Author of below paper is Caesar, who is a world citizen. As he expressed his view on Hessuein Derakhshan with respect to his comment to Madam Afshin Jam.
I've heard these statements about Nazanin Afshin-Jam before. People such as Hussein Derakhshan, and others of his ilk, love making snide remarks about Nazanin's fluency in the Persian language, or claims about her rough knowledge about Iranian politics when she was Miss Canada 2003. Peyman, these are desperate -and truly pathetic- arguments against the woman.
I posted a reply to Derakhshan's blog and asked him, for the sake of argument, to suppose that these things about Nazanin were true? So what? Such comments refer to a younger Nazanin from four years ago. People grow in four years and Ms. Afshin-Jam at only 28, seems nowadays quite well-versed on Iranian politics. Furthermore, I asked him, what does being fluent in a language have to do with one's love and concern for one's people and heritage? I know plenty of proud Italian-Americans, Polish-Americans, etc. who don't speak the language of their ancestors. Anyway, none of this trivial fluff has anything to do with what this girl has done for Nazanin Fatehi or other Iranian women - or the humanitarian work she is doing in Asia or Africa as well.
I posted a reply to Derakhshan's blog and asked him, for the sake of argument, to suppose that these things about Nazanin were true? So what? Such comments refer to a younger Nazanin from four years ago. People grow in four years and Ms. Afshin-Jam at only 28, seems nowadays quite well-versed on Iranian politics. Furthermore, I asked him, what does being fluent in a language have to do with one's love and concern for one's people and heritage? I know plenty of proud Italian-Americans, Polish-Americans, etc. who don't speak the language of their ancestors. Anyway, none of this trivial fluff has anything to do with what this girl has done for Nazanin Fatehi or other Iranian women - or the humanitarian work she is doing in Asia or Africa as well.
Of course, I see my comments were not posted on that blog.
My view, people like Mr. Derakhshan is outdated and have no credibility.
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