Iranian activists oppose military attack on Iran -- dissident

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Source: AFP

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — Iranian pro-democracy activists strongly oppose any military attack on their country but want the world to condemn Tehran's human rights violations, Iranian dissident journalist Akbar Ganji said in a petition seen Monday.

"We categorically reject a military attack on Iran," the high-profile dissident said in an open letter to UN chief Ban Ki-moon, a copy of which was obtained by AFP.

The prominent dissident, who is currently in the New York area, said talk of a possible attack on Iran over Tehran's refusal to suspend its uranium enrichment program was making "things extremely difficult for Iranian human rights and pro-democracy activists".

"No Iranian wants to see what happened to Iraq or Afghanistan repeated in Iran," said Ganji, who spent five years in prison for articles linking officials to a string of killings of intellectuals in Iran.

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