Kamangir (Archer)

Iranian Politicians

Kamangir | February 22, 2006 | Category Iran

To my opinion, The Islamic Republic regime is made up of a set of people who are sincerely working for an ideal aim of themselves without having necessary knowledge. In this framework, talking about democracy is a joke. Furthermore, responsibility is a out of context. I remember the son of one of Ahmadinejad’s ministers saying “he is learning how to deal with presidency”. I remember both Azadeh and I looking at each other, asking “learning? with what price?”
I think there is no chance for evolving the Islamic Republic to become a democracies regime. However, I have to emphasize that I am not talking from a constructive point of view. Obviously, I have no academic knowledge in the field. Hence, I am talking like when you see a man having had a stroke last night and saying, there is no way to fix him up like he was before that, so we have to replace his heart. Thus, here my question is “is it possible to have the same kind of people who we have now in Iranian government and make a democratic system out of it?” To me the answer is no. Even though, there may be no chance other than trying to evolve the system. From this I conclude a very simple, yet painful, point. It is like being the man who had a stroke last night and deciding to commit suicide; because there is no chance for a reasonable living with that heart. Looking at Iran, as it is know, I don’t think it is worth to live there, any more.
Any way, I was reading Hassan Rohaani’s description of Iran’s nuclear affairs and its relationship with IAEA and Europe (see). He was the chief negotiator in the nuclear affairs in Khatami’s government. When Ahmadinejad took the power, he was replaced and even claimed to have betrayed the country. I have selected some portions of his interview with some friendly Iranian press to show how undemocratic Iran is governed. The interesting point is that He is talking about a serious crisis with the world and he is never mentioning Iranian’s interest. Nor, we hear anything about why these people influence the problem, and there is true representative of the nation there. It is like there is the supreme leader and others who are selected by him, and they decide and act.
First, he talks about how IAEA and the world knew that Iran is doing something strange. He goes “we had done an experiment in Tehran and the head of that project was a professor. So, one of his students wrote his thesis on that. Afterward we realized that IAEA had a copy of that thesis.” Or “there was another incident in which we thought nobody is aware of. But, a professor taking part in the experiment published a paper on that and IAEA noticed.” Yes, that’s how the regime took care of such a serious problem. I was lately searching for a TeX style file and I found something from “Naval Postgraduate School”. There are lots of notes in the file you make out of the style file that says the document is released by whom and that it is not meant for distribution. Yet, Iranian publish their secrets in international journals.
In another case, he talks about how “Iran bought certain instruments from a broker who is now behind the bars in Malaysia”. What they did not know was that the same guy has sold things to Libya and that Libyans have sold Iranians down the river. So, the world got anxious that Iran is hiding something sneaky.
When Rohanni comes to giving some advice he says “there is a competition between England, Germany, and France. Like when I decided to visit France, the two others told us that I have to visit them, too.” I think that’s how I might talk about such international affairs. Isn’t it shameful that Iran’s chief negotiator lacks to give a better example about these countries and their relationship? Shouldn’t he be able to give a better description of the nature of what is going on in Europe? I was thinking, world politicians become expensive consultants when they retire, because of their vast knowledge. What would Iranian politicians be doing then? Though, the end of the interview is when he says “it seems that Athan is declared, lets get ready for the prayers and Iftar ” (the interview seems to happen in Ramazan, when after Athan (an Islamic anthem) Muslims pray and end fasting). So, I can imagine, he started to talk about the affairs with no serious plan or handout. He talked until he found another thing to do; to say his prayers. And never think of Iranian friendly press as a bunch of curious reporters. They are more like shy public relation managers for celebrities who always try to cover up things. You know, serious journalists, like Ganji, would be better behind the bars.
To my experience, that’s the true nature of Iranian politicians. They get engaged in politics because they think that’s their duty. Then they do it with no knowledge and spoil everything. Do you think these people will be voted for in any open election?

p.s. I have to admit that Rohani was much better than Ahmadinejad’s guys who disrupted the ties and led Iran close to sanctions or a war.