Program – DAY ONE

Written by ACI in 6 February 25

Consequences and Outcomes of 45 Years of the Islamic Revolution: “WOMAN LIFE FREEDOM”

(February 27-March 1, 2025)

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Day One Thursday 27 February 2025
9.30	Meet & Greet
10.00	The Opening
	Dr Farhad Ameli – Vice Dean Sorbonne Law School Message to the Conference: Dr Nargess Eskandari – Mayor of Frankfurt
	Dr Hossein Ladjevardi – President, ACI

10.30 Panel 1 (FARSI) ‘Woman Life Freedom’ Panel Chair Dr Sima Sabet
Nahid Bahmani UK	Women’s Rights Defender Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan	Women in Kurdistan: the duality of tradition and national oppression
Rouhi Shafii  UK	ICAVI	Iranian women post Islamic Republic
Zahra Bagherishad – Sweden (zoom)	Researcher – Gender Studies	Iranian Women’s Resistance and Progress in the Face of Oppression
Dr Maryam Mousavi – France /  Leila Gharavi – Finland	Optometrist (MOptom) PhD in Optometry   / Doctoral Researcher, University of Helsinki	Joint Paper presented by Dr M Mousavi Adopting Practical Engineering Approaches to Problem-Solving in Bridging Sociopolitical Differences: A Proposal
Sara Noaeen UK (ZOOM)	Researcher, International Event Manager	Exploring the Impact of Sporting Events on Democratization Efforts in Non-Democratic Societies (Iran)
Dr Alireza Mansouri – Canada	Member of National Iranian Canadian Assembly (NICA), Expert in migration, citizenship, and refugee issues, and human rights activist	Building a Free Iran: Revolution, Resistance, and Modern Tools for Change
Saghi Gholipour – Switzerland	Activist – Woman Life Freedom	Why Woman Life Freedom
13:00 Break – Lunch

13.30 –  PANEL TWO (FARSI) Looking at the Future of Religion and Belief CHAIR – ACI
Ebrahim Ahrari – Malaysia (zoom)	Spokesperson – National Council of Iranian Sunnis	The Plight of Iranian Sunnis
Azad Farsani – USA (zoom)	Researcher – Philosophy and Religion	The Future of Islam in Iran: Akin to Hitler’s Nazism and Fascism in Today’s Germany
Dr Didier Idjadi – France	Sociologist – lecturer	Secularism, Laicity and the future of Iran
Prof Hesam Nowzari – USA (zoom)	DDS, PhD Diplomate, American Board of Periodontology	Superstitions in the Past 45 Years: Challenges and Solution
Dr Hassan Fereshtian – France	Religious Researcher and Jurist with Seminary Training In Ijtihad & university education in law	The Future of the Religious Establishment in Post-Islamic Republic Iran
15.00 BREAK

15.15 – PANEL THREE (Farsi) Ethnic groups and diverse ethnicities of Iran CHAIR – ACI
Dr Reza Moridi  (ZOOM) Canada	Ex – Ontario Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, and Minister of Research, Innovation and Science – Senior Fellow at Massey College – University of Toronto	Ethnic groups and diversity in Iran
Nasser Boladai UK	General Secretary of Balochistan Peoples Party	Plight of the Baloch people of Iran and the future
Nahid Bahmani UK	Women’s Rights Defender Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan	Women in Kurdistan: the duality of tradition and national oppression
Kawa Ahangari  Belgium	Political analyst – Chief of Zagros news network	The Iran of Tomorrow: Opposition and the elusive unity
Dr Mansour Sohrabi – Germany	Agroecologists – Environmental journalist	Violation of Environmental Justice: A Special Investigation of Under Developed and Deprived Areas
Omar Ilkhanizadeh  Sweden	Deputy Chair – Komalah Party of Iranian Kurdistan	Future of Iran: Pluralism, decentralisation, secularisation and parliamentary democracy
17:30 –  BREAK

17.45 – PANEL FOUR (FARSI) Iran’s Political Evolution: Debating Governance Models for the Future  CHAIR – DR HOSSEIN LADJEVARDI (ACI)
Iman Solaymani Amiri – Switzerland	Legal Expert – Socio-Political researcher-commentator	Why a Republican system is best for the future of Iran?
Hon. Bijan Kian – USA	Cofounder and President, Institute for Voices of Liberty	Why a Monarchist system is best for the future of Iran?
Dr Kamran Matin  UK	Director – Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) – University of Sussex Lecturer International Relation	Democracy Requires Decentralisation: A Critique of the Unitary Nation-State

DAY ENDS 19:00

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