After that narrative; Signs of change

  Hamid Ghanbari

Some time ago, I wrote my experience of selecting the presidential body;  The same as the sentence "Read the Rules of the Charity".  I thought, like a lot of words, it might be lost in everyday bustle, but it didn't.  That narrative was heard, seen, was hand -made, and its reflection went far beyond what I thought.

I got a lot of messages.  From university professors, who spent many years to train specialized force and now regrets how the same talented students are just because of the criteria that have nothing to do with the country.  From colleagues, friends, and even those I didn't know.  Similar, bitter, real experiences.  One wrote, "It looks like you wrote my heart."  Another said, "I was rejected by these questions."  Many asked, "If you are invited again, will you go again?"  And some tried to find a way to continue working.

On the other hand, the people were worried too;  They said that writing these words would make me trouble.  But it was interesting that friends from the system itself, those with religious backgrounds and formal sites, also coincided with me.  They said they are not satisfied with this situation either.  They also burn their hearts for Iran.  They have also seen how capable people are abandoned without making a mistake.

These diverse reactions, from different intellectual and political spectrum, clearly showed a fact: dissatisfaction with this selection system is not limited to a group or group.  This dissatisfaction is public.

And then, something new happened.  They contacted the selection of the presidential body.  They said they read the story and would like to speak.  We talked.  They said that a new by -law has been adopted: Those who use a device in a device will no longer need to be selected if they want to be transferred to another device.  They said that corporate employees, who were selected earlier each year, will only be selected once in the early days.  And they said that in the new trend, they do not go into religious details in the questions;  The person's statements are satisfied and will not be searched.

Of course, I said, and I still believe that even the same basic question of individual rituals is the place for the problem itself.  Prayer and fasting and human relationship with God have nothing to do with the state.  This is human privacy, not a job.  But they said the sector had a legal requirement and the government alone could not change it.

With all this, this was important to me.  Because it was a sign of the will to reform.  A sign of that sometimes they hear about suffering if respectfully, sincerely, honestly.  If you demand, it will affect.

These days, when the word home is more than ever - with incidents, with blood, bitterness and sacrifice - I also say to my part: It is home to this home and we have to die.  He sacrificed.  It is a homeland that, with all the limitations, shortcomings and impatiences, is still home.  A home in which it can be criticized.  He talked.  And sometimes, it was heard.

And these are the same, albeit low, albeit gradual, valuable.

For me, Iran is not just dirt.  It's a memory.  Is responsibility.  It is a covenant.  And I believe that a particle of this land cannot be made, and it should not, at all.

We have to stay.  We have to build.  Here, on this soil, that's why.