Pahlavi on formation of national congress

Interview with Masih Alinejad

در این گفتگو که در ژانویه ۲۰۱۲ منتشر شده است رضا پهلوی از تلاش خود برای تشکیل یک کنگره ملی خبر می دهد و در پاسخ به این سوال که آیا می خواهد در این کنگره بالانشین و رهبر باشد می گوید چنین قصدی ندارد و هدف او همراه کردن همه نیروهای اپوزوسیون است. او در عین حال از ذکر اسامی تیم همراه خود برای تشکیل چنین کنگره ای خودداری کرد. رضا پهلوی در این مصاحبه به چالش هایی در مورد عنوان «ولیعهدی» خود، دیکتاتور خوانده شدن پدرش در انقلاب ۵۷، ماجرای مصدق، موضوع شکایت از خامنه اي، وضعیت اپوزسیون خارج از کشور و هدف خود برای تغییر رژیم به سوالات مسیح علینژاد پاسخ می دهد.



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04-Jan-2012
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divaneh

Dear Souri

by divaneh on

Thanks for clarification. I hope the next interviewer challenges him on this matter because this is a fundamental issue where public needs clarity. Democracy and its protection must be the basis of any general consensus between the opposition groups.


Souri

Dear Divaneh

by Souri on

I think it was in this same site that I listened to one one of his interview. He said that he is listening to the voice of the majority of the people. He said : although personally, I am for a secular government based on institutional Monarchism, but I will accept any position which the nation would want me to take in that new government, from being a king to becoming the president of the rebulic or a simple citizen. (of course he might have used other words, but that was the whole meaning of what he said) so it means, any position in any secular government. This is my perception.


divaneh

Dear Souri

by divaneh on

I have heard RP saying in other interviews that he would accept the role of a ceremonial kink if people wanted him to be one. That is very different to an authoritative king. There is no common ground between an authoritative king and democracy. That would inevitably lead to another dictatorship. Where has he stated that he would accept such a role?


Aria

Arj, Mossadegh

by Aria on

Too bad Mossadegh is not around otherwise he would have to answer:

Why he dissolved the parlimant without any constitutional authority?

Why did he allow his foreign minister to go on and insult the shah and his family?

What was the motivation of Tudeh party officers assisting Dr. Fatemi with his hiding after 28 Amordad?

Why was Mossadegh so stubborn and did not accept the American offer between 1951 and 1953 whose aim in Iran, at the time, was to curb communism as part of the cold war? And, as such his refusal contributed to political, social and economic chaos of the day?

Why he chose not to step down in the aftermath of nationalization, as suggested by the Shah, for the better good of the country so that the oil could be sold to world markets again?

Why did Mossadegh make so many last minute appointments in the last few days of his power including General Daftari (his own family member) as the head of police, to the amazment of his own loyal cabinet minister, Dr. Sedighi? 

 

 

 

 


Souri

Answer to Divaneh

by Souri on

To that question :

 " If the regime toppled and people in a referendum voted you their king with full authorities to rule the country, just like your father, would you accept that?"

RP has already answered a few times : Yes!

He said, he will go with the people's decision. He even mentioned once (Of course I have heard it once, but he might have said it many times) that he, himself, thinks that the best structure of government for Iranin, is Monarchism.


Souri

Dear Arj

by Souri on

RP can not (and should not, in my opinion) answer such questions that  you have  mentioned below : why he (the Shah)  stamped all over the consitution thereafter!

RP is not Shah. He is not here to defend his father's past deeds. Of course he always talks about him with utmost respect, but this is his own problem.

At this moment, we don't need RP's explanation or justification of his late father's deeds. Who cares? RP is not his father. I am sure even Shah, himself, if he were alive today, he couldn't answer such questions. He couldn't explain the "WHY" of all the mistakes he did. Why? Because he was not alone, nor that he was sooo independent, that we might think he was.

Anyway, I am ready to give RP more room to prove his points. Nothing wrong with that, especially in this crazy  "ashofteh bazar" of the Iranian Political activists in the West.  


Tavana

The 'Green' True Color!

by Tavana on

 

 

Masih Alinejad????

Oh, Jesus! No!

Next to interview RP will be Ganji, Sazgara, Ebadi, Makhmalbuf, & other incredible 'Hulks' of the 'Green' crowd! The national 'cons' on 'grass' are finally showing their true colors! A real gross!

 


divaneh

Never been impressed with Masih Alinejad

by divaneh on

She allocated so much time to the past and missed the opportunity to cover issues of current interest such as the national congress in more depth. It is good to be a challenging interviewer, but not for the sake of it, and that is the impression that she has given me every time that she has appeared as an interviewer or commentator. And ,who has elected her as the representative of the new generation (as if Iran has one generation). She keeps talking with certainty of what the generation accepts and what refuses.

Here is one question that I would like MA to ask of RP next time: If the regime toppled and people in a referendum voted you their king with full authorities to rule the country, just like your father, would you accept that?

As with RP, it was another good interview. It was disappointing that no group was named as partner in a national congress, but it is understandable that any group or party with associates in Iran will be risking their safety in joining such a congress.

 


hirre

vaghean rid reza...

by hirre on

First off, to later justify his father's actions during Mossadegh era as "it was within the law in those days" is like saying "since Hitler ordered to kill the jews we had to do it because it was within the law back then". The ironic thing was that his father was against revolting in the beginning but was later convinced by the americans...

But this is all history... The main issue is his constant opportunistic position on the future regime of Iran. He doesn't want to create a democratic party and come up with democratic party ideas on how to help Iran in the terms of economy, social justices etc etc... He just talks about this magical "democratic platform" that he wants to bring. The dangerous thing is that his lack of engagement in real party politics will allow less democratic parties to take the opportunity and run the country after IR is gone, just see Egypt as a result...

Now why the hell would you want to even keep the option open to create a const. monarchy after the IR falls!? Don't you remember that 90 % voted for a republic. We need to work on how to remove the "islamic" from it, not the republic itself. Also, who the hell do you think will broadcast this const. monarchy agenda when the IR is gone? Ordinary iranian people? Forget it, it will be the same people whose identities are hidden now that will force iranians to overlook this stupid question when they should be listening to real party politics in the fields of economy, foreign relations, social justice, independent institutions and so on. Reza seem to think this will magically occur if this "democratic platform" just exists. No, democracy doesn't guarentee less corruption, you need to fight for it and write it into your party program...

RP has no plan for Iran's economy, judicary, social system etc etc, as no other group have it either!!! The only plan he has is his magical "democratic platform" and his open question (which will be brought up by his supporters) for the future type of government in Iran. 

Iranians need a real democratic party with real solutions to domestic problems and foreign relationships. A democratical platform can only be created if there are democratic parties available!!!!! If there are no democratical parties available there is a strong risk that one group will become permanently dominent. Just see the iranian revolution and also keep a close eye on Egypt.

Don't be fooled by these old people wanting to change Iran, there are young people in Iran who have democratic ideas on how to solve domestic issues and to create transparency, they are organized but not strong in terms of propaganda. We need to find these people, highlight them and encurage them to create democratical parties, because RP will not take the lead, he will in practice watch others do the hard domestic work and when everything is done he will try to enjoy the fruits...


Arj

Nothing is sacred!

by Arj on

Although the interviewer asks questions that are out of the norm of the softball questions that RP is used to (as he clearly loses his temper a few times), she still does not press him hard enough with follow-up questions when he tries to defend His father's CIA-sponsored coup as "legal" and "constitutional!" She Should've made him explain if Shah had such a respect for the constitution, why he stumped all over the consitution thereafter! For if he really is for democracy, he should be willing to be asked any question without any diplomatic discretions. For that's how democracy works!

But then again, she evidently is getting enough heat from RP's Shaban Bimokhs and the Shahollai crowd as it is! 


G. Rahmanian

If Anything!

by G. Rahmanian on

If Anything, this interview helped RP clarify his position, once more. Let's just be content with the cliche that "Nothing is perfect!" Iranians need a coalition of all the opposition forces to get rid of IR criminals and someone must take the initiative. That's something I would rather focus on, at this point.


Souri

When you have nothing to say, stay silent!

by Souri on

I liked this interview. The interviewer, Ms Alinejad, asked very useful questions which have been returned by good and intelligent answers by Reza Pahlavi, at least.

Now, if you didn't like her way of interviewing, this is YOUR own problem! You have no right to mock such an intelligent woman who dares to ask good questions without fearing or being intimidated.

You guys, are used to the outdated way of journalism, which is somehow timid and too much respectuous towards a prominent political figures! This is typically Iranian!

I found her style mainly in a French Journalism attitude (to which I am used, of course) without backing this way, myself. But I have no problem with this style.

Yes, she might need to work on her accent and the speed of which she speaks. She might have to own a more calssy and calm  attitude when interviewing political firgures. But in no way, you have the right to call her Rude or Porn Star....etc, etc.

If this is the way you see her, then you must check it with your own perception and what lies back in your own mind!


Mehrban

The interviewer is Masih Alinejad, who has posted the video

by Mehrban on

She is an intelligent and enthusiastic journalist.  She was kicked out of the Iranian parliament because she asked difficult questions from IR's representatives.  She was (I do not know if she still is) a Reformist.  I like her. It is her job to ask the tough questions. RP responded well, given such a direct interview is generally unprecedented in the Iranian context.


Babak K.

what a Great interviewer

by Babak K. on

what a Great interviewer Ms. Masih Alinejad is.

Congratulations Masih Alinejad.

For the first time we have an interviewer who asks great questions, and that is the way we should handle anybody who is seeking power, no matter what he or she claims.  We owe nothing to anybody who is after power, they owe us everything.

Ms. Alinejad asked great questions and Mr. Pahlavi evaded the questions.  He does not want to confront the past, yet he is using the past to open a space for himself within the Iranian political arena, which perhaps he does not deserve .  Still he is trying hard to find a legtimacy for the Pahlavi Estebad.  He talks about independent court system something that his father and his grandfather barried it in Iran.

Bahram Moshiri sometime ago discussed the importance of the national congress, and somebody like him can be more effective than an off-spring of a dicator who does not want to confront his father's past.


Tavana

Pahlavi on Ganja of Pirated National Treasure!

by Tavana on

 

Is any 'live' soul really bothered to listen to the so called 'interview' here? The 'farce face' himself is good enough to skip it! And do that at once!


Truthseeker9

She should have worn achador

by Truthseeker9 on

What classifies this woman as a Porn Star to you?


Maryam Hojjat

RP is the BEST Choice among oppositions outside

by Maryam Hojjat on

He has my support.  I believe on his integrity, honesty and his genuine concern for IRAN & IRANIANS.


bfarzin

What a Porn Star Looking Interviewer!

by bfarzin on

This interview, and the interviewer's selection, tells us that Shahzadeh Reza Pahlavi's "system," whatever it is [we do not really know] is not correct, and is not working.

Who was the SOB who selected this woman interviewer, who looks more like a porn star than knowledgable reporter and interviewer.

Mr. Pahlavi, if you like to stay in the game, please bring people to work for you who are professional, and who know what they are doing. FIRE the SOB who selected this interviewer.


Anonymous Observer

I agree with Spatima

by Anonymous Observer on

the interviewer is totally unprepared, is confrontational and is all over the place.  She was more concerned with catching RP in a "gotcha" moment that conducting an unbiased, objective interview.  


spatima

What a rookie interviewer???

by spatima on

I am not a monarchist nor do I really care about Reza Pahlavi

but the interviewer is totally distorting  issues, it feels like she is fresh out of boat from Iran. She really doesnt listen. She should have focused more on  Pahlavi's initiatives rather than bickering on his title.

 what a rookie interview, she really went on my nerves 

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