July 13, 2003
Update on Iran
I don't remember that Khatami has ever been under such a lot of pressure from everywhere. Aside from some intellectualls such as Abdolkarim Soroush and Mohsen Kadivar, whose recent open letters have been circulating among people in Iran, his own brother has wrote a letter to him, warning him of parallel security organizations' methods of action against not only opposition, but even reformist activists and journalists. Maybe that's why he has recently spoken about resignation again. He said that if people wanted him to go, he would step down.
The latest rumors is that hardliners are trying to arrest all influential reformist activists and based on their confessions under torture, accuse members of parliments of co-operating with Americans and cancel the whole parliment.
Posted by hoder at July 13, 2003 7:32 PM
I have a question for everyone out there. Does President Khatami have the popular backing that he once had in that his resignation would actually have a ripple effect across the Iranian community? I ask this in light of an interview Saeed Razavi-Faqih, a student at Tarbiat-Modarres University in Tehran and a member of the steering committee of the main national student organization, the Office for the Consolidation of Unity (OCU). I've posted the interview on my blog in case anyone wishes to access it. http://iraniantruth.blogspot.com/
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I think his resignation would be the best step he can take right now. I mean with all the unstabilities going on, it is a very bad idea for him to stay iin power and do his regular speeches because it will only increase hate and resentment among people towards him
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It continues to sicken me the way that mainstream media ignores the crucial events that are transpiring in Iran and Hong Kong. It's as if the media thinks global affairs don't matter unless we have troops stationed on site...
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"The latest rumors is that hardliners are trying to arrest all influential reformist activists and based on their confessions under torture, accuse members of parliments of co-operating with Americans and cancel the whole parliment."
Actually, that wouldn't surprise me.
What will the students do if that scenario begins to unfold? I'd be very curious to hear a little conjecture on that.
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