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Mossadegh, Jebhe Melli Iran, Iran National Front: Basic Intro to History and Factions
03-Jun-2012
Mossadegh, Jebhe Melli Iran, Iran National Front: Basic Intro to History and Factions
The sole party or coalition that Mossadegh led between 1949 until his death in 1967 is JM.
From the get go, the JM was a coalition of many parties and individuals. Our social base is vast. JM brought together various ideologies: liberal democrats (largest group), social democrats (second largest group), pan-Iranist nationalists (Dariush Forouhar’s Hezb Mellat Iran), devout Muslims who believed in separation of religion and politics (Grand Ayatollah Zanjani, Ayatollah Taleghani, the younger Ayatollah Zanjani), liberal democratic Islamists, democratic socialists, as well as some right-of-center folks.
Some of the parties in the JM are: Hezb Iran (founded in 1941 or 1942), supporters of Hezb Socialist, supporters of the Third Force, Hezb Mardom Iran (combined democracy, socialism, and Islam). Hezb Mellat Iran (Forouhar’s party) split from JM in April 1979.
JM brought together various social classes: modern educated middle class, traditional lower middle class (e.g., bazaris), democratic and nationalist elements of the upper classes (capitalist, tribal), and modern working class (e.g., Jahan Pahlavan GholemReza Takhti).
JM brought together devout Muslims, less devout Muslims, agnostics, atheists, as well as all kinds of Sunnis, Zarthoshtis, Jewish, Armenian, Assyrians, non-practicing Bahais, .....
JM brought together Azerbaijanis, Persians, Kurds, Gilaks, Khuzestanis, Qashqais, Bakhtiaris, etc into one organization.
Therefore, JM was a vastly heterogenous coalition of classes, religious beliefs, ideologies, and ethnic groups.
People are free to come in and if they do not like it to leave. JM is the only main political party in Iran that has NOT killed its own members. The Pahlavis did MURDER their own top loyal officials and supporters. The fundamentalists have murdered their own leaders and members. The PMOI, Tudeh Party, Fadaian, all have murdered their own members.
The fascistic Pahlavis and Islamic fundamentalists also tortured, raped, and killed other Iranians who dissented. The sole group that has been in power in Iran and did NOT torture, rape, and kill those who criticized it, has been the JM. The sole group in power in Iran that did not destroy freedom of the expression and the press has been JM. The fascistic monarchists and fundamentalists destroyed freedoms of the press and expression.
In JM we welcome diversity of views among our members and leaders. We have always had various parties and factions. We fully believe and practice freedom of expression, including differing and dissenting from the consensus.
JM’s objectives were: independence, democracy, freedom, human rights. In our view, the Shah was nokar of colonial powers who wanted to subjugate the Iranian people in order to have our oil. Our view is vindicated by massive historical and scholarly documents. The Shah was a brutal savage tyrant. There was no democracy, freedom of the press, of political parties, or human rights under the Pahlavi tyranny. The rule of Islamic fundamentalist has been more tyrannical, more violent, and more repressive than under the Pahlavis. We believe that the Iranian people deserve a system faaaaaaaaaaar better than those under the tyrannies of monarchy and the IRI. We believe that the Iranian people deserve democracy, civil liberties, and human rights. We that the best form to achieve these is a secular democratic republic. The best form with the highest likelihood of success for achieving these goals is a constitutional design based on a parliamentary democracy with a ceremonial president, with a Bill of Rights.
The Jebhe Melli Iran inside Iran right now has two factions.
1. The leadership faction. The number one leader of JM is Adib Boroumand. He is the Chair of the Central Committee and the Chair of the Leadership Council. He is a liberal democrat associated with Hezb Iran. The number 2 is Dr. Hossein Mousavian. He is the Chair of the Executive Committee. He is a social democrat. He come from the Socialist Party (abolished in 1961 when it was under the leadership of Dr. Masoud Hejazi and Dr. Khonji). The leadership enjoys the support of the majority of the Central Committee, and the Executive Committee. Dr. Mehdi Moayedzadeh is a prominent member of the leadership group.
2. A small dissident faction is led by Mr. Koroush Zaim (right wing) and Mr. Jamal Dorodi (used to be a social democrat). This faction tried very very hard to replace the current leadership but failed. In the past 2 years, this faction has published really nasty public attacks on the majority. They remain members of JM and Central Committee.
JM/INF groups outside Iran.
1. Sazemanhay Jebhe Melli Iran Kharej az Kashvar. Iran National Front-Organizations Abroad (INF-OA). The INF abroad in the U.S. was established by the late Dr. Ali Shayegan and Dr. Mohsen Ghaemmagham in the early 1960s. It has been in existence since then. Dr. Ghaemmagham is currently a member of the Central Committee of the INF-OA and the Chair of the Entesharat of the INF-O (U.S. branch). INF-OA is very close to the majority faction inside Iran. JM in Iran and the INF outside do NOT have any formal organizational relationship. But we communicate with and help each other. During the struggle against the Leadership faction by the Zaim dissident fact, INF-OA strongly and fully backed the Leadership and attacked Zaim faction.
I am a member of INF-OA and its affiliate in the U.S. (INF-O, U.S. branch). I have served as elected Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Human Rights, member of the Central Committee, and Executive Committee of the INF-O (U.S. Branch). I am currently a member of the Foreign Policy Committee of INF-OA. Most of our members tend to be liberal democrat or social democrat.
The official website of INF-OA is:
The website of the INF-O (U.S. branch) is:
//jebhemelli.net///jebhemelli.net/
The group Melliun is close to us:
The INF-OA has close relations with NAMIR, and Iran Liberal Party.
Hamid Sadr of NAMIR is also a member of INF-OA and was elected to our Central Committee recently.
Dr. Homayun Menmaneche, a close adviser to Dr. Bakhtia, is the elected member of INF-OA Central Committee and Executive Committee. The EC has three members and leads the INF-AO.
Jebhe Melli Iran-Germany is also close to us:
The Ehteram Azadi (Dr. Parviz Davarpanahe’s site) is very close to INF-OA:
Sazeman Socialist-Hay Iran is close to INF-OA:
2. Another faction is called Jebhe Melli Iran-Europe (JMI-E). They are close to the Koroush Zaim faction. They made terribly harsh attacks on the current leadership in Iran. Their site is:
The JMI-E is allied with JMI-America (JMI-A). Their site is:
Unlike their affiliate in Europe, the JMI-A did not publish on its site some of the most nasty attacks on the JM leadership inside Iran. JMI-A is also very close to Koroush Zaim, but they also try to have good relations with the leadership. There is a group called JMI-Washington, DC, which joined this group several years ago.
I personally know many wonderful and decent members of JMI-A and JMI-E.
3. There is a very small group (I think there are about 4 or 5 people in it). Their site is:
They are led my Dr. Amir Houshmand Momtaz. Dr. Momtaz was a member of INF-O (U.S.branch), they he left us and joined the JMI-A. He then left them and created his own faction.
4. There are also several individuals who used to be members of JM, and do not belong to any group. Once every two or three years, they jointly publish a letter expressing their opinions.
History
1. JM
JM is the only organization that Mossadegh was its official leader. Mossadegh founded JM in 1949. And until his last breath in 1967, JM was the sole organization that Mossadegh was affiliated with.
2. Nehzat Azadi
In 1961, Nehzat Azadi (NA) was created from the members of JM who wanted to create a liberal democratic Islamist party in Iran (analogous to the Christian Democratic Party in Germany, or various Christian Democratic Parties in Latin America). Dr. Mossadegh encouraged that. However, by 1962-63, Nehzat Azadi and JM moved apart. Therefore from around 1962, when the so-called Jebhe Melli Sevvom was organized, Nehzat Azadi was not part of JM.
Other groups and individuals (e.g., NA and PMOI) were in existence while Mossadegh was alive. They pursued policies different than those of JM-Mossadegh. They have the right to say that they are inspired by Mossadegh’s legacy as our democratic socialists or others may wish to say that. However, the sole party-organization that is fully a Mossadeghi entity is the JM. Others are inspired by Mossadegh, and mix their own ideology with those aspects of Mossadegh’s legacy they like and avoid those aspects of Mossadegh’s policies or ideology with which they disagree. We respect their right to take what they like and not take what they do not like.
Dr. Ali Amini’s government came to power under pressure from the Kennedy administration. Amini asked JM to join his cabinet. JM refused and instead demanded free elections. But NA engaged in negotiations with Amini and was willing to join his cabinet.
The Kennedy administration was pressuring the Shah to make certain reform (in Latin America they were called Alliance for Progress), which in Iran included land reform, female franchise, reduction of repression, etc. The Shah opposed making these reforms because the Shia clerics were opposed to them and the Shia clerics and big land owners constituted the main pillars of the Shah’s regime (other than the military and SAVAK). To be more precise, from around 1957, the U.S. government wanted the Shah to make reforms. The Shah made a deal with JFK to get rid of Amini and he himself would make the reforms. By1963, with the earlier deaths of Grand Ayatollah Brujerdi and Kashani, the Shah decided to break with his conservative Shia cleric allies (who had helped him during and after the 1953 coup).
The JM position was clear: "Eslahat ari; dictatori, naa" [Reforms Yes; Dictatorship No]. JM opposed both the Shah dictatorship and the conservative anti-reform reactionaries.
In June 1963, NA sided with Khomeini and opposed JM’s position. Bizarre as it is, the Tudeh Party also sided with Khomeini during the June 1963. The Shah’s Shia cleric allies such as Akhund Falsafi left the Shah and sided with Khomeini.
NA and the group which emerged after the revolution which calls its self Melli Mazhabi (MM) do regard themselves as supporters of Dr. Mossadegh. There is, of course, a contradiction here. Mossadegh believed that the religion should be separate from the state. He recognized that as long as a party accepts the basic system to be secular, religious parties could participate. This is the case in many democratic systems.
In Israel there are religious parties. Some of these religious parties want to make Halacha (the Jewish version of Islamic Shariah) laws of Israel. Some even oppose the secular nature of Israel. The following mentions some of these:
//www.medea.be/en/countries/israel/religious-...
NA and MM have attempted to articulate a liberal version of Islam. When Khomeini issued his fatwa on Salman Rushdie, the sole person inside Iran who had the courage to stand up to Khomeini was Mehdi Bazargan. Bazargan openly, publicly, and explicitly opposed Khomeini’s fatwa against Rushdie as anti-freedom.
3. Dr. Ali Shariati
Dr. Shariati was a strong supporter of Dr. Mossadegh. Shariati wanted to create a progressive interpretation of Islam. This was also attempted by some in Latin America. The movement was called "Liberation Theology." In Germany, they had a party called "Social Christian Party." Also in the U.S., there were progressive movements such as that by Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr., who attempted to make a progressive and egalitarian interpretation of Christianity. Dr. Shariati was a member of INF-O (European faction) which is the same Sazemanha that my group is in the 1960s when he was in Europe. When he went back to Iran, he left Iran and joined NA. When he was part of JM, he was a member of Hezb Mardom Iran. Hezb Mardom Iran combined, democracy, socialism, and Islam as its ideology and was a Mossadeghi party and a member of JM.
4. Democratic Socialists
The people and groups which have attempted to articulate liberal, or socialist interpretations of Islam, have also claimed to be supporters of Mossadegh. The reason is that Mossadegh is the main democrat in our politics. Therefore, those who want to be democratic, are inspired by Mossadegh’s legacy. This is also true of those who were Marxists and wanted to articulate a democratic interpretation of socialism. The prime example is Khalil Maleki. Maleki was a top member of the Tudeh Party. Once he recognized the dependent nature of the Tudeh Party on the USSR, Maleki and his supporters in the Tudeh Party left the TP, and joined the JM under Mossadegh’s leadership. Maleki’s Third Force [Niriyeh Sevvum] was Marxist, democratic socialist, pro-democracy, and was 100% for the independence of Iran. And it was a Mossadeghi group.
Mossadegh is the primary democratic icon, legacy, and leader in history and politics. Therefore, he is hated and opposed by tyrannical groups (i.e., monarchists, and fundamentalists). And that is why those who want to embrace democracy consider themselves as following him.
5. PMOI
The PMOI founders were members of the NA. They wanted to combine socialism and modernist Islam. The PMOI regarded Mossadegh as the representative for liberal national bourgeoisie that was appropriate in 1951-53. The PMOI considered the era of capitalism to be over by 1965. The PMOI looked at Mossadegh the way Marx looked at Abraham Lincoln, or Mao looked at Sun Yat Sen (sp?). The original PMOI (1965-1984 or so) wanted to create communist Islamist organization and ideology. The new PMOI (1984 to present) is non-ideological and would make alliance with ANYONE (Saddam, the U.S., Israel, etc) in order to overthrow the fundamentalist regime.
6. Fadaian-Aksariyat
Fadaian-Aksariyat was never pro-Mossadegh. They were very opportunistic and remain so. Aksariyat sided with Tudeh and Khomeini until their members were arrested in 1983.
7. Fadaian-Aghaliyat, and Fadaian before the revolution
Many in Fadaian did have some positive views on Dr. Mossadegh. But their ideology and methods of struggle were different.
8. Tudeh Party
Tudeh Party during Mossadegh’s time viciously attacked Mossadegh and made all sorts of lies about Mossadegh-JM. During the first year of Mossadegh’s government, Tudeh party called for 17 rallies and marches. Of these 16 were to oppose Mossadegh. The leadership of TP was nokar of USSR. So they were opposed to Mossadegh’s nationalist policies. For example, TP supported the Azerbaijan secession from Iran. Mossadegh had opposed that. Mossadegh-JM wanted to nationalize our oil from the British, as well as opposed granting any oil concession to the USSR. Stalin wanted to have our oil in northen Iran. JM-Mossadegh nationalized the Shilat Shomal [Northern Fisheries] from the USSR ownership. That made the USSR and Tudeh Party hate the JM-Mossadegh. Stalin regarded the U.S. as his number 1 enemy. Stalin regarded Mossadegh as friend of the U.S. For Stalin (and thus Tudeh), UK was a declining power, and the U.S. was the main enemy. Thus the USSR and Tudeh opposed Mossadegh-JM because they regarded the U.S. as their primary enemy.. Moreover, Stalin-Tudeh believed that the Shah lacked modern, democratic, nationalist sources of legitimacy; therefore, in their analysis it would be easier to overthrow the reactionary and despotic Shah in a communist revolution. Stalin-Tudeh believed that Mossadegh-JM by creating a modern, democratic, liberal, nationalist system in Iran would undermine the possibility of a communist revolution. Therefore, USSR and Tudeh Party strongly opposed Mossadegh-JM as their primary enemy.
Only in early 1953, USSR and Tudeh Party realized how wrong they were. But because of the terribly vicious attacks by Tudeh against us, it was not easy to trust them. After the coup, TP realized the stupid mistake they made. It was a common mistake by Stalin and communists. In the 1920s-1932, Stalin and German communists made the same mistake: they viciously attacked the German Social Democrats as their main enemy instead of Hitler and Nazi party.
The Tudeh Party AGAIN in 1979 considered the liberals (JM, NA, MM) as its primary enemy. For the Tudeh Party, the liberal democrats were close to the U.S. (jadeh saf kon America), opposed the mass executions of the monarchists (weak on domestic fascists and domestic pillars of imperialism), and could create a legitimate modern democratic system. Tudeh supported Khomeini because he was 100% against the U.S., and wanted to kill monarchists (being revolutionary).
Tudeh Party was NEVER a Mossadeghi party. In fact, the Tudeh Party’s ideology (Stalinism when Stalin was in power, Khrushchevist when Khrushchev was in power, Brezhnevist when Brezhnev was in power) was 100% opposed to JM-Mossadegh’s ideology of democracy, civil liberties, mixed economy, and non-aligned foreign policy.
Tudeh party’s ideology was Stalinist, one-party communist tyranny, nokar of USSR.
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by anglophile on Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:45 AM PDTditto
Mazloom joon
by anglophile on Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:44 AM PDTNow you are a mazloom as well as a beesavaad:
مزور. [ م ُ زَوْ وَ ] (ع ص ) نعت مفعولی از تزویر. کژ. (منتهی الارب ) (ناظم الاطباء). دروغ . (از اقرب الموارد) (دهار). مزخرف . مموَّه . بهتان . (یادداشت به خط مرحوم دهخدا) :
//www.loghatnaameh.org/dehkhodaworddetail-0a6685b9761c4a6ba4a5da82aa634fc9-fa.html
مآمورک خوشگلکم ؛
Mardom MazloomThu Jun 07, 2012 07:46 AM PDT
چرا یکهو از جا پریدی؟ فشارت میره بالا از پس میفتی، اونوقت مموتی دیگه کسی رو نداره براش نطق هاشو بنویسه !
بالام جان:
تو که با لغتنامه دهخدا آشنایی داری، برو ببین نوشته که مفتخور یعنی آدم بیکار و تن پرور و طفیلی . کسی که برای تأمین زندگی خود، هوار این و آن می شود.
خوب این تعریف دقیق نصرالله تو لبنانه که به گفته خودش اگر پول نفت مردم ایران نبود هیچ وقت نمیتونست اینقدر تن پروری کنه
خود تو هم بخاطر علمت که نیست تو خارج داری تن پروری میکنی
این مفتخوریه دیگه؛ مفتخوری که شاخ و دم نداره !!
بعد این فلسطینی ها بودند که زمان جنگ ایران و عراق، آمدند هم دست صدام حسین ایرانیها را کشتند. این شما ها هستید با کمک به این مفتخورها خیانت به خون جوان های ایرانی و ایران میکنید.
انگل فیل جان
Mardom MazloomThu Jun 07, 2012 07:47 AM PDT
جوابی که دادی خیلی ابلهانه بود و عمق تفکر بچه ۵ ساله ایکه داری را برای ما مهیا کرد
مزور حالا یعنی چی ؟ :)
یه مامور میارزه به یه میلیون مسعود و مظلوم
anglophileThu Jun 07, 2012 05:57 AM PDT
برای اینکه مثل مسعود و مظلوم مزورنیست. در ضمن "بهممن" را در حد فهم مظلوم نوشتم. دیدیم که خوبم معنیش رو فهمید (لام الف لام).
مفتخور و خائن در اسرائیل
مآمورThu Jun 07, 2012 05:41 AM PDT
من بچه ایران هستم. صفحه آخر گذرنامه ایرانی را بخوان میگه کی خائن است!!
این رژیم یا آن رژیم آنها که با دشمن ایران همدست و هم صدا شدند موردتنفر مردم ایران هستند!!
I wear an Omega watch
مامور جون؛
Mardom MazloomThu Jun 07, 2012 05:38 AM PDT
دیدی حالا زود میخواستی این بابا رو بکنی تو جبهه مخالفین!!
شما برو فارسی رو از همین "بهممن" جان خودی یاد بگیر، خیلی بارشه و معر هم خوب میگه. "بهممن" بشینید تا ابد معر بگید.
مامور جان شما این مکاران رو ببخش
anglophileThu Jun 07, 2012 05:15 AM PDT
در طول شصت سال پیش دوبار اردنگ جانانهای خورده اند و هربار فریاد واملتا وامسلمنا بر آورده اند.بار اول ۲۸ مرداد اردنگ مردم بود هنوز جایش درد میکند. بار دوم ۹ ماه پس از انقلاب شکوهمند (!!) ۲۲ بهمن بود که خمینی اردنگ بر ما تحتشان کوبید و مثل داربستهای پوسیده بدورشان انداخت.
حالا هم این بیسوادان که یک بیت معر هم به زور میگویند تصور میکنند بقیه هم مثل خودشون به فراموشی موقتی دچار شده اند. این داستان هنوز به پایان نرسیده پس ببین و عشق کن.
مآمورک خوشگلکم ؛
Mardom MazloomThu Jun 07, 2012 04:21 AM PDT
سر تو مثل کبک بکن زیر برف و به خودت بقبولون که این رژیم شیطانی تا ابد با آدم کشی و زور و جبر سر جای خودش میمونه و پول مردم را تا اون موقعه میکنه تو گلوی مفتخورالله و خود تو! ولی حقیقت امر اینکه تنفر این رژیم خیلی ها یکه از نظر سیاسی از هم دور بودن را با هم یکی کرده.
بعد تازه :
۱- من از انگل فیل اینجا به جز بی احترامی به مصدق و مسعود، نویسنده این بلاگ و چند نفر کاربر دیگه چیزی ندیدم: حالا تو از کجا میدونی که این نفر مخالف رژیم شیطانی تو هست؟
۲- حالا بگیریم انگل فیل مخالف این رژیم شیطانی هست ، اگر ما نخواهیم جلوی ناحق بایستیم؛ چون همه مخالف این رژیمیم؛ اشتباه ۳۷ سال پیش با اون هندی که شد رهبر توکه باز تکرار میشه !!
۳- مگر نطق های مموتی رو تو مینویسی که من چیزی را از روی دست "شما ها" کپی کرده باشم؟ اگر بگی اره خیلی تعجب نمیکنم چون سطح فارسی هر دوتون خیلی بدویه.
عزیز مظلوم م م م
مآمورWed Jun 06, 2012 09:59 PM PDT
حالا جدا از بحث بلاگ که خود جالب است و نشان میدهد افرادی که دنبال براندازی رژیم هستند چقدر متفاوت فکر میکنند!! تا جای که حتی تنفر از رژیم هم نمی تواند آنها را متحد کند! لابد برای اینکه از هم دیگر بیشتر تنفر دارند!! بماند! بحث خودتان است!!
ولی شما عزیز مام نشان چرا دوباره از روی دست ما کپی میکنی و از ادبیات احمدی نژادی استفاده میکنی؟
I wear an Omega watch
باشد عزیز دل؛
Mardom MazloomWed Jun 06, 2012 09:38 PM PDT
من "بهممن" سیاست میچسبم؛ تو هم (ل ا ل) شی منو مجبور نکن دیگه شعر بگم. با دستهای کوچکت میخواهی جلوی خورشید را بگیری، اونهم که نمیشه .... فقط عرض خود میبری و زحمت ما میداری !
راستی "بهممن" یعنی چی؟ تو لغتنامه گشتم چیزی پیدا نکردم! از بس که تو خارج موندی فارسی داره یادت میره ... اونوقت چطور میتونی از شعر و نثر و غیره حرف بزنی؟ سیاست به جای خود.
Dear ROOG
by Masoud Kazemzadeh on Wed Jun 06, 2012 08:45 PM PDTHere is the blog where I discussed the blocs:
//iranian.com/main/blog/masoud-kazemzadeh/reza-pahlavi-american-invasion-iran-and-federalism-critique-dr-ramin-kamran-s
Best regards,
Masoud
Your blog
by religionoutofgovernment on Wed Jun 06, 2012 08:34 PM PDTSomehow I had missed your other blog. Interesting. Thanks
مردم مظلوم
Masoud KazemzadehWed Jun 06, 2012 06:44 PM PDT
مردم مظلوم گرامی،
فرما یشأ ت شما متین میباشند.
یک دنیا ممنون،
مسعود کاظم زاده
Dear ROOG
by Masoud Kazemzadeh on Wed Jun 06, 2012 06:39 PM PDTDear ROOG,
I agree pretty much with everything you wrote. As I wrote in another blog, the way I see the coalitions forming is on the policy of what to do during a war between the U.S. and the vf regime. I see three blocs:
1. Pro-invasion. This bloc includes Mr. Reza Pahlavi, Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdestan, Democratic Party of Kurdestan, Komeleh, and the PMOI. This bloc would closely work with the U.S. before, during and after the invasion. A likelihood of autonomy or separation of Kurdestan from Iran.
2. The vf regime (hard-line faction, Rafsanjani faction, and most of the Reformist faction), and perhaps Tudeh and Aksariyat. This will be a suicide mission and they will be utterly destroyed.
3. JM, NAMIR, Iran Liberal Party, many leftists, MM, NA, Radical Reformists, and perhaps some elements of the Reformists. The members of this group would support up rising to change the vf regime to democracy.
I think the alliances will be determined based on the actual demand of what to do when the war between the U.S. and the vf regime is about to begin.
Best regards,
Masoud
میگم تو بهممن سیاست بچسب معر گفتن پیشکشت!
anglophileWed Jun 06, 2012 02:58 PM PDT
حداقل اونجا کسی نمیفهمه که هیچی بارت نیست چون در مقابل کاظمزاده تو استادی (ل ا ل). شما جوجه معر نویسا هنوز نمیدونید وزن چیه و قافیه کدومه فقط به بند تنبون اکتفا میکنید.
(بقول رفیقمون فرد) تبریک
شعرت هم که معره !! ولی بیا اینم جوابش
Mardom MazloomWed Jun 06, 2012 02:56 PM PDT
اَنگَلَک از گفت و گوی، دولت معنی نیافت
مسخ و ملعون گشت و آن سر درنیافت
دست خود ببریده و شعرکی بر هم ببافت
تا خریداری تواند بو که یافت
تازه انگل فیل جان، اینجا تنها کسیکه فکر میکنه از فلان فیل افتاده توئی نه من. هیچ کس مدعی نماد مردم بودن نیست!
نفرت اینقدر وجودتو گرفته که دیگه نمیتونی دو جمله منطقی یکی پس از دیگری بذاری.
Even as a fiction writer you should have done your homework
by anglophile on Wed Jun 06, 2012 01:44 PM PDTROOG
The attraction of a fiction is not in being totally out of touch with reality but you seem to be badly in need of tuition in this regard. The Jebhe Melli that you and Kazemzadeh write about only exists in your melancholic minds.
Wake up boys, this is not the cold war era 1953 this is 21st century where monarchical Britain is more socialistic than the republican socialist France and the Communist China is more open to investment than the Capitalist Germany!
As Kazemzadeh says: Helloooooooooooooo
(LOL)
Inherent Inclusive Nature of JM and Anti-democratic Forces
by religionoutofgovernment on Wed Jun 06, 2012 01:16 PM PDTFormation of Jebhe Melli was a spontaneous and loose alliance of a group of liberal minded, western educated intellectuals including writers, journalists and university professors. JM was not a unified political party. it did not have an idiology or a platform, other than pursuing democracy.
Looking at the history of JM and its relations to other "political" forces, we see several prominent and inherent characteristics of this movement. Of course, mistakes were made and exceptions existed, but for the most part these characteristics were unique to JM:
1) Inclusive, ie respected the political rights of all other "non-democratic" parties and forces
2) Non-violent,
Looking at the other side of the political specturm, there were 3 other political forces, all of whom were non-inclusive, anti-democratic and violent. These were: 1) Monarchists 2) Islamists 3) Communists.
While JM was in power, freedom of speech was protected. Newspapers were free to write against Mosaddegh's government, because the principle of inclusiveness and freedom were more important to JM than eliminating opponents.
For the other forces, ie forces of the Shah, Islamists and communists, exclusion and elimiating opponents was the norm.
In addition, JM has never resoted to violence. In fact, I contend that the main reason for branching of the students/religious/socialist factions to form NA was their more militant ideas in confronting the Shah, as opposed to the original JM members who pursued a non-violent, peaceful and gradual change. Violence was in fashion back then, but now we all realize that violence only leads to another form of dictatorship.
About Monarchists:
Masoud, you have wirtten exrensively about the non-democratic nature of Monarchy. In addition, you discussed why monarchy is particularly dangerous in Iran. For these reasons, you believe there should be no alliance with the monarchists.
About Islamists:
You also write, in this blog, about the tyrranical nature of theocracy and that the IRI regime is much worse than the Shah. You speak of NA and MM having intentions of mixing religion and state. You want to find a way to "manage" them but include them in the political process.
About Communists:
We have experienced totalitarian monarchist and theocratic regimes, but the third non-democratic force, ie communism, is likely to be even more tyrranical and barbaric than the others. The world has experenced this and we really don't want to waste another 30 years of our history to be a testing gound for this defunct ideology. We have had enough ideologies. However, JM as part of its inclusive nature, has formed alliances with the communists. I assume, JM is hoping that in a future democratic system, their "antidemocratic" tendencies will be kept "in check"
Here is my point:
The inclusive nature of JM should extend to all possible antidemocratic forces. In fact, I argue that the threat of tyranny is far greater from religion and communism than a single dictator. You argue than Monarchy is particulary dangerous in Iran and I agree with you. But I add that political Islam is more dangerous than other religions, and it is absolutely essential to guarantee separation of religion and state in the constitution. Your examples of other western countries that have succeeded keeping religious political forces in check, do no apply to Islam and particulary to Iran.
I also believe that Communism if far more dangerous than monarchy. Again, it is an idiology which can be far more destructive to democracy than any single dicator.
Masoud, it is time to be more inclusive as JM has always been. It is time to leave "personal anger" aside and return to the basic principles of JM in including all non-democratic forces in the political process.
بیچاره اشرف الدین گیلانی که شعرش به دست چه کسانی افتاده
anglophileWed Jun 06, 2012 10:33 AM PDT
گر تو باشی نماد مردم مظلوم
حال ملت بود دگر معلوم
مدعی چو شود حامی عامی
وای بر حال مردم مظلوم
مسعود جان،
Mardom MazloomWed Jun 06, 2012 07:18 AM PDT
فدات! گمنام به این بزرگ مرد ایران فحاشی میکنه!! خیلی آسونه .
شما با اسم مستعارت بیشتر دهن به دهنش نذار, مثل خودش ذغالی میشی ..
من دکترا در انگل شناسی دارم و اینجا هستم :)
مردم مظلوم
Masoud KazemzadehWed Jun 06, 2012 06:59 AM PDT
مردم مظلوم گرامی،
مردم از خنده. از محبتهای شما سپاسگزارم.
مسعود
Dear ROOG
by Masoud Kazemzadeh on Wed Jun 06, 2012 06:52 AM PDTDear ROOG,
Thank you my friend.
Best,
Masoud
انگل فیل جان،
Mardom MazloomWed Jun 06, 2012 06:29 AM PDT
تو خودت چقدر مقاله، نگیم کتاب، تا حالا چاپ کردی؟ من هر چی گشتم چیزی از تو عزیز دل پیدا نکردم به جز این:
خاک ایران شده ویران ز سه فیل *** روس فیل، انگل فیل، آلمان فیل
دوش کردم به خرابات گذر *** تا به قلیان زنم از بنک (بنگ) شرر
مرشدی دیدم با بوق و تبر *** پک به قلیان زد و میخواند زبر
خاک ایران شده ویران ز سه فیل
صبح در کوچه جوانی دیدم *** دامنش را از (ز) عقب چسبیدم
معنی فیل از او پرسیدم *** لب تکان داد، چنین فهمیدم
خاک ایران شده ویران ز سه فیل *** روس فیل، انگل فیل، آلمان فیل
ظهر رفتم به سوی مسجد شاه *** دیدم آخوندی با ریش سیاه
زیر چشمی سوی من کرد نگاه *** زد به سر، گفت به صد ناله و آه
خاک ایران شده ویران ز سه فیل
وقت مغرب به سوی خانه شدم *** همدم دلبر جانانه شدم
چون که سرمست ز خمخانه شدم *** سخنی گفت که دیوانه شدم
خاک ایران شده ویران ز سه فیل
پیش از این بود یکی فیل کبود *** هیکلش را ملک الموت ربود
اندرین شهر دگر فیل نبود *** حال از سعی و تقلای رنود
خاک ایران شده ویران ز سه فیل
فیل بدبخت در ایام قدیم *** بود در مملکت هند مقیم
فربه و چاق و تنومند و جسیم *** حال امروز برای زر و سیم
خاک ایران شده ویران ز سه فیل
روزی از بهر تماشای دیار *** کردم از آوه سوی ساوه گذار
پس سوی رشت شدم راهسپار *** دیدم این شهر به هر گوشه و کنار
خاک ایران شده ویران ز سه فیل
پس به همراه رفیقان عظام *** رفتم اندر کرج وینگی امام
رفقا نقشه کشیدند تمام *** عارفی خواند همین شعر مدام
خاک ایران شده ویران ز سه فیل
فیل هر چند در این ملک کم است *** بلکه مرحوم شده، در عدمست
کرگدن را ز وفاتش چه غم است *** به همان جفت سبیلات قسمست
خاک ایران شده ویران ز سه فیل *** روس فیل، انگل فیل، آلمان فیل
داش حسن خیلی دویده، به علی *** رنج بسیار کشیده، به علی
یک وطن دوست ندیده، به علی *** تازه این شعر شنیده، به علی
خاک ایران شده ویران ز سه فیل *** روس فیل، انگل فیل، آلمان فیل
So commonplace! So puerile! So little!
by anglophile on Wed Jun 06, 2012 04:16 AM PDTThese days every Tom, Dick and Masoud have a list of publicatoins up their sleeves even Hooman Majd has written three books in less than 3 years (not since 2002!!). Obviosuly certain "unis" don't require more than a book every 10-15 years from their lecturers (LOL).
As for the rest, since 1991 (LOL) the even the local radio station decided that Mossadeghollahi Kazemzadeh was not interviewing quality since no more invitations as what happened to the VOA link (removed due. And what happened to the VOA link (removed due to being unpopular?) - btw, I said credible media!
As for the rest this list it is dwarved by the likes of such academic as this one (even when he was not as big as he is now):
//bigthink.com/valinasr
Now let's have a quality list (LOL).
Some of My Publications
by Masoud Kazemzadeh on Wed Jun 06, 2012 03:26 AM PDTpeer-reviewed articles
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 2010. "The Emerging Obama Doctrine." American Foreign Policy Interests. 32(3): 194-195.
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 2009. "U.S.-Iran Confrontation in the Post-NIE World: An Analysis of Alternative Policy Options." Comparative Strategy. 28(1): 37-59.
Kazemzadeh, Masoud, and Gabriel Emile Eid. 2008. "An Analysis of the Assassination of the Lebanese Hezbollah Commander Imad Mughniyah: Hypotheses and Consequences." American Foreign Policy Interests. 30(6): 399-413.
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 2008. "Intra-Elite Factionalism and the 2004 Majles Elections in Iran." Middle Eastern Studies. 44(2):189-214. Thomson Reuters ranked (formerly ISI).
peer-reviewed articles (continued)
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 2007. "Iran Guerra o Pace: Novo Opzioni e Nessuna Certezza" [Iran War or Peace: Nine Options and No Certainty], Rivista Italiana Di Geopolitica [Italian Review of Geopolitics]. 15(December): 69-76. RIDG is the most prestigious journal of international relations in Italy.
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 2007. "The Perils and Costs of a Grand Bargain with the Islamic Republic of Iran." American Foreign Policy Interests. 29(5): 301-327. Lead article.
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 2007. "Ahmadinejad’s Foreign Policy." Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. 27(2): 423-449. CSSAAME is published by Duke University Press.
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 1998. "Thinking the Unthinkable: Solving the Problem of Saddam Hussein for Good." Middle East Policy. 6(1): 73-86. ISI-ranked.
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 1998. "Teaching the Politics of Islamic Fundamentalism." PS: Political Science and Politics. 31(1): 52-59. ISI-ranked.
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 1996. "The State, Civil Society and the Prospects of Islamic Fundamentalism." Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. 16(1): 55-67. CSSAAME is published by Duke University Press.
articles in scholarly journals with rigorous editorial review
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 2012. "U.S.-Iran Confrontation: Domestic Asymmetrical Ramifications." Terrorism Law Report. 4(1). TLR is published by the Center for Terrorism Law at St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas.
encyclopedia entries
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 2008. "Opposition Groups." In Mehran Kamrava (Georgetown University, Qatar), and Manochehr Dorraj (Texas Christian University), (eds.) Iran Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Islamic Republic. Vol. II. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. 363-367.
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 2008. "Ahmadinejad Presidency." In Mehran Kamrava (Georgetown University, Qatar), and Manochehr Dorraj (Texas Christian University), (eds.) Iran Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Islamic Republic. Vol. I. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. 10-13.
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 2005. "Freedom of Expression: Iran." In Suad Joseph (University of California, Davis), and Afsaneh Najmabadi (Harvard University), (eds.) Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures. Vol. II. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers. 177-179.
review essays and review articles
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 2009. "Nukes, Options and Liberalism: US-Iran Confrontation." Middle Eastern Studies. 45(1): 135-147. Thomson Reuters-ranked.
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 2004. "The CIA Coup in Iran." Middle East Policy. 11(4): 122-129. ISI-ranked.
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 1996. "Review essay of Ervand Abrahamian, Khomeinism: Essays on the Islamic Republic." Middle East Policy. 4(3): 161-165. ISI-ranked.
book reviews
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 2010. Review of Kasra Naji, 2008. Ahmadinejad: The Secret History of Iran’s Radical Leader. Berkeley: University of California Press. In Middle Eastern Studies. 46(6): 981-985. Thomson Reuters-ranked.
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 2008. Review of Stephanie Cronin, 2007. Tribal Politics in Iran: Rural Conflict and the New State, 1921-1941. London and New York: Routledge. In Middle Eastern Studies. 44(1): 153-157. Thomson Reuters-ranked.
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 1996. Review of Parvin Paidar, 1995. Women and the Political Process in Twentieth Century Iran. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; and Margot Badran, 1995. Feminists, Islam, and Nation: Gender and the Making of Modern Egypt. Princeton: Princeton University Press. In American Political Science Review. 90(4): 929-931. ISI-ranked.
op-ed articles
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 2011. "The Plot to Kill the Saudi Ambassador to Washington: Who, Why, and Consequences," The Journal of Turkish Weekly, (October 20).
//www.turkishweekly.net/op-ed/2896/the-plot-t...
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 2011. "What Happened in Tunisia Did Not Stay in Tunisia." The Austin American Statesman. (March 8).
//www.statesman.com/opinion/kademzadeh-what-h...
republished at La Sentinelle De Tunisie. (March 9).
//www.sentinelle-tunisie.com/politique/item/w...
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 2009. "President Obama’s Forthcoming Letter to the Supreme Leader of Iran: Some Dos and Don’ts." The Journal of Turkish Weekly. (April 27). //www.turkishweekly.net/op-ed/2507/president-...
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 1999. "Barak’s Ability to Wage Peace Could Be Nightmare for Tehran." The Salt Lake Tribune. (May 31).
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 1999. "There are Some Serious Reasons Why Iran and Jordan Have Developed Differently." The Salt Lake Tribune. (March 7).
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 1998. "Allowing Assassination of Foreign Rulers Would Undermine U.S. Government." The Salt Lake Tribune. (November 22).
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 1994. "Nobel Peace Prize: Supports Taking Chances for Peace." St. Louis Post-Dispatch. (October 23).
Kazemzadeh, Masoud. 1992. "How George Bush Lost Iraq." St. Louis Post-Dispatch. (August 31).
Zia
by Masoud Kazemzadeh on Wed Jun 06, 2012 04:23 AM PDTNokar: Wasn't Daryoush Forouhar, a Jebhe Melli leader a one time Pan Iranist party member (which was an extension of Sumka)?
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MK: Pan Iranist Party was NOT an extension of the SUMKA. SUMKA was from the get go the official Nazi Party with support for Hitler. The Shah supported SUMKA and SUMKA supported the Shah (during the 1953 coup).
Pan Iranist Party divided into three parties. One under the leadership of Forouhar became part of JM. The whole name of the party was Hezb Mellat Iran bar Asas Pan Iranist. Khosrow Seif, the current Secretary-General of the Hezb Mellat Iran told me that initially HMI did not have any ideology. They all wore uniforms. According to Mr. Seif, gradually under the leadership of Mossadegh, HMI embraced democracy. He told me that Mossadegh taught us democracy. Initially, they did not have any commitment to democracy. Even today, members of HMI are allowed to hold any economic ideas they want (from laissez-faire to social democratic).
Another faction lead by Mohsen Pezeshkpour became Hezb Pan Iranist. He joined the Shah’s side from around 1952 until the revolution. He went back to Iran some years ago after the IRI allowed the leader to be safe.
A third group remained independent of the two. I think it was supportive of Mossadegh, but did not join JM.
Pezehkpour’s group had very authoritarian tendencies and shared some minor ideas with fascistic stuff, but never was a Hitlerite.
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Zia:
Pezeshkpourby Zia111 on Wed Jun 06, 2012 02:15 AM PDT
Was a confessed Fascist. And SUMKA was indeed subsumed into the Pan-Iranists. SUMKA was also founded after WWII, not before. Kazemzadeh's grasp of history is shaky to say the least and he lies outright. For a guy who has only a single mediocre publication to his name the guy has some serious chutzpah...
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MK: I never wrote that SUMKA was established before WWII. You have NOT produced one thing that I lied. You just LIED about my publications. Heloooooo.
If I write something that is not accurate, then provide links to a scholarly works, so that the readers of this site (and I) could benefit and learn something. Constantly insulting is not the same as debating. I am not aware of SUMKA being subsumed into Pezeshkpour's Pan Iranist Party. I would appreciate it if you could provide some evidence on this.
انگل فیل جان،
Mardom MazloomWed Jun 06, 2012 03:21 AM PDT
بیا اینو برات پرش کردم، بریز همونجایکه میسوزه !
Nokar
by Masoud Kazemzadeh on Wed Jun 06, 2012 03:16 AM PDTNokar,
some of news outlets that have interviewed me:
VOA TV one- hour live program during the Dec 29, 2009 during the Ashura protests after the death of Grand Ayatollah Montazeri:
//iranian.com/main/news/2009/12/29/voa-interview-dr-broumand-and-dr-kazemzadeh-recent-events
Quotes from my analyses and opinions have been published in: The Los Angeles Times (July 21, 2009; July 7, 2009, p. A3; July 8, 2003; November 9, 2003); Slate Internet magazine (February 28, 2006); St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Belleville News-Democrat; Alton Telegraph; Daily Herald; and Deseret News.
//www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-la-iran-factions21-2009jul21,0,2199619.story
//www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-irangen7-2009jul07,0,6869759.story
Los Angeles Times:
//articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/21/local/me-la-iran-factions21
//articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/07/local/me-irangen7
Interview on KMOX/CBS radio; 50 minutes, February 11, 1991.
Appeared on KMOV-TV (CBS) four times; news commentary and analysis. 1991.
Pezeshkpour
by Zia111 on Wed Jun 06, 2012 02:15 AM PDTWas a confessed Fascist. And SUMKA was indeed subsumed into the Pan-Iranists. SUMKA was also founded after WWII, not before. Kazemzadeh's grasp of history is shaky to say the least and he lies outright. For a guy who has only a single mediocre publication to his name the guy has some serious chutzpah...