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Dialogue between Iran-US Intellectuals by Seyed Javad 15 March 2002 04:34 UTC |
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Greetings,
Since the state of the union speech by President Bush so many issues in terms of post-September 11th international policy and geo-political re-alignment emerged generally and in relation to three countries (Iraq, Iran, North Korea) in particular. Here, there is a respond by the former cultural minister of Iran who is now the head of Iran's International Centre for Dialogue among Civilizations worth reading:
Mohajerani: Dialogue between Iran-US intellectuals continues
Tehran, March 14, IRNA -- Head of Iran's International Center for Dialogue Among Civilizations Ataollah Mohajerani said here Wednesday that the issue of dialogue among Iran and US intellectuals is not anything new and such dialogue has been going on in the past and is to continue in future. Speaking at a press conference, Mohajerani, in reply to a question posed on as "What measures have been taken by the dialogue center in accordance with the Presidential emphasis for the participation of Iran in the coalition of peace against that of war?", he said that `peace and dialogue' makes the center's agenda and said, "Bringing up the concepts related to peace and calling upon the intellectuals and specialists are among the measures usually taken at the dialogue center." Referring to the first international conference on literature and dialogue held in Kish Island, he said that this was the first conference of its kind, so it might have been inefficient in some respects. He added, "One should not have high expectations on the first conference of its kind, even we ourselves didn't expect the great global authors to attend the conference." He said that the conference was aimed at preparing the ground for the dialogue among the youth and authors of high expertise which was successful to some extent. Referring to the similar conference to be held in the coming years, he said "Any criticism and proposals in this respect are welcome and we hope that the conference will be more successfully held in coming years by the attendance of more professional authors." In reply to the question as why the conference was not coordinated with the Iranian Authors Association, he said that the association is not legally authorized. He added that during his term as culture minister he called upon them to take charge of the legal stages to register the association but they failed to do so. That's why the dialogue center could not officially enter into negotiation with them. The first international conference on literature and dialogue among civilizations was held jointly by the Center for Dialogue among Civilizations and the Kish Free Zone Organization at Kish Island on March 5-7.
Kind Regards
Kafkazli Seyed
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