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 I am still disappointed

 I am still disappointed at why NIAC et al were not invited??? If toudehi and ex-toudhi were present then why not NIAC and CASMII?

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.--Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

 Didn't Khomeini and his

 Didn't Khomeini and his entourage hailed from Iraq and Chateau Neauphle in exile?? Wasn't khomeini the one who was asking world leader's help in exile to overthrow the late Shah??

 Khomeini asking the world to help him: Very telling:

//iranian.com/main/singlepage/2008/khomeini-1978

 //www.ina.fr/economie-et-societe/vie-sociale/video/CAA7900134501/rouhollah-khomeini-a-neauphle-le-chateau.fr.html

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.--Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

Thank you Shohreh for yet another great interview

Dear Shohreh,

I like to thank you for the excellent job you do in your very informative and enjoyable interviews.   Your non-hostile and yet very persistant style of questions, I find very enjoyable and to the point.   Please keep up the great work of informing us.   Its only after receiving sufficient information about a subject that we can make a proper judgment and form an opinion, and you are doing well in getting the information across.

Fast becoming a big fan!

Waste of time was listening

Waste of time was listening to this interview. I stopped at 35 mins. Rubish is what I call it. He is noting but an idiot.

There is an excellent conversation on this topic...

embeded in a great blog

//iranian.com/main/blog/reza-fani-yazdi-24

'Hambastegi' is the main key to victory 

Mehrdad

Why were not Terita et al

Why  Terita et al were not invited? The real Chalabi wannabe or Aslan or the other Dufus Majd?

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.--Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

Bada Bing, Bada Boom!

After you cut through all the smoke and the mirrors here, the attendees agreed on what they want; a secular, democratic government.

Fine. We all love apple pie and motherhood.

But the real challenge is how to get there; reform from within, sanctions, help from the outside, all or none of the above.

Thank you Shohre Asemi. Great interview and excellent follow through.

But as a reality check, the academics and the democracy workshops are not going to save Iran and the Iranians from this brutal Regime.

Bunch of traitors want to be the next chalabi.

they work for the west and hoping they'll get rich afterwords. Dreaming! West would dump them after they use them as they did w/others.

Who are these guys? who elected them to represnt us? Self serving individuals. We don't need you! DELETOON KHOSHEH!

Iranian Barbara Walters?

She is as annoying and clueless as Walters. Just what kind of person will ask a host about budget of gathering? And what kind of reporter talks about her own opinion all the time?

And they should both know that Olof Palme has been dead since long a go and they made this organization in his memory. 

همینه که هستیم

تعجب می کنم از این همه عصبانیت و تنفر. تعجبی هم نداره. همینه که هستیم.

Occupy Embassy Movement!

Occupy Embassy Movement is in order! 

A great sight! 

Activists Hoist Sun & Lion Flag above IRI Embassy in London ;0)

>>>

This is a wonderful news...

To hear that Mr. Darious Kadivar, My favourite and the true monarchist on this site, not only reads the lefty Roshangari site, but also quotes from that commie site.

Who said there is no hope for a united opposition front against the islamist Fascism in our land?

"Personal business must yield to collective interest."

will try to watch this despite that idiotic woman

who is paying this shohre thing? so dumb it could only happen on an effnic station.

SAVAK used to torture and murder people. They used to flog, gauge
eyes out, nails out and that was on 14 year olds. But hey, that's OK on
IC. Because if I call the chief of SAVAK "kesafat", I get my account
deleted , by some horror of a personage bigotry-jealousy-lalaland.

Watched and listened to the whole interview

I found it informative.

Althogh, the interviewee was interrupted rudely, over and over again, by Ms. Shohreh. She was probably upset for not being invited to the meeting, I guess.

Molla Loghatee

"An Montgomery College Adjunct Professor" or "A Montgomery College Adjunct Professor"?

 " He resides West Virginia" or " He resides in West Virginia"?

Please fix :-)

I stopped listening after 30 minutes….

Due to lack of sincerity and openness by him in this interview.   Even Gingrich or AN doesn’t dodge questions as good as he does but Miss. Asemi did a great job in this interview.

'Hambastegi' is the main key to victory 

Mehrdad

Tell the Turkish diplomat,

IR is not serious. It is only buying time.

 Turkish diplomat:

 Turkish diplomat: Iran is ready to cut a deal

 //www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/turkish-diplomat-iran-is-ready-to-cut-a-deal/2012/02/10/gIQANA164Q_story.html?wprss=rss_world

 A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.--Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

نگاهی به «کنفرانس» در استکهلم

More details:

//www.sarkhat.com/fa/group/nryphg/

the interviwer  was

the interviwer  was irritatin  and indeed no coherent  drov me crazeee

 Thank you DK: Were Terita

 Thank you DK: Were Terita and Namazi et al praticipated in this gathering.

Reza Firouzbakht, Chairman(bio)

Trita Parsi Ph.D, President (bio)

Ali Fatemi Ph.D, Treasurer (bio)

Lyric Hughes Hale (bio)

Gita Kashani (bio)

Michael Kazemi (bio)

Paymaun Lotfi MD (bio)

Genevieve Lynch (bio)

Dr. Shokooh Miry (bio)

Azita Mojared (bio)

Karim Pakravan Ph.D (bio)

Forough Parvizian-Yazdani DDS (bio)

Lily Sarafan (bio)

Nora Valenzuela (bio)

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.--Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

Overall a good program... BUT I see no hope in the near future.

Several observations and recommendation to our problem(s).   Once again, the issue of Bogus people came up why it is important to build trust.

Dr. Hessami said… several disturbing statements, e.g.,… az Khuestan Arabha omadeh badondand!!! And Mrs. Asemi asked questions that no one would know, e.g., conference budget!!!

Once again personal attacks and lynching which have gone on IC came up… digging personal information by bogus people and attacking “real” people would not get us anywhere which it has not in the past 50 years.

I agree with most of what Kako DK has stated.  Opposition groups are good at criticizing but not offering a solution workable for Iran’s situation.

Recommendations/Solutions:  (1) place national interest(s) ahead of your personal and/or your organization’s interest(s).  This is a must.  (2)  Be accountable for what you say or do rather than hiding and attacking “real” people.  (3) Care for Iran’s heritage (language, arts, etc.) and its environment and the creatures that live in it.

As IC has proven and what I have experienced in Iran, I see no hope in the near future.

DK

I googled some of these names too. 

I think it is good that they are finally talking, BUT names like Mohsen Sazgara scare the hell out of me. 

I just can't help but think: what 'Aash' is this monster cooking for us?    

Vildemose Jan Not necessarily

I googled most of the names and some are regular guests on VOA Persian either academics, students or Journalists and others who were former revolutionaries or political activists or prisoners either before or after the revolution. There are a few monarchists amongst them but for the most they are Jomhurykhahs.

Most come across as White Collars or intellectuals and not what I would call folks ready to take arms and enter a guerrilla fight against the IRI as lets say the Syrian Transitional Council or the Libyan One ...

So I don't quite see what is the big deal or controversy about this not so secret gathering.

I think it is a commendable initiative to have people of different backgrounds and opinions gather around to talk to eachother but I don't see how this represents a serious threat to the IRI ...

At least not at this stage. 

It just seems that many still have Personal Egos on why one was invited and not another.

The way they have been handling this doesn't come across as very professional though.

It's No wonder NIAC comes across as serious and professional in comparison when it comes to organizational skills and Public Relations.

Pity Trita Parsi doesn't have the same goals ...

But then who is to blame for the state of the current IRI Opposition if not ourselves ? ...

So all this comes across as a genuine and sincere attempt for some form of concensus or dialogue across the political spectrum of the Iranian Diaspora let alone active opposition but it is still very amateurish in terms of organization and communication. 

But well small drops can turn to oceans and I guess it never hurts to participate in such gatherings if one can do so. But it takes time to turn such initiatives into a more dynamic and active opposition force to be counted for.

My Humble Opinion,

DK 

 DK jan: are they all

 DK jan: are they all reformists??

I don't know most of them.

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.--Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

Some names here ( pending confirmation)

ـ رامين احمدی 

2 ـ فريدون احمدی 

3 ـ شهريار آهی 

4 ـ هوشنگ اسدی 

5 ـ جواد اکبرين 

6 ـ نوشابه اميری 

7 ـ ناصر بليده ای 

8 ـ جما بورش 

9 ـ ناهيد بهمنی 

10 ـ رامين پرهام 

11 ـ مهشيد پگاهی 

12 ـ ليلی پور زند 

13 ـ محمد تهوری 

14 ـ آرام حسامی 

15 ـ ناهيد حسينی 

16 ـ محسن خاتمی 

17 ـ جواد خادم 

18 ـ مهدی خرازی 

19 ـ فرشاد دوستی پور 

20 ـ نيما راشدان 

21 ـ احمد راًفت 

22 ـ محسن سازگارا 

23 ـ ماشاالله سليمی 

24 ـ گلاله شرفکندی 

25 ـ حسن شريعتمداری 

26 ـ رضا طالبی 

27 ـ شهران طبری 

28 ـ مزدک عبدی پور 

29 ـ اکبر عطری 

30 ـ نادر عصاره 

31 ـ خالد عزيزی 

32 ـ ميرو علی يار 

33 ـ شهلا فريد 

34 ـ سعيد قاسمی نژاد 

35 ـ ياسين قبيشی (اهوازی) 

36 ـ مهر انگيز کار 

37 ـ گيتی کاوه 

38 ـ بهزاد کريمی 

39 ـ مسعود مافان 

40 ـ محسن مخملباف 

41 ـ مريم معمار صادقی 

42 ـ منوچهر مقصود نيا 

43 ـ عبدالله مهتدی 

44 ـ عليرضا نوری زاده

//www.roshangari.net/as/sitedata/20120209004759/20120209004759.html

Bet it's the same one's who attended this one in Paris

BHL Gathers Secular Opposition in Paris (June 11th, 2010 )

Does anyone have the complete list of attendees ?

The only info I have is the following but no names :

Some 50 exiled members of the Iranian opposition and civil society will meet in Stockholm at the weekend to discuss how to help implement democracy in Iran, organisers said Tuesday. Jan 31st, 2012

Does anyone know the exact list ?