Apology by Bush and Blair to Iran would be more effective than war LONDON 1ST EDITION

While we (rightly) urge the Japanese to apologise to the Chinese, Koreans and other victims of the Pacific war and Japanese imperialism, the west owes profound apologies to Iran, the Iranians and the Arab people and societies of the Middle East. Specifically, while the Bush administration sermonises...

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Published inThe Financial times (London ed.)
Main Author Lehmann, Jean-Pierre
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London (UK) The Financial Times Limited 11.08.2006
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Lehmann, Jean-Pierre
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Summary:While we (rightly) urge the Japanese to apologise to the Chinese, Koreans and other victims of the Pacific war and Japanese imperialism, the west owes profound apologies to Iran, the Iranians and the Arab people and societies of the Middle East. Specifically, while the Bush administration sermonises about freedom and democracy to Iran, should it not, at the very least, acknowledge that democracy in Iran was aborted by the UK and the US in 1953 with the overthrow of Mohammad Mossadegh. The US-UK then imposed and strongly supported the dictatorial monarchical rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as shah of Iran until he was finally overthrown by the Iranian people in 1979. Whether from the viewpoint of human rights, the post-1979 Islamic regime is better or worse than that of the shah is somewhat of a moot point.
ISSN:0307-1766