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By Jamie Glazov
FrontPage Interview’s guest today is Roozbeh Farahanipour, an Iranian journalist, democracy activist, former political prisoner in Iran and head of Marze Por Gohar Party (MPG), an Iranian opposition party seeking the establishment of a secular republic in Iran. He was a student leader in the 1999 uprising, just one year after creating MPG.
FP: Roozbeh Farahanipour, welcome to Frontpage Interview.
There was a major participation of Iranians on Neda’s 40th day memorial. To remind some readers, just in case, Neda Agha-Soltan is the young Iranian woman who was shot and killed during the Iranian election protests. The video of her death has become a rallying point for the Iranian freedom movement.
Tell us about it.
Farahanipour: Opposition groups, such as Marze Por Gohar, invited people to engage and show their opposition to the Islamic regime. The regime really tried to prevent his from happening. For example, they pressured Neda’s mother not to attend the memorial. In an internet-based interview, she revealed that due to unknown reasons (read pressure from the regime) she will not attend her own daughter’s memorial.
She also mentioned that the people of Iran should consider Neda as their own child. But she was quick to mention that she will not accept any responsibility if people attend the memorial. Again, this shows how bad the pressure is when a mother is not able to attend to her daughter’s memorial. In a joint effort of the opposition, however, inside and outside Iran, people managed to overcome the heavy pressure of the regime and spread the word of the date and the places where people could gather.
As we predicted, this day turned out to be a nightmare for the regime. People once again took the streets and took a step further in their anti-regime protests. On this day we heard slogans like “Independence, freedom, Iranian republic”( as opposed to “Islamic republic”) and “down with Islamic republic.” Read more ...
FrontPage Interview’s guest today is Roozbeh Farahanipour, an Iranian journalist, democracy activist, former political prisoner in Iran and head of Marze Por Gohar Party (MPG), an Iranian opposition party seeking the establishment of a secular republic in Iran. He was a student leader in the 1999 uprising, just one year after creating MPG.
FP: Roozbeh Farahanipour, welcome to Frontpage Interview.
There was a major participation of Iranians on Neda’s 40th day memorial. To remind some readers, just in case, Neda Agha-Soltan is the young Iranian woman who was shot and killed during the Iranian election protests. The video of her death has become a rallying point for the Iranian freedom movement.
Tell us about it.
Farahanipour: Opposition groups, such as Marze Por Gohar, invited people to engage and show their opposition to the Islamic regime. The regime really tried to prevent his from happening. For example, they pressured Neda’s mother not to attend the memorial. In an internet-based interview, she revealed that due to unknown reasons (read pressure from the regime) she will not attend her own daughter’s memorial.
She also mentioned that the people of Iran should consider Neda as their own child. But she was quick to mention that she will not accept any responsibility if people attend the memorial. Again, this shows how bad the pressure is when a mother is not able to attend to her daughter’s memorial. In a joint effort of the opposition, however, inside and outside Iran, people managed to overcome the heavy pressure of the regime and spread the word of the date and the places where people could gather.
As we predicted, this day turned out to be a nightmare for the regime. People once again took the streets and took a step further in their anti-regime protests. On this day we heard slogans like “Independence, freedom, Iranian republic”( as opposed to “Islamic republic”) and “down with Islamic republic.” Read more ...
Source: FPM
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