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We begin tonight’s edition of A Window to the Fatherland with Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh reading one of his poems from the book of his collected works.
The program is then followed by Dr. Nourizadeh’s interview with the Israel TV in which he says:
Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh:
The Iranian regime is riddled with fractions and divisions. Why do the Israelis so fiercely insist on Trump to leave the nuclear deal while there is no alternative in its place? The Islamic republic is shaken and sacred. What Trump is doing with North Korea has actually shaken the Iranian regime instead.
Up until recently the regime was confident that by paying millions of dollars to the North Koreans they would be able to arm themselves with the latest missile technology, but now the North Koreans are revealing all their secret deals with the Iranian regime.
While the Hezbollah and Al Alam TV stations are talking about “Iran’s anger and retaliation”, the regime itself has kept quiet about the Israeli attacks on its bases in Syria.
The Iranian opposition figures and groups must stop boasting about their power and influence. The foreign powers have plan to put Maryam Rjavi into power in Iran and the so-called documents that Netanyahu has revealed are exactly the ones that had previously been published by the Mujaheddin. We must remain vigilant and not leave the destiny of our country in the hands of the Mujahedin.
The program continues with Dr. Nourizadeh interviewing Dr. Kazem Kardavani, a member of Iranian Writers Association (IWA).
Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh:
Where is your association now?
Dr. Kazem Kardavani:
The truth is that the formation of IWA back in 1968 has been a positive thing. It is just a good omen that its establishment coincides with the international day of workers, or the May Day. We are now putting together a statement about the 50th anniversary of our birthday. The question is can we say that we are proud of these half a century of our activities? Or is the IWA going to have any future at all?
Looking back at our activities you will notice that it was our poetry reading nights that led to the start of the opposition movement against the former regime and when you look closely you will see that the Khomeini and his religious followers had nothing to do with that movement.
Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh:
I was involved in those poetry-reading evenings and even Khamenei had attended them in covert civil clothing.
Dr. Kazem Kardavani:
Our slogans then were around the demands for freedom of press and thought and removing the state censorship on writers and thinkers. Our association was a non-political body but we were facing an ideologically charged new regime after the revolution that after the hostage taking at the US embassy began to crack down on all those who disagreed with its religious fundamentalism.
Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh:
Did you ever think of turning the association into a political body?
Dr. Kazem Kardavani:
Mr. Behazin wanted to turn it into a subordinate of his Tudeh party but Khomeini banned any party that opposed his despotic ideology.
The result has been that a regime that cannot tolerate even a loyal opposition is a vile entity and has no future.
We had some problems during the Shah’s time too but none could be compared with the repression that the Islamic republic regime has carried out against our association and its members.
Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh:
The late Simin Behbahani had said that she went to see Mohajerani, the culture minister under Khatami, and he said to her that the association’s members could freely gather together.
Dr. Kazem Kardavani:
We wrote to Mr Mohajerani and asked him to provide us with a venue for our public meetings but he never replied to us. In reality nobody cared about us. Nowadays our association is the only remaining civil organization that exists in Iran. The problem is that the ruling regime does not tolerate any civil institute. And that is the biggest problem in our country at the moment.
Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh:
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