Summary of Iran Stories in Today's BroadcastsBehnam NateghiTuesday, December 09, 2003
<b>Nobel Peace Prize Winner Ebadi Arrives in Oslo</b>
• Democracy and Islam are compatible, Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi insisted in her brief press conference at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo, <b>Radio Farda</b>'s <b>Elaheh Ravanshad</b> reports. Outside about 150 Iranians have gathered with slogans against the Islamic Republic and a few blocks away, a smaller group are holding a demonstration against the Norwegian Nobel Committee's choice. Their voices could be heard inside the hall where Ms. Ebadi answered a few questions, after the head of the Norwegian Nobel Institute welcomed her. “I want to continue defending the people who are silent but suffer,” <b>Shirin Ebadi</b> told <b>Radio Farda</b>. She refused to comment on the scandal faced by Norwegian state-owned company Stat-Oil, which admitted to having paid fees to son of former President Hashemi-Rafsanjani, she says. Ms. Ebadi did not wear the Islamic head scarf during her press conference, the AP reported. “I believe Islam is not in conflict with democracy. And one cannot breach human rights in the name of faith,” Ms. Ebadi said. She acknowledged that many disagreed with her views, but said “it is not necessary for everyone in the world to have the same opinion.” (Bahman Bastani)
• In her opening speech, Ms. Ebadi dedicated the Nobel Peace Prize she will receive tomorrow in Oslo to all Iranian and Muslim women. Unfortunately, women suffer discrimination in many fields, and many laws disregard their rights. Women in Iran have a long history of struggle for their rights and the Nobel Peace Prize is recognition of this struggle, she adds. <b>Radio Farda</b> airs the complete speech in her own voice.
• Hundreds of Iranians demonstrated outside Oslo's Grand Hotel, where Ms. Ebadi stays with her husband. (Elaheh Ravanshad, Oslo)
• Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi arrived in Oslo last night, accompanied by her husband. She will receive her prize in a ceremony at 3;30 PM Tehran time on Wednesday. She will attend the ceremony without wearing the Islamic hijab, she told Agence France Press. Ms. Ebadi had been criticized by conservative clerics, because she appeared on TV news programs in Europe and the US without the Islamic head cover, or the hejab, and was seen shaking hands with reporters and well wishers. Since Ms. Ebadi's prize was announced last October, she has been receiving phone threats against her life and her daughter's liife, Tehran-based lawyer and human rights activist Mohammad-Ali Dadkhah said. (Jean Khakzad)
• A demonstration and a conference to be held on December 9 and 10 in Oslo by Iranian groups advocating human rights and women's rights is a protest against the Nobel peace committee's calling Iranians and millions of other people living under Islamic government “the Islamic World,” human rights activist and member of Denmark's PEN chapter <b>Nahid Riyazi</b> tells <b>Radio Farda</b>. By the Islamic label, the committee diminishes the people's struggle for freedom, she adds. In its statement, the Nobel Peace Committee declares Islam compatible with democracy, whereas by terror and violence, the political Islam has violated the human rights of millions of men and women, she adds. (Parviz Mardani, Berlin)
• Norway TV aired a shocking documentary on the Islamic punishment of stoning in Iran. On the discussion program that followed, Norway's Christian Democrat politicians said the country's oil companies cannot enter into deals with Iran without setting preconditions, such as an end to stoning, Norway-based <b>Rahman Saki</b> who saw the broadcast tells <b>Radio Farda</b>. (Shahram Mirian)
<b>US Calls for Extradition of Iran's al-Qaeda Detainees</b>
• “Iran should turnover all suspected al-Qaeda operatives to the US or to the countries of origin or third countries for further interrogation and trial,” US State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher said on Monday. “It's essential that other countries have direct access to information these people may have about past and future al-Qaeda plans,” he added.
<b>EU Links Trade to IAEA's Report on Iran's Nuclear Activities</b>
• No decision has been made on the comprehensive trade accord between the EU and Iran, Danish foreign minister Per Stig Moeller said, linking trade agreement with the upcoming report on Iran's nuclear program by the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The EU foreign ministers are expected to discuss the EU-Iran trade agreement on Tuesday.
<b>Interior Minister Threatens to Expose Plainclothes Forces</b>
• Responding to President Khatami's letter, interior minister Abdolvahed Mousavi-Lari said he will expose the plainclothes forces that last week attacked Mohsen Mirdamadi, head of the Majles national security and foreign relations committee, who was speaking at a political rally on the Yazd University campus. Khatami had asked the interior and intelligence ministries to investigate the reformist politician's beating in the hands of the plainclothes forces who crackdown on “authorized” political rallies organized by the reformist faction of the Islamic government. (Jean Khakzad)
<b>Iran Sets One Week Deadline for Japan on Azadegan Oil Field</b>
• Japan has until Monday next week to bid for the development of the Azadegan oil field, oil ministry announced in a letter to the Japanese consortium that had previously received preferential rights in the project at a cost $2.8 billion. The Japanese consortium suspended negations under US pressure. Tokyo needs to make a decision over the Azadegan project if Tehran has set a deadline over the issue, Japan's trade minister Shoichi Nakagawa said on Monday. (Leyli Arman)
<b>One in Five Iranians Suffer from Psychological Disorder</b>
• Twenty-percent, or one in five Iranians suffer from one form or another psychological disorder, the national welfare organization Sazeman Behzisti announced today. The statistics are alarming, Tehran-based psychiatrist <b>Dr. Gholamhossein Motamedi</b> tells <b>Radio Farda</b>. However, the statistics can be misleading, since many psychological disorders such as schizophrenia are not fully diagnosed in our country, he adds. The disorders that the welfare organization refers to are mild, mostly arising from the problems of adapting to a society in crisis, which can be cured through psychological consultation, he adds. These could also include all forms of mild and temporary depressions, or stress related disorders, he says. But often people faced with problems of everyday life are labeled psychologically ill, he says. (Keyvan Hosseini)
<b>Kidnappers Demand 5 Million Euros for Two Germans and an Irish Hostage</b>
• Kidnappers holding two Germans and an Irish hostage in the Sistan-ve-Baluchestan province demanded 5 million euros ($6 million) as ransom, provincial security chief Gholamreza Javdan said on Tuesday. He linked the kidnappers to drug smuggling gangs active in the area.
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بهمن باستاني (راديو فردا): و اما تماس تلفني ما از استوديو با گزارشگر اعزامي راديو فردا به اسلو، الهه روانشاد، که د رکنفرانس خبري امروز شيرين عبادي در محل ساختمان کميته نوبل حضور داشت، هم اکنون برقرار است. خانم روانشاد، سلام! بفرمائيد که چه گذشت در کنفرانس خبري امرو زبعد از سخنراني کوتاه خانم عبادي و اصولا فضا چگونه بود؟
الهه روانشاد (راديو فردا): سلام مي کنم حضورتان. ساعت 11 صبح حدود 150 نفر از گروه هاي محتلف سياسي جمع شده بودند در مقابل درب ورودي هتل و شعار مي دادند، به خواندن سرود اي ايران پرداختند، شعارهاي ضد رژيم ايران دادند، و سه کيلومتر بالاتر در مقابل ساختمان انستيتوي نوبل، گروهي به مراتب کوچکتر در اعتراض به انتخاب کميته نوبل شعار مي دادند. اين تظاهرات تا پايان کنفرانس مطبوعاتي ادامه پيدا کرد و گه گاه حتي صداي آن ها را مي شد در سالن مصاحبه شنيد . صدايشان تقريبا مي شود گفت که کمي بلند بود. کنفرانس مطبوعاتي اصولا با سخنان آقاي اوله دامبولتنير، که رئيس کميته نروژي صلح نوبل است، آغاز شد و ايشان خوش آمد گفت به خانم شيرين عبادي و پس از آن خانم شيرين عبادي به سخنراني پرداختند و همراه خودشان يک مترجم ايراني داشتند و دبير کميته نوبل، سکرتر کميته نوبل، آقاي پروفسور گي لوندستات، هم در اين برنامه ايشان را همراهي مي کردند. خبرنگاران فرصت بسيار کمي داشتند و فقط چند تن موفق شدند که سوالات خودشان را طرح کنند. خانم عبادي در تمام طول مصاحبه جمعي، چه به سوالاتي که بر له ايشان طرح مي شد و چه سوالاتي که بر عليه ايشان مطرح شد، با آرامش و در عين حال با جديت پاسخ دادند و مکررا بر اين نکته تاکيد مي کردند که دموکراسي و منشور حقوق بشر با اسلام مطالبقت دارد و ايشان هيچ تناقضي بين اين ها نمي توانند ببينند و ...
ب.ب.: و در فضايي که مطرح مي شد اين صحبت ها، آيا خانم روانشاد اگر عليه خانم عبادي در کنفرانس خبري امروز صحبتي شد، اين صحبت ها آيا در فضاي آرامي بود؟ اين طور که شما اشاره کرديد، خانم عبادي خودشان به تمام پرسش ها پاسخ گفتند. منظورم اين بود که فضا به طور کلي فضاي آرامي بود يا نه؟
ا.ر.: بسيار فضاي آرامي بود، يک خانم خبرنگار ايراني که مقيم اروپا هستند و يکي از ترتيب دهندگان تظاهرات در مقابل ساختمان نوبل بودند، در حالي که حضار را خطاب قرار مي دادند، سوالاتي مطرح مي کردند در مورد اين که چگونه اسلام مغاير نيست با منشور حقوق بشر و با دموکراسي، سوالي را در واقع خطاب به تماشاچيان و خطاب به خبرنگاران حاضر در جلسه مطرح کردند. خانم عبادي از ايشان پرسيدند که چگونه با اعدام مخالفتي نکردند در مصاحبه اي که داشتند در استکهلم، و خانم عبادي مصرا بر اين تاکيد کردن که با مجازات اعدام مخالف هستند و در رابطه با کارهايشان با انجمن هاي مختلف، گروه و دسته هاي مختلف، . دگر انديشان در طول اين سال ها صحبت کردند. راديو فردا اين امکان را پيدا کرد که از ايشان بپرسد که چه برنامه هايي براي احقاق حقوق کودکان و زنان و دگرانديشان در آينده دارند و ايشان گفتند که من مي خواهم که ادامه بدهم و حتي به خودم ثابت کنم که لايق اين جايزه بوده ام و مي خواهم مدافع حقوق انسان هايي که خاموش هستند ولي رنج مي کشند، باشم در آينده و به سوالات ديگري از خبرنگاران ديگر هم پاسخ دادند. به هطور مثال خبرنگار از ايشان پرسيد که آيا مغايرتي نمي بينند در اين که کميته صلح نوبل که يک کميته نروژي هست، جايزه نوبل را به ايشان مي دهد ولي از طرف ديگر ماجراهاي برملا شده در رابطه با Stat Oil و شرکت نفتي نروژي اتفاقاتي که افتاده؟ و ايشان گفتند که من سياستمدار نيستم و بهتر است مسائل سياسي را از سياستمداران بپرسيد. در رابطه با احتمال بروز واکنش هايي به هنگام بازگشت ايشان به ايران سوال شد و پرسيدند که آيا نگراني به خاطر جانشان دارند؟ ايشان گفتند من يک ايراني هستم و مي خواهم که به ايران برگردم. اتفاقي بيافتد يا نيافتد، جاي من در ايران است و نکات ديگري از اين دست مرتبا مورد تاکيد قرار مي گرفت.
ب.ب.: خيلي خيلي متشکر! خيلي ممنونم خانم الهه روانشاد، گزارشگر اعزامي راديو فردا به اسلو در کنفرانس خبري شيرين عبادي، برنده جايزه صلح نوبل در اسلو. خانم شيرين عبادي، برنده جايزه صلح نوبل، در كنفرانس خبري كه يك روز قبل از مراسم اعطاي اين جوايز در مقر كميته نوبل نروژ برگزار كرد، تاكيد كرد كه به مبارزه براي احقاق حقوق رنجبران ساكت در ايران ادامه خواهد داد. وي همچنين بر تطابق اسلام و دمكراسي و حقوق زنان تاكيد ورزيد و پذيرفت كه برخي ممكن است با اين نظر او مخالف باشند. وي جايزه خود را به تمام زنان ايران و زنان مسلمان اهدا كرد. بيرون ساختمان تظاهراتي عليه جمهوري اسلامي و تبعيض جنسي در ايران بر پا بود و كمي آن طرف تر، در تظاهرات كوچكتري، به تصميم كميته نوبل نروژ در اهداي جايزه نوبل صلح 2003 به خانم عبادي اعتراض شد. خانم عبادي در پاسخ به يك سئوال راديوفردا گفت که به احقاق حقوق کودکان و زنان و دگرانديشان ادامه خواهد داد تا به خود ثابت کند که لايق اين جايزه است.
