Business As Usual?
The Iranian Regime, the Holy War Against Israel and the West and the German Reaction
The Conference will be held at the Auditorium Friedrichstraße, Friedrichstraße 180 in Berlin-Mitte
Friday, May 2nd 2008
11 a.m.
Press conference
7 p.m.
Introduction and greetings
7.30 p.m.
Opening panel:
Islamism, Antisemitism, Nuclear Programme:
The Iranian threat
Religious and ideological motivation in Iranian domestic and international policies
Menashe Amir
Former Director of the Persian program of Radio Kol Israel (Voice of Israel), Israel
A second Holocaust? The threat to Israel
Prof. BennyMorris
Professor of History, Ben-Gurion University, Middle East Studies Dept., Israel
“Strategic partner”? The special German-Iranian relationship
Dr. MatthiasKüntzel Political Scientist, Board Member Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, Germany
The EU, Iran and the effectiveness of sanctions
MEP Paulo Casaca Partido Socialista Portugal, Socialist Group in the European Parliament, Portugal
Capitulat to the Iranian regime?
Henryk M. Broder (tba.) Journalist, Germany
Chair:Alan Posener
Head Commentator Welt am Sonntag, Germany
Saturday, May 3rd 2008
10.15 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.
Theocracy and Human Rights:
The character of the Iranian Regime
Anatomy of Terror in the Iranian theocracy
Javad Asadian Writer and Poet, member and former head of the exil-Iranian PEN, Germany
Women under theocracy
Nasrin Amirsedghi Publicist and Cultural Scientist, Germany
The situation of the Kurds in Iran
Dr. Miro Aliyar Representative of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, Austria
Chair: Caroline Fetscher Journalist Tagesspiegel, Germany
12.45 p.m. – 14.30 p.m.
The Holy war against Israel and the West
The roadmap to the bomb
Yossi Melman Publicist and Journalist Haaretz, Israel
Terror and ideology-export: The IslamicRepublic’s war against the West
Dr. Patrick Clawson Deputy Director for Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, USA
Iran and the Islamist network in Germany
Alexander Ritzmann Political Scientist, European Foundation for Democracy, Germany
Chair: Dr. Sylke Tempel Historian and Publicist, Germany
16.00 p.m. – 17.45 p.m.
Iran and Europe: Dialogue or confrontation?
Is Europe pressing Israel towards war? EU, UN and the possible effectiveness of draconian sanctions
Saul Singer Journalist and Publicist, Editorial Page Editor Jerusalem Post, Israel
Business as usual? German-Iranian trade relations
Dr. Matthias Küntzel Political Scientist, Board Member Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, Germany
Know nothing, hear nothing, see nothing – Germany’s policy toward Islamism: Calculation or anticipatory obedience?
Bruno Schirra Journalist and Publicist, Germany
Chair: N.N.
18.15 p.m. – 20.15 p.m.
Final panel:
The need for a new antifascism
International cooperation against the Mullah-Regime
Kayvan Kaboli Spokesperson of the Green Partyof Iran, USA
Where are the anti-fascists? Iran and the meaning of “Coming to terms with the Nazi past” in 2008
Prof. Jeffrey Herf Historian, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Freedom, secularization, democracy – for a new Middle East
Thomas von der Osten-Sacken Publicist and Director of relief and human rights organization Wadi e.V., Germany
Chair:Doris Akrap
Editor Jungle World, Germany
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