Ok, granted he’s not in Iran, but he is doing it in a predominantly Muslim area of England.
Meet the former Iranian soldier who flies the Israeli flag above his north Manchester home, having fled torture in his home country.
Ali Ramezan is an unlikely Israel supporter, but the 47-year-old, who fought in the Iran-Iraq war, has turned his back on Iran.
He has now been granted residency in the UK after 11 years as an asylum-seeker. “I only watched an anti-government protest, but I was arrested. I have relatives who go out shouting, ‘Death to America’, ‘Death to Israel’. I realised it was brainwashing.”
In 1999, Mr Ramezan, a lorry driver, is currently gathering witnesses to mount a legal challenge in the Iranian courts over his wife and son whom, he claims, he was forced to leave behind.
In the meantime, Mr Ramezan vents his frustration by flying Israeli and US flags from his home, an odd protest in his neighbourhood, the mainly Muslim area of Cheetham Hill.
“People have said I could be firebombed but I’m not scared to fly my flags. In Iran they would hang you.”
Meanwhile, there are plenty of decent people still in Iran, and some of them have left comments to this recent post.
ali
hi i,am from iran , its funny because most of people know that they lie to us about evrything ,we knowe that even he has never been in israel and all the informations of him was fake ,real iranian people are not israelians enemy and also we hate HEZBALLAH and HAMAS,we want peace and freedom.
ali
i really enjoied when they killed those terorists on dubai, that was 007 job ,thanks israel !
Peace
Nobody cares about these ridiculous shows making by stupid governors in Iran.
Hope to see the future without clergymen and Hizbollah, soon!
I am from Iran, and I LOVE you Israeli people.Mehdi
Another Iranian,
In Iran, we all know about our lunatic government .. like most of my fellow countrymen and women we love Israel … let’s all hope for a life in peace and prosperity – of course without Ahmadinejad or Hezbullah or Hamas.raha
Im another iranian.your title is great!Death by photoshop
Hesam
Yet another Iranian,
The sad part is that the world is watching these morons and count them as Iran, while true Iranians have to suffer and be embarrassed by their crazy government.
Cheers
