Seyyed Mohammad Khatami: If no solution is proposed the new Persian year will be the year of social crises / Our young generation when witnessing the elimination of those who care for the system by false accusations are saying that if this is the system, we don’t want it

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April 9, 2010

Seyyed Mohammad Khatami, former president, in a meeting with a group of students of Tehran University emphasised on the efforts to end the current closed and security atmosphere and by criticizing the spread of lies and deception through official platforms said that the outcome of false accusations and lies against those who care for the establishment and close allies of Imam [Khomeini] is that the young generation and people will turn their back on the establishment and the Islamic Republic.

Khatami added: “It has been a while that we witness the arrests and the creation of an unsafe atmosphere for the acediama dn students as well as other layers of the society and there is a wrong ideology that wants to polarise the society. An ideology that shows one side as all good and the other side as the ones who want to overthrow [the establishment]. We are sorry that we are witnessing the domination of this language and the false accusations in the official platforms of the society.”

Seyyed Mohammad Khatami in explaining his views about the current situation of the country said: “We live in Iran, we love Iran and Iran is valuable for us. In Iran an event called “revolution” happened that in my opinion is one of the important events of the history.”

He added: “But unfortunately the action, behaviours and the mistakes that are being made in the name of the establishment can create this doubt in the minds of or youth that what the actual reason for revolution was?” He continued: “As the result of these mistakes and behaviours those who don’t have bad intentions and are also religious are now saying that religion cannot and must not be included in the social scene and must not determine the social affairs.” Khatami said that “One should criticise the other views and should not easily and falsely accuse anyone”

Khatami stressed: “The fact that we claim the westerns countries have plotted a conspiracy and brought the democracy in front of the religion and now anyone who talks about the democracy is influenced by west and is saying the words of the intelligence organisations, is the most immature and hostile claim that anyone can make in the world!”

Khatami stressed: “Ruling authorities are not above the law and don’t have absolute power, but rather they are dependent on the people and they come to power by the people and they can be removed from power by the people.”

Khatami added: “I believe that today from the east to the west of the world human have achieved such maturity that will not tolerate dictatorship rulers that only order from the above and would be obeyed from bottom.”

Khatami said that this is a great achievement that human have realised that they have rights and that is why we call the article 56 of the constitution as the Golden article. He added: “The Islamic Republic is a system that people have rights and people bring governments to power, people should be free and rule and all the layers of the government either directly or indirectly should be based on the vote of the people and people have the right to question.”

Khatami while strongly condemning the spread of lies and deception in the country said: “ We witness that some openly while are holding the official platforms are taking the path of lying and are falsely accusing the allies of Imam [Khomeini] and those who care for the establishment and the revolution of any charges, are these Islamic principles?”

The former president added: “If it is said that the establishment is the very same wrong methods and it is nothing more and anyone who has a clear thought would be eliminated by a variety of false accusations, the outcome would be that the young generation and others say that if this is the establishment we don’t want this!”

Mohammad Khatami emphasised: “Even now I believe that in order to pass the current situation there is no way but to reform as it was described.”

He added: “The situation of the country after the election is bad and the nation has paid a heavy price during this time, the outcome of the management of the country is not desirable and if no solution is proposed the new Persian year would be the year of social turmoil.”

Khatami said: “If we all hold hands, the government bows to the law and the parliament acts strong, maybe we can prevent the most extensive aspects of this crisis.”

At the end Khatami stressed: “The security atmosphere of the country should end and should go toward calmness, people’s demands and requests should not be ignored, political prisoners should be freed and the free atmosphere and free elections should be provided, by achieving these the country would exit from the current crisis.”