FW: [ISIS] Northeastern to Name Hall after Late Iranian Prime Minister, Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh
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Except for Farhang Farahi, I do not know anyone named in this symbolic event. So, I have no idea what their intentions are, but I give them the benefit of a doubt for good motives. Taking this as the premise and applying it to the current political environment, I wonder what purpose does it serve? Is it a reminder of what the U.S. did TO a nation or just a symbolic name and scholarship to students who may not even know who he was, let alone caring for what he stood for?
Obviously, there are many other questions and answers. Yet paraphrasing the renowned Noam Chomsky that the U.S. political system is based on a one BUSINESS party with two democratic and republican factions, it is indeed an outrageously lucrative BUSINESS! What a trade it is to take control of major resources of a nation, and honor it with a name recognition to the person whose ONLY crime was to serve his people! So the last question is whether Dr. Mossadegh would have shook hands for such a deal?
Don’t take me wrong. I am neither cynical nor do I support animosity between two nations. All am saying is the oppressor should compensate the oppressed for its wrongdoing AND not to oppress them even more to subjugation.
Peace,
Mohamad Purqurian
Northeastern to Name Hall After Late Iranian Prime Minister
Please consult attachments for information regarding the naming of a student area in the College of Business and Management, Northeastern Illinois University in honor of the late Iranian Prime Minister Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh on Oct. 5.
Naming ceremonies will begin at 11 a.m. with a recognition luncheon and continue with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 1:30 p.m. on the main campus of the university, 5500 N. St. Louis Ave. in Chicago. Northeastern President Sharon Hahs and the leaders of the Iranian community living in the United States, Canada and Europe will preside over the naming ceremonies. Along with naming the hall, Northeastern Illinois University has established an endowed student scholarship and lecture fund under the name of the former prime minister.
