First-hand view of modern Iran

Ellie Ommani

Ardeshir Ommani

Ardeshir Ommani and Ellie Ommani spoke at an April 14 Workers World Party forum in New York about their recent trip to Iran. It was Ardeshir Ommani’s first trip back to his country of birth since he left in 1981.

Both speakers described the enormous industrial development and provision of services—running water, sewage treatment, roads and transportation, and electricity—to the mass of the population that has taken place under the Islamic Republic since 1981. They also made it clear that while there was not 100 percent support for the Islamic government, each time Washington politically attacks or militarily threatens Iran the population grows closer to its own government, because the public is committed to the use of atomic energy to generate power for the country.

—Story and photos by John Catalinotto

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