when a murderer mullah is after honorary from His Excellencies!
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 08:12:26 -0700 (PDT)From: Sayeh
For sure your selection was after conferring ONLY after the widest consultation with experts on Iran.
May I ask you few Iranian names on this wide consultation Experts?
Niall Scott
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Thank you for your email about former President Khatami’s visit to the University of St Andrews and our decision to award him an Honorary Doctorate. Please rest assured that the University does not take such decisions lightly and that the honour was conferred only after the widest consultation with experts in modern Iran , both in academia and beyond.
His Excellency Mohammad Khatami has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in both academe and politics. He served first as the Minister of Culture until 1992, when he resigned in protest at the pressures being brought to bear by a hard-line parliament, and again as President from 1997-2005. He was elected twice to the Presidency (1997 & 2001) in landslide election victories which saw him garner nearly 22 million votes on each occasion (his support coming mainly from the young, in particular students). Throughout his academic and political career, Mohammad Khatami enjoyed a reputation as a moderate cleric who sought dialogue and engagement with those of opposing views. He was and continues to be an enthusiastic proponent of Islamic democracy, human rights and civil society (he was the first president to found an office for the participation of women within the Presidency), while recognising that each society must develop within its own cultural framework.
During his first administration (1997-2001) he articulated his vision for a Dialogue of Civilisations, in contradistinction to the dominant discourse on the clash of civilisations, and persuaded the United Nations to adopt the theme for 2001. He was the first President to be invited on a series of State visits to a number of European countries including, France , Italy , and Germany . He has also been active in his relationship with the Vatican . He has since been invited to join the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s ‘ Alliance for Civilisations’ (one of only 18 members, and of two from the Middle East ). Over the last year, he has inaugurated a Foundation for the Dialogue of Civilisations, based in Geneva and Teheran, which he hopes will further understanding between Islam and other faiths. In the current climate of tension and confrontation, Mr Khatami’s approach offers a courageous and refreshing alternative.
It is above all for his work to encourage dialogue between faiths that the University of St Andrews has decided to award HE Mohammad Khatami an Honorary Doctorate.
Kind regards
Niall Scott
From: Sayeh [mailto:sayehssirjani@yahoo.com] Sent: 26 September 2006 17:51To: ns30@st-andrews.ac.uk; On-lineEditor@theherald.co.uk; letters@theherald.co.uk; foraffcom@parliament.uk; press.enquiries@judiciary.gsi.gov.uk; general.queries@dca.gsi.gov.ukSubject: URGENT on khatami's visit to the UK
Dear Mr. Niall Scott;
I am the daughter of late Iranian scholar " Ali Akbar Saidi Sirjani". Sirjani was the author of more than 29 Literature and history books on Iran .
http://www.saidisirjani.com/
in his open will, he has pointed out Mohammad Khatami as his murderer.
After 1979, khatami was appointed as khomeini special agent at " Keyhan" newspaper. he established torturing intellectuals with his super power of running the only newspaper. then he became the head of " ershad" same as department of censorship.
Khatami banned my Fathers works. He burned down his books.
when in March 1994, 28 armed Islamic republic guards entered our house asking the door to be opened cause you have mail! the house which my mother and I were all alone, the house which we were hold as hostages for 3 whole days,
they took all my fathers hand written and ready to publish works:
complete set of his works on Persian Vocabulary Dictionary;
his tapes interviewing his best friends: Ali Dashti, Dr. Parviz Khanlari and Dr. Mozafar Baghaie Kermani;
"Tarikh bidari Iranian", known as 2 volumes on constitution Revolution of Iran;
along with any piece of paper with my late father hand writing on it.They took all his published and non published works, his notes and letters;
2 of unpublished books which was safe in his computer.
Sirjani's murder was announced as a death in prison: on November 1994.
then khatami became the president of Islamic republic. After he did his best in cutting strong roots of Iran 's culture and literature and any opposition against islamic republic.
Young generation, Iranian Student stood up against khatami. For sure you have seen the video of his last so called speech in Tehran University . The arrest and brutal killing of students happened during khatami's 8 years of being head of Islamic state.
Now your university is ruining its reputation by inviting khatami.
I am writing to you asking to CANCEL this invitation. khatami deserves nothing but a fair Tribunal dealing with Islamic republics crimes against Iranians .Arrest of khatami is the least UK has to do.
attached please find useful information related to mohammad khatami.
with best wishes;
Sayeh ( Saeedi) Sirjani
Saidi Sirjani Center for Persian Literature
Here is few lines on khatami, published by Islamic government before his presidency years:
hojatoleslam khatami chaired islamic center of hamburg in germany before the triumph of the 1979 islamic revolution as proposed by martyr mohamad beheshti. he represented ardakan and meybod constituencies in the first term of majlis. he also served as imam khomeini's representative at and head of keyhan institute, as culture and islamic guidance minister during the premiership of hussein mousavi and presidency of hojatoleslam akbar hashemi rafsanjani. he is currently head of the national library and presidential advisor for cultural affairs
posted by سايه at 9/29/2006 09:11:00 AM
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