In 1963, after the riot in 2 cities of Qom and Tehran, the poltical landscape of Iran divided into two opposite sides.
On side was shah and his administration who were trying to promote life style, standard living to the level of Europeans or western countries. In that, he was close friend of General De Gaulle in France, Queen Elizabeth in England, and President Nixon in America. Shah dignified the nation by calling them "light of Aryan" among international community. He was identifying to westerners by associating to them.
On opposite side, there were Shia clergies Mullahs who were lowering the nation to the level of African countries. Therefore, they were idealizing hero and heroine from Afridan nations such as Patrice Lumumba and Jameleh puposha. They were glorifying the writers such as Alex Haley, Frantz Fanon, Langston Hughes, Angela Davis... etc. It was a mind manipulation masterminded by Shia clerics. The message was crytal clear: To hate white people from European descendant.
Shariatie was a mullah with suit and tie. He managed to attend French university by the scholarship of shahanshahi government. In France, He began to read Frantz Fanon and translated an anthology of his work into Farsi. He introduced Frantz Fanon thoughts into Iranian revolutionary emigree circles.
In late 1970's, Alex Haley's book "The root" and Frantz Fanon's book hit the top seller's book in the market while the book of Andre Malraux "The human nature" had a very low rating of sell.
Andre Malraux was a mininster of culture in Genreal De Gulle administration. He was the one who design the building of Pesian Museum in the heart of Paris. He contribued to Persian culture and Persian history in France by building Persian museum, but his book was sitting next to Frantz Fanon's book behind the window on Univeristy Ave. in Tehran without any potential buyers. Iranian intellectuals were also admiring black Africans, who had no contribution to Iran history, over Europeans such as Andre Malraux. That was the time tragedy started. That was very sad.
There is NO similarity between Africans with long history slavery with Iranians. Unlike Africans, Iranians had never been slaves to Europeans, so why they had to identify themselves with Africans ? Africans had a history of colonization by Europeans. Iran had never been colony and no history of being colonized by Europeans, so why they had to hate Europeans and take a side with black African writers or revolutionary. ? or their skin color. In some part of Iran, people have lighter skin color than many European countries such as Greek, Portugal, Spain or Italy. No reason to hate European like Africans do because of their of their skin color. That simple question never came to the mind of our intellectuals or our youths who fall into trap of Shia clerics mullahs.
Neverthe less, none of these African writers, revolutionary had any idea about "political Islam". They were all Marxist Leninist. Frantz Fanon in one of his letter to Shariati hoped Islam helps intellectuals "with the aim of emancipation and the founding of another humanity and another civilalization. "emancipating humanity threatened by alienation and depersonalization".
I don't know how much you know about Iran's history, but the issue of shia clergies hunger to have access political power goes back only to 200 years ago.
دور خیز ۲۰۰ ساله روحا نیت برای کسب قدرت سیاسی
It started with Seyed jamale din Asadabadi and his struggle against Naser e din shah. Finally, Naser e din shah sent him to exile from Turkey's border. The movement of left started from Haidar Amo Oghli during Qajar dynasty. The left which was mainly Tudeh party disappeared after event in 1953. Islamists wrote: "Tudeh party disappeared and melted like a tudeh of snow".
حزب توده همچون توده برف آب شد و از بین رفت.
So the only remaining opposition was Islamists under Khomaini's leadership. 1963 was the first attempt which was failed. 1979 was second attempt which was successful.
Monarchy is symbol of unity, integrity and strength of the nation. That notion is shown in your diagram. I like it. The history of Iran has been intimated with Monarchy for over 5000 years. I am proud my ancestors introduced monarchy for the first time to the history of mankind.
Again your understanding of Iranian history is twisted. Your crass pseudo analysis completely missed out the intervening struggle between modernity (which Pahlavis came to represent and effectively lead later) and Islamists. The objection is not Monarchy but your irrational racial bias/hatred. I repeat if you think you are considered White European then you are seriously deluded.
Damn Trump and the alt right for twisting the fight against militant Islam into a racial war to Make America White Again. Damn the right and the Republican Party for not standing up to the Conman in Chief.
The Iranian right needs to think seriously and not be subsumed into this crazy racial ideology surrendering conservative values as did the Republican Party.
The root of the misery - those "goosfands" participating and carrying the pictures of those "gaavs" in that rally in the photo!
Fozolie,
Did your great grand father or my great grand father had been ever slave ? NO, of course NOT.
Did Iran ever been colony of Europeans ? NO , of course NOT.
The question is why we have to glorfying someone like Frantz Fanon , Alex Haley ... Angela Davis ?
That was very common back in 1970's. I still see quote from Fanon on this site. Why book of Alex Haley, Frantz Fanon sold out in Iranian market, but Andre Malraux's book remained untouch.? That whould have shown what direction Iran was heading. Our intellectuals fall for it without even understand the psychology behind it.
As long as we quote from those black writers who had no similarity with Iran's history, we are standing in the state of stagnation. We only move forward once we get rid of associating ourselves with black history. NO more quote from these black writers on Iranian sites because Iranian skin color is NOT black and we don't share the same history with black Africans.
That is how we move forward.
Yet at the entrance of AIOC’s exclusively British only supermarket said No Iranians, No Dogs. In Iran we have never had organised racial bias and hatred. I saw all the vitriolic hate spewed out in the alt right forums repeatedly calling for assassination of The Procrastinator in Chief so don’t hide your true feelings. And I say again when the hammer falls they will not care for your DNA test or claim to be a true son of Cyrus himself. Their aim is preservation if the White EUROPEAN race.
The scumbags who opposed modernity in Iran wrote a lot of rubbish that has been challenged and exposed without recourse to bigotry. You are giving their work credence by this racist rubbish. There is no point to this. The Iranian right in the US has disappeared up The Conman’s arsehole.
N.Z. Mosque attack suspect supports KKK.
KKK boss David Duke is a close friend of Iran regime and a frequent flyer of Iran air, earning air miles on his annual trips to Iran!
Fozolie:
I have had this discussion with user name mohamad Ghorna or somerthing like that on old Iranian.com site. There were NO such a sign displayed on AIOC entrance by British. Mohammad Ghorna was living in Abadan in those days. That sign was displayed by British in India when India was colony of Brits. Mohamad Ghona said that there was a empty area which made him assumed that area used to be sign and the Brits removed it afterward. He was just assuming that. He said because he heard about that sign for Indians, he authomatically thought that area must have been displayed such a sign for Iranians as well. No dear. That doesn't fly. it is the same logic saying Because Blacks hate white Europeans for their colonization of Africa, so Iranians must hate them too. These are 2 different people. 2 different history. We can't put everybody in the same category.
To answer your puzzle, I must say people can hate certain group of people for any reason, NOT necessary their races. For example, Hindos hate muslims. That has nothing to do with race. White European race has right to preserve their identity the same as other people from other ethinic background have such a right. For Jews it is called "Zionist" or nationalist jews. For Arabs it is called "Pan Arabism" initiated by Jamal Abdul Naser. Every ethinicity have such a right, What makes you think the white Europeans don't have such a right ?
My point is that why Iranians have always been sympathizers of something that has nothing to do with them ? Why Iranians should pay the price of fight between Arabs and Israel.? Do you see in the news how many of our youths get killed in Syria these days ? We have nothing to do with war between Israel and Arabs because we are NOT Arab.
Also why we have to quote from Frantz Fanon which we have NO similarity with their history at all. We have NO history of slavery. So why we have to quote from them ? Iran has never been colonized, so why we have to take a side with countries or nations who had been colonized ? These kind of intervention just hurt Iranians in a long run. NONE of our intellectual objected to Fanon best selling book in the market back in 1970's. They were silent. We see the result now. NO one complain of Alex Haley book "The root" back in 1970's .We see ther result now. it is a saying that French revolution was a result of write up of people such as 3 writers 1.Votaire 2. Montesquieu 3.Jean jacques Rousseau So we can conclude that Iran's revolution was the result of Shariati's and fanon... and Alex Haley or simialr kind of writer's books.
NO one even question Shariati about Angela Davis whom he keep referring to her as a "Hero" and admire that black bitch. I became familiar with Frantz Fanon, Amgela Davis through Shariati's books in my high school time. I wished to meet Fanon ...Angela Davis or any of these writers in person, but Famon was dead in 1961 before my time. But finally I had a chance to meet Angela Davis in person. I told her about knowing her through Shariati's books. She didn't know Shariati, but she said that she was very active against shah of Iran back in 1960's and 1970's in Santa Cruz university campus and U.C Berkeley. She said she had been Marxist Leninist all her life and she had nothing to do with political Islam of Shariati. Anyway, I didn't see any simillarity between her story, her prospective of life with my past history of lviing in Iran. So why this woman became "hero" in 1970's in Iran, which resulted to such a mess we are witnessing these days, and no one said anything ?
Zolfali,
Thanks for the post. That gives clear picture of what is going on.
I saw the sign as a kid. And I say again even though Iran was not formally a colony, the colonial powers have a lot to answer for interferance and exploitation but that does not justify the leftie Marxist analysis of blaming it all on colonialists and imperialists (which the Shah was susceptible to using the same argument as well). There is a concept of personal responsibility. The idiots you are referring too revered Libya and Ghaddafi in the 70’s too so spare me the black angle. In any case Khomeini swept all of them aside.
This alt right bullshit causing your rage is not helping our case against the fascist republic in Iran and militant Islam. It is turning into a racial war.
The last sentence refers to the consequences of the alt right.
In regards to your excusing the Whte position, your argument is entirely fallacious. Organised racial militancy is entirely a White (European) concept. You talk about the Arab hegemony ignoring the fact how Arab (and Turkist) Nationalism came about mimicking the Germans.
"Organised racial militancy is entirely a White (European) concept. "
WRONG,
if so, what is Black Panther party ? Panther party was a black orgnized militia since 1960's. The group mainly hated whtie people from European descendant. They were engaged in so many assasinations over the years and some of them are still in custory. You also need to read about "Sykes-Picot Agreement" because yoiu brought up Arab nationalism against Germans.
Like I said before, In France, well known writers led to the French revolution as the French historian believe. That factor make us think the write ups of scumbags such as Shariati and other black writers in 70's led to Iran's revolution. I discuss this matter with Angela Davis, she didn't have any answer for me. As far as exploitation, I have to say any establishment in the world throughout history is looking for the welll being of their own people.
Fozoli,
It just came to my attention that you're mixing this blog with my previous blog. In previous blog I wrote about Obama Administration. In that blog, you're right I mentioned Obama's foreign policy about Iran were racially motivated. His decisions, attitudes toward mullahs all came from the fact that mullahs let the black hostages go and kept the white ones. That was the reason he was warmly welcoming Mullah's lobby in White house. That was all about race and nothing else. None of Iranians on these Iranian sites ever discussed about it.
Here in this blog I tried to show the root and cause of disaster in 1979. It was not meant to show the race war or anything like that. In 70's, Black writer's books were selling like a cup cake, while someone like Andre Malraux's book, who contributed to Iran's culture, was sitting in the market for days. First blog and this one are 2 different subjects.
Your tenacious ignorant insistence is now nauseating. To challenge the historical truth about organised racism being a White European idea and practice - century or more before 1960’s - imitated later by others merely shows your ignorance of history. What a ridiculous example completely missing the point. I am not mixing anything but challenging your half baked assertions. Since you refuse to see reason and only trying to find pseudo reasons to justify your bigotry I will not be engaging with you any further.
Before leaving let me say again your pursual of a warped twisted alt-right-raquel argument does the cause of opposing the regime harm.
Hi Fozolie - on the subject of Iran not being colonized, all I have to say is that I wish it had been. I'm serious. May be they would have made Iranians "adam" at some point. I mean---look, countries that were actually colonized like India, Egypt, Kenya, Congo, all the Persian Gulf countries, Morocco, Algeria, virtually all South American nations, and even Iraq that less than 20 years ago was invaed and bombed into oblivion by the U.S. (same with Vietnam, Japan, and Genrmany) have great relationships with their former colonizers, and have become players on the world stage. Iranians on the other hand, which were never colonized, climbed multiple embassy walls, took diplomats hostage, and their country has been a pariah on the world stage for the past 40 years. I seriously wish Iran had been colonized. A couple of decades of colonization, and perhaps we would have become 'adam."
Hello AO, that’s what Vossogh the infamous signatory to the 1919 agreement making Iran a protectorate of Britain said to a journalist years later in Paris when the guy asked him knowing Vossogh as a competent politician and a patriot why would he ever agree to it. Vossogh’s reply was in the hope that it would have had a civilising influence (as nothing else would have worked).
May I most respectfully ask Siavash tell us his honest opinion about freemasonry?
Antsy,
I don’t know what Freemasonry is, but I know this: At least 90% of the so-called “liberal” expats I have met here in Japan, and I have met many, are extremely “racist.” Those who attack or despise Trump are not necessarily better people. Their attacks or hatred expose their political leanings
Once you said you no longer live in Japan... now, "I have met here in Japan", you say... Still, of course, none of my business... but...
I have properties and relatives in this country, so I visit it often.
Fozoli,
I am just hearing a group of words which sounds to me like personal attack than engaging in any dialog. Anyway, I was NOT talking about history of racism. Yes, China towns in America is a manument of institutionalized racism. Many Chinese businesses were attacked by white European descendant people at the end of 19 century. Long before 1960's. So what ? There was also ban on chinese women to imigrate to U.S from 1885 till 1945. Chinese women selling their bodies in order to survive in America. Chinese were building transcontinental railway and they were suffering racism as well. Finally president Roosvelt removed that racist ban in 1945. So what ? What it has anything to do with my blog ? I am addressing the root of our misery which initiated by write ups of black writers susch as Frantz Fanon, Alex Haley... Angela Davis... etc.. Shariati translated into Farsi many of those literatures. African writers' books were selling like a cupcake among Iranian intellectuals in 60's and 70's. That caused this mess in Iran we are seeing these days. What it has anything to do with history of racism in Europe or America. ?
What you were doing in those days anyway ? Were you one of those people who were reading anti colonization books and enjoying to share black history which is comingled with history of slavery ? Why didn't you speak up against those garbage books ?
Antsy
I don't have any knowledge about freemasonry. I have a friend who was just applied in that organization. Only thing I know, Freemasonry people are very wealthy people. They're like Bahai in Iran. it is an underground cult. They try to keep their activities secret. That's all I know about it.
A.O
I am proudly say that I am very happy Iran has never been colonized because Iran has always been powerful country. Colony means "Nokar" and we can proudly say we have never been nokar of any foreign country. In the mean time, we are also proud that we never took any foreign nation as slave.
As Abe Lincoln said"
"As I would never like to be slave, so I would never like to be master"
Thanks for your response... Speaking of Bahais, I can’t wait for the glorious day when they will establish their own independent government in their ancient promised land, sacred Haifa... free at last... free from criminal Zionists, and free from barbaric mullahs... free at last... they will.
And, one question on Lincoln... Did he emancipate slaves out of necessity, or did he because he was a gold-hearted kind white man?
Antsy,
Emancipate slaves or free slaves was result of Lincoln being synpathetic toward blacks. For the proof, I have to say he had black mistress. I don't recall the name of that woman, but if you do the reseach you will find the name.
Fozoli,
Since you still don't get it, I copy and paste the words of one of commentator on this site, so you understand what we are talking about.
".....The obsession of the third-world male with the white women reminds me of French-African philosopher Frantz Fanon who wrote in Black Skin, White Masks:
Out of the blackest part of my soul, across the zebra striping of my mind, ........"
Yes, we are third world country, but our skin color is NOT black. In fact, in many parts of Iran people have lighter skin color than many Europeans such as Portugese, Italians.. Greek..Spanish...
Did you ask this commentator why you're comparing me with black man with long history of slavery? No, you did NOT. because I don't see any comment of you in that blog.
Frantz Fanon was a son of slave. Did you argue with commentator why he was comparing Iranians with son of slaves ? NO, Of course you NOT. Did you protest that Iranians don't have black skin so why they have to identify themselves with black skin Africans ? No, you did NO because I don't see any comment from you.
That "pursual of a warped twisted alt-right-raquel argument does the cause of opposing the regime harm.", NOT mine who is exposing that retarded idea.
The same process happned in 70's. Mullahs were promoting black writers who hated Europeans and no one question them. African history had nothing to do with Iran or Iranians. In fact, we have to love Euopeans such as Andre Malraux who opened Persian Museum in Paris. We had to appreciate him by buying his book because he introduced our history to French people. We have to appreciate them rather than hate them. Did you know Mullahs attacked French embassy right after revolution ? Where do you think that hate came from ? yes, that hate came from the books of Frantz Fanon. He promoted that hate in his books. Mullahs were using anything to reach power including African writers. Unfortunately, our intellectuals were blind and silent. They are still silent because when the commentator quoted from Frantz Fanon on this site, no reaction was shown by Iroon.com residents. Comparing Africans with Iranians are purely retarded and stupid.
A.O
I forgot to mention that Yemen and Oman were Persian colonies. I think the current intervention in Yemen's internal affairs come from that historical bonding.
Siavash1,
Thanks for inspiring a great discussion…some good and others self-deprecating. Worst one was having a desire to being colonized! That is a slap in the face of those who fought and lost their lives during and after revolution for Constitutional Monarchy...considered that quite depressing regardless of who had said it. Iranians have been fighting and dying for their freedom and independence forever, even during the Qajar Era. Ahmad Shah, the boy king, was a staunched patriot who fought and criticized Britain, whenever he could, for their colonial aspirations.
Yet, the overall discussion was great! Remember, that Iran has always had a tumultuous history. First, due to it's strategic location and later because of oil and the loss of their Geo-political clout. Also, religion has always played a negative roll and has always been one of our major obstacles, manipulated by corrupt politicians.
you're welcome P_J,
Regarding "religion has always played a negative roll and has been our major obscles", I have to say that I am disagree because Shia played positive role during Safavid Dynasty. Forced conversion from Sunni to Shia by Shah Ismael saved Iran from the hands of Ottoman Empire, otherwise, they would have taken over Iran. Shia, nationalism at it's time, stopped Ottoman Empire to take over. Shah Ismael also brought mUllahs from Lebanon to Iran to teach principle of Shiaism to Iranians. Iran was Sunni for over 1000 years.
Dear Siavash,
Thanks for your kind words! I believe religion(s), in general, are political, intrusive and power hungry and unless controlled tightly, disastrous. Yazdegerd III of Achaemenid dynasty defeated by Arab invaders, was heavily influenced by Zoroastrian Maji’s. Europe lived in dark ages until they controlled the out of control Catholicism. First by Reformation and then Martin Luther.
Copernicus, a Jesuit priest and astrophysicist, was terrified to publish his findings because of the fear of reprisal of Catholic Church and the Pope, 500 years ago. He had discovered the Hellion centricity, that refutes Geo centricity of Solar System…Since, his findings directly conflicted with teaching of Bible, taken from an OLD unproven Socrates writing that said; Earth was the center of Universe…false idea that had lasted for millennia until Copernicus, the great Polish astrophysicist corrected it, yet, he was so intimidated that wanted his findings published after his death.
Islam, Shia Islam, Judaism and others are ALL practically the same. They live on the unproven fanatical idea of Miracle(s), Heaven and Hell and other scientifically unproven nonsense.
Safavids should be blamed for promoting this radical idea not admired, in my humble opinion. Wahhabism practiced in Saudi Arabia is even worst
While ago, I read an article written by several historians, all experts in Iranian sociology and history…they evaluated the leadership(s)/governments that had ascended the Iranian throne for the past 400 years. The only leader they unanimously admired was Shah Abbas, not even Nader Shah came close and although they liked Karim Khan, yet he was blamed for the loss of Persian Gulf…the rest were considered harmful and disastrous. They were, also, quite critical of the rest of the Safavid dynasty. Shia Islam had a political rather than religious foundation…Iranians were pressured by the Ottoman Empire and war seemed eminent, as you mentioned. They needed fanatical fighters and that’s how they got them.
Great communicating with you! Bye!