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Reporters’ Guide for Interviewing Iranian Officials on Human Rights Issues
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The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has reviewed and analyzed over twenty interviews with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and prepared a guide for reporters to be used during his visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly. The Campaign has highlighted important trends on human rights issues and advisement on how to approach those issues with Ahmadinejad. The entire report is linked below.
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How to Interview Iranian Officials on Human Rights Issues
I. Introduction: Human Rights Under Siege in Iran
II. A Brief Summary of Major Human Rights Violations in Iran
III. Iranian Officials’ Claims on Rights Issues: Myths vs. Facts
IV. Notable Facts about Iran’s International Record and Cooperation on Human Rights
V. Interviewing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
VI. Argumentative Ahmadinejad: Quotes from Interviews
VII. Suggested Questions for President Ahmadinejad
VIII. List of Interviews with Iranian Government Officials
IX. Appendix: Iranian Officials’ Replies to Human Rights Oriented Questions in Previous Interviews
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2 Comments
Sadeq
Dear Sir, Madam, Thank you for this wonderful preemptive move,
as I have explained in my blog. I just wanted to add the following comments:
Amidst all the issues stated in the booklet, I would love to see Ahmadinejad persistently pushed to comment on the ever widening rift between his faction and that of Khamenei. The more the interviewer pushes him to comment on it, backed by enough evidence of this divide, the more Ahmadinejad will be forced to take a stance. Knowing his ambitious character who thrives to paint a bigger, more significant picture of himself to the world outside Iran, he will be put in a position to either forgo his nature or take swings at Khamenei, albeit camouflaged and veiled ones.
This only helps drive the wedge even deeper and perhaps prepare for more factional skirmishes back at home, which eventually helps the freedom movement in Iran.
http://quest4liberty.blogspot.com/2010/09/ahmadinejads-upcoming-visit-to-new-york.html
Thank you
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