A Window to the Fatherland

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:

The religious regime in Iran is one the biggest liars in the world and is unashamed of it.

Its leaders lie about the situation of Iran and Iranians as though they live on a different planet and have no touch with reality oflife in the country.

Tonight we ask our special guest Dr. Yazdchi how can we rid Iran of this despotic and reactionary regime and end the rule of bunch of mullahs who have put themselves in between the Iranians and God.

Dr. Yazdchi:

I do not see that potential among our people as yet. We are going through one the darkest periods of our nation’s history and if we truly want to change it we must be honest and open about what should be done.

The bad habit of lying is part of our nation’s behaviour. We cannot just refrain from lying in our daily lives. Our social behaviour has been built around this adverse habit.

This regime’s entire existence is based on hypocrisy and deception. It stands for all the evils that you can find among humans.

Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh:

How was it then possible that 110 years ago during the Constitutional Revolution our intellectuals overcame the influence of the religious figures and even purged them from the social life of Iran, but with the Islamic revolution of forty years ago they became followers of religious leaders.

Dr. Yazdchi:

The answer to this question is a very long one. The clergy in Iran did not have any significant power in the 1940s-1960s as it had lost its influence after the Constitutional Revolution.

However, during the 1960s and thereafter several religious groups opposed to the Shah’s regime were born and they were joined bynationalist forces who had already a social base in the country.

It was the alliance of these groups and forces backed by the left-wing organizations that opposed the Shah’ show White Revolution of the 1960s had not attracted enough social forces at the time.