Jun 22 2009
Ahmad Batebi on the Iranian Uproar
Hat Tip The Economist
Jim Hoff interviewed Iranian expatriate and hero, Ahmad Batebi, via the translation of Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi. Batebi was sentenced to death for having his picture on the cover of the Economist. During his imprisonment at Evin Prison, he was tortured and still suffers partial paralysis of his body. He is a photographer and was originally arrested for censorship.
Batebi, in the interviewm expressed his opinion that Obama may certainly negotiate with Ahmadinejad, but questions whether it would be morally correct to do so. He says that “if the (world) wants to see the elimination of terrorism from the Middle East and for there to be peace between the Palestinians and the Arabs, and for the development of nuclear energy to be done for peaceful purposes, then the world needs to support the Iranian people.” This regime under Ahmadinejad and Khamenei possesses dangerous ideologies. He said that the World should deal with this dangerous regime now, or it too will suffer the consequences. After all, if the regime will murder its own people, what to speak of others?
Some say that Khamenei and Ahmadinejad were both vetted by Khamenei, but if they were the same, then why was the election tampered with by Kamenei? Iran’s Guardian Council has, in fact, reported that in 50 cities, there were more votes than voters. Another political analyst has also studied the published results of the election and stated that there is evidence of human tampering.
Four Parts to Batebi’s interview:
