American Thinker interview with MPG Spokesman Nikbakht
Here’s a very informative interview with Faryar Nikbakht, with a brief history of opposition leader Roozbeh Farahanipour.
Here’s a an excerpt:
AAL: Will MPG repudiate requirements that non-Muslim women wear veils, and protect all women — especially Muslim women — from coercive attempts to enforce veiling?
FN: Coercive veiling is against our beliefs. Women should be free to go without a hijab or wear a hijab if they like. However women want to [dress], they should be free.
AAL: Persia was once predominantly Zoroastrian. Would MPG encourage a Zoroastrian revival?
FN: A government should not, and may not, advocate or discourage any religion. Everyone should be free to practice their religion. The government should not fund or propagate any religion. Such a government would [only] replace the present one…. Iran’s government now funds their own leaders and even population increase. So long as people support them, [the mullahs] engineer demographics. If any government were to encourage a different religion, that would be equally unfair.
Tags: democracy, faryar nikbakht, roozbeh farahanipour, secularism