International Conference
Tribute to Dr. Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou
A Conference organised by the Paris Kurdish Institute
Monday, February 17, 2020, 9:30 a.m. - 6.30 p.m.
Palais du Luxembourg - Salle Médicis
15ter, rue de Vaugirard, 75006 Paris
Programme
9.30 a.m. Welcoming guests
9;50 a.m. Welcome word and presentation of the conference
Moderator : Kendal NEZAN, president of the Kurdish Institute Paris
10.00 a.m. – 12.20 a.m. - 1st Panel:
The years of training and exile (1930 - 1978)
Moderator : Joyce BLAU, Emeritus Professor, INALCO
Speakers :
- Joyce BLAU
- Mina GHASSEMLOU, architect, daughter of Ghassemlou
- Amir GHAZI, former member of the PDKI PB, secretary general of the KurdistanIndependence Party
- Abdullah HASSANZADEH, former secretary general of the PDKI
- Abdullah IZZETPOUR, youth friend of Ghassemlou
(Texte lu par Khosrow ABDOLLAHI)
- Mahdi KHANBABA TEHRANI, close friend of Ghassemlou, leader of the Iranian Left Unit
- Adnan MUFTI, former president of the Parliament of Iraqi Kurdistan
- Dr. Hassan SHATAVI, surgeon, nephew of Ghassemlou and author of a book onGhassemlou family
12.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m. Lunch break
2.15 p.m. – 4.00 p.m. - 2nd Panel :
The years of resistanceRelations with the Kurdish world (1978 -1989)
Moderator : Rémi FÉRAUD, senateur of Paris
Speakers
- Ahmad ESKANDARI, former head of the office of Sheikh Ezzadine HUSSEINI
- Fatos GUNEY, spouse of Yilmaz GUNEY (Kurdish film director)
- Mustafa HIJRI, secretary general of PDKI
- Hassan SHARAFI, deputy secretary general of PDKI
- Mela Mohammad JUWANROI, former commander of the Peshmerga forces
- Aziz MAMELI, former representative of PDKI in Europe
- Abdullah MOHTADI, secretary general of Komala
- Mesut TEK, former secretary general of the Socialist Party of Kurdistan of Turkey
4.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. - 3rd Panel :
Ghassemlou, figure of the Iranian democratic opposition
Moderator : Hamid BOZARSLAN, Professor at EHESS
Speakers
- Hedayat MATIN DAFTARI, founder of the Iranian National Democratic Front, formerchairman of Tehran Bar Association
- Hamid BOZARSLAN, Professor at EHESS
- Reza DEGHATI, photographer
- Abdol Karim LAHIDJI, lawyer, founder of the Association of Iranian Jurists, formerPresident of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
- Nasser PAKDAMAN, Emeritus professor of economics at the University of Tehran and theUniversity of Paris VII
5.00 p.m. – 6.30 p.m. - 4th Panel :
Ghassemlou International
Moderator : Kendal NEZAN, president of the Kurdish Institute Paris
Speakers
- Gérard CHALIAND, writer and geopolitician
- Alain CHENAL, editorialist, Le Monde
- Bernard KOUCHNER, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Marc KRAVETZ, journalist
- Carol PRUNHUBER, writer and author of a biography of Ghassemlou
- Jonathan RANDAL, journalist
- Dr. Florence VEBER, former head of International Medical Aid
6.45 p.m.
Closing speech
Programme in English