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1. El concepto, los fundamentos y los marcos de los derechos y las libertades legítimas del pueblo en el sistema de la República Islámica de Irán y su comparación con otros sistemas jurídicos
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2. Mecanismos y requisitos para asegurar y garantizar los derechos y las libertades legítimas del pueblo
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3. Los logros de la República Islámica de Irán en el ámbito de los derechos y las libertades legítimas del pueblo
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Tehran – In a striking academic exchange that bridged East and West, prominent Italian jurist Dr. Aldo Rocco Vitale launched a blistering critique of contemporary Western conceptions of freedom during a binational conference co-hosted by Iranian and Italian institutions.
The 41st pre-conference session for December's International Conference on "People's Rights and Legitimate Freedoms" saw scholars from Tehran and Rome engage in a philosophical dialogue about competing visions of liberty in Islamic and Western thought.
Dr. Vitale, Chair of Legal Philosophy at Rome's European University, delivered a provocative keynote titled "What is Freedom? The West's Existential Crisis" that challenged liberal orthodoxies:
"The West suffers from a dangerous case of philosophical amnesia," Vitale declared. "Having birthed modern concepts of liberty, it now finds itself enslaved to technology, consumerism, and hollowed-out values that parody true freedom."
The professor identified three fatal flaws in contemporary Western liberalism: The Illusion of Limitless Liberty - Where freedom degenerates into narcissistic self-indulgence; The Death of Cultural Memory - What Pope Benedict XVI called Europe's "spiritual Alzheimer's", and The Bureaucratization of Freedom - EU policies that impose standardized liberty while eroding authentic traditions
Vitale presented a startling paradox: "The West's obsession with absolute personal freedom has created the perfect conditions for new forms of soft authoritarianism. When society loses shared values, the state inevitably fills the vacuum with regulations masquerading as protections."
He saved particular criticism for European institutions: "Brussels speaks of freedom while systematically dismantling the cultural and religious foundations that make freedom meaningful. They've created what Solzhenitsyn warned about - freedom without purpose."
Citing both Russian philosophers and Catholic social teaching, Vitale concluded with a challenge: "Freedom divorced from truth and identity becomes its own prison. The West might do well to look East - not for answers, but for questions we've forgotten how to ask."
The hybrid conference, jointly organized by Iran's Guardian Council Research Institute and Tehran's Cultural Office in Rome, sets the stage for a major December symposium in Tehran. Organizers confirm this marks the beginning of sustained academic exchanges planned through 2025.