ROYAL FORUM: Zahra Rahnavard Monarchist Muslim? ;0)

IRI Academic Vahid Jalili expresses criticism for the way in which Zahra Rahnavard conducted her interviews aimed at proving the elections of 2009 Iranian elections were rigged and fraudulent. Zahra Rahnavard and the Green Movement main argument was that the elections were rigged due to the tribal vote, and that the Lor and Azari ethnic groups within Iran vote for the candidate of their ethnicity. Jalili argues this mentality belongs to Monarchist Muslims, out of touch with how Iran’s demographics have changed, in particular the shift towards an Islamic Republic. Jalili argues this argument is irrelevant and outdated, and does not correspond with how Iranians vote and have voted in the past. He puts forward criticism of Mir-Hossein Mousavi for calling her the most intellectual woman in Iran. Zahra Rahnavard says the tribal vote is the reason she believes the elections were rigged. More than half a year after the elections, she and her followers have been unable to prove any instance of rigging. (Transcript of clip as posted on youtube clip):

Imam jome of Tehran In Front of Reza shah Tomb for 50th Anniversary of Pahlavi Dynasty ( 1355/1977):

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Miscellaneous Debates on IRI Tv on the Subject of the Pahlavi Monarchy and Revolution

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Iranian Intellectual and Journalist Sadegh Ziba Kallam speaks highly about Reza Shah’s Achievement on IRI TV (March 2010):

Another interesting Take on the same topic from the view point of an Intellectual Bijan Abdolkarimi in Iran today and his take on the differences between the British Glorious Revolution (of 1688 and the British Restoration) which led to a Parliamentary System as opposed to the French Secular Revolution of 1789:

Blogger Potkin Azarmehr in London about the hanging of Rahmanipour and Alizamani in Iran – 28 Jan 2010:

Recommended Watching:

ROYAL RHINOPLASTY: Stephen Fry On The Imperfections of the Monarchy and Why It Should Be Preserved

HISTORY FORUM: Nader Naderpour on Iran’s Constitutional Revolution and European Rennaissance (1996)