“Berkeley Lecture Series” Presents:
A Talk by Majid Tavallaei, Journalist, Political Activist
Topic: Iran’s Tenth Presidential Election –
Future Perspective, Opportunities, Challenges and Threats
Majid Tavallaei has been active in several social-political journals in Iran. He was on the editorial board of the “Daricheh Goftegoo” (1990-92) and political editor of journal “Iran-é-Farda” (1992-99). Both journals are now banned.
Mr. Tavallaei held a position of managing director of Nameh Research and Information Institute, which aims to provide novel approaches to achieving non-violent transitions for a democratic Iran. As the editor-in-chief of the monthly journal, “Naameh”, which the Islamic Republic has banned, he has contributed over 40 articles on pertinent social-political issues.
In 2007, he was invited to Stanford Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development and now he lives in US.
For more information about his talk, please refer to Berkeley Lecture Series site: www.berkeleylectures.org
We are looking forward to a lively discussion on the current upheaval and vigorous movement of Iranian people and the new opportunities for organizing our activities in support of that movement.
Date: Sunday, July 12, 2009
Time: 5:00 P.M.
Place: 110 Barrows Hall
University of California, Berkeley
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Lecture in Persian
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