Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin, International Iran Conference, "Business as Usual?" May 2-3, 2008
The Iranian regime, the Holy war against Israel and the West, and the German reaction
Friday, May 2nd 2008
- 11 a.m.
Press conference
Bundespresseamt
- 7 p.m.
Introduction and greetings
Auditorium Friedrichstraße, Friedrichstraße 180, (U2/U6 Stadtmitte)
- 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 Voice of Israel, Israel
A second Holocaust? The threat to Israel
Prof. Benny Morris, Professor of History, Middle East Studies Dept., Ben-Gurion University, Israel
“Strategic partner”? The special German-Iranian relationship
Dr. Matthias Küntzel Political scientist, board member Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, Germany
Capitulate to the Iranian Regime?
Henryk M. Broder (tba.), Journalist, Germany
Chair: Alan Posener, Head commentator Die 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
The Iranian Regime
Javad Asadian, Writer and Poet, former president of the exil-Iranian PEN, Germany
Women Under Theocracy
Nasrin Amirsedghi, Publicist, 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, Writer and journalist Haaretz, Israel
Terror and ideology-export: The Islamic Republic’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?
The EU, Iran and the effectiveness of sanctions
MEP Paolo Casaca (tba.), Partido Socialista Portugal, Socialist Group in the European Parliament, Portugal
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 - Germanys policay towards 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 Party of 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, Manager Wadi e.V., Germany
The Iranian challenge for the special relationship between Israel and Germany
David Horowitz (t.b.a.), Editor in chief, Jerusalem Post, Israel
Chair: Doris Akrap
Editor Jungle World, Germany
Information:
Auditorium Friedrichstraße,
Friedrichstraße 180, (U2/U6 Stadtmitte)
Languages: German/English
with
Prof. Benny Morris
Menashe Amir
MdEP Paulo Casaca
Dr. Matthias Küntzel
Nasrin Amirsedghi
Prof. Jeffrey Herf
Yossi Melman
Bruno Schirra
Saul Singer
