it should serve as wake-up call for Mr. Khamenei and his circle of conservative advisers that their hard-line policies ranging from the standoff over the nuclear issue to the dire state of the economy have been rejected by the majority of the population.
As our esteemed X SOS once said,
“At this point what difference does it make?”
The “majority” of the Pop don’t mean diddly to Khamenei
and his ilk.
Did you read about the joke format of the first Iranian presidential debate?
“London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian state-run television was accused of intentionally seeking to humiliate the presidential candidates in their first live group debate.
The debate took place on Friday afternoon and saw all 8 candidates asked to sit alongside each other and answer questions in a quiz-style format. The candidates were only granted 90 seconds to answer, and in some cases were even offered multiple choice answers or only permitted to provide yes or no answers.”
...
“MP Ahmad Tavakolli, who twice ran as a presidential candidate in 1989 and 1993, expressed surprise at the debate format, saying that this served to “degrade the [Iranian] public and the Islamic republic”, according to Khabar Online.
“I am shocked that the candidates tolerated such a humiliating format and did not walk out of the studio,” Tavakolli added.”
http://www.aawsat.net/2013/06/article55304101
& this gem from another article:
‘“In honor of the dear people of my country I will sit here, but I will answer none of your test questions,” said Aref, gesticulating with his pen towards the moderator standing in front of an image of Khamenei.
“I am a patient person and I can tolerate a lot,” added Rezaie. “With these repetitive, discontinuous, short, one-to-three minute answers, the people are being harmed and the eight people up here are being insulted.”’