Akbar Ganji delivered the most remarkable speech on the occasion of the 2006 Golden Pen Freedom.
And somehow I wonder how many Iranian journalists, politicians, even human rights activists would totally and publicly associate themselves with all of its content.
And then, aside from those who were in Moscow and a few others, who heard it?... who read it?... Payvand published it in its entirety, Rooz and RFE/RL only quoted parts of it...
Oh! How I wish Mrs. Ebadi had given a similar speech when she received the Noble Prize! She had the whole world as an audience and yet, it was, as mentioned then, quite an "anti-climax".
And Mr. Abtahi only speeks of Mr. Khatami and how if he would "candidate" himself in Palestine, he would "win almost the majority of votes". ???
(sigh)
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Rooz does seem to have a problem:
"He said “Forget and Forgive” was his motto in fighting injustice and violence."
If it weren't for Payvand quoting him saying the opposite, another intellectual would have gone down my drain.
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