Last night, with the translation assistance of Leila Zand, director of the Iran program at the Fellowship of Reconciliation, I interviewed Habib Ahmadzadeh on the dispute over the Iranian election results from June 12. Perhaps you've heard of Habib Ahmadzadeh. He wrote the original short script for the Iranian movie "Night Bus," and wrote the short story "Eagle Feather," both drawing on his experiences as a soldier in the Iran-Iraq war.
Like many Iranians, including many Iranians who didn't vote for Ahmadinejad and don't support Ahmadinejad, but whose voices have been largely absent from Western media, even progressive media, Habib is deeply skeptical of opposition claims that the Presidential election on June 12 was "stolen," and has demanded that the opposition provide specific evidence of its claims. I have been reaching out to Iranians who have or can get specific information about what happened on June 12-13. That path led me to Habib. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/habib-ahmadzadeh-mousavi_b_222483.html http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/6/29/748092/-Habib-Ahmadzadeh:-Mousavi-Must-Say-Which-Ballot-Boxes-He-Disputes http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/240 -- Robert Naiman Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
