Plan A!

Well I should restart to write in English. It is a long time that I have stopped writing in English albeit I still read in English. Why does writing in english is matter? I will explain later on.

I have planned everything for a new career. It is not just planning. I have actually started. last week when I was seeing the legal announcement of the establishment of the firm with which I have relationship, It gave me a special feeling. It was not just a small formal action that no one cares about. It was an important matter to me. certain about my direction which left me feeling ambiguous and depressed. However, now with clear project and big ambitions I feel happy.

I have started new career. I have strategically changed my direction. I am starting to look at something else and Capture different information. And now I know my new path well; I now where I am and what will be next step. While plan A is the default path,in worst case, I know what I should follow as plan B. I know what is the next step and which project I should finalise at given deadline. I am in ahead in some points but I’m behind in some other aspects but however I know the critical issues, How much energy to invest in projects and what results I should expect.Less than two years ago I didn't feel

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My name is Hamze Ghalebi.

I was an adviser to the former prime minister of Iran and the head of his youth presidential campaign as reformist candidate. I was arrested in 2009.
As a political prisoner, I was a victim of human rights violations. I was also a victim of the economic sanctions that the U.S. Government has imposed on my country.

The US and Iran have a long history of distrust and our relationship has been one based on retaliation. This has been going on for half a century, and it has to stop.

As a pro-democracy activist and a young entrepreneur, I support the Iran deal. This is a unique opportunity for us to work together for peace - we may not get another one.

Let’s move forward together!
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Lyon industry exposition

Maybe you have heard about the recent negotiations between Iran and USA. Iran would be ready to sell their “nuclear industry” in return for “lifting the sanctions”. This is the deal, the exchange of “nuclear industry” for “lifting sanctions”. Otherwise, from Iranian side failing the negotiations and any deal without a real lifting of sanctions is the same thing. Obviously this deal is not just about the nuclear industry and US sanctions. It could change the political strategic alliance and political relations in Middle East; And between the Middle East and West. Iran and the US in a normal relationship would have different positions in world political spectrum but the immediate consequence of deal for Iran will be restart business relations which have been broken because of sanctions. 

APRIL 7-10 2015 // EUREXPO LYON

One of the reason that I have come to Lyon industry exposition is to do an evaluation of French company’s vision after the recent understanding between the Iran and the US. Surprisely, a large majority of CEOs who were precent there were following the negotiations news regarding to Iran-US deal. Often when I  state that I could help them to discover Iran’s market, they appreciate my offer and welcome effort. Some of them have done business with Iran and blame the Americans for ruining their previous business. 

Already the big companies are preparing to enter the Iranian market and even American ones have sent their teams to Iran, unofficially of course. On the other hand, small companies don’t  have strong enough structure and technologies to permit them to go ahead in Iranian market. I would say that local Iranian companies are not motivated to work with small European companies. So the best strategy will be to focus on mid-size firms. However, my investor does not agree with this strategy and said to me “go for the big ones”.

PS:

* Italian and Spanish company had a strong presence.

* The majority of providers were white men between the age 50 to 60.

* The Ambiance was masculine; attendance by women was in the minority. The presence of women was mostly at reception.

* Lyon is  lively, friendly, young, beautiful and industrial city. I like it. 

Mission statement for 2015

Title: Connections year

Preface:

                As an extraverted person, I am one who has many friends and always spending time with them. I make friends easily and I have good intuition when I meet new people. It means I am never be tired of communicating with many people. If for doing a project we need to manage many relations and arrange matters between many agents, this allow me to have a fresh approach. Meeting new people does not worry me; on the contrary, I feel excited to know someone new.

Living in another continent, in another country, one with different culture, traditions, and more important with a different language challenges the process of developing connections. Of course, I have tried to go through critical situations but often subconsciously. I have tried to be open to the new cultures. I have learned new languages and have made new friends but subconsciously will and spontaneity are not efficient enough. Especially, last summer when I decided to change my personal project from being involved directly in the politics of my country to become aggressive for its economic development and growth of business, these limits have become visible to me.

Mission statement:

                The first step in creating a new career for myself is to solve this problem described. This year, I am focusing in developing my connections according to the condition where I live and an actual project that I have. It means I will change my attention from political and intellectual pursuits to commercial and business communications. I will try to create new links based on entrepreneurship. I will spend more time with international friends. Instead of using my energy on mu native language, I will spend more time to mastering new languages which I will need in new countries and for the actual project.  I will try to develop my communications and negotiation skills in these languages. I will try to create social capital in this new social network. […]

Evaluation criteria:

                If at beginning of year 2016, the main barriers of communications and social interactions in a new country are resolved, I will consider the year to be successful. I should fix my main problems in English and French. (I should get TOEFEL, GMAT and DALF certificate in this year). In this year, I should also establish a minimum business partnership that give me the possibility of doing dynamic commercial projects between Europe’s and Iran’s markets. ([…] sustainable partners/projects). I should create a community of international friends that I do not feel like a stranger in new homeland. […]. I should reach an […]  euros income from my business relations and commercial projects.     

I like the tea party

I’ve always  criticized the stereotype that media makes about Middle Eastern people. One of my common subjects when I discuss with  friends from  different countries, is this phenomen. It happens if I mention that I’m Iranian, the first words that come out are Nuclear program, Ahmadinejad and all the other stereotypes that exist for those from the Middle East. By the way I am not supposed to talk about those ideas. At least I feel that my voice is too weak in comparison to the mass media that pump those ideas nonstop. However, I would like to mention some of my stereotype images about other people all around the world, the majority of which are completely false. I’ve had an emotional friendship with a Swede while I thought that they are coldest people in the world. I found that Germans are open mind people while it was one of my assumption that they’re close and xenophobic. I saw the Frenchs as old-fashioned people with traditional culture while I had thought they had a revolutionary mind and are anti-tradition. I found americans to be the most kind people that I’ve ever met.

Me and my Republican friend Daniel

Among Americans, republicans have an image like in western cowboys films, meaning that hey are too much a uniformly white rich community, thereby racist and anti strangers.  They are those people with an aggressive attitude who want to burn others not like them and bomb all the other countries. At least that was the image which mass media created for me as the representative image of republicans and tea party supporters.

When I was in Boston it was an opportunity to discover a different part of American society. For this purpose, I didn’t miss any opportunity to meet different people, people from different races, religions, origins, political tendency, economic class and so on. For this goal I contacted anyone whom I thought could have any links in the states and specially in Boston. One of my american friends whom I met in the elementary French course at Sorbonne university introduced me to an American-Korean engineer. After the first time that I asked him to hangout, he asked me if I minded going to church. I thought why not. Because generally my Iranian friends have connection with  liberals or progressives, it is easier for me to have links with this part of American society. However, I was curious about the traditions of Christianity,  the Bible, and the conservative people in the States. It had not ended for one time. I went to the church on Sundays regularly and listened to the sermons and hanged out with people from the church.  I even played as a member of the church soccer team in the city league.

I was observing their life style because I believe that the way in which people live everyday is more honest than their official political statements. For example, in the progressive groups, I noticed that they are almost all white while in the church, in the conservative community, the people were from different races. More meaningful than just sitting close together, I saw that many relationships and married couples were from different races. Is there any other indicator more eloquent than dating and marriage between different races that show how some people look at others without a race issue?

What am I doing here?

I’ve seen a stupid movie. I don’t know why, as I grow older, I become more emotional. That is not the role of game. I’ve had more experience but I’m looking for new adventure. Do you understand what I wanna to say? Neither do I. My fingers just slide on the keyboard and I’m following the words which come to my minds. I’ve just started a new try, to try again. I’m full of hope and emptiness. This uncertainty makes me excited. I need to have the ability to give security to people around me. I have so many good friends. still I’m alone. I like my crowded loneliness. I missed my father. I want to become a father, a good one: Three children. This is stupid and as you may think does not make sense. Don’t blame me just let me believe it. I don’t know what I am doing here. I’m nothing here. I’m full of proposals.This land got my all my assets and gave me the chances. I’ll make all again. These phrases are nonsense but it does n’t matter. Why should every text have a special sense? Make no sense! I have no solution.

I love my friends. I love my family. I love my exes. I love my love whom I’ve not fond yet. I wanna go to another city. I’m sure I’m gonna miss strasbourg. I do miss my friends here. My basket of missings has become too heavy. I can’t carry it. I like France. I miss Iran. How am I? What am I doing here? what do I wanna to do? My dreams? My beloved persons? Do you understand what I’m saying? neither do I!   

The basics points to understand Iran's politics (1)

If you are agree with whose think that we could have an objective narration or analyze about politics I recommend you to leave this post. I don't want to waste my time to argue about this issue. Instead, I am going to give you an explanation for different narration that you can notice while reading or see reports about Iran’s politics. One side is the Axis of Evil, other side is the most stable country in the Middle East, one side is a country which is accused of supporting terrorist groups, the other side is a country which performs the most effective military operation against the ISIS. One side is a country which commits to Human Rights violations, in the other side is the reports showing that 70 percent of university students in Iran are girls with astonishing social roles. One side is the Republic Islamic of iran based on islamic ideology, other side is the most secular society in middle east, one side is the most important enemy of America other side is the most pro american people in the Middle East. Which side is right? I’m not going to answer this question, maybe later on. But another question shows up: Is it possible to avoid this polarized narrations? My answer is No. why? The best way to understand the politics of every country is listen to people who come from and live there and know thier language and culture and so on. In the case of Iran and countries like even if you do this, you still don't have a convergent narration from people and this character is unavoidable. How is it possible? 

We have a deep historical gap between Iranian nation and the state of the iran one both called Iran. In the nation-state period this association is the framework. But this framework is not obvious all around the world. People don't understand their government as the most important institution of a state as their representative. By contrast the government may seem to be an enemy. The approach of the government toward to people might be like a source of support and danger. It acts like that the government and other governments (strangers) are in competition to use or manipulate this huge resource. This gap creates two sides far from each other. You are with government or against it. So, as this gap is so wide, no one can stay in middle or at least it is too difficult. It means you have to choose your side despite this fact that the real situation especially in respect of the international issue is not based on this polarized positions.

For example the it is obvious that the international sanctions against Iran damage Iran’s economic. As result of these sanctions, jobs reduce in the country and this make people poor which leads to an economic depression. Many citizens died in air crashes or due to the lake of medical materials. Even the Iranians who live outside of Iran are punished. For example Bank of America in US and PNP bank in France recently closed the iranian student's accounts. It means that the sanctions work like an act of violence against Iranian basic humans rights. Despite all these facts, you can find groups of Iranian Human Rights activists who are for the sanctions. How could it be possible? 

Another consequence of the sanctions is the these sanction do have a harmful effect on the lives of ordinary people in spite of fact they put pressure on the Iranian government. The government which is responsible for a number of systematic act of violence against humans rights. So, in the front of a huge gap between the nation and the state, those activist choose to be against the government. The deep gap that I’ve explained above, don’t let those humans rights activists do any things that can help state of Iran notwithstanding it may serve the interest of 70 million human beings. 

I’ve promised to respect tp the limit of have 500 words and actually I’ve already passed this limit so I should stop here. Yet I will write more about Iran’s politics and society, later.