Seyyed Mohammad Khatami, the former president, in a meeting with the members of the central council of the youth faction and academia of the National Trust [ed., Etemad-Melli, Karroubi’s party] party on June 15th, the anniversary of the epic day in which millions of peaceful protestors took to the streets following the rigged presidential elections, said: “June 15th is a great day because it is linked to electing and elections.”
He added: “June 15 is one of those epic days when people came to the scene spontaneously and in the most civilized way one can imagine, and it is a sign of the maturity of our nation that this massive crowd came to the scene in complete peace and without any tension and organizing and announced their glorious presence.”
Khatami added: “June 15 could be and still can be a foundation for a kind of directed unity to achieve the values of the Islamic Revolution, meaning the rule of people on their own destiny.”
In another part of his remarks, Khatami, while expresseing sorrow and condemning the insults and attacks on Mehdi Karroubi and Grand Ayatollah Saanei by a group of organized thugs during Karroubi’s visit to the holy city of Qom, praised the characters of Grand Ayatollah Saanei and Mehdi Karroubi.
Khatami also stressed that today we are witnessing a particular movement and thought in the society that claims itself as the center and base of the Islamic Revolution and unfortunately by any means possible is ready to eliminate its critics and competition, and to strengthen its rule is abusing all resources.
In another part of his remarks, Khatami, by pointing to the biased performance of the Guardian Council, said: “Today we see that those organizations that should confirm the qualifications of the candidates (who run for public office) are massively rejecting many qualified individuals based on their own scale and are limiting people’s power to choose, and this is a great damage to the revolution and system that Imam [Khomeini] founded; or we can see the same trend of thoughts in the security and judiciary confrontations that exist in the society today or in the state-run TV and radio programs and these issues exist in practice which makes it very dangerous.”
Seyyed Mohammad Khatami added: “The outcome of this method, where they shut down all paths in the political scene so that only one particular movement can exist, restrict the social scene, and by unethical yet organized means put pressure on all groups, is creating despondency in various classes of the people.”
Khatami stressed: “Where is justice? Today are people’s lives easier or harder? Those who are against this trend are caring for the revolution and society, and not those who are portraying the image of Imam [Khomeini] and the system in a bad way.”
At the end Khatami added: “We should all get united and think of a solution because these behaviors and methods are not right and those who insult, falsely accuse others, use violence, and destroy should be stopped.”
Speaker or Agency: Mohammad Khatami
Title: Mohammad Khatami: Where is justice?
Language: English and Persian
Western Date: 15 June 2010
Persian Date: 25 Khordad 1389
Physical/Electronic Location: http://www.khatami.ir/fa/news/969; http://www.facebook.com/notes/mir-hossein-mousavi-myr-hsyn-mwswy/syd-mhmd-khatmy-kjast-dalt-seyyed-mohammad-khatami-where-is-justice/400711372605
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Translator: Unknown, Mousavi’s Facebook Page
Date Translated: 16 June 2010
Tags: mohammad khatami, statement
Date Last Updated: 11 March 2011