Worse Than Hoveida's Generation

13/02/2008

Just take a look at those who were in charge and their mentality. They were generally corrupt, especially their new generation who had no principles. They were even worse than Hoveida's generation! I refer to Hoveida as an example because he is considered among the worst. He was one of the most corrupt Iranian statesmen. His generation was, however, far better than Raji's generation. Raji was the author of the book "The Servant of Takht Tavoos". If you read this book, you will understand the nature of his generation. Raji wanted to take Hoveida's place. It is not right to refer to Hoveida as good, but compared with Raji, he was much better. Hoveida was undoubtedly one of the most corrupt statesmen in Iran, but at the bottom of his heart and the hearts of the like-minded people you could still find some vestiges of the past - whic  h you may call nationalism, patriotism, or whatever. But the following generation that was represented by Raji was ... I really do not know how to describe them!

* This anecdote was told in a meeting with the managing director, editor-in-chief and editing board of Howzah magazine.

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