radiozamaneh.com: Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami is urging the Islamic Republic leadership and the people to forgive each other and reach out to each other for the sake of the country's future. On his personal website, Khatami writes about his meeting with some of the veterans of the eight-year Iran-Iraq War, where he said: "If there has been any wrongdoing, let us all forgive each other and look toward the future." In the presidential elections of 2009, Mir Hosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, the two reformist candidates, accused the government of vote-rigging to secure Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election. The allegations led to widespread protests across the country, which were violently quashed by government forces. Dozens were killed, thousands were arrested and numerous activists, journalists , lawyers and reformist figures were handed harsh prison sentences. The two opposition leaders are currently under house arrest, reformists are being pushed out of the political scene, while all sorts of social activists are being persecuted for any media or public activity >>>
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نسرین ستوده: زندانی روز | Dec 04 | |
Saeed Malekpour: Prisoner of the day | Lawyer says death sentence suspended | Dec 03 |
Majid Tavakoli: Prisoner of the day | Iterview with mother | Dec 02 |
احسان نراقی: جامعه شناس و نویسنده ۱۳۰۵-۱۳۹۱ | Dec 02 | |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Prisoner of the day | 46 days on hunger strike | Dec 01 |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Graffiti | In Barcelona | Nov 30 |
گوهر عشقی: مادر ستار بهشتی | Nov 30 | |
Abdollah Momeni: Prisoner of the day | Activist denied leave and family visits for 1.5 years | Nov 30 |
محمد کلالی: یکی از حمله کنندگان به سفارت ایران در برلین | Nov 29 | |
Habibollah Golparipour: Prisoner of the day | Kurdish Activist on Death Row | Nov 28 |
He's more dangerous than Khamenei ...
by Harpi-Eagle on Wed May 18, 2011 01:05 PM PDTHas anyone read the story of "Koor Oghlo va Kachal Hamzeh" by the late great Samad Behrangi ? This is exactly what guys like Khatami "AKA Seyd Khandan", Mousavi, and Karoubi are, Kachal Hamzeh. They are more dangerous than the Pasha himself in the immortal words of Behrangi. Mullahs, kill em all, let god sort em out.
Payandeh Iran, our Ahuraie Fatherland
EASY for him to say ..
by sam jade on Wed May 18, 2011 09:56 AM PDTIs he talking for victims too ?? or this is his kiss ass opinion ?
He got it all worng , who has to forgive who ??, Victims have to forgive , not the criminals,, Khatami should go to the vicims; innocent people whom got shot in streets or in prisons and ask for forgiveness...
Ask SOHRAB'S and Neda's family and many many other "VICTIMS" IF they can forgive ,, how could they..
Khatami is also a war criminal
by Onlyiran on Wed May 18, 2011 08:57 AM PDTHere he is posing for photos with child soldiers during the Iran / Iraq war, which is a war crime:
//www.khatami.ir/fa/photo/112/1041.html
And here he is standing next to another child soldier:
//www.khatami.ir/fa/photo/112/1037.html
You and your type
by pedro on Wed May 18, 2011 07:24 AM PDTYou and your type don't belong to Iran to begin with. You shameless child molesters. You nasty rapists, Monsters, torturers. I have never wished ill for anyone, but for you, your blood sucking rahbar and all other islamist akhond, mullah and Shaikh I wish a long and painful death for what you have done to this Ahourayee country and its man, woman and children. Nefrin bar shomaha akhonde khoonkhar, ghatel, Jani va tajavozkar. Ma Iraniha as shoma akhondha motonaferim, motanafer.
I am Persia. I pray to Ahoura Mazda.
...
by Mona 19 on Wed May 18, 2011 06:10 AM PDTAsking these blood thirsty wolves (IRI) to forgive -- that they've harassed, imprisoned the wronged ones, raped, tortured, beat to extarct a forced confession,hanged,...
I'm not going to say shame on them since they've proved for past 32 yrs that they have NO SHAME. May they pay for what they've done to the innocent.
Mona
Talab e bakhshesh
This was expected
by No Fear on Wed May 18, 2011 04:11 AM PDTLooks like the reformists are gearing up for the upcoming elections. Khatami is positioning himself to lead the so called reform faction again. If you listen to the entire interview, he repeats his alliances to Khamenei as he always done in the past.
Reformists candidates along with the traditional conservatives would have a strong showing for the upcoming parliamentary election. Now its a good chance for those who believe in reform and cast your votes for these reform minded candidates ( where are all the reformists who frequented this site before ? )
Afterall, reform leaders would look better internationally since they know how to smile better, be respected by Europeans ( for some costs ofcourse ) and will relax social restrictions by allowing a few films to get permit and a few musical shows to be performed so idiots can feel like intellectuals during their era and feel better about the future. Priceless, .. really.
Ofcourse, you were so damn stupid to judge a person by his looks.
Both when he had a beautiful smile on his face and looked and talked like an intellectual or on the contrary, when he looked unshaven and had a look of a baseeji , It was you who failed to know who is who.
Mibakhsham! Mibakhsham aankeh baraadaram kosht!!!!??????
by Aarash4545 on Wed May 18, 2011 01:54 AM PDTKoor khoondi Seyyed khandaan!!!
Hessab-e khodeto avval-e hameh mireseem!
Zeki !
by Shemirani on Wed May 18, 2011 12:19 AM PDTI wonder if his own son was in university dormitory and was rape that night, or if his daughter was shout in street (and so on...) will he talk about forgiveness !
Dars akhlagh be ammat bede, labkhand haam baraye zanet bezan, ma siasat madaran Vatanparast o Irandoost o az khodgozashte o kari mikhahim ! Parvandeh shoma Siah o Batel hast ! Iran niazi be shomaha nadarad !
هشت سال سر پیچ ایستاد - درمورد خاتمی
ahosseiniWed May 18, 2011 12:22 AM PDT
هشت سال سر پیچ ایستاد
شعارهای خوب خوب داد
گفت از مردم سالاری
با لبخندو روی شاد
اما سر بزنگاه
تو دام رهبر افتاد
توی دام اون فقیه
اون رهبرو اون شیاد
اما ما مردم خوب
دموکراتیم و آزاد
ما مردم با شعور
ما مردم با سواد
همگی با هم میگیم
خیلی با شور و فریاد
دین از سیاست جدا
سوا کنیم دو نهاد
دموکراسی آزادی
زنده و پاینده باد
رهبر خوب میخواهیم
نه ملای کون گشاد
taajob nadareh
by pedramx on Wed May 18, 2011 12:11 AM PDTJomhoorieh Islami noondoonieh in akhoondast, hala momkeneh jangeh zargari sareh ghodrat dashteh bashan vali nemian ke noondoonishon ro be khatar biandazan.
Here's the most hated man in Iran
by jasonrobardas on Tue May 17, 2011 10:16 PM PDTA true slime ! known as "Roobahe makkar" . No wonder he is despised by all .
hang them all!
by tehran e Azad on Tue May 17, 2011 09:52 PM PDTyou are saying let's forgive all the murders, rapes, tortures, robberies. You must be out of your mind you filthy animal!
You should be hanged just for saying that!! Another wolf in a sheeps clothing!
MARG BAR KHAMENEI, AHMADI, RAFSENJANI, MESBAH, AHMAD KHATAMI VA MOHAMMAD KHATAMI, KASHANI,RADAN VA TAMAM-E RAHBARAN-E IRI!!!
An important lesson on Forgiveness.
by amirparvizforsecularmonarchy on Tue May 17, 2011 09:33 PM PDTFor people to truly forgive one another, the offending party, which in some cases might be yourself, as in self forgiveness, has to honestly change.
So if a regime is raping hundreds of people every day today and torturing them for sick amusement, they can not be forgiven until they honestly change.
If it has a system of counting votes, by a council that is hand picked by the supreme leader, and no one has the right to get independent verification of the voting process as in any other legitimate system, and therefore cheating can occur, then reform is necessary before forgiveness can occur.
Then there are things that can not be forgiven, like the mothers who have lost children to the torture and murder, no one expects them to honestly be able to forgive even if the perpetrators honestly change, for them we need, justice and not revenge, but justice worthy of the crime. That is a whole nother topic, because many many other forces come into play.
Khatami himself has acted in an unforgivable way, even before the green movement ever occurred, so who asked him anyways. Rafsanjani, khatami, mousaviall of them may be one the same side politically, but none represent the aspirations of the people of iran, they are all corrupt, inhumane leaders that must be tried.
Please Khatami
by RostamZ on Tue May 17, 2011 09:12 PM PDTwe had enough of you and now it is time to settle this thing once and for all. Justice must be done, just will be done.
اینهم جریان فلان چیز به شقیقه!
Roozbeh_GilaniTue May 17, 2011 06:36 PM PDT
Looks like they taught you next to nothing before letting you lose on internet, akhi.
"Truth and reconciliation" committee was formed in SA after the fascist apartheid regime was overthrown through a combination of armed struggle and guerilla actions (yes, guns and shootings and such!) by ANC, a severe "Airtights" UN led sanctions and general strikes. In Iran we have not got that far yet, but watch the space!
As far as the "truth and reconciliation" post islamist regime is concerned, dream on!
"Personal business must yield to collective interest."
Truth and reconciliation.....sort of
by پندارنیک on Tue May 17, 2011 06:16 PM PDTHis plan should somehow resonate with those of us who advocate a South African-style sanction and outcome for Iran!
Beware of the smiling mullah
by Bahram G on Tue May 17, 2011 04:07 PM PDTThis akhoond always sported a smile while betrayed the best of Iranian people at a critical time when he was the president of this shameful theocracy. Remember what he called the university students? What was it? Obaash? He allowed the thug basiji pour into the universities and slaughter our very best people. He smiled all along.
No, no forgiveness. Justice. Justice will have to be served and will be served. Perhaps not today, but someday. And you the snake smiling akhoond better not try to front for your despicable ilk. Shame on you to even mention forgiving. We'll not forgive you, will not forgive any of you. You and your gang of akhoond with your thugs are the criminals who must answer for your crimes in the court of law and experience Evin from within. This time as inmates.
Baharam G
Funny!
by Artificial Intelligence on Tue May 17, 2011 01:53 PM PDTOrganization like NIAC and our esteemed IRI appologist/change from within promoters wanted and still want to do business with the likes of him and other "reformers".
Khatami, a diminutive brain or a big heart?!
by Disenchanted on Tue May 17, 2011 01:26 PM PDTThere is a distinction between pacificity and passivity. Khatami never seem to get that!
From a religious perspective, who is going to account for the damage done to Islam and Shia image?! A simple apology would do there too?
Cool
by ComraidsConcubine on Wed May 18, 2011 06:31 AM PDTlet's start by releasing all political prisoners and do let me know what I am supposed to be forgiven for, for me to seek and be granted possibly rather jaw-dropping jaw-jawing absolvence.
I never liked this geezer. He stinks like hell...
by Marathon-Man on Tue May 17, 2011 01:01 PM PDTHe either has a very short memory or small balls, or no balls at all. He was one those first people who was insulted by the rejime thugs when they burst into the room that he was having his speech.
Inha hamshoon saro taheh ye karbasan.
The hell with you all ,bloody mollas.
Another discussion about forgiveness
by Anahid Hojjati on Tue May 17, 2011 12:56 PM PDTYesterday, I was discussing forgiveness. Here we go again. I am not forgiving regime who killed my 18 year old friends and put people in jail just because they were not muslim enough, and did not let young people go to university because again they were not muslim enough. Regime that tortured people and continues to do same. I am getting sick and tired of this forgiveness term. Forgive my ....
crocodile tears
by asadabad on Tue May 17, 2011 12:46 PM PDTThis animal should be lynched with his turban. He wants to talk about mercy and forgiveness for murderers and rapists. Unbelievable. Where was all this barney I love you you love me bs in 1978..
All Working on the same team, principles and ideals mean Nothing
by amirparvizforsecularmonarchy on Tue May 17, 2011 12:37 PM PDTTo Mullahs, iranians are fodder to be used and abused, like during the Iraq war, as long as the mullahs who are all playing for the same team get to keep power and exclude the peoples basic interests.
This is how we allowed our freedom to be stole in 1979, and khatami actions prove this case for the 10,000th time assuming that Iranians have not learned. We replaced quality people that represented Iran, for people that represent chaos and corruption.
Javid Shah!
what a joke
by Fair on Tue May 17, 2011 12:35 PM PDTExcuse me? Forgive EACH OTHER? The people of Iran should be forgiven for what? For peacefully asking for our freedom? You are the one who should ask for forgiveness for yourself, for making false promises to the people and turning your back on them, swearing allegiance to the murderers and rapists of the Iranian people.
This man has truly shown once again that he is the true "nokare bee ekhtiar", not the poor patriot Shahpour Bakhtiar who shamelessly was abandoned by his countrymen and the so called ANtellectuals of the time.
Khatami, and all other bankrupt fake reformers have shown time and again, they will choose the fascist system over the Iranian people anytime anyday. Not to be trusted at all, ever, end of story.
Arnold Asked for Forgiveness Too!
by Faramarz on Tue May 17, 2011 12:31 PM PDTIt was a momentary lapse in judgment!
But let's look forward to the future!
LOL .....Rozbeh
by Soosan Khanoom on Tue May 17, 2011 12:13 PM PDTهم اكنون صداي " خامنه اي معذرت، معذرت "از سمت زندان اوين به گوش ميرسد»
They can't forgive Omar
by عموجان on Tue May 17, 2011 12:33 PM PDTEvery year we are forced to remember what Sunnis done to Shits (Shias), now lets forgive.
Existent of Islam is based on revenge. He could have said this 32 years ago. He is shitless ending up in Evin.
Never trust an Akhoond, I second that.
خامنه اي معذرت، معذرت
Roozbeh_GilaniTue May 17, 2011 12:04 PM PDT
هم اكنون صداي " خامنه اي معذرت، معذرت "از سمت زندان اوين به گوش ميرسد»
«ملکه بریتانیا هم بابت عدم دعوت رهبر فرزانه و نورانی به مراسم رویال ودینگ عذرخواهی خودش رو کتبی اعلام کرده. اسنادش هم نزد احمدینژاد موجود هست»
//www.khodnevis.org/persian/%D8%B7%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86/12743-آغاز-به-کار-کمپین-عذرخواهی-از-رهبری-در-فیس-بوک.html
What's your short-term alternative?
by comments on Tue May 17, 2011 12:04 PM PDTI definitly don't support his decision, but do we have any alternative?
Probably he has tracked all Iranian's opposition groups in the last so many years, which did nothing. The opposition groups did nothing other than strengthing IRI and making the Iranian goverment more accepted internationally. The opposition groups strategy made IRI to weaken MKO badly and brought the organization on the "USA" terorist lists. Wait, opposition groups made one more thing: they killed or exposed so many Iranians to execution by IRI, and made many Irani children be adapted.