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• Fred Halliday, professor of the London School of Economics, United-Kingdom.
• Dr. Ali Riza Nourizadeh, journalist, writer and specialist of social and politic issues of Iran and Middle-East, United Kingdom.
• Abdullah Mohtadî, General Secretary of Komala, Iran

• Dr. Karim Abdian, representative for Foreign relationsof the Democratic Solidarity Party Ahwaz, USA
• Nasser Boladaï, Chairman of Baluch People Party, Sweden
• Djuma Boresh, Chairman of the Organization of defence of Turkmen people ‘s rights, Germany
• Mustafa Hejri, General Secretary of Kurdistan Democratic Party- Iran (PDKI)
• Dr. Zia Sadr, Chairman of the Center for Azeri culture, Canada.

• Christopher Dickey, journalist at Newsweek, USA
• Philippe Errera, co-director of the Center of analysis and forecast (CAP), French Foreign Ministry, France
• Hubert Védrine, former ministry of Foreign Office, France

American interventions in Afghanistan and Irad have for effect to disencumber the Iranian Islamic Republic of two of its worst regional enemies: Talibans of Kabul and the Baasist regime of Saddam Hussein..

These interventions strenghen in Tehran the feeling of a surrending by USA and their allies, the more so as Washington publicly places Iran in its “axis of the evil” and wishes even « a change of regime », while Iranian leaders prepare themselves and prepare the country to a harsh confrontation. In a such context, reformers, who gave formerly the illusion of a possible liebral evolution within the regime, were isolated of all the powerful centers and a former in charge with the Guards of the revolution “was elected” president by the grace for Ayatollah Khomeneï, the Supreme Guide of the Islamic Revolution..

The new president defies the international community, promises to delete Israël on the map, in some speeches aiming Iranian public as all other muslim countries. Iranian regime instrumentalizes the Israeli-Arab conflict and the Iranian-Syrian, – which had been already dangerously efficient in Lebanon,- tries now to harm Iraq, where it supports in many ways both Sunni Jihadists and Baasists, as much as Shiite militias. Iran has the obvious aim to maintain an American military occupation as so long as possible in Iraq, and then to prevent it to itnervene elsewhere.

In the same time, nuclear ambitions of Iran, revealed by the statement of August 2002 concerning secret sites in Natanz and Arah, cause sharp concerns, not only in the Middle East but also in Europe and in the United States, because of the highly strategic importance of this area of the world. The principal Western capitals declare “unacceptable” that Iran could access to nuclear power.

After near to 4 years of various negociations and tractations diverses, what are the chances of a diplomatic solution to Irianian crisis ? What to do if, in the name of « “inalienable right to the nuclear technology” » Tehran refus any compromise and to stop its activities of uranium enrichment? What are the risks of a nuclearized Iran for the Near-East and all the world ? Are these risks worth a conflict ? What could be the consequences of a such issue for regional populations and for the world ?

The answers to these questions require a better knowledge of the Iranian society, of its ethnic and national components, its various aspirations, and of the Iranian mosaic, in order to evaluate the real support of the regime and of socio-economic, political and cultural factors inside the country.With the initiative of the Kurdish Institute of Paris, Iranian and Western personalities of different backgrounds and specialized experts and journalists are invited to be expressed within the framework of a pluralist debate, and to bring their knowledges and their replies to these questions. The conference proposes to contribute to this necessary debate on the Iranian crisis, which will face significant developments and be undoubtedly the great question of international politics for the newt years with considerable consequences for the peace and the stability of the Middle East.