“Iran : 40 years later”

Organized by the Kurdish Institute of Paris

Friday, February 22, 2019
2 pm – 7 pm

Luxembourg Palace
Salle Médicis
15 rue de Vaugirard – 75006 Paris

Programme
1.15 pm – 1.50 pm​Guests’ reception
2 pm​Welcome speech, M. Rémi FÉRAUD, senator of Paris
​Presentation of the symposium.

2.10 pm – 3.45 pm​Iran : 1979 -2019 : Evolution of the regime and Iranian society

Moderator :​Mr. Hamit BOZARSLAN, professor at the EHESS

Speakers :​• Ms. Marie LADIER-FOULADI, director of research, CNRS-EHESS
​ From local to global : the rapid change of the Islamic Republic.
​• Mr. Stéphane DUDOIGNON, director of research,, EHESS
​ The prospects of succession at the head of the state.
​• Mr. Abdel-Karim LAHIDJI, Honorary President of the FIDH
​ Situation of the Human Rights and the public freedoms.
​• Mr. Kamran MATIN, professor at the University of Sussex, UK
​ Revolutionary Rojhelat Dynamics : Results and Prospects.

3.45 pm – 5 pm​The situation of non-Persian peoples and religious minorities

Moderator : ​Mr. Kendal NEZAN, president of the Kurdish Institute of Paris

Speakers :​• Mr. Aziz BANITOROF, Khuzestan
​• M. Nasser BOLADAI, Baluchistan
​• Mrs. Turkan JAFARZADEH Azerbaijan
​• Mr. Hassan SHARAFI, Deputy Secretary General of the PDKI
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5.30 pm – 6.45 pm​Iran’s regional aims and geopolitical issues

Moderator :​Mr. Georges Malbrunot, journalist at Le Figaro

Speakers : ​• Mr. Rémi FÉRAUD, senator of Paris
​• Mr. Alain FRACHON, journalist at Le Monde
​• Mr. Peter GALBRAITH, former ambassador of the United States to Croatia
​ The US vs Iran : Who is winning and will it lead to war ?