To the Editor:
Before we can truly assist those fighting dictatorship on the streets of Tehran, we must fully acknowledge our own role in establishing and sustaining a previous Iranian dictatorship.
Politicians anxious now to support freedom in Iran should first take time to remember that we were its enemy for a generation, and to acknowledge the price paid in both countries for our hypocrisy.
Then we can stand with the protesters.
Michael Farzan
Brookline, Mass., June 21, 2009
