Res 95-79 RESOLUTION NO. 95-79
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, COMMENDING AND SUPPORTING THE CITY OF LOS
ANGELES, CALIFORNIA FOR THE SEVERANCE OF ITS RELATIONSHIP
WITH TEHRAN, IRAN, AS ITS SISTER CITY AND REQUESTING THE
CITY OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA, TO LIKEWISE TERMINATE ITS
RELATIONSHIP WITH ITS SISTER CITY, SHIRAZ, IRAN.
WHEREAS, 50 Americans are still being held unlawfully as
hostages in the United States Embassy in Tehran, Iran, by the Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini and the students whom he controls; and,
WHEREAS, the said Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini extended an
invitation to Black Americans and others to join him in the Islamic
revolt against the United States; and
WHEREAS, all Americans irrespective of race, creed or color
reject and condemn the terroristic tactics of the said Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini and his followers as legally, politically and morally
wrong; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Delray Beach on behalf of its citizens
desires to demonstrate its support of the position taken by the United
States Goverr~ent in its effort to gain the release of the hostages;
and,
WHEREAS, the City of Los Angeles, California in its support of
our federal government in the present Iranian crisis has severed its
relationship with its former sister city, Tehran, Iran; and,
W/~EREAS, it is the desire of the City of Delray Beach to
commend and support the City of Los Angeles for such action; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Delray Beach urges the City of Phoenix,
Arizona, to follow the example of the City of Los Angeles and terminate
its relationship with its sister city, Shiraz, Iran,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Delray Beach commends and supports the action
taken by the City of Los Angeles, California, in severing all ties with
its former sister city, Tehran, Iran.
Section 2. That Delray Beach urges the City of Phoenix, Arizona,
to likewise sever and terminate all of its relations with its sister
city, Shiraz, Iran.
Section 3. That copies of this Resolution shall be forwarded
to the Mayors of the Cities of Los Angeles, California and Phoenix,
Arizona.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on this the 3rd
day of December , 1979.
~ MAYOR
ATTEST: LEON M. WEEKES
City Clerk