“International Day of Science in the Service of Peace and Development” with the approach of peace, dignity and equality on a healthy planet

In the name of God

Greetings and best wishes

We celebrate the International Day of Science in the Service of Peace and Development. With the approach of peace, dignity and equality on a healthy planet. We support and honor this day with all our efforts.

On this day, I congratulate all free spirits, peace-lovers and humanitarians. I wish for people, by equipping themselves with the perspective of meta-holism and realizing the dignity of human beings from the outlook of “Interuniversalism”, to come to understand the unity of the universe and be able to achieve enduring peace. 

Man is the only creature who understands the meaning of peace and wants to live in a way other than that which is offered by the wildlife to fight for his survival. All living beings are in a constant struggle to maintain their survival. Each living being uses a certain scheme to achieve this goal. Although mankind has never deviated from the usual ways of wildlife to fight for survival and achieve his hopes and dreams, he is the only creature that has been programmed in such a way, so that with his thoughts and ideas, he can peacefully and far from any kind of violence, preserve his life, as well as fulfilling his dreams. This trend can be seen as a human desire for peace, and the purpose of spreading world peace can lead people to reflecting about the continuation of their lives, allowing all people to have a chance for a peaceful life and a chance to fulfill their dreams, without being slaves or slave owners. Humans can use this time and opportunity for self-improvement and self-knowledge instead of fighting for peace after entering a war. 

It can be safely said that due to the ability to ponder, mankind has the necessary and sufficient preparation and innate talent to format a peaceful life. However, due to its primitive stage of life in ancient history, the tendency to be predatory and show inclination towards using force remains active in him and is still not separated from him. Despite the scientific and technological advances, man has not yet moved to the modern era of thinking. Unfortunately, scientific and technological advances have even negatively contributed to the direction of  humans in the direction of belligerence and predatory behavior and acting on survival-oriented conflicts causing a great obstacle, preventing the emergence of the exceptional and unique capabilities of humans. It should be noted that science and technology have caused irreparable damage to human peace through the spread of the thought of the unimportance of humans and the earth. 

Human rights is the most essential human need that has been violated throughout history. Every human being should be aware of the nature of their inalienable rights; So that he can stand in front of those who violate the basic rights of people because of their power-seeking, monopolization and evil desires and thoughts, etc., and not allow them to be abused.

Erfan-e Keyhani Halghe has taken a step in determining, explaining and emphasizing the rights of human beings by proposing the theme of “The Unified Body of One” to show that:

1) All human beings, regardless of race, nationality, color, gender, language, religion, political or any other opinion, social and national origin, amount of wealth, place of birth or any position they are in, deserve all the rights and the freedoms mentioned in the “Universal Declaration of human rights”. In addition, there is no distinction between people based on political status, jurisdiction and international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, regardless of whether a country is independent, under a trusteeship, non-autonomous or under any restrictions on its sovereignty.

2) All human beings have inherent dignity, freedom and equality.

3) All human beings have the right to live freely and autonomously, and they should not be considered slaves or be treated like slaves.

4) All human beings have the right to freedom of thought, freedom of expression and freedom after expression, freedom of religion and changing their religion, freedom to organize and participate in associations, etc.

5) All human beings have the right to health services, free education, public insurance, etc.

6) …

Irrespective of the above and what is stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, by putting forward the doctrine of “Interuniversalism”, considering human dignity and examining the place of mankind in existence and the principle of avoiding slavery, Erfan-e Keyhani Halghe condemns the rule of man over man. It simply recognizes the administration of the affairs of different societies, from the state to the private sectors of a society, to be only in the form of a board of directors.. As a result, “Taheri Peace Organization” proposes to add articles to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for this purpose. Including:

• Man’s rule over man is reprehensible (the administration of a country is permissible only by electing the members of the board of directors for the purpose of its administration, and not the ruling of those who consider themselves the owners of the country and take the lives, wealth and honor of the people and turn them into an amusement in their hands).

In short, the expansion of world peace means providing the ground for human intellectual development to reconcile with thinking, separate from tyranny and consider value for the existence of man and the earth, to allow all human beings regardless of religion, race, nationality, gender, etc., have the right to live and have the right to have the natural gifts of the earth and enjoy it. The earth belongs to everyone, including the future generations so that they also have the right to preserve this unique earth for them and give them the conditions of a peaceful life before they are born. In order to achieve such a goal, a person must distance himself from ignorance.

Because the jeopardy of peace is the result of the ignorance of a handful of benighted, power seeking individuals who only appear to be modern on the surface but on the inside they belong to prehistoric times with a level of thought limited to that. Also, all individuals who carry out repressions to steal the wealth of nations and involve the human mind in their evil and negative actions and deeds.

All human beings have the rights to natural freedom and existential independence and have human dignity. From this aspect, no individual is superior to another. Also, no other factor should have a negative impact on the natural freedom of man and impose slavery on him in any way.

Therefore, all human beings have the right to preserve their natural freedom and inherent dignity and not be subjected to any type of slavery. In this regard, the policy and management of the administration of nations should not jeopardize people’s self-respect and force them to trample this dignity in order to live a material life.

As such, while condemning self-slavery, any factor that aims to force people into slavery or lead to slavery in the future, including human factors, technological factors, etc., is rejected and must be under the control and supervision of human rights councils allowing them to use all their efforts to correct or prevent it from happening.

In this regard, it is appropriate for all free-thinkers, groups and circles to act in favor of freedom to preserve human dignity by using all their power to raise awareness about this inalienable human right.

Proposed principles for accession to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Principle-1: Negation of any form of slavery, be it traditional, political or modern

It should be noted that, in its social and political evolution over thousands of years, humans have now reached a stage where “human rights” are the least basis for the constitution of a progressive country. It can be safely said that the further a country’s constitution is from the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the degree of brutality of that system’s political system is higher, and the desire for governance and power is more visible in such a system.

In this regard, we hope for a day, not far away, when Article 1 of the country’s constitution indicates the placement of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the basis of the constitution and other laws of the country, so that all Iranians, regardless of ethnicity, race, religion and rituals of worship, gender and individual inclinations, etc. can guarantee the minimum requirements of an effortlessly free life for all Iranians.

It is important to note that in order to have a good life, it is not enough to solely have freedom. Many countries enjoy some levels of freedom; But the feeling of happiness and satisfaction among people is not as it should be. Therefore, along with freedom, awareness and knowledge are also required. Primarily, man’s problem is the lack of knowledge, ignorance and lack of understanding of his existential philosophy. This may also prevent the correct use of freedom. In fact, in order to guarantee a good and desirable life in which all people can feel pleased, freedom and awareness are required together. It is obvious that an ignorant nation is not able to make correct use of freedom, and very soon government-seekers and power-seekers will take this freedom out of the hands of such people. These individuals are able to deceive the masses with demagoguery and trickery by making various promises and after taking the helm of the country’s power, they will repeat history again and use their weapons that they prepare with the wealth of the nation, aiming it at people, threatening the nation with death so they can continue to plunder the country and oppress the nation in their own way. Even for their lineage, they predict hereditary governance and…

Also, this day is dedicated to all those who are aware of the value of Earth and are diligent in every possible way to preserve and maintain it by supporting the earth’s environment as it is a unique place in the universe. I also congratulate those who believe in and understand the oneness of man and Earth, striving for this valuable task.

The emergence of life on Earth required the combination of infinite different occurrences and conditions to happen simultaneously, in which case the probability of its occurrence would be zero.

As a result: From this point of view, the probability for another planet to exist that could host life, similar to Earth, can not exist. Therefore the possibility that life on Earth was a result of an accident would be completely ruled out. As such, the existence of life has been intelligently planned and revealed through life detectors and continued to evolve.

Therefore, from this point of view, the possibility of the random occurrence of a unique place like Earth and the creation of a wonderful creature like  human beings as well as the provision of millions of exclusive and special factors that came together for the formation of life is highly unlikely. If we consider this incident as a mere coincidence, it indeed arose by inordinate shallow thinking.

In this regard, the issues that are important to address are mentioned in a brief and general description below:

• Prevent water, air, soil and environment pollution
• Preventing global warming by curbing greenhouse gases (this phenomenon leads to the melting of polar ices and… apart from the fact that many cities will go under water in a few years according to the relevant list, it will also cause the release of microorganisms stored in Earth’s poles, which have been trapped under the ice for millions of years and will then be released. As a result, human health will be in danger and…)

• Preventing soil erosion and excessive use of soil, such as pottery, etc. (Earth soil can not be found in the entire universe)
• Preventing the excessive use of poisons and pesticides as well as preventing the excessive use of detergents and sanitary products, etc., which has caused groundwater pollution.
• Preventing the disruption of the natural chain of the ecosystem by preventing the destruction of nature and disrupting the natural structures of the environment

• …

Also, it is hereby reminded again: despite the discovery of thousands of planets, many of which are similar to Earth, yet none of them can support life due to several reasons.

In conclusion: I hope that humanity can find its high position and understand its value and importance. This matter requires the efforts of all free-thinkers and knowledgeable people around the world.

In the meantime, it is not important: The amount of knowledge a person has or how much philosophy he understands, etc., what is important is how knowledgeable and conscientious he is, and how much he is bound by ethics, and… because, all human miseries from long ago until now are due to lack of adherence. It is because of the lack of ethics and knowledge that we witness various disasters. Throughout history, the immorality of the statesmen and the ignorance of the majority of the rulers regarding people’s affairs and the killing and looting of the nations have been among such consequences.

Science and technology have also been used in the hands of ignorant people as means to destroy them. This ignorance and immorality has always put the yoke of slavery on the neck of man in different ways and has never allowed man to see the good side of himself and taste prosperity and freedom. From traditional slavery, human trafficking and political slavery to today’s modern slavery, which is going to set the stage for more destruction, captivity and greater tragedies than all ages and eras of humanity  in the not so distant future.

All those who think that man no longer needs morality, spirituality, wisdom, etc. and that science alone can take the place of everything, are definitely unaware of the depth of the impending disaster, and perhaps they are the beneficiaries of such a process and are among the administrators or they think the future of the world belongs to them.

The founder of the Taheri Peace Organization and the Erfan-e Halgheh Academy: Mohammad Ali Taheri 

Toronto: November 10, 2023