This newspaper--which has repeatedly refused to publish articles from true Iranian dissidents, for several years, has consistently backed the sham theory of "Iranian reforms from within the regime" and has praised the demagogue Mr. Khatami--has finally gone over the edge; now it has become a true mouthpiece for the theocratic regime! On May 10, 2003 a long Op/Ed article (A Neighbor's Vision of the New Iraq) written by M. Javad Zarif, who is the Ambassador of the Islamic Regime to the United Nations residing in the United States, was published in "The New York Times". Alas, the words of the representative of the religious dictatorship and a terrorist theocracy were displayed in the pages of one of the greatest defenders of democracy and freedom!

Of course, "The New York Times" Management and its Editorial Board have been extremely cautious by avoiding revealing the true identity of Mr. Zarif. They omitted his exact title and any mention of his background. The question remains was this slip done to fool the unsuspecting American public, the readers and those not closely familiar with the Iranian affairs? Or, is it part of the usual naïve representation and the newspaper’s support for the terrorist theocracy in Iran?

What "The New York Times" doesn’t want the readers to know is that: Mr. Zarif and his boss, Mr. Kamal Kharrazi, the acting Iranian Foreign Minister, are part and parcel of the ruling dictators in Iran. Their long and continued support for the terrorist organizations that have carried out terrorist attacks against innocent Americans are well known and documented. In fact the two are quite infamous and have a notorious record for their role in the 1979 occupation of the United States Embassy in Tehran and the subsequent hostage taking of 52 innocent U.S. diplomats that lasted 444 days. Indeed, this was the origin and claim to fame for Mr. Kharrazi and Mr. Zarif’s rise to power within the hierarchy of the terrorist theocracy.