Via JCPA's Israel Advocacy Initiative, here's a link to an open letter placed in yesterday's NY Times by the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, calling on world leaders to intervene in the deteriorating human right situation in Iran.

The letter, which is part of Mr. Wiesel's campaign to bring awareness to the threat that the Iranian regime poses to global peace, was signed by over 40 Nobel Laureates from various countries. Here's a quote:

The situation in Iran is not improving; in fact, it is worsening every day. The cruel and oppressive regime of “Supreme Leader” Ali Khamenei and President Ahmadinejad, whose irresponsible and senseless nuclear ambitions threaten the entire world, continues to wage a shameless war against its own people. Human rights violations have now attained new levels of horror. ...

And yet, overcoming fear and ignoring threats, tens of thousands of freedom-loving men and women, many of them young students, are marching in the streets shouting their faith in democracy and liberty. They must know that we are on their side.

 And this is the regime that wants to develop nuclear weapons, and probably now thinks that it has to do so to regain its forfeited legitimacy at home. This, it cannot be allowed to do.