WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Justice Through Music and the Iranian-American Youth have joined forces to ensure that today, December 7th, Student's Day in Iran, is recognized around the world, despite efforts of the Iranian authorities to suppress it. During the last month alone, more than 60 Iranian students have been arrested and countless others referred to disciplinary committees just for supporting freedom and condemning oppression. JTM and IAY have launched two videos on You Tube to show the world and the citizens of Iran that support for democracy in Iran is growing.

The Youth-To-Youth campaign asks young people everywhere to go to its website and print out posters supporting freedom in Iran, take a picture while holding the poster and then upload it to the Y2Y site. http://www.y2ycampaign.com/How_you_can_get_involved.html Hundreds of people have already done so and scores of them are in the YouTube video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjyZESkB5IA, sending a message of moral support to the students of Iran as they prepare to once again bravely take to the streets to demand their freedom and an end to brutality. As the focus of the Islamic regime has turned to the destruction of Iran's educational institutions by violently oppressing Iran's students, the visual message from the students of America to the students of Iran is: "We support you, we stand with you and we hope you are victorious."

The second video, Flowers For Your Guns, is dedicated to Neda Agha-Soltan and all those who have died and struggled for democracy in Iran. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYmFyeKG48Y The video features famous Iranian singer Shamim Azade and the American band Op-Critical, melding traditional Persian music with driving rock. Film footage includes tens of thousands of people in Iran and America marching and protesting for freedom, exclusive video of New York and Washington rallies, the unveiling of the statue of Neda, and the Green Scroll march to the Capitol. The video shows the people of Iran speaking out, supported by millions around the world, for a new system in Iran, where human rights are respected, and where religion and politics are separate. The video makes clear that with the killing of peaceful protesters, the Iranian Government inflicted a fatal poison on itself, and it is now dying. With each new spasm of violence against its citizens, the Islamic regime demonstrates that it is bankrupt and in the throes of death itself.

JTM and IAY see a rebirth happening in Iran -- a destiny that cannot be changed no matter how brutal the actions of those who have the guns. The Green Revolution, patterned after the peaceful Velvet Revolutions in Eastern Europe, cannot be stopped. The world is now filled with hundreds of millions of Nedas, and these videos demonstrate that YES, these Nedas are growing and will prevail.

Justice Through Music is a 501c3 organization dedicated to inspiring youth to take control of their future. http://www.jtmp.org. Op-Critical is a band that uses music to speak out about injustice. http://Www.myspace.com/opcritical. Iranian-American Youth is a grassroots organization that supports the people of Iran based on the principles of democracy, human rights and unity. http://www.iranianamericanyouth.org

SOURCE Justice Through Music

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