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12:00 PM, PRIME MINISTERIAL PALACE, TEHRAN, PERSIAN CAPITAL

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 | ARASH DAMAVANDI WALKS TOWARD THE BALCONY OF THE PERSIAN PRIME MINISTERIAL PALACE. THE TIME HAD FINALLY COME. HE WAS ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE ONE OF THE BIGGEST AND MOST HISTORIC EVENTS IN MODERN PERSIAN POLITICS, AND ONE OF HIS MAIN CAMPAIGN PROMISES. THIS WOULD NOT ONLY BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENTS OF HIS OWN PERSONAL POLITICAL CAREER, BUT OF THE WHOLE NATION. WALKING ALONGSIDE HIM WERE THE LEADERS OF TWO OF PERSIA'S NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES: TAJIKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN. AS THEY EXIT THE BUILDING ONTO THE BALCONY, A HUGE CROWD AWAITS OUTSIDE, FLASHING PICTURES AND WAVING THE FLAGS OF THE THREE COUNTRIES. HELICOPTERS CIRCLE IN THE SKY AND SECURITY FORCES ARE A COMMON SIGHT. THE CROWD'S CHEERING GETS LOUDER AS THE MEN ENTER THE BALCONY AND COME FULLY INTO SIGHT. THEY WAVE TO THE CROWD, BEFORE DAMAVANDI TAKES THE PODIUM AND THE CROWD BECOMES SILENT. | 

ARASH DAMAVANDI : "In the name of God, the almighty and merciful. It is with great pleasure that I am among you today. I feel as if I am among my own people, and that is because I am. No borders or politics will ever separate the Iranic people!"

 | HIS SENTENCE IS MET WITH A LOUD APPLAUSE AND CHEERING FROM THE CROWD. |

ARASH DAMAVANDI : "Though our enemies have tried for decades to separate us, we yet stand together, as one. We are a people with a history of 7,000 years. 7,000 years of culture and civilization. 7,000 years of science and innovation. They have tried indeed to put us down. To hinder us. To take away our identity which we hold so dear. But we refused to let in to them. When the Caliphates conquered the Middle East and North Africa, they forced their language and culture onto the people of their newly acquired territories. Almost all were Arabized, except for us. When the savage Turkic barbarians descended from the Steppes, they killed, raped, and pillaged everything in their path. They forced their language and religion onto the people they conquered. Yet when they conquered the Persian Empire, this did not happen. The Seljuk Turks were so mesmerized by the Iranic culture, that they adopted our language, our culture, and our way of life. They took into their government, men from our kin. Although it was our people whose land were conquered, it was the Turks, whose hearts and minds had been subdued by the noble Iranic culture and traditions. When the Mongols conquered our lands, they too adopted our customs, and celebrated our new year, Nowrooz. Our culture is one of kindness and respect. Of truth and goodwill. Of poetry and the arts. Of science and innovation. One that has captivated the hearts and minds of the world throughout the decades.

This is not to say that we did not have strong empires as well. Few have forgotten the triumphs of Cyrus the Great from Afsharid Persia, who was not just a conqueror, but a man well ahead of his time as well. A man who did not force his customs or religion onto the people he conquered. A man who freed the Jews from captivity in Babylon and outlawed slavery. A man whose charter for the first declaration of human rights is displayed in The-United Nations Headquarters in New York. A man whose biography was read by all of the United States founding fathers, who saw him as a role model. He did not rape, or pillage, or kill, or force his customs upon his conquered people. Instead, he loved them. Such are the ways of the Iranic people. Indeed, we have great warriors. Do not forget that Saladin who fought so bravely against the Crusaders was a Kurd! The same Kurds who despite all they have faced from the Arabs and Turks, are still ever strong today! It was our brothers and sisters in Tajik-stan that resisted for years against the Soviets until they finally threw off the shackles of communism! It was our brothers and sisters in Islamic State of Afghanistan who fought for years to repel the Russian invasion of their homeland. They've been at war for nearly 50 years now, yet they remain ever strong! These nations and leaders stand testament to the fact that our culture is also one of resistance against oppression!"

 | HE LOOKS BACK AND SMILES AT AFGHAN PRESIDENT ASHRAF GHANI, WHO IS STANDING BESIDE SUPREME LEADER TAHMASEB ABDULAYEV OF TAJIKISTAN. THE CROWD CONTINUES TO CHEER. HE RETURNS HIS ATTENTION TO THE PODIUM AND CONTINUES. | 

ARASH DAMAVANDI : "For years, they have tried to separate us. The Western Neo-Colonialists, the Pan-Turks, the Pan-Arabs, the Communists.... all have failed. For we stand here among you today! Stronger than ever and more united than ever. It is with honor, that I announce to you a new union among our nations: The Community of Iranic States."

 | THE CROWD ERUPTS INTO A HUGE FLURRY OF CHEERING AND APPLAUSE AS THE OTHER LEADERS STEP UP THE PODIUM BESIDE DAMAVANDI. | 

ARASH DAMAVANDI : "May the enemy know that we are more united and stronger than ever, and may God bless this union!"

 | AND WITH THAT, DAMAVANDI AND THE REST OF THE LEADERS WAVE AT THE CROWD AND RETURN INSIDE THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE AS THE CROWD CONTINUES TO CHEER. | 

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