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A Few Scattered Notes
http://www.ghandchi.com/221-Scattered.htm
1. Nobody in Iran gives a hoot about most of these groups
that we hear about, including MKO and shahollAhis.
2. shahollAhis were surprised that after the Aban81, the students made 16-Azar81
to become such a celebration, and the LA radios had to support the 16-Azar. Then
they tried to hijack the students movement of Aban81 and Azar81 and called for
17-Dey celebrations. *Nobody* showed up.
3. It is amazing how mature the movement inside Iran has become, and it has its
own leaders from Jebhe Demokratik and Jebhe Melli and others who have fought IRI
all these years, but most of them are not known outside of Iran.
4. The IRI reformists try to depict the inside-Iran-opposition as 2nd khordad
and their MPs. Nothing is further from the truth. Most leaders are actually
from the secular opposition and are products of events like 18-Tir of 1999.
5. The Iranian opposition exists in great numbers and with a lot of knowledge
and programs for Iran's future, contrary to the case of Afghanistan and Iraq and
it will lead the democratic change just like the Czech experience.
6. We should not alienate the US and Europeans. The US and European support of
Iranian pro-Democracy movement is critical. Even at the time of Mossadegh, the
democratic movement tried to get the support of the Western Democracies and not
allow the dictatorial forces to show themselves as the alternative for Iran.
But both the opposition and the West made a mistake.
7. Frankly inside Iran, there are not one hundred and one groups like those
abroad which are basically historical artifacts of the pre-1979 and will be
forgotten the moment Iran opens up again. There is the pro-Democracy movement
on one side and Islamism on the other. It is clear for the former that they want
the end of Islamism, although they do not care to repeat refutation of the ones
who are trying to depict as modified Islamism 2.0 version, as an alternative for
IRI. Nonetheless even the ones like Amir Entezam have taken resolute position
against the mellimazhabi alternative for Iran, and have called, in no uncertain
terms, for a fully *secular* republic, even though his own background is from
Nehzate Azadi..
8. The leaders inside Iran do not see the need to repeat again and again about
their opposition to MKO and shahollAhis. Those are history.
Sam Ghandchi, Publisher/Editor
IRANSCOPE
http://www.iranscope.com
June 18, 2003
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