Monday, June 11, 2007

Nema Milaninia: "There’s a lot of people who speak out against Iran and are considered experts and whom have been to Iran in the past 30 years and have done research in the area, or whom for example at least speak and read Persian. And yes, Pahlavi is uneducated when it comes to Iran. Aside from him being the son of a deposed prince, what are his other credentials which qualify him to speak about Iran with more authority than, lets say, Trita Parsi, Gary Sick, or even Omid Memarian."

Sheema Kalbasi: Iran and Iranians are not the same as the Iranian regime and I don’t see why Trita Parsi is mentioned among those who qualify to speak about Iran but not Prince Reza Pahlavi! The prince hasn’t committed any crime against humanity. And No! Prince Reza Pahlavi is NOT uneducated about Iran. From his ideas regarding the future of Iran to most things he sure knows what he talks about and unlike Trita Parsi who so far has not given one interview in Persian, Pahlavi speaks the language fluently. I wonder why Dr. Trita Parsi didn’t participate in VOA’s debate between the regime lobbyists in the U.S. and Hassan Daioleslam, the author of several exposing articles.