… rules.
Supreme leader Khamenei usually holds conferences with top students who are pre-selected to speak. These students usually go on stage and praise Khamenei. Then Khamenei usually speaks and talks about how much he values their ideas.
But this Wednesday October 28th, the conference was different. After the students spoke, Khamenei asked if anybody had any questions. Mahmoud Vahidnia, a math student from Sharif University who is also winner of the International Math Olympics, stood up and said courageously:
“Yes, I have some words with you.”
Here is a summary translation of what the student said to Khamenei:
“Why can’t anyone criticize you in this country, isn’t that ignorant? Do you think that you make no mistakes? Why have they made an idol out of you that is so unreachable and that nobody can challenge? I have never read an article about your performance in any newspaper because you have shut down all the media that is against you in the country. Why does national TV show all the events untruthfully? For example all the events after the election. Why do you support them [national TV shows], when everyone knows they are lying? Since the president of national TV is directly selected by you, then you are responsible for all this.”
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Khamenei evades answering the student and calls his words not truthful. He claims that people criticize him every day and he listens to them and then fixes his errors.
… Rumors say that the student has been arrested.
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Via Andrew Sullivan.
November 2nd, 2009 at 6:52PM
Man, they must be putting bravery juice in the water! I wonder if I have anywhere near the kinda character it takes to do something like that. Dunno.
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:05PM
He’s been arrested?
God, help us.