The Islamic Republic television has just aired short pieces of a program titled “In the name of democracy”. The program features “confessions” made by Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh and Ramin Jahanbegloo. BBC Persian has captured the footage. Here, you can watch the version uploaded to Youtube.

The sentences are as follows,

Tajbakhsh: To attack the Islamic world.

[Title comes] In the Name of Democracy.

Jahanbegloo: In fact, Mrs. Esfandiari and Woodrow Wilson became a new organization to

Esfandiari: The body behind the colorful revolution [refers to the Rose Revolution of Georgia]

[Title comes] In the Name of Democracy.

Jahanbegloo: To make the people loose their interest in the administration [not exact translation].

Esfandiari: In the name of dialogue

Esfandiari: In the name of strengthening women

Esfandiari: In the name of democracy

Aside from all other aims, Esfandiari’s reference to “strengthening women”, given the recent stoning and the activities of the women rights’ groups, does make me worried.