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.
Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh:
We continue the program with paying tribute to the lasting memory of the late Abbas Amir Entezam who passed away yesterday.
We will play a short documentary about this prominent political figure in Iran’s contemporary history and then talk to our senior correspondent Mohammad Reza Shaheed about Amir Entezam and what he remembers from the days of the revolutionary turmoil in Iran.
Mohammad Reza Shaheed:
I remember those days differently. I have made up my mind about that revolution and that is that I believe from the day one after its victory it was put in a reverse motion.
Those who still remember the revolution and support it up to today are gravely mistaken. The late Amir Entezam was among the first people who could see what a calamity that revolution would bring to Iran and the Iranians on the same day that he was handcuffed while lying on his hospital bed, a crime that even the South African apartheid regime did not commit to its armed opponents.
Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh:
I knew Amir Entezam very well. He was unafraid of defending the late Shapoor Bakhtiar in the court
Mohammad Reza Shaheed:
When the late Dariush Forouhar visited Paris he had asked Dr. Amouzegar to take him to Bakhtiar’s grave where he touched the gravestone and cried and asked for Bakhtiar’s forgiveness.
Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh:
What is the latest on the Macron-Trump relations?
Mohammad Reza Shaheed:
Today Macron held a press conference and said that the US support for France and Europe has not only been confined to the Second World War. Every single day the Americans have supported Europe.
Macron added that France does not have any difference of position with the US over Washington’s policy towards Iran, it is only the matter of approach to solve the Iran problem that Paris disagrees with US.
France has already got 700 soldiers in Iraq who are involved in training the Iraqi army.
Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh:
In the second part of the program Mr. Arshia joins us to talk about Bitcoins.
Mr. Arshia :
Bitcoin is a form of electronic cash. It is the first decentralized currency system that is designed to work without a bank or administrator.
It has been invented by an unknown person or group using the Japanese name of Satoshi Nakamoto and is designed to protect people’s money and savings in case banks go bankrupt.
Many economists and investors consider disagree with the idea and say the Bitcoin market is a bubble. Bitcoin has also been criticized for its use in illegal transactions, its high electricity consumption, price volatility, and thefts from exchanges.
Every Bitcoin is now worth around $20,000. It is becoming very popular in many countries of the world including African countries.
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