Discussion on Iranian Revolution and Reforms

What do you think— what message do you have?

What—

What are your final words?

I can only

briefly, perhaps say

something from history for you.

And that is,

in my view, before this revolution that

took place, during the time of

the Shah of Iran,

I think that Iran at that time needed a series of

reforms. That is, a series of problems and a

series of— shortcomings in our

society had to be addressed.

Our society at the time, in my view,

did not need a revolution,

it needed reforms.

Well, that's one side of the balance.

The other issue is,

let's look at society today.

Today's society is one that has gone down

the wrong path for twenty years.

Now that this society has—

gone down the wrong path,

all those who

have brought our society, our country,

to this state now want to create a

reform movement in this society.

want to create a reform movement in it.

That is, today,

when our country needs a revolution

and not reformism,

our bribe- givers want reformism, and in

Those were days when our country

had no need for a revolution at all,

It was a country that was

functioning anyway,

and the people's culture

was rising from that very low level through

the efforts made by the

officials at the time,

especially the Shah of Iran,

and this was somewhat difficult work,

especially at that time.

But despite all this, it was doing its job, that

society was moving forward.

At that time, reforms needed

to be made, and that was

because of the people's

low cultural level,

because of the foolish actions of

some people, because

of a series of issues

that truly existed. They should not

have been ignored. There should

not have been a revolution,

there should have been reforms.