In an interview with the state-run media, a prominent security official of Iranian regime in the 1980s, who currently claims to be a reformist,\u00a0 acknowledged that the slogans chanted during the recent protests and uprising in Iran targeted both \u201chardliner\u201d and \u201creformist\u201d factions.<\/p>\n
Saeed Hajjarian, a founder of Iranian regime\u2019s ministry of intelligence, also added: \u201cThe slogan of \u2018crossing-out the reformists\u2019 was first introduced by the MEK.<\/p>\n
The following is a report of Hajjarian\u2019s interview:<\/p>\n
The interviewer pointing out last January\u2019s protests and uprising in Iran and people\u2019s slogans who chanted \u201cHardliners, Reformists, Game is Over now,\u201d asks:<\/p>\n
Why any boundaries between the reformists and the hardliners in the eyes of the people are essentially vanished?<\/p>\n
\u201cProtesting people in bad economic conditions thought that hardliners and reformists were plundering the national wealth… The other root of this slogan might come from pure truth that, I say it frankly, some conformist reformists are looters and the history of their plunders goes back decades ago,\u201d Hajjarian answered.<\/p>\n
\u201cInstead of remaining at the surface, we should dive into the depth of the issue. What was the purpose of the narrators of this slogan? They targeted the whole Islamic Republic. Therefore, they addressed the two arms of the regime, the reformists and the hardliners\u2026,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fact is that the slogan of \u2018Crossing-out the reformists\u2019 was first introduced by the PMOI just after the beginning of Khatami’s presidency,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
Regarding his background, Hajjarian said: \u201cThey still consider me as part of the state\u2019s power bloc, and they say that it is good enough for him to be a founder of the Islamic Republic’s Ministry of Intelligence…. The state\u2019s power block in my opinion is the nine people who, within a few days, put in their pockets as much money as one year’s budget of a government institution by importing cars.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hajjarian describes the rival band as \u201cStanding Donkey\u201d and his band as \u201cLying Camel\u201d and says: \u201cThey may say that the reformists do not have the honor and esteem anymore to hear their voice. But there is a Persian proverb that says, (literally) \u201cThe lying camel is taller than the standing donkey.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe that these protests will continue because Rouhani does not really have the power to improve the situation; there are corruption within the body of the government and some ministers are inefficient. The government has also shared part of its authority with military institutions,\u201d said Saeed Hajjarian, referring to the continuing protests and the state of the government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"