Reform, not revolution –

 – about the goals of the “Green Movement” - German to English

Published on German public radio channel “Deutschlandradio” on January 9 2010
Source (German):http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/einewelt/1101749/
About the goals of the “Green Movement” in Iran
By Katayoun Amirpour
Earlier this week, five exiled Iranian intellectuals published a statement summarizing the goals of the protest movement in Iran: What they demand is not a revolution, but merely a reform of the existing constitution.
The regime in Tehran is enforcing their massive actions against the critical public, for example, by imposing strict censorship, and banning any open political discussion and exchange of views between the people in the country. What remains is the internet, the virtual space – like the youtube channel of the Green Movement, where Hamid Dabashi, Professor for Iranian studies at the American Columbia University, invited for a review of the past week.

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