Mohammad Marandi Quotes

• By dehumanizing others, among many other things, these people are also aiding the neocons and other forces of darkness to justify more war, more suffering, and more destruction.

  Mohammad Marandi

  War, People, Darkness

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• En mi opinión, la continua popularidad de estas burdas distorsiones de Irán en Estados Unidos parece revelar más sobre ciertos aspectos de Estados Unidos que sobre Irán. Parece que la popularidad de estas memorias se debe en gran medida al hecho de que, aunque pretenden hacer lo contrario, refuerzan regularmente las representaciones dominantes de Irán en Estados Unidos construyendo un Irán exótico, atrasado y bárbaro basado principalmente en archivos estadounidenses.

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  Iran, Opposites, America

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• President Ahmadinejad said that the Zionist state of Israel should no longer exist as a political entity. This has always been the policy of successive Iranian governments such as those of President Khatami and President Rafsanjani.

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  Government, Israel, Political

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• As a child, I used to feel much more American than Iranian. Like everyone else at school, I pledged allegiance to the flag. However, after returning to Iran, sadly, I learned about a very different America, an America that most Americans have no idea exists. For the first couple of years this was hard to accept, and it was really painful in some ways.

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  Niños, Pareja, Escuela

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• If one were to claim that the U.S. occupation forces in Iraq have been provided with "keys to heaven" by the Pentagon, would that need historical research to be disproved or would you just say, "That's just propaganda"? Indeed, how can you disprove the claim that U.S. soldiers have such keys? Or why should you disprove such ridiculous claims? It is the accusers who must provide the evidence.

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  Keys, Iraq, Heaven

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• Sin embargo, a diferencia de algunos de mis amigos y estudiantes, no creo que sea cosa de risa. Creo que es aterrador ver qué historias escandalosas se pueden contar en Estados Unidos y luego son aceptadas por muchas personas educadas y académicos como hechos. Las películas obtienen premios, los libros se convierten en best sellers, se hacen héroes y la gente se enriquece como resultado de caricaturas deshonestas del pueblo y la sociedad iraníes.

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  Hero, Book, Thinking

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• I was born in the U.S. Why should anyone who has an unfavorable view of the American government renounce his or her citizenship? Why don't its supporters relinquish their citizenship first?

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  Government, Views, Firsts

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• In general, Iranians believe that all Palestinians have the right to return home and that there is no chosen people on this earth, whether Jewish, Muslim, Christian. Iran had the same policy towards apartheid South Africa and at the time when it was supporting and funding the ANC [African National Congress] among other groups in South Africa, these groups were also considered to be terrorist organizations by many western governments.

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  Christian, Believe, Home

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• It is ludicrous to believe that he meant nuclear weapons can be used. It is truly fearful to see how the mainstream media in the west can construct an adversary and that there are so few dissenting voices.

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  Believe, Media, Voice

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• There is no need for historical research. The war didn't take place a thousand years ago. Over a million Iranians served at one time or another in the war fronts and most of them are living ordinary lives today and are available for interviews. These stories are largely unknown in Iran and when I tell them to my friends or students they usually laugh.

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  War, Iran, Years

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• Creo que los iraníes son un buen vecino. Los iraníes han apoyado al pueblo de Yemen.

  Mohammad Marandi

  Believe, People, Yemen

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• Hence, when some members of the Iranian diaspora, especially women at the moment, use different tropes including the trope of the veil and the issue of gender to construct an image of oppression or to describe the 'silenced' Iranian woman, western intellectuals, policymakers, and publishing houses are all quick to introduce them as presenters of the authentic Iranian experience.

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  Issues, Publishing House, Different

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• I think there is a general interest in films that deal with contemporary issues. Constructions of Iran, Islam, the Middle East as well as the U.S. itself are also of interest, it seems.

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  Thinking, Iran, Issues

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• The students often like to talk about movies that they feel are Orientalist like 300 or Babel. They talk a lot about the possibility of U.S. aggression against Iran and the Iranian hostages being held by the U.S. in Iraq.

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  Iran, Iraq, Students

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• Post World War II America draws a great deal of interest, but the students also seem to know quite a bit about American exceptionalism and its historical roots.

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  War, Roots, America

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• Our focus is not on current politics, but students seem to be naturally drawn to this topic. This is understandable, when the U.S. is constantly trying to terrorize the nation with threats of war, students obviously take notice.

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  War, Focus, Trying

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• El hecho de que el gobierno estadounidense haya reservado formalmente un enorme presupuesto anual de casi 75 millones de dólares para aumentar los intercambios culturales con el fin de lograr lo que denomina "cambio de régimen" ha enturbiado las aguas y complicado los estudios estadounidenses en Irán más que cualquier otra cosa.

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  Government, Iran, Order

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• Además, como consecuencia de la implicación de fundaciones estadounidenses que cuentan con el respaldo del Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos en la política interna iraní, el intercambio cultural y el diálogo se han vuelto cada vez más problemáticos.

  Mohammad Marandi

  Foundation, States, Results

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• It is difficult for Iranian scholars and universities to retain their independence and to be seen as doing so, when cultural warfare is being carried out by some of their American partners. Indeed, such irresponsible behavior basically serves to intensify suspicion and in reality decreases the opportunity for real and meaningful dialogue.

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  Meaningful, Real, Opportunity

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• One topic which often brings liberals and conservatives together in the U.S. is Iran. There is a general consensus that the Revolution was the embodiment of backwardness and barbarism.

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  Iran, Together, Embodiment

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• Americans should know that Iranians are just as decent, human and rational as other human beings. Sadly, the mainstream media in the U.S. regularly fails to recognize and reflect this.

  Mohammad Marandi

  Media, Being Sad, Failing

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