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Iran Video & Text: The Mousavi Interview with Jamaran (9 November)
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 17:58
The Latest from Iran (11 November): Revelations & Connections
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Mir Hossein's interview with Jamaran website, published on Monday:
Part 1 of 3
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNnkV75Pj2w[/youtube]
Part 2 of 3
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6rNYSK2wQE&feature=channel[/youtube]
Part 3
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sJrGpNSU3U&feature=channel[/youtube] of 3
Some have their interests in having a divided society
Taking the fanatic approach will take the country to a dead-end
Currently spreading rumours has become very common. We have some individuals whose case, if they were reviewed by Imam Khomeini’s standards, would be considered very tainted. The regime is accusing the people’s great movement of being linked to traitors. It is in their benefit to increase divisions and cynicism in the society in order to prevent their own cases from being unveiled, while it is in everyone’s best interest to acknowledge people’s rights and create optimism.
I feel that the tendency of power to become totalitarian has led to a structured corruption of power in different branches of the establishment....
Considering Imam Khomeini's viewpoint, unity is not achievable based on political loyalties. The union approved by the Imam is a union that relies on components like national interests and a healthy survival of the Islamic establishment, where your connections to power through family, friendship, and acquaintance do not matter.
One of the issues that was raised during the election was on whatever happened to the $300 billion [of oil revenues]. During the [Iran-Iraq] war, if an issue of financial corruption was raised, it was immediately attended to. The smallest corruptions were magnified to a great degree [due to the ongoing war]. In the past, if there was an issue of a missing $10,000, with no record of its expenditure, this could have caused the fall of the Government. Now, the issue is billions of dollars and nobody seems to care.
If it was the early years of the Revolution, this legislation to provide direction to the subsidies [referring to Ahmadinejad's legislation to remove subsidies from food and energy within 3 years] would not have been raised the way it is now. This legislation is not bad in itself. But [right now] the Government are on the one hand talking about removing all the subsidies, causing gas prices to increase, while on other hand they are refusing a budget to the underground subway system. On one side, people's daily affairs will be interrupted under the pressure of high gas prices, and on the other there is no effort put into public transportation. This would cause serious problems for people.
If it becomes common in a system for people to see that their rights are trampled without any objection, that system will move towards violence and dictatorship.
I sincerely believe that granting multi-billion dollar contract to Sepah [the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps] is neither in the interest of the whole regime nor in the interest of Sepah.
There are individuals who live in this way. I sincerely do not know if they have faith or are religious or not....We have people who have a very corrupt record, if it is viewed with the viewpoint of the Imam. But now the regime says that this great popular movement is all connected to the MKO [Mujahedin-e-Khalq "terrorist" organisation].
The interests of the country is in defining the circle of “insiders” such that there is very little left on the outside [thus allowing almost everyone a voice]. Otherwise, we have to doubt our own behavior. We simply cannot put aside thousands of prominent managers who have served this country.
What is happening these days is that the margins have become bigger than the centre. The centre has become very small....
In these margins, we have many managers and clerics, a few marja’ a [senior clerics], a few ex-presidents, and even an ex-head of Parliament....In a situation like this, those who have remained in the main context have to rely on garrisons because they don’t have the support of such a big margin. And this is what has happened: in order to prevent lapsing into a coma, we became numb and insensitive as if suffering from leprosy.
It is in our country’s interest to agree on a fundamental and important matter: the Constitution. You and I may have differences of opinion but we have to agree on the Constitution to solve our problems. We should put aside our differences and attempt to reform.
The people who participated in the revolution didn’t come to the scene to face so many problems. They came for a better life and for freedom.
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Mir Hossein's interview with Jamaran website, published on Monday:
Part 1 of 3
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNnkV75Pj2w[/youtube]
Part 2 of 3
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6rNYSK2wQE&feature=channel[/youtube]
Part 3
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sJrGpNSU3U&feature=channel[/youtube] of 3
Some have their interests in having a divided society
Taking the fanatic approach will take the country to a dead-end
Currently spreading rumours has become very common. We have some individuals whose case, if they were reviewed by Imam Khomeini’s standards, would be considered very tainted. The regime is accusing the people’s great movement of being linked to traitors. It is in their benefit to increase divisions and cynicism in the society in order to prevent their own cases from being unveiled, while it is in everyone’s best interest to acknowledge people’s rights and create optimism.
I feel that the tendency of power to become totalitarian has led to a structured corruption of power in different branches of the establishment....
Considering Imam Khomeini's viewpoint, unity is not achievable based on political loyalties. The union approved by the Imam is a union that relies on components like national interests and a healthy survival of the Islamic establishment, where your connections to power through family, friendship, and acquaintance do not matter.
One of the issues that was raised during the election was on whatever happened to the $300 billion [of oil revenues]. During the [Iran-Iraq] war, if an issue of financial corruption was raised, it was immediately attended to. The smallest corruptions were magnified to a great degree [due to the ongoing war]. In the past, if there was an issue of a missing $10,000, with no record of its expenditure, this could have caused the fall of the Government. Now, the issue is billions of dollars and nobody seems to care.
If it was the early years of the Revolution, this legislation to provide direction to the subsidies [referring to Ahmadinejad's legislation to remove subsidies from food and energy within 3 years] would not have been raised the way it is now. This legislation is not bad in itself. But [right now] the Government are on the one hand talking about removing all the subsidies, causing gas prices to increase, while on other hand they are refusing a budget to the underground subway system. On one side, people's daily affairs will be interrupted under the pressure of high gas prices, and on the other there is no effort put into public transportation. This would cause serious problems for people.
If it becomes common in a system for people to see that their rights are trampled without any objection, that system will move towards violence and dictatorship.
I sincerely believe that granting multi-billion dollar contract to Sepah [the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps] is neither in the interest of the whole regime nor in the interest of Sepah.
There are individuals who live in this way. I sincerely do not know if they have faith or are religious or not....We have people who have a very corrupt record, if it is viewed with the viewpoint of the Imam. But now the regime says that this great popular movement is all connected to the MKO [Mujahedin-e-Khalq "terrorist" organisation].
The interests of the country is in defining the circle of “insiders” such that there is very little left on the outside [thus allowing almost everyone a voice]. Otherwise, we have to doubt our own behavior. We simply cannot put aside thousands of prominent managers who have served this country.
What is happening these days is that the margins have become bigger than the centre. The centre has become very small....
In these margins, we have many managers and clerics, a few marja’ a [senior clerics], a few ex-presidents, and even an ex-head of Parliament....In a situation like this, those who have remained in the main context have to rely on garrisons because they don’t have the support of such a big margin. And this is what has happened: in order to prevent lapsing into a coma, we became numb and insensitive as if suffering from leprosy.
It is in our country’s interest to agree on a fundamental and important matter: the Constitution. You and I may have differences of opinion but we have to agree on the Constitution to solve our problems. We should put aside our differences and attempt to reform.
The people who participated in the revolution didn’t come to the scene to face so many problems. They came for a better life and for freedom.
Reader Comments (9)
I'm wondering if Mousavi knows that the people want a democratic society and not a Islamic gov't. He keeps talking about the constitution that is imbeded with Islam. The peolpe want to free themselves of shiria law and the oppression it stands for. The gov't should be a rule of law gov't free of Islam. Until that happens Iran will never be free! It must seperate the two while allowing freedom of religion. 30 years ago they voted for Islam because that was the only thing available to them as a choice and now a new generation, after living with it for 30 years has decided it doesn't work and want to be truly free. In order for a country to survive it must preserve it's history and not cover it up with religion. Free enterprise is one of the only ways for the economy to survive. That will allow people to feel they are in charge of thier own destiny and that of thier families destiny. Depending on the gov't for your next meal is degrading to people and then when the gov't doesn't follow through it build contempt. Iran needs to free them selves from this mullah gov't or it will never be a free thriving country period.
ofcourse noone has any problem with Islam and it is so obvious that the radical interpretation of Islam is the thing people in Iran are in opppsition with. besides I believe the islam is nothing for the leaders of iran but something to use it to save their power. Besides we sould consider that most of the leader's of the protesters who live in Iran now are the reformists who believe that the the goverment's action now has nothing to do with what really the people of 30 years ago demanded.
I deeply hope that Mousavi and Karroubi are not the best Iran can offer for leadership. The more I listen to these two guys the more I become convinced that Iran will be in no better shape with either one of these two in leadership position. Karroubi and Mousavi sound like they are stuck in distant past. They truly do not get it. I think Mousavi and Karroubi are fit to be an elder in small village than to lead a country with 70 million populations with 70 percent under the age of 30.
This is a trouble time for Iran. Iranians need a leader who can navigate through the shark infested water instead of keep cataloging problems that are evident to people.
Mousavi and Karroubi are not leadership material, they have no charisma, no enthusiasm. Rafsanjani atleast is an excellent politician, but I think his time is up.
The real leaders are the protesters who sacrifice their blood.
I hope this time next year SL, AN Jafari and the rest of them are six feet under.
Hey Shangooli,
"I hope this time next year SL, AN Jafari and the rest of them are six feet under".
Well I hope this time next year to find a magic pot of gold that will make me wealthier than Saudi King Abdullah and the Sultan of Brunei combined.
I think my odds are far better.
Hey Sammy Boy
you`re right, I don`t think its gonna happen anytime soon, maybe in a few years, but I can hope that they drop dead soon. Anyways, I asked you something in an earlier post, you never replied.
Do you think Khomeini would have approved of the negotiations between US and Iran?
Cheers Mate
"Do you think Khomeini would have approved of the negotiations between US and Iran?"
Sure, he did during Iran Contra.
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Mousavi and Karrubi are two figures who currently have no positions in a country where freedom of speech is costly. Based on what I am getting through my friends, to Iranians inside Iran, it is more about unifying people. People who are already against the policies, are already against it. Opposition leaders are trying to open more eyes that has not been opened, instead of making impressive speaches that might cause casualties at wrong times. We see Iran differently from the outside! Talk to Iranians inside and get their points of views...Right now, people have even become more unified than before.