نامه سرگشاده ٤٢٠ تن از شخصيت‌های علمی و
فرهنگی ايران و جهان به مقامات جمهوری اسلامی:
برای آزادی فوری رامين جهانبگلو
نامه سرگشاده به مقام رياست جمهوری
اسلامی ايران
رونوشت: آيت‌الله محمود شاهرودی،
رئيس قوه قضاييه جمهوری اسلامی ايران
ما امضاكنندگان زير خواستار آزادی فوری
و بی‌قيد و شرط پژوهشگر برجسته و روشنفكر مشهور آقای دكتر رامين جهانبگلو می‌باشيم
كه در اوائل ارديبهشت ١٣٨٥ در فرودگاه بين‌المللی تهران بازداشت شده‌اند. در روز
شنبه ١٥ ارديبهشت ١٣٨٥ حجت‌الاسلام غلامحسين محسنی اژه‌ای بازداشت دكتر جهانبگلو
را تاييد نموده اظهار داشتند كه ايشان به اتهام "تماس با بيگانگان"
دستگير شده‌اند.
نزديك به سه هفته است كه ايشان بدون
حكم بازداشت قانونی، تفهيم اتهام، دسترسی به وكيل و يا حتی حق ديدار خانواده‌ی خود
در بازداشتگاه بسر می‌برند. بهره‌وری از اين حقوق ابتدائی از مقدمات فرايند قانونی
است. بازداشت و حبس آقای دكتر جهانبگلو در حكم نقض آشكار قوانين جمهوری اسلامی
ايران و بويژه تعهدات آن كشور در مقام يكی از مقام امضاكنندگان منشور بين‌المللی
حقوق بشر است.
خبر بازداشت دكتر جهانبگلو در مجامع دانشگاهی
جهان پيچيده است. دكتر رامين جهانبگلو فيلسوفی پايبند به اصل دوری از خشونت است كه
با پشتكاری خستگی‌ناپذير برای تفاهم و تفهم متقابل بين ايران و جهان كوشيده است.
او در مقام سرپرست گروه انديشه معاصر در دفتر پژوهش‌های فرهنگی، هزاران خواننده،
اعم از دانشجو و استاد را با عمق تمدن ايران و رهاوردهای پرآرزش آن برای بشريت
آشنا كرده است. كوشش‌های اين پژوهشگر ارجمند در توضيح و معرفی فرهنگ و تاريخ ايران
به جهانيان موجب احترام ژرفی است كه عالم و عامی برای او در جوامع گوناگون و در
اقصی نقاط جهان قائل‌اند. پس جای تعجب نيست كه رفتار فراقانونی اخير با دكتر رامين
جهانبگلو در وطنش خوانندگان آثار او در ايران و ساير نقاط جهان را اينچنين دچار
حيرت و تاسف كند.
ما برآنيم كه بازداشت دكتر رامين
جهانبگلو بايد موجب اقدام سريع جنابعالی و آزادی فوری ايشان گردد.
با احترام،
1. John
Abromeit, Collegiate Assistant Professor of Social Sciences, University of
Chicago
2. Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, Fellow and Lecturer in International Relations,
University of Oxford
3. Fariba Adelkhah, Directeur de recherché, Centre d'études et de recherches
internationales, Sciencespo Paris
4. Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, Fellow and Lecturer in
International Relations, University of Oxford
5. Janet Afary, Professor of History, Purdue University; President,
International Society for Iranian Studies
6. Mahasti Afshar, Director of Endowment, Los Angeles Philharmonic
7. Wali Ahmadi, Professor of Near Eastern Studies, University of
California-Berkeley
8. Shahab Ahmed, Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Harvard University
9. Kazem Alamdari, Professor of Sociology, California State University
10. Nozar Alaolmolki, Professor and Chair of Political Science, Hiram College
11. Aziz Al-Azmeh, Professor of Humanities, Central European University,
Budapest, Hungary
12. Farrokh Alemi, Professor of Health Administration and Policy, George Mason
University
13. Leila Alieva, Political Analyst and Director of Center for Strategic and
International Studies, Baku, Azerbaijan
14. Jon B. Alterman, Director of Middle East Program, Center for Strategic and
International Studies, Washington, DC
15. Abbas Amanat, Professor of History, Yale University
16. Camron Michael Amin, Associate Professor of History, University of
Michigan-Dearborn
17. Fariba Amini, President, Non-Profit Foundation for Educational Progress
18. Masserat Amir-Ebrahimi, Independent Social Science Researcher, Tehran
19. Hooshang Amirahmadi, Professor and Director of the Center for Middle
Eastern Studies, Rutgers University
20. George Andreopoulos, Professor of Political Science, John Jay College of
Criminal Justice, City University of New York
21. Kenneth Anderson, Professor of Law, American University and Research
Fellow, Stanford University
22. Maboud Ansari, Professor of Sociology, William Paterson University
23. Kwame Anthony Appiah, Professor of Philosophy, Laurence S. Rockefeller
University and the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University
24. Celia Applegate, Professor of History, University of Rochester
25. Jonathan Arac, Harriman Professor of English and Comparative Literature,
Columbia University
26. Said Amir Arjomand, Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology, State
University of NewYork at Stony Brook; President of the Association for the
Study of Persianate Societies
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of Saxony- Anhalt, Germany
28. Stanley Aronowitz, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, City University of
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29. Ronald Aronson, Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Wayne State
University
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32. Ronald D. Asmus, Executive Director of German Marshall Fund of the U.S.
33. Arjang A. Assad, Professor of Management Science and Senior Associate Dean,
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34. Sidney Aster, Professor of History, University of Toronto
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37. Bahman Baktiari, Professor of Political Science, University of Maine
38. Sindre Bangstad, PhD Fellow, International Institute for the Study of Islam
in the Modern World (ISIM), Leiden University, The Netherlands
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40. Bat-Ami Bar On, Professor and Chair of Philosophy, State University of New
York at Binghamton
41. Anthony Barnett, Editor-in-Chief, openDemocracy magazine, London
42. Golbarg Bashi, Visiting Scholar, Department of Middle East and Asian
Languages and Cultures, Columbia University
43. Subho Basu, Assistant Professor of History, Maxwell School, Syracuse
University
44. Zygmunt Bauman, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Universities of Leeds and
Warsaw
45. Asef Bayat, Academic Director and Professor, International Institute for
the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM), Leiden University
46. Marrieluise Beck, Member of German Parliament
47. Maziar Behrooz, Assistant Professor of History, San Francisco State
University
48. Alina Belskaya, Program Assistant of Transatlantic Center-The German Marshall
Fund of the US
49. Caroline Bergaud, Project Manager of Friends of Europe, Brussels
50. Rima Berns-McGown, Lecturer in Historical Studies, University of Toronto
51. Richard J. Bernstein, Professor of Philosophy, New School University
52. Michael Bérubé, Paterno Family Professor in Literature, Pennsylvania State
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53. Cyrus Bina, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics and Management,
University of Minnesota
54. Stephen Blank, Professor of Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College
55. Joel Bleifuss, Editor, In These Times
56. Mansour Bonakdarian, Assistant Professor of History, Hofstra University
57. Mohammad Borghei, lecturer, Strayer University
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59. Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Professor of Political Science and Director of Middle
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63. Christopher Brooke, Lecturer in Politics, Magdalen College, University of
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64. Martin van Bruinessen, Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies,
Utrecht University, and ISIM
65. Donald Burke, PhD Candidate, Social and Political Thought, York University
and Instructor at the Ontario College of Art and Design
66. Ian Buruma, Writer and Luce Professor of Democracy, Human Rights and
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67. Martin Butora, Founder and Honorary President of Institute for Public
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68. Charles E. Butterworth, Professor of Government and Politics, University of
Maryland, College Park
69. Judith Caesar, Associate Professor of English, American University of
Sharjah
70. Peter C. Caldwell, Professor of History, Rice University
71. Colin J Campbell, PhD Candidate, Social and Political Thought, York
University
72. Robert L. Canfield, Professor of Anthropology, Washington University in St.
Louis
73. Roane Carey, Senior Editor, The Nation Magazine
74. Taylor Carman, Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy, Barnard College
75. Dipesh Chakrabarty, Professor of History, South Asian Languages and
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76. Anthony Chase, Assistant Professor of Diplomacy and World Affairs,
Occidental College
77. Ranjit Chatterjee, Professor, Lado International College, Silver Spring, MD
78. Houchang-Esfandiar Chehabi, Professor of International Relations and
History, Boston University
79. Noam Chomsky, Professor of Linguistics, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
80. Shahram Chubin, Director of Studies, Geneva Centre for Security Policy,
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81. Nicola Clase, Chief Foreign Policy Adviser of Moderate Party , Sweden
82. Richard Pierre Claude, Emeritus Professor of Government and Politics,
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83. John P. Clark, Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University New Orleans
84. Andrei Codrescu, Editor of Exquisite Corpse; MacCurdy Distinguished
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85. J.M. Coetzee, Writer, Nobel Laureate in Literature, 2003
86. Joshua Cohen, Professor of Philosophy and Political Science, Massachusetts
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87. Juan Cole, Professor of History, University of Michigan; President, Middle
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88. Sarah Conrad, PhD Candidate, York University
89. Gregory B. Craig, Attorney, Williams & Connolly, LLP
90. Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative
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91. Pezhmann Dailami, Independent Scholar, Schwerin, Germany
92. Fred Dallmayr, Professor of Philosophy and Political Science, University of
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93. Evan Matthew Daniel, Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives,
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94. Mark Danner, Professor of Human Rights, Bard College
95. Arthur Danto, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University; Art
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96. Mehrdad Darvishpour, Professor of Sociology, Stockholm University, Sweden
97. Dick Davis, Professor of Persian and Chair of the Department of Near
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100. Xavier Decramer, Project Manager of Friends of Europe, Brussels
101. Vasilikie Demos, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Minnesota
102. Georgi M. Derluguian, Professor of Sociology, Russia
103. Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Professor of Philosophy, Northwestern University
104. Thanos Dokos, Director of Studies, Hellenic Foundation for European and
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105. Ariel Dorfman, Walter Hines Page Research Professor of Literature and
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106. Slavenka Drakulic,
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107. Shadia Drury, Canada Research Chair in Social Justice,
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108. Ronald Dworkin, Frank Sommers Professor of Law and Philosophy, New York
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109. Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer and the 2003 Nobel Laureate for Peace
110. Umberto Eco, Writer; President of the Scuola Superiore di Studi Umanistici,
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111. Goudarz Eghtedari, Producer "Voices of the Middle
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112. Maryam Elahi, Director of Human Rights Program, Trinity College,
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113. Jon Elster, Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
114. Christoph Emmrich, Professor of Historical Studies, University of Toronto
at Mississauga
115. Matthew Engelke, Professor of Anthropology, London School of Economics
116. Nader Entessar, Professor of Political Science and Law, Spring Hill
College
117. Mohammad Eskandari, PhD Candidate in Geography, Clark University
118. Mary Selden Evans, Editor and Independent Scholar
119. Fataneh Farahani, PhD Candidate in Ethnology, History of Religions and
Gender Studies, University of Stockholm, Sweden
120. Mansour Farhang, Professor of Political Science, Bennington College
121. Farideh Farhi, Adjunct Professor of Political Science, University of
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122. Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian, Soudavar Memorial Foundation
123. Dieter Farwick, Global Editor for World Security Network Foundation
124. Tarek Fatah, Journalist and the Host of “Muslim Chronicle,” Toronto,
Canada
125. Luc Ferry, Philosopher and former Minister of Education, France
126. Nathalie Furrer, Director of Friends of Europe, Brussels
127. Carlos A. Forment, Professor, Centro de Investigacion y Documentacion de la
Vida Publica, Buenos Aires, Argentina
128. James Franklin, Professor of Politics and Government,
Ohio Wesleyan University
129. Ralf Fuecks, President, Heinrich Boell Foundation, Berlin, Germany
130. Amir H. Gandjbakhche, Senior Investigator and Chief of Section on
Biomedical Stochastic Physics, National Institutes of Health
131. Mark Gasiorowski, Professor and Director of International Studies Program,
Louisiana State University
132. William Joseph Gavin, Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern
Maine
133. Norman Geras, Professor Emeritus of Politics, University of Manchester
134. Hadi Ghaemi, Human Rights Watch
135. Sasan Ghahreman, Journalist and Publisher, Afra Publishing Co, Toronto,
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136. M. R. Ghanoonparvar, Professor of Persian and Comparative Literature,
University of Texas at Austin
137. Halleh Ghorashi, Professor of Management of Diversity and Integration, De
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
138. James C Gibson, Associate Clinical Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences,
McMaster University, Canada
139. Joan Gibson, Professor of Arts and Letters, York University
140. Sander L. Gilman, Distinguished Professor of the Liberal Arts and
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141. Carlo Ginzburg, Professor of History, University of California at Los
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142. Todd Gitlin, Professor of Journalism and Sociology, Columbia University
143. Joshua Glenn, Journalist, Boston Globe
144. Anthony Gottlieb, Executive Editor, Economist
145. Ezzat Goushegir, Playwright and Lecturer, DePaul University
146. Peter Gran, Professor of History, Temple University
147. Fuat Gursozlu, Graduate Student in Social, Political, Ethical and Legal
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148. Jürgen Habermas, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Frankfurt
149. Saeed Hagh, Security Architect, Symantec Engineering, Australia
150. Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, Visiting Scholar, Center for International Studies,
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151. Levon Haftvan, Artistic Director, Lemaz Production Co., Canada
152. Ian Hacking, Professeur au Collège de France; Professor of Philosophy,
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153. Rick Halpern, Bissell-Heyd-Associates Professor of American Studies;
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154. Egbert Harmsen, PhD Candidate, International Institute for the Study of
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155. Gita Hashemi, Lecturer in Humanities and Visual Arts, York University
156. Hormoz Hekmat,
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157. Agnes Heller, Hannah Arendt Professor of Philosophy,
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158. Jessica Henderson, Project Manager of Security and Defense Agenda, Forum
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159. Susan R. Henderson, Professor of Architecture, Syracuse University
160. Gur Hirshberg, PhD Candidate, Georgetown University
161. Richard P. Hiskes, Professor of Political Science, University of
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162. Stephen Holmes, Professor of Law, New York University
163. Peter Hudis, Writer and Editor, News and Letters
164. Lynne Huffer, Department of Women's Studies, Emory University
165. Alice Hunsberger, Lecturer in Islamic Subjects, Hunter College, City
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166. Jana Hybaskova, MEP, EPP / ED, Member of the European Parliament and
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167. Hussein Ibish, Senior Fellow, American Task Force on Palestine &
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168. David Ingram, Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University, Chicago
169. Brad Inwood, Professor of Canada Research Chair in Ancient Philosophy,
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170. Micheline Ishay, Professor and Director of the International Human Rights
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171. Bruce P. Jackson, President of Project on Transitional Democracies,
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172. Mohammad R. Jahan-Parvar, PhD Candidate of Economics, University of North
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173. Michael Jarvis, Assistant Professor of History, University of Rochester
174. Jennifer Jenkins, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Modern
German History, University of Toronto
175. Hans Joas, Professor of Sociology, University of Erfurt, Germany
176. Tony Judt, Professor of History and Director of Remarque Institute, New
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177. Neil Jumonville, William Warren Rogers Professor and Chair of History,
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178. Mazda Kahnamuyipour, English Literature and ESL Teacher, Toronto
179. Yahya Kamalipour, Professor of Communication; Managing Editor of Global
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180. Mehrangiz Kar, Human Rights Researcher and Fellow at Carr Center’s
Department of Human Rights, Harvard University
181. Kazem Kardavani, Writer and Researcher
182. Persis M. Karim, Associate Professor of English and Comparative
Literature, San Jose State University
183. Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, Professor and Founding Director, The Center for
Persian Studies, University of Maryland
184. Massoud Karshenas, Professor of Economics, University of London
185. Malavika Kasturi, Assistant Professor of History, University of Toronto
186. Linda Karvinen, Senior Manager of Security and Defense Agenda, Forum
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187. Homa Katouzian, Editor, Iranian Studies, The Middle East Centre, St
Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK
188. Thomas Keenan, Director of Human Rights Project, Bard College
189. Craig Kennedy, President of German Marshall Fund of the U.S.
190. Arang Keshavarzian, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Concordia
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191. Jeffrey Ketland, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Edinburgh, UK
192. El-Farouk Khaki, Refugee and Immigration Lawyer and Secretary General of
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194. Nasser Khadjenoori, Chief Operation Officer of Source Code Corporation
195. Mohamed Khimji, PhD Candidate in Social and Political Thought, York
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196. Laleh Khalili, Lecturer in Politics, School of Oriental and African
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197. Shahram Kholdi, Graduate Teaching Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate, University
of Manchester, UK
198. Mehdi Khorrami, Associate Professor of Persian Language and Literature,
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199. Mana Kia, PhD Candidate in History and Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard
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200. Azadeh Kian-Thiebaut, Associate Professor of Political Science, University
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201. Mark Kingwell, Professor of Philosophy, Trinity College, University of
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202. Janos Kis, Professor of Philosophy and Political Science, Central European
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203. Gavin Kitching, Professor and the Head of the School of Politics and
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204. Eva Feder Kittay, Professor of Philosophy, Stony Brook University
205. Leszek Kołakowski, Philosopher, Fellow of the British Academy; Fellow of
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206. Joachim Krause, Professor and Acting Director of the Institute for
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210. Ludger Kühnhardt, Director of the Center for European Integration Studies,
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214. George Lakoff, Professor of Philosophy, University of California at
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226. John Lloyd, Editor, Financial Times Magazine, London
227. Bert Lockwood, Distinguished Service Professor and Director of Urban
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228. Kenneth Iain MacDonald, Professor of Geography and Program in
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231. Mojtaba Mahdavi, Lecturer in Political Science, University of Western,
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240. Elzbieta Matynia, Associate Professor of Sociology and Liberal Studies;
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241. Robert W. McChesney, Research Professor of Communications, University of
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247. Charles Mills, Professor of Philosophy, University of Illinois-Chicago
248. Kenneth Mills, Professor of History and Director of Latin American Studies
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249. Margaret
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251. Yassaman Mirdamadi, Director of Testing Services, University of Arkansas
252. Guive Mirfendereski, Lawyer and Independent Scholar
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254. W. J. T. Mitchell, Professor of English and Art History, University of
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255. J.J. McMurtry, Lecturer, Business and Society Program, York University
256. Minoo Moallem, Professor and Chair of Women Studies Department, San
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257. Fatemeh Moghadam, Professor of Economics, Hofstra University
258. Valentine M. Moghadam, UNESCO, Paris
259. Hassan Mohammadi, Professor of Economics, Illinois State University at
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260. Jawid Mojaddedi, Assistant Professor of Religion, Rutgers University
261. Afshin Molavi, Author and Journalist
262. Fereshteh Molavi, Yale University Library
263. Mahmood Monshipouri, Professor of Political Science, Quinnipiac University
264. Norma Claire Moruzzi, Associate Professor of Political Science and Gender
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265. Greg Moses, Independent Scholar, Austin, Texas
266. Chantal Mouffe, Professor of Political Theory, University of Westminster
267. Cas Mudde, Senior Lecturer in Political Science, University of Antwerp
268. Ahmad Kazemi Moussavi, Professor of Islamic Studies, International Islamic
University of Malaysia
269. Makau Mutua, Professor of Law and Director of Human Rights Center, State
University of New York at Buffalo
270. Negin Nabavi, Fellow at Middle East Center, University of Pennsylvania
271. Steven Nadler, Professor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
272. Azar Nafisi, Director of the Dialogue Project, School of Advanced
International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
273. Afsaneh Najmabadi, Professor of History and of Studies of Women, Gender,
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274. Siamak Namazi, Editor, Iran Strategic Focus
275. Arash Naraghi, PhD Candidate in Religious Studies,
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276. Mohamad Navab, Professor of Cardiology, University of California at Los
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278. Antonio Negri, Political Philosopher, Collège International de Philosophie
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279. Astrida Neimanis, PhD Candidate in Social and Political Thought, York
University
280. Mohammad-Reza Nikfar, Independent Scholar and Philosopher, Cologne,
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281. Azam Niroomand-Rad, Professor and President of International Organization
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282. Mehdi Noorbaksh, Associate Professor of International Affairs, Harrisburg
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284. Claus Offe, Professor of Political Science, Humboldt University and Hertie
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286. Victor Ostapchuk, Associate Professor of Turkish and Ottoman Studies, University
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288. Michael Palamarek, Instructor at the Department of Sociology, Brock
University, Canada
289. Orhan Pamuk, Novelist, Turkey
290. Firoozeh Papan-Matin, Assistant Professor of Persian and Iranian Studies,
University of Washington at Seattle
291. Misagh Parsa, Professor of Sociology, Dartmouth College
292. Trita Parsi, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS
293. Anja Pistor-Hatam,
Seminar für Orientalistik, Universität Kiel, Germany
294. Jean Pedersen, Associate Professor of History,
University of Rochester
295. Rick Perlstein, Freelance writer, Chicago, Illinois
296. John Perry, Professor of Persian, University of Chicago
297. Christopher Phillips, Society for Philosophical Inquiry/Socrates Café
298. Jon Pike, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Open University, UK
299. Terry Pinkard, Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University
300. Jo-Ann Pilardi, Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies and Director
of Graduate Program in Women's Studies, Towson University
301. Robert B. Pippin, Professor of Philosophy, University of Chicago
302. Jaleh Pirnazar, Professor of Near Eastern Studies, University of
California at Berkeley
303. Katha Pollitt, Columnist for The Nation magazine
304. John P. Portelli, Professor at the Department of Theory & Policy
Studies; Co-director of the Centre for Leadership & Diversity,
OISE/University of Toronto
305. Danny Postel, Senior Editor, openDemocracy Magazine
306. Moishe Postone, Professor of History, University of Chicago
307. Nina Power, Middlesex University, London, UK
308. Nasrin Qader, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, Northwestern
University
309. Sholeh Quinn, Associate Professor of History, Ohio University
310. Emran Qureshi, Wertheim Fellow of Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law
School
311. Sina Rahmani, Graduate Student, Department of Comparative Literature,
University of California at Los Angeles
312. Nasrin Rahimieh, Dean of Humanities and Professor of Comparative
Literature and English, McMaster University, Canada
313. Ahmed Rashid, Journalist and Author, Pakistan
314. Ali Rahnema, Professor of Economics, American University of Paris
315. Marcus Raskin, Co-founder and Distinguished Fellow at the Institute for
Policy Studies
316. Asghar Rastegar, Professor of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine
317. Jonathan Rée, Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Roehampton University and
the Royal College of Art, London, UK
318. James A. Reilly, Professor of Middle Eastern History, University of
Toronto
319. Yann Richard, Professeur d'études iraniennes, Institut d'Etudes Iraniennes,
Sorbonne nouvelle
320. Thomas M. Ricks, Independent Scholar, Iranian Studies
321. Andras Riedlmayer, Bibliographer in Islamic Art and Architecture, Aga Khan
Program, Fine Arts Library, Harvard University; President, Turkish Studies
Association
322. Monica M. Ringer, Professor of History and Asian Languages and
Civilizations, Amherst College
323. Dona Robati, Poet and Journalist, Shahrvand Publication, Toronto
324. Bruce Robbins, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia
University
325. Trevor John Robertson, PhD Candidate in Social and Political Thought, York
University
326. Joel Rogers, Professor of Law, Political Science and Sociology, University
of Wisconsin at Madison
327. Richard Rorty, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and
Philosophy, Stanford University
328. Herbert Roseman, Graduate student in Philosophy, Columbia University
329. Jonathan Rosenbaum, Film Critic, Chicago Reader
330. Jalil Roshandel, Visiting Professor of Political Science, Duke University
331. Jamie P. Ross, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Portland State
University
332. David Rothenberg, Professor of Philosophy, New Jersey Institute of
Technology
333. Matthew Rothschild, Editor, The Progressive Magazine
334. Barnett R. Rubin, Director of Studies and Senior Fellow, Center on
International Cooperation, New York University
335. Bruce Rutherford, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Colgate
University
336. Nader Sadeghi, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology/Surgery, George
Washington University
337. Shadi Sadr, Human Rights Lawyer, Tehran
338. Farian Sabahi, Professor of Islamic Studies, Bocconi University, Milan,
Italy
339. Ahmad Sadri, Professor of Sociology, Lake Forest College
340. Mahmoud Sadri, Professor of Sociology, Texas Woman's University
341. Elli Safari, Film producer and director, The Netherlands
342. Marshall Sahlins, Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor of
Anthropology Emeritus, University of Chicago
343. Karim Sadjadpour, Iran Analyst, International Crisis Group
344. Niaz Salimi, President of Muslim Canadian Congress and Director of Centre
for Thought, Dialogue and Human Rights in Iran
345. Poupak Salimi, IT Consultant , Toronto, Canada
346. Roger Savory, Professor Emeritus of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations,
University of Toronto
347. David Sayer, PhD Candidate in Social and Political Thought, York
University
348. Mohsen Sazegara, Visiting Scholar, Yale University
349. George Scialabba, Book Critic, Boston Globe
350. Richard Schmitt, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Brown University
351. Stephen Schlesinger, Director of World Policy Institute, New School
University
352. David Schweickart, Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University
353. David Scott, Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University
354. Richard Sennett, Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics
355. Hamideh Sedghi, Associate Professor of Political Science, Villanova
University
356. Omid Payrow Shabani, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of
Guelph, Canada
357. Adam Shatz, Literary Editor, The Nation Magazine
358. Martin Shaw, Professor of International Relations and Politics, University
of Sussex
359. Hassan Shaygannik, Professor of International Political Economy, Florida
Atlantic University
360. M. Rahim Shayegan, Musa Sabi Assistant Professor of Iranian, University of
California at Los Angeles
361. Thomas Sheehan, Professor of Religious Studies, Stanford University and
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago
362. Amir Soltani Sheikholeslami, Human Rights Activist, Blue Initiative
363. Amir Sheikhzadegan, Lecturer and Post-doctoral Researcher, University of
Zuich
364. Scott Sherman, Contributing Writer, The Nation Magazine
365. Faegheh Shirazi, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, University
of Texas at Austin
366. Sussan Siavoshi, Professor of Political Science, Trinity University
367. Stefano Silvestri, President of Institute for International Affairs, Italy
368. Marta Simidchieva, Division of Humanities, York University, and the
Department of Historical Studies, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Canada
369. Margaret Simons, Professor of Philosophy, Southern Illinois University
370. Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, University Center for
Human Values, Princeton University; Laureate Professor at the Centre for
Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne, Australia
371. Peter Sloterdijk,
Professor and Rektor, Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe, Germany
372. Monika Smetana, MA Graduate Candidate in Social and
Political Thought, York University
373. Jay Smith, PhD Candidate in Social and Political Thought, York University
374. Naghmeh Sohrabi, Post-Doctoral Fellow in Middle Eastern Studies, Brandeis
University
375. Ebrahim Soltani, PhD Candidate in Political Science, Syracuse University
376. Lucia Sommer, Artist and Writer, Visual and Cultural Studies at the
University of Rochester
377. Stanley Crossick, Chairman, Belmont
378. Arian Starova, President of the Albanian Atlantic Association
379. Ilan Stavans, Professor of Latin American and Latino Culture, Amherst
College
380. Karsten Struhl, Porofessor of Philosophy, John Jay College of Criminal
Justice, City Univrsity of New York
381. Zohreh T. Sullivan, Professor of English, Comparative and World
Literature, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
382. Adam Sutcliffe, Lecturer in Early Modern European History, King's College
London, UK
383. Poopak Taati, PhD in Sociology and Journalist, American University
384. Ara Tadevosyan, Director of Armenian Mediamax news agency
385. Victoria Tahmasebi, PhD in Social and Political Thought, York University
386. Kamran Talattof, Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies, University
of Arizona
387. Mohamad Tavakoli, Professor of History, University of Toronto;
Editor-in-Chief, Comparative Studies of South Asia, Middle East and Africa
388. Charles Taylor, Professor of Philosophy, McGill University, Montreal
389. Abdulkader Tayob, Professor in Social Processes in Modern Islam, ISIM,
Radboud University, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Nijmegen,
Netherlands
390. Sherman Teichman, Director of Institute for Global Leadership, Tufts
University
391. Tzvetan Todorov, Director of Research at the Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris
392. Chris Toensing, Executive Director of Middle East Research and Information
Project, Washington, DC
393. Nayereh Tohidi, Visiting Associate Professor of Women's Studies and
Keddie-Balzan Fellow,Center for Near Eastern Studies at University of
California at Los Angeles
394. Michael Tomasky, Editor, The American Prospect
395. John Torpey, Professor of Sociology, City University of New York Graduate
Center
396. Alberto Toscano, Lecturer in Sociology, Goldsmiths College, University of
London, New Cross
397. Nhung Tuyet Tran, Assistant Professor of History, University of Toronto
398. D. Alissa Trotz, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Equity Studies,
University of Toronto
399. Sanam Vakil, Professor of Middle East Studies, Johns Hopkins University
400. Mehrdad Valibeigi, Professorial lecturer of Economics, The American
University
401. Farzin Vahdat, Post-doctoral Associate, Middle East Council, Yale
University
402. Philippe Van Parijs, Professor of Economic and Social Ethics, Catholic
University of Louvain, Belgium and Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Harvard
University
403. Haleh Vaziri, Media & Public Researcher, Independent Scholar
404. Dusan Velickovic, Editor and publisher, Biblioteka Alexandria, Serbia
& Montenegro, Independent Publishing House, Alexandria Press
405. Andrew Wachtel, Dean of The Graduate School; Bertha and Max Dressler
Professor in the Humanities and Director of Center for International and
Comparative Studies, Northwestern University
406. Immanuel Wallerstein, Professor of Sociology, Yale University
407. Michael Walzer, Professor of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study,
Princeton
408. Victoria Weafer, PhD Candidate in Philosophy, Columbia University
409. Jeff Weintraub, Political Theorist, University of Pennsylvania
410. Cornel West, University Professor of Religion, Princeton University
411. Robert Westbrook, Professor of History, University of Rochester
412. Melissa Williams, Director of Centre for Ethics and Professor of Political
Science, University of Toronto
413. Ellen Willis, Professor of Journalism, New York University
414. Richard Wolin, Distinguished Professor of History, Comparative Literature
and Political Science, Graduate Center, City University of New York
415. Santiago Zabala, Researcher in Philosophy, Pontifical Lateran University
of Rome
416. Krzysztof Zanussi, Professor, Silesian University in Katowice; Film
Director and President of "TOR" Film Studio Warsaw
417. Hassan Zerehi, Journalist and Editor in Chief of Shahrvand publication
418. Linda Zerilli, Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University
419. Howard Zinn, Author and Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Boston
University
420. Slavoj Žižek, Professor and Senior Researcher of Philosophy and Psychoanalysis,
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
The following signatories of this letter are willing to speak to the media:
Mehrzad Boroujerdi, 315-885-4055
Afshin Mowlavi, 202-299-6429
Karim Sadjadpour, 202-492-5252
Amir Soltani, 514-575-0439
Mohamad Tavakoli, 416-951-2495, m.tavakoli@utoronto.ca
