Dialogues
on Civilizations, a Foundation by Reset publications,
urges the immediate release of Iranian intellectual
Ramin Jahanbegloo. Philosopher Ramin Jahanbegloo was
arrested by the police of the Islamic Republic of Iran
some weeks ago. The reason of his arrest has not been
divulged. We are to suppose that motives of Jahanbegloo’s
arrest were found in the ideas that he has been conveying
through his articles, books, and lectures. Jahanbegloo,
an enlightened, moderate and liberal intellectual as
well as a lover of freedom and dialogue, teaches contemporary
studies at the Cultural Research Bureau of Tehran University
and he is the author of “Conversation with Isaiah
Berlin”. Last March he delivered the paper “Against
the Clash of Intolerances” in a conference on
dialogue among cultures that was organized in Cairo
by Dialogues on Civilizations, foundation whose scientific
committee is joined in by Jahanbegloo. Depriving Ramin
of his freedom is an unequivocal sign of intolerance
against which we want to express our protest by asking
people of culture and all those who love freedom to
join in our protest and call for Ramin’s immediate
release. “Many of us know and appreciate Iran,
its culture, its people since we had the chance to visit
the country and live an extraordinary human and intellectual
experience that we tried to communicate to others in
the various fields we operate in, suggesting the multiplication
of contacts and initiatives. Ramin Jahanbegloo’s
arrest strikes and hurts us personally. If it is true
what a minister of the Islamic Republic referred to
the press (that his arrest is due to Jahanbegloo's "contacts
with foreigners"), we should draw the conclusion
of promoting no more intellectual contacts with Iran
and its intellectuals. At that point, none could persuade
us to cooperate exclusively with intellectuals sponsored
by the Iranian government. Beside Ramin Jahanbegloo's
release, we also ask that his wife is granted the permit
to meet Ramin and verify his health condition. Because
of this absurd and unmotivated arrest, Ramin Jahanbegloo’s
family is going through a time of unspeakable sufferings.
It is with particular sadness that we received the news
that after Ramin's arrest, his mother has been admitted
to the coronary unit of Tehran hospital for a cardio-circulatory
failure.”
To grant to the appeal to release Ramin Jahanbegloo
e-mail to reset@tuttopmi.it
Reset Magazine and Dialogues on Civilizations Foundation:
Giancarlo Bosetti, Nina zu Fürstenberg
Giuliano Amato, President of Dialogues
on Civilizations Scientific Committee
Krzysztof Michalski, Director of
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