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:
In tonight’s program we will speak to our special guest Dr. Kazem Kardavani, who is a member of Iran’s Association of Writers, by first asking him that as a sociologist, what does he think the future holds for Iran in view of the political developments of last year?
Dr. Kazem Kardavani:
About one hundred years ago the prominentIranian intellectual Hassan Taghizadeh lived in exile and could not return to Iran. However he used to write about Iran for foreign press and in one such article for a French daily he had said that the spirit of Iran lives in its citizens forever.
During the last year we have witnessed the rise of this spirit through the movements of workers, farmers, teachers and the students and some of them like the late Dr. Kavoos Seyed Imami have also lost their lives at the hands of the regime.
It appears that the regime is now exhausted from arresting and repressing any more people.
Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh:
You mentioned that the foundations of a future civil society in Iran must be based on the powers of people like theworkers and truck drivers and even the pensioners. It appears that the Iranian people’s current movement is entirely home made and receives no direction from outside the country.
Dr. Kazem Kardavani:
I believe the social media is playing a very crucial role in this movement and encourages sections of our society to join it and in due time this movement will find its own identity and play a historic role in shaping the future of Iran.
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