released immediately and unconditionally.
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هەڵمەتی پشتیوانیی جیهانی لە سەربەخۆیی كوردستان

سالا ر حیسامی، VOKRadio, Los Angeles, California, USA

هەڵمەتی پشتیوانیی جیهانی لە سەربەخۆیی كوردستان

زیاتر له هه زار چالاکی سیاسی، مه ده نی، ڕۆشنبیر، ڕۆژنامه نووس و پێشمه رگه له هه ڵمه تێکی هاوبه شدا بۆ وه رگرتنی پشتیوانیی جیهانی له سه ربه خۆیی کوردستان، نامه یهک ئاراسته ی سەرۆك وڵاتان و سەرۆك پەرلەمانەكان و كەسایەتییە دیارە ئەدەبی و هونەرییه کا ن و ته نانه ت وەرزشوان و یاریزانانی بهناوبانگی جیهان ده که ن.

نامەیەك بە واژووی (1268) هاونیشتمانی کوردستانی بۆ هەموو سەرۆك پەرلەمان و سەرۆك وڵاتانی جیهان و كەسایەتییە هونەری و رۆشنبیری و وەرزشییە ناودارەكانی دونيا دەنێرین، داوای پشتیوانیكردنیان لە ئاكامی گەلپرسيی 25ی ئەیلوول بۆ سەربەخۆیی كوردستان دەكەین و هەموو وەڵامەكان دوای كۆكردنەوەی، لە نامیلكەیەكدا چاپ دەكرێت، بۆ ئەوەی نەوەی ئێستا و دادێی كوردستان دۆست و پشتیوانانی دۆزی رەوای گەلەكەیان بناسن.

دەستەی ڕاپەڕاندنی كارەكانی هەڵمەتی پشتیوانی لە سەربەخۆیی كوردستان:

• شوکریا تەیموور مەحموودی (شوکریە کوردستانی) - ماموستای زانکۆ و قوتابی دکتۆرا لە بواری ئاسایشی نێودەوڵەتی له ئەمریکا - پەیوەندییەكانی دەستەی ڕاپەڕاندنی كارەكانی هەڵمەتی پشتیوانی لە سەربەخۆیی كوردستان

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• موحسین خالیدی - نووسەر و رۆژنامەنووس - هەولێر - پەیوەندییەكانی دەستەی ڕاپەڕاندنی كارەكانی هەڵمەتی پشتیوانی لە سەربەخۆیی كوردستان

- ژمارە موبایل: (07504728276)
• حەسیبە سەعید ئیبراهیم (هەنی گەردی) - مامۆستا و چالاكی مەدەنی - سۆران - وتەبێژی دەستەی ڕاپەڕاندنی كارەكانی هەڵمەتی پشتیوانی لە سەربەخۆیی كوردستان

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• سوبحی مستەفا عاسی محەمەد (لالۆ ڕەنجدەر)- هونەرمەندو شاعیری نەتەوەیی - هەولێر - كوردستان - وتەبێژی دەستەی ڕاپەڕاندنی كارەكانی هەڵمەتی پشتیوانی لە سەربەخۆیی كوردستان

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• ناسک سەعید-ماستەر لەمیدیاو کەلتوور- نووسەر و توێژەر- سلێمانی- راگەیاندنی دەستەی ڕاپەڕاندنی كارەكانی هەڵمەتی پشتیوانی لە سەربەخۆیی كوردستان

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• نامق شەفیق (نامق هەورامی) نووسەر- هەولێر - كوردستان - راگەیاندنی دەستەی ڕاپەڕاندنی كارەكانی هەڵمەتی پشتیوانی لە سەربەخۆیی كوردستان

- ژمارە موبایل: (07504611644)
• سندس حوسێن هەڵەبجەیی - چالاکی مەدەنی - هەڵەبجە - كوردستان - سەرپرشتی تۆڕە كۆمەڵایەتییەكان لە دەستەی ڕاپەڕاندنی كارەكانی هەڵمەتی پشتیوانی لە سەربەخۆیی كوردستان

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• زیرەک عەبدولڕەزاق ساڵح - رواندز - كوردستان - دایك و باوك ئەنفالكراو - كارگێڕی دەستەی ڕاپەڕاندنی كارەكانی هەڵمەتی پشتیوانی لە سەربەخۆیی كوردستان

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• سالار حیسامی (سالار بابەشێخ) - رۆژنامەنووس - هەولێر - راوێژكاری دەستەی ڕاپەڕاندنی كارەكانی هەڵمەتی پشتیوانی لە سەربەخۆیی كوردستان

- ژمارە موبایل: (07504885697 و 07704885697)

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"آکسیون پرش از آسمان" برای جلب حمایت کنگره ایالات متحده آمریکا ازاستقلال کردستان عراق جهت حل منازعات

vokradio, Los Angeles, California

آکسیون پرش از آسمان" برای جلب حمایت کنگره ایالات متحده آمریکا ازاستقلال کردستان عراق جهت حل منازعات خاورمیانه

اختصاصیVOK

14اکتبر 2017

پس از انجام همه پرسی استقلال کردستان عراق و رای بیش از 93 درصد رای دهندگان به جدایی از کشور عراق ، کردها در هر گوشه جهان به نوعی از نتایج این همه پرسی حمایت کردند و با انجام فعالیتهای متنابه سیاسی یا فرهنگی، برگزاری فستیوال، ، کارناوال ، و یا با قلم و گفتارخود از آن حمایت کردند.

روز اول اکتبر 2017 میلادی خانم دکتر ثریا فلاح محقق و فعال حقوق بشر ساکن لوس آنجلس در ایالت کالیفرنیا با انجام یک کار غیر منتظره و برای نخستین با ر تنها پس از یک آموزش کوتاه پرش از آسمان تصمیم گرفت که باچترنجات و در حالی که پرچم کردستان را در دست داشت خود را از ارتفاع 13000 پایی در محوطه فرودگاه لامباک در شمال کالیفرنیا بر زمین فرود آمد. دکتر ثریا با این کار می خواست نشان دهد که وقتی ملتی رای بر حق تعیین سرنوشت خود می دهند این حق طبق تمام مقررات و قوانین ملی و بین المللی قابل احترام است. از طرف دیگر با این کار پیامی با خود به همراه داشت و آن این بود :من به عنوان یک شهروند کرد آمریکایی از کنگره نمایندگان ایالات متحده درخواست میکنم که از تصمیم و رای مردم کردستان در عراق برای تشکیل یک دولت مستقل حمایت کنند واعتبار و مشروعیت را برای این حق اعلام کنند. من از شما می خواهم از رأی "بله" کردستان حمایت کنید.

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How US Can Do the Right Thing By the Kurds, While Avoiding Crisis

Irina Tsukerman, VOKRadio, Los Angeles, California

How US Can Do the Right Thing By the Kurds, While Avoiding Crisis

The US at this juncture has significant leverage over Baghdad.

By: Irina Tsukerman

October 8, 2017

New Yourk,

Staying out of the issue and refusing to back Kurds in times of need will not win US friends or allies in the Middle East, a region that values strength, loyalty, and strategic consistence over quibbling, appeasement, and insecurity.

President Trump can exercise that leverage effectively by having the airport ban lifted, not with loud proclamations that can only create indignation with the Iraqi government, but with nuanced behind the scenes diplomacy.

The ban is not going to change anyone's mind about independence, only gets people more intent to move forward as soon as possible unilaterally and with no negotiations.

At the same time, it's causing damage to Kurdish economy, creates undue suffering for civilians, and causing problems for US investors working on oil projects in the region.

The US has invested untold amount of money into Iraqi government - just so they could repay us by creating a de facto blockade against our allies, and preventing us from getting in and out?

It serves no legitimate purpose and actually causes the US to look weak - weaker than the Iraqi government, and unable to defend our own interests.

Weighing in on this issue will allow the US to retain credibility with the Kurds while also pushing both sides towards a negotiated solution to the current face-off.

Second, the US should play a role in negotiations over Kirkuk and oil, which are central to any successful bilateral discussion.

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More than 50 US political activist & academics women support the Kurdistan independence referendum

vokradio, Los Angeles, California, USA
More than 50 US political activists and academics who signed a statement supporting the Kurdistan independence referendum as a democratic process, valid under international law September 23, 2017 Los Angeles, The following is the full text of their statement: Statement of support for the right to hold a referendum in the Kurdistan region in Iraq on Sep 25th To all people who may be concerned with conflict resolution in the Middle East, concerned about the rights of all people to self-determination, and/or who would simply like to learn more about why this referendum is being held. We ask our representatives to support Kurdistan referendum. We, women who are in one way or another originated from or related to the world's largest nation without a country, the Kurds, in this crucial moment of history, stand by the Kurdistan Regional Government's decision to hold a referendum in Kurdistan of Iraq.
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