Media access and government transparency is vital to a country’s people, I believe.
So this reported turn of events in Iran is not only a positive one, but is of great personal interest to me, given that I was living in Tehran when the curtain rose on the Islamic Revolution in that country and, in fact, was evacuated with my three children because of it.
Iran’s president-elect calls for new media freedoms
http://www.france24.com/en/20130703-iran-president-elect-calls-new-media-freedoms-rohani-internet
My Iranian experience provided the epiphany that launched my journalism career, which led to my work with the Los Angeles Superior Court and ultimately resulted in the publication of Anatomy of a Trial, which is now available in e-format.
As I read this story about Iran’s newly elected president, Hassan Rohani, which includes this quote, “A strong government does not mean a government that interferes and intervenes in all affairs. It is not a government that limits the lives of people. This is not a strong government.” and knowing the iron jaws in which Islamic clergy gripped Iranians ever since that revolution, I will watch with great interest to see if Mr. Rohani remains in office and if his reforms endure.
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