• What happened in Mashhad at the commemoration ceremony for Khosrow Alikordi, a human rights lawyer and a freedom-loving and free-thinking social activist? What issues do we have in this regard and what challenges are we facing?
• Why and how did the Islamic Republic and the Pahlavi sect align in suppressing freedom of expression and the voice of defending human rights, and turn the protest against the suspicious death of Khosrow Alikordi into chaos?
• Why is the Mashhad incident a warning to civil society, socialists, democrats, and all progressives in Iranian society?
• Doesn’t this event reveal the polarization of Iranian society in a different way than we had in mind?
• Is a new arena of confrontation and struggle taking shape in Iranian society?
• What is the central question and what responsibility lies with civil society and socialists in this regard, especially in the space of discourse and social activism?
Friday, 2 January 2026
Mehrdad Darvishpour, sociologist, university professor, writer, and social and political activist
Taghi Rahmani, journalist, writer, social and political activist
We’ll discuss these topics and questions.
Date and Time: Friday, 2 January 2026 | 19:00 CEST
Duration: Two hours and thirty minutes
Venue: Rome
If you wish, you can send us your questions about this topic before the program. We will compile them and discuss them as much as possible during the program.
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