Our Mission

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Background

Today’s major civilizational conflict is between Western liberal democracies and Eastern

authoritarianism. Areas from the Eastern shores of the Mediterranean and Mesopotamia to

Afghanistan at the gates of the Subcontinent may well be the decisive frontline of this global

conflict.

Meanwhile, Prince Reza Pahlavi’s declaration of the “New Covenant” has brought about a ray of

hope for the Iranian secular democratic forces at the epicenter of that troubled region.

Guidelines

It is against that background that the Art Fund was set up to receive donations and finance such

endeavors in the release of information gathering, educational practices, and solutions

developed by Middle Eastern - and especially Iranian - secular democratic establishments. Its

funds are earmarked mainly for those aimed at the following goals:

1. Understanding the ideological and Islamist Fundamentalists’ points of view, as well as their

means and methods.

2. Focusing on the socio-political aspirations developed amongst the new generations with clear

inclinations towards freedom and secular democracy rather than ideological or religious

fundamentalism.

3. Finding solutions for problems that stem from the conflict between Islamist Fundamentalists

and forces for freedom and secular democracy whose struggle is for joining the global caravan

of progress and modernity.

4. Producing educational materials in the form of sites, e-magazines, books, and audio-visual

works to enhance and expand the social awareness of young generations about the importance

of political secularism that would result in perdurable democracy.