Former Iranian President Calls for Regime Change
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The first president of Iran after its 1979 revolution, Abol Hassan Bani-Sadr, has added his voice to the growing chorus calling for regime change in Iran. Bani-Sadr said in an interview that “We would also like the regime to be replaced by a democratic system. However, the position of the west with regards to the current regime is not clear.” He complained that “From my perspective the west needs to be unambiguous about its wants and wishes so that the Iranian people are reassured that it is not looking for an Iranian regime dominated by foreign powers.”
This is not the first time Bani-Sadr, who long has been in exile in France, has expressed hope for the fall of Iran’s thuggish regime. Last summer he wrote an op-ed in the New York Times comparing the popular revolt against the regime to the 1979 revolution. (more…)