After months of protest sparked by the death of young Mahsa Amini, former President Mohammad Khatami and former Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Moussavi are calling on the authorities for political reform.
Mir Hossein Moussavi was a candidate in the 2009 presidential election, a disputed election that brought Mahmoud Ahmadinejad back to power, followed by repressed demonstrations.
Since then, the 80-year-old reformer has been deprived of his freedom, without ever having been charged. Ardashir Amir-Arjomand is one of his close advisers, exiled in France since the same period: ” For nearly 13 years, he has been imprisoned in his house, he has suffered a lot of repression. The most important thing for him is to fulfill his national responsibility “.
Mir-Hossein Moussavi seizes the slogan ” Woman, Life, Freedom “, that of the demonstrations which broke out after the death of Mahasa Amini. The former Iranian Prime Minister (1981-1989) asks for a ” fundamental change of the Iranian political system and proposes a referendum asking the question of a new constitution.
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According to his adviser Ardashir Amir-Arjomand, the Islamic Republic is today at an impasse: ” We could no longer reform the regime from within. The regime’s structured corruption is very important, there is no longer any possibility of reform “.
44th anniversary of the Islamic revolution
A radical position taken by a former leader just a few days before 44ᵉ anniversary of the Islamic revolution.
For his part, the former president, Mohammad Khatani (1997-2005), pointed to a ” widespread discontent ” And ” obvious “. The leader of the reform movement wants the use of ” non-violent civil methods » can « force the state to change its approach and initiate reforms “.