Ali Dadpay
Role at the time: Economist writing from his public X account
Mixed or conditional
Responding to
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"After all, there should be no collective punishment. But that does not mean there should be collective amnesia."
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The statement combines an explicit qualification with a competing concern; reducing it to unconditional support or opposition would misrepresent its context.
Ali Dadpay rejects collective punishment while challenging the family’s portrayal (opens in a new tab)Opening paragraphs and concluding discussion of individual responsibility
Original essay responding to Tahmasebi. Dadpay explicitly rejects inherited guilt and defends due process while arguing that Iranian history and other victims belong in the account. His historical and numerical allegations are not adopted as DI findings.