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Khatami: It’s Hard to Ask People to Participate in Elections Now
Mohammad Khatami, the former president of the Islamic Republic of Iran says: “It is very hard to ask people to participate in the elections now.”
On Tuesday, in a meeting with a group of MPs, Mohammad Khatami criticized different sections of the regime and said: “Today I’m being asked by people that you brought us to the voting booths, can you show us one case where real reforms have happened? Did the judiciary and its behavior get better? Can a healthy private sector compete in this economy?”
He continued: “Do you think people will participate in the next election if you and I ask them to? I don’t see that happening unless real changes occur in the next year.”
He criticized the dominant worldview in the Islamic Republic and said: “Did the attitudes and behaviors that put us in great international crisis change, or did it resist healthy behavior so people would not feel the advantages that we achieved?
He suggested that the only way to overcome the current sense of helplessness and disappointment is through reform and flexibility of the regime.
Khatami described JCPOA (Iran Deal) as a great accomplishment, but he added that the Rouhani government could have made better decisions.
Addressing the opposition to FATF (Anti-money-laundering bill), Khatami said: I don’t understand by which logic and view of national interests can they oppose it.
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