Letter to Voice of America News - January 29, 2003

Dear Voice of America News, I am an Iranian who lives in Norway, and I am interested in hearing your program weekly. The last program was very interesting and it pointed out the main supporters of terrorism in the world. It was nice to hear a brief history of terror and terrorism by your guest, Dr. Kazem Alamdari. The fact of the matter is that the subject of the discussion was on present terror and terrorism and supposedly to point out the main objectives of the countries which support it. When the discussion focused on Iran, a main supporter of terrorism in the world, Dr. Alamdari tried to avoid participating in this discussion by going back to the history of the subject. He was trying to divert the focus from Iran by purifying Khatami's regime and claiming that the situation is much better now than before. I have to ask Dr. Alamdari to read the news, especially the Iranian newspapers, in order to find out that nothing has changed and, on the other hand, has intensified. Stoning, public executions, export of terrorism, and financing of terrorism continue. I wonder why Dr. Alamdari is trying to help Khatami's terror regime and what he is gaining from it. At the end, I would like to ask you to invite a neutral expert on the subject in order to inform the public of the matter and not Dr. Alamdari, who seems to be a supporter of the mullahs' regime, whose main intention is the export and support of terrorism. I wish you all the best in your work. Hassan Rivandi