Nemirni svet | Os kompleksnosti

Med obiljem enostavnih, monolitnih zahodnih predstav o Iranu politični komentarji pogosto prezrejo njegovo zgodovino in sedanje kompleksnosti in kontekste. S Pooyeshem Azizeddinom se bomo pogovarjali o zadnjem valu demonstracij v Iranu, ki so se začele 28. decembra z ekonomskimi zahtevami in se hitro prelevile v politične proteste v času, ko naraščajo tudi zunanji pritiski na državo. Ob represiji teh protestov in ameriških in izraelskih grožnjah Iranu bomo razmišljali o tem, kako naj ob nujni kritičnosti do zahodnega imperializma vzdržujemo kritičnost do iranskega režima (ali obratno) in ne zanemarjamo ali relativiziramo težav, ki so ljudi pognale na ulice – ne njihovih zahtev.

Pooyesh Azizeddin je iransko-slovenski aktivist in raziskovalec na področju tehnologije in človekovih pravic. Je član Slovenskega centra PEN in nevladne organizacije Surveillance Studies Network, kot podcaster pa sodeluje tudi z organizacijo Miaan.

Vabljeni_e. Pogovor bo v angleškem jeziku.

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𝑁𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑛𝑖 𝑠𝑣𝑒𝑡 𝑗𝑒 𝑐𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑣, 𝑘𝑖 𝑜𝑑𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑎 𝑣𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑠̌𝑎𝑛𝑗𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑏𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑎 𝑐̌𝑎𝑠𝑎 – 𝑜𝑑 𝑒𝑘𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑠𝑘𝑖ℎ 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑘𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑖, 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑗𝑠𝑘𝑒 𝑘𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑎 𝑧𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑎 𝑑𝑜 𝑟𝑎𝑧𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑛𝑗𝑒 𝑗𝑎𝑣𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑎 𝑠̌𝑜𝑙𝑠𝑡𝑣𝑎, 𝑧𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑠𝑡𝑣𝑎 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑛𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑖 𝑜𝑏 𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑖 𝑣𝑜𝑗𝑎𝑠̌𝑘𝑜-𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑧̌𝑎𝑟𝑠𝑘𝑖 𝑣𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑗𝑖 𝑟𝑎𝑧𝑣𝑜𝑗𝑎 𝐸𝑣𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒, 𝑘𝑖 𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑟𝑎 𝑣𝑜𝑗𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑣𝑟𝑎𝑠̌𝑡𝑣𝑎. 𝑆 𝑠𝑜𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑖 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑘𝑖 𝑏𝑜𝑚𝑜 𝑠𝑘𝑢𝑝𝑎𝑗 𝑟𝑎𝑧𝑚𝑖𝑠̌𝑙𝑗𝑎𝑙𝑖, 𝑘𝑎𝑘𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑗 𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑣𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑗𝑠̌𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑖ℎ𝑜𝑑𝑛𝑜𝑠𝑡.
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Axis of complexity

Among the abundance of simple, monolithic representations of Iran in the West, political commentary often tends to ignore its history and its present complexities and contexts.

We will talk to Pooyesh Azizeddin about the current wave of protests that started on December 28th with economic demands, quickly morphing to political contestation at the time of mounting outside pressure on Iran. Betewen the repression of these protests by the Iranian regime and threats to Iran from the US and Israel, how to remain critical of both Western imperialism and of the Iranian regime, while not ignoring or minimising the problems that drive people in Iran to the streets – nor their demands?

Pooyesh Azizeddin is Iranian-Slovenian activist and human rights and technology researcher, member of Slovenian centre PEN and the NGO Surveillance Studies Network and podcast producer for the Miaan Organization.