Talk:Ebrahim Yazdi

Rahimi/CIA Slander
Immediately after the victory of the 1979 revolution in Iran, the pro-soviet Tudeh party and the leaders fundamentalist Islamic clerical establishment began collaborating to defame the pro-western liberal government of Mehdi Bazargan and Ebrahim Yazdi. They created and spread many false rumors about the two, including the fabrication that Yazdi was involved in the murder of the late General Rahimi and that he was an agent of the CIA (and that the CIA spearheaded the revolution). These fabrication have been refuted on many occasions by Yazdi and others.

These accusations repeatedely show up in this wikipedia article, put in by supporters of the present regime or misguided supports of the late Shah. Your assistance is kindly requested in removing these libels when you see them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.71.138.205 (talk) 14:14, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Anti-Zionism
I removed the sentence that stated "He is a virulent anti-Zionist who curried favor with Ruhollah Khomeini during and after the Islamic Revolution." This statement is potentially libelous. In addition, it is contradicted by many recent statements, including his recent editorial in the Iranian daily Shargh, in which he condemns the recent comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad regarding the Holocaust.

The terms "virulent" and "curry favor" are imprecise and perjorative. It would be more accurate to say, with reference, that he has made, at some time in the past, anti-Zionist statements and the he had, at one stage in the Islamic Revolution in Iran of 1978-1979, worked closely with Ruhollah Khomeini. These last two statements are supported by the references I have cited at the end of the article. The statement I removed is not. -- Azadi1385 31 January 2007

The claim that Yazdi was Revolutionary Court's special prosecutor following the revolution of 1979 is libelous and is denied in the book referenced in the bottom of the article entitled "Final Efforts, Final Days". In that book, Yazdi contends that this accusation was made by political rivals at the time in order to slander him. -- Azadi1385 31 January 2007


 * "In an address last week to the police academy he [Yazdi] denounced 'Zionist newspapers like the New York Times and TIME' for denigrating Khomeini, adding that Zionism was 'one of the greatest enemies of our revolutionary movement.'"Monday, May. 07, 1979.--Patchouli 14:03, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * "...Iranian generals were summarily executed by order of criminals such as Dr. Ibrahim Yazdi...After Naji, Rahimi, Khosrowdad, and Nasiri were brutally executed on Feb. 15, 1979, Arafat and Khomeini hugged each other and smiled."--Patchouli 14:12, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

- the later quote is a repetition of an accusation that has yet to be substantiated, and is strongly denied by the subject of this article. It is libelous. The quote is from a blogger in California who is attempting to discredit the reform movement inside Iran. In the article refered to in this link, he calls the reform movement in Iran a "dog and pony show". See: http://www.spectacle.org/0603/mafie.html. He is not a neutral source, considering he has an axe to grind. On the issue of the execution of the generals, see the books by Ayatullah Khalkhali and Ebrahim Yazdi refered to in the article. They both agree that Ayatullah Khalkhali in fact ordered this course of action, and he is quite proud of the fact, and he blames Yazdi and Bazargan for opposing the executions. -- Azadi1385 11 Feb 2007

- Immediately after the revolution of 1979, several groups opposed to the Provisional Government of Mehdi Bazargan joined forced to attack the new government: the Tudeh Party, which felt Yazdi, Bazargan, Ghotbzadeh and others in the cabinet were too pro-Western; the Islamic Radicals, who felt they were too liberal; and the Monarchists, who disliked their role in ending the monarchy. The Bazargan cabinet was also attacked by political rivals, such as Dr Abdul-Hassan Bani-Sadr. Newspapares of the day reveal a firestorm of rumors and inuendo, such as the one mentioned above, targeted at several members of the Bazagan cabinet. -- Azadi1385 11 Feb 2007.

His books
No ISBNs of his books are listed.--Patchouli 07:56, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Bogus Information.
This article contains bogus information about Yazdi, such as the section claiming he was responsible for the execution of generals of the shah. There are also almost no sources on ANY of the sections. I suggest either deleting this article or actually putting some time into writing it.

TheTruthA (talk) 21:30, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Birthdate
Birthdate info was recently changed by an IP user. A Google search shows competing claims regarding his birthdate. Summary of the recent change suggests that the subject reported it as being September 26, 1931, but the source given is not in English. Can someone verify the contents of the source please? Etamni &#124; &#9993; &#124; ✓ 13:31, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion
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 * Fidel Castro and Ebrahim Yazdi (As minister of foreign affairs of Iran and first person from Islamic repulic that meets Castro) - 1979.jpg