"Roza Javan continues to talk about her father and says that he always used to come home and curse the company. Since the company was owned by the state, his curses would also be directed against the state and the “Imam” which was Khomeini’s honorary nickname. “When I heard him swear, I used to tear out pages from my notebook and use them to make leaflets bearing the slogan “marg bar Jomhourie Islamie Iran”: down with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Then I would put them under the neighbours’ doors, ring the doorbell and run away. I have been political since I was a child. Here in Iran, children of the poor always talk about politics in school and at home, watch and follow the news and try to read the newspapers.”
Fascinating interview from the In Defence of Marxism website with Roza Javan, an Iranian radical growing up and being politicised in the Islamic Republic of Iran. There is no mention of Lenin or Trotsky in the piece but I'm guessing that she is affiliated to the Grant/Woods International, the CMI.
Hat tip to some bloke on Leftist Trainspotters.
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