The Future of Iran Series
An assessment of the consequences of twenty
five years of Revolution and the Future of Iran
20, 21, 22 February 2004
The Boardroom, First Floor, University of
Westminster,
309 Upper Regent Street, London W1
(Nearest Underground Oxford Circus)
ACI has the pleasure to publish the program of
its thirty sixth conference on the future of Iran.
ACI maintains an impartial and
an unprejudiced approach to all its activities and respects all schools of
thought. We work actively with colleagues from all over the world, and hope to
contribute towards a better future for Iran. We welcome and invite the
participation of all those interested in the future of Iran.
15:30 Registration
16:00 Key Note Speech
Panel One
Social Issues
Chair: ACI
16:15 Dr Hossein Ladjevardi:
Social disintegration in the last 25 years Sociologist France
16:40 Dr Akbar Pouyanfar:
The Psychological and behavioural outcomes under dictatorships
psychologist France
17:05 Dariush:
Addiction and the future of Iran Ayneh Drug Rehabilitation
Centre USA
17:30 Shahram Farzanehfar:
A report on the plight of Iranian Street Children The Centre
for Protection of Iranian Street Children Sweden
17:55 Dr Hossein Farahmand:
Personal Freedom, Sexual Freedom Sexologist France
18:20 Break
18:35 Discussion Panel
20:30 End of day One
Saturday 21 February 2004
13:30 Registration
Panel Two
Reports from Iran
Chair: Shirin Razavian
14:00: Iraj Adibzadeh:
The report card of Irans damaged sports under 25 years of
Islamic Republic and the disappearance of Iranian sports women from the world
stage Sports writer and journalist France
14:25: Dr Hossein Bagherzadeh:
The 25 year report on human rights in the Islamic Republic
Human Rights activist England
15:15 Break
Panel Three
Ethnic Groups and Religions
Chair: ACI
15:30 Dr Abdolrahim Mollazadeh
The situation of the Iranian Sunni Moslems in the past 25 years
England
15:55 Dr Zia Sadrolashrafi
The ethnic groups and nations of Iran Researcher France
17:00 Break
Panel Four
Economy and Investment
Chair: ACI
17:15 Dr Hassan Mansoor
The present situation and problems facing the Iranian economy
Lecturer France
17:40 Dr Farhad Ameli
The breadth of foreign investment (legal standpoint) lawyer,
lecturer France
18:45 Break
19:00 Discussion Panel
20:30 End of Day Two
13:00 Registration
13:15 Film: Divided by the Prize
Profile of Shirin Ebadi BBCtv 4
Panel Five
The Mass Media
Chair: Ahmad Vahdatkhah
14:00 Dr Cyrus Amuzegar
The media and its role writer and journalist France
14:25 Dr Alireza Nourizadeh
The new movement in the Media after the Revolution writer an
journalist England
15:30 Break
Panel Six
Political Roundtable:
Analysis of the elections for the 7th Majles and the political
future of the Islamic Republic
Chair: ACI
15:45 In three sections:
1. Summary views of participants;
2. Presentation of survey findings by ACI on the elections and
public opinion;
3. Q&A Discussion with audience
Contributors:
Mr Amir-Hossein Amirparviz, England -
Dr Jamshid Assadi, Lecturer, France -
Dr Mehrdad Darvishpour, Lecturer, Sweden -
Dr Mehrdad Khonsari, The Constitutionalist Party FL, England
-
Azar Majedi, Workers Communist Party, England
Dr Yasmin Mather, Lecturer, Scotland
19:30 End of Conference
