Is exactly what the current leaders of Iran will demand happen after this interview on Al-Arabiya of Ayatollah Hussein Khomeini, grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
You may remember Ruhollah as the guy who didn’t even have to dress up in a rabbit suit to scare Jimmeh Cahtah and proceeded to hold American citizens hostage for 444 days.
But anywhoooo, the interview with Hussein Khomeini goes a little something like this:
In the interview, Ayatollah Hussein Khomeini argued that the “rule of the jurisprudent” was not based on Shi’ite religious principle, but developed for historical reasons having to do with persecution of clerics in pre-revolutionary Iran. He also says that in its current form, the revolution has “strayed from its original course” by abandoning the principles of freedom and democracy, and states that Iran will gain real power only when it re-embraces these principles, not through relying on bombs and weapons.
For the last three years, the Iranian regime has kept Ayatollah Hussein Khomeini under surveillance and has banned him from giving interviews to the Iranian media owing to his criticism of the regime.
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