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didates for such an assertion possibly seen in the context of the middle east and from the perspective of israel it was seen as an extreme disruptive event with an anti israeli mobilizing potential that would influence the peoples of the region and at the same time deprived israel of its most sympathetic support as centered previously in iran 2 what features of the islamic revolution have worried the western powers i suppose the most worrisome aspect of the islamic revolution from the perspective of the west was its resolve to eliminate all forms of western influence geopolitical political economic and cultural in this sense the events in iran could be interpreted as anti imperial as well as anti colonial that is not only opposing european colonialism but its sequel taking the form of the project of u s influence in strategic partnership with the hostile regimes and israel a second source of concern was the rejection of western ideas about governance and the place of religion in the life of society western ideas of political legitimacy rested on a premise of separating church and state while the islamic revolution favored their organic connection giving primacy to religious leadership although accompanied by a political sphere that was legitimated by periodic free elections other issues involved imposing religious traditions contrary to western cultural ideas this can be observed especially in relation to the dress and appearance of women and with respect to education social life and entertainment the west celebrates freedom by reference to social practices including music consumption of alcohol pornography and tolerance of anti religious ideas it perceived iran after the islamic revolution as prohibiting what in the west were regarded as achievements of the enlightenment and modernity in the end the most fundamental opposition to the islamic revolution arose from the belief that political islam would be resistant to western penetration and hegemonic control after the collapse of european colonialism and thus threatened crucial western strategic interests including access to energy security of israel ideological anti marxist solidarity and neoliberal globalization 3 how do you see the role of imam khomeini in uniting the muslim world i believe that imam khomeini had a major impact in demonstrating to the muslim world the mobilization of national populations could be effective in challenging corrupt and decadent forms of political leadership it gave rise to islamic activism and extremism which in turn produced islamophobic reactions in europe and north america iran itself opposed such sunni extremism associated with isis and the taliban as in syria iraq and afghanistan imam khomeini has so far failed in uniting the muslim world especially if measured by the outlook of governing elites indeed it seems more reasonable to conclude that his influence has led to deeper divisions and a rise in sectarian rivalries especially in the middle east imam khomeini was as opposed to the gulf dynasties especially saudi arabia than he was about israel secularism and western influence in turn these conservative monarchies although purporting to adhere to islamic law and practices were severely threatened by populist advocacy of an islamic orientation of government it is no secret that gulf monarchies along with israel opposed the rise of the muslim brotherhood anywhere in the region especially egypt islam from below as in iran was consistently opposed by sunni elites in the region 4 imam khomeini always hated compromising with arrogant powers and zionists and believed in resistance how has the culture of resistance been able to change the balance of power in the region except for iran itself i do not see any shift in the balance of power in the region arising from imam khomeini s support for a culture of resistance it could be argued that the arab uprising of 2010 11 reflected a certain influence of the imam and the iranian experience of revolutionary success inspired people to act collectively in mounting challenges to the status quo even if this is so it must be offset by counter revolutionary moves that followed these uprisings producing chaos in yemen libya syria and intensifications of the harsh rule of arab monarchies it may be correct that western influence has somewhat declined and is being now challenged by other extra regional forces china and russia these changes are affecting the role of global geopolitics in the islamic world but i don t associate these developments with manifestations of a culture of resistance iran s foreign policy has enjoyed a measure of success in lebanon palestine and above all syria but it seems premature to speak of a new balance of power in the region the palestinian resistance is the most impressive example of a culture of resistance that is active in the region although the palestinian struggle has been led for 20 years by hamas its movement of resistance seems remote from any direct influence by imam khomeini whom i believe would be disappointed that his legacy has not extended beyond iran 5 responses of richard falk to questions posed by javad arab shirazi may 9 2021 press tv q 1 leader of the islamic revolution ayatollah seyed ali khamenei on friday marked the international quds day voicing confidence that the downward movement of the zionist regime has already started and it will never stop what do you think i agree with the supreme guide of the islamic republic of iran that the israeli apartheid state has suffered a series of defeats in the symbolic domain of politics in the first months of 2021 the preliminary decision of the pre trial chamber of the international criminal court icc that the prosecutor possesses the legal authority to investigate allegations of israel s criminality in the west bank gaza and east jerusalem that occurred after 2015 influential reports by the israeli ngo b tselem and by the leading u s ngo human rights watch conclude that the practices and policies of israel throughout israel and occupied palestine constitute the international crime of apartheid and significant worldwide increases in global solidarity initiatives in support of the palestinian struggle for basic rights including the inalienable right of self determination enjoyed by every people these symbolic advances suggest that palestine is winning the legitimacy war fought between israel and palestine over the relative legal moral and spiritual entitlements in their struggle the record of the struggles against colonial rule since 1945 suggest that the side that prevails in a legitimacy war eventually controls the political outcome in this respect the statement of ayatollah khamenei about a downward israeli spiral accords with the flow of history at the same time israel will not easily accept defeat it has tried to deflect attention by accusing individuals and even institutions such as the un and icc of being antisemitic this is a display of the politics of deflection such deflection attempts to wound the messenger rather than heed the message israel also enjoys the geopolitical backing of the united states and to a lesser extent the european union and has benefitted from the normalization agreements reached in 2020 with several arab governments as encouraged by the trump presidency during its last months these factors suggest that it will be a difficult and likely prolonged struggle in the meantime the palestinian people are being severely subjugated in their own homeland including ever since the nakba in 1948 being victimized by ethnic cleansing on a massive scale it is necessary to appreciate that symbolic successes do not translate immediately into substantive results and often have the opposite short term effects because the oppressor senses its vulnerability such an experience is currently the fate of the palestinian people q 2 the leader said the policies of the oppressive and cruel capitalism have driven a people out of their homes their homeland and their ancestral roots and instead it has installed a terrorist regime and has housed a foreign people therein what are your thoughts on this my response to the prior question addresses this language on the level of the existential suffering of the palestinian people within and outside their homeland including in refugee camps in neighboring countries and through the dispersion of palestinians in involuntary exile around the world i think that the abuses of capitalism are not essential aspects of the basic crimes of displacement and oppression of the palestinian people so as to enable the zionist project to succeed in establishing a jewish state in the palestinian homeland these crimes are virtually acknowledged in israel s basic law of 2018 capitalist patterns of exploitation of palestinian labor and resources are part of this overall picture but incidental to the apartheid and colonial structures that exert comprehensive control over palestinian activities q 3 today the situation in the world is not like those days we should keep this reality within sight today the balance of power has swung in favor of the world of islam various political and social incidents in europe and in the united states have laid bare the weaknesses and the deep structural managerial and moral conflicts among westerners the electoral events in the us and the notoriously scandalous failures of the hubristic and arrogant managers in that country the unsuccessful one year fight against the pandemic in the us and europe and the embarrassing incidents that ensued and also the recent political and social instabilities in the most important european countries are all signs of the downward movement of the western camp the leader said what do you think there is much evidence of western decline as the quoted language of ayatollah khamanei suggests but the world future remains obscure historical tendencies appear to favor the rise of asia and a more multipolar world order there are also indications of western particularly u s decline as in its handling of the covid pandemic and prolonged failure to update and improve the quality of its infrastructure spending excessively on armaments instead of investing in a sustainable and equitable future yet there are some contradictions that prevent any assured image of the future at present there are prospects of a dangerous confrontation between china and the united states which could confirm chinese ascendency or lead to regional conflict and possibly wider tensions in the form of a second cold war it is also possible that prudence and humane judgment will lead to a geopolitics of accommodation allowing proper attention being given to managing global challenges of unprecedented magnitude it is not clear to me that the islamic world can escape from the constraining logic of statism particularly in the middle east where sectarian strains and regional rivalries appear stronger at present than religious and civilizational bonds there is also uncertainty arising from the novelty of global scale challenges amid many inequalities causing both impulses toward cooperation and withdrawals from internationalism in the form of exclusive forms of statism the modern world system has never been challenged as a totality by anything like climate change in the past and whether it has the flexibility and resilience to adapt remains to be seen although the evidence to date is not encouraging the failures to suspend sanctions during the pandemic in response to humanitarian appeals and the vaccine diplomacy emphasizing profits over people that accompanied the covid suggest that the political elites have not caught up with history and are ill equipped to conceive of national wellbeing beneath the bluer skies of human wellbeing there is a need for forward looking global leadership that is informed by a commitment to the global public good it may be that this leadership could emerge from below from a transnational movement animated by a struggle for ecological balance and species identity instead of patriots of the nation or state patriots of humanity instead of entrepreneurs for profit guardians of nature new values and new identities to sustain a responsible anthropocentrism 5 interview questions from javad arabshirazi press tv on domain seizures june 23 2021 q 1 in what seems to be a coordinated action a similar message has appeared on the websites of a series of iranian and regional television networks that claims their domains have been seized by the united states government the notice which appeared late tuesday on the website of english language television news network press tv as well as a number of other iranian and regional news channels cited us sanctions laws for the seizure and was accompanied by the seal of the federal bureau of investigation fbi and the us department of commerce what is your take on this a 1 it is important to recall that a similar seizure of iran related news sites occurred on october 7 2020 it was justified at the time as the implementation of u s sanctions and directed at preventing alleged dissemination of disinformation it was further claimed that the step was taken in response to threatss to u s national security and its democratic process significantly the identification of the seized website domains was a result of cooperation between the u s government and the high tech giants twitter google and facebook such a move was seen in 2020 as an effort to increase pressure on iran by way of improper interference with its sovereign rights an intensifying of coercive pressures the rationale of this latest phase of domain seizures repeats the earlier pattern of justification again with accusations that these supposed iranian news outlets were disguised governmental operations that used their media platforms to subvert democratic procedures in the united states again this time the seizures were presented as implementations of the u s sanctions procedures the timing is suspicious coming a few days after a new iranian president ebrahim raisi was elected and just prior to the resumption of a seventh round of talks in vienna to negotiate indirectly the restoration of u s participation in the iran nuclear program deal of 2016 coupled with a phasing out of the sanctions these developments raise crucial questions about motivation and goals does it reflect israeli influence designed to prevent restoring u s participation in and iranian compliance with the jcpoa the technical name of the nuclear deal or is it a reaction to the outcome of the iranian presidential election which resulted in a landslide victory for a candidate presented as hostile to the west and particularly to israel and the united states perhaps the best answer is to postulate a combination of factors it should be noted that an american spokesperson for the government in washington claims that the election of ayatollah raisi is not relevant to the vienna diplomacy as whoever wa...