Another View from Iran: Seyed Mohammad Marandi on CNN (26 July)

The Latest from Iran (27 July): A President Dangling in the Wind?

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UPDATE 0930 GMT: This video, now available on several Internet sites, is causing quite a fuss. There have been heated comments, with some criticism of Zakaria as well as Marandi, on a YouTube version. An Iranian website is featuring the “crushing” of the “pro-Government” Marandi.

Dr Seyed Mohammad Marandi of the University of Tehran was interviewed on CNN on Sunday about the post-election situation in Iran. Asked by Fareed Zakaria about the Government’s “brutal methods” to “maintain control”, turning it into “a military dictatorship”, Marandi replied, “Since Mr Mousavi’s people went to the streets day after day, it was causing trouble in Tehran so the police really felt they had to bring things back to normal,” while President Ahmadinejad acted provocatively in his speech immediately after the election. He predicted that, despite the violence and detentions, the situation would soon “return to normal”.



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1. Shahrzad says: July 27th, 2009 at 8:03

   Marandi is a Known operative of Islamic Republic of Fear! He would say that since that would be his wishful thinking off course!!

2. tara.mot says: July 27th, 2009 at 12:04

   “when other countries interfere with Iran’s internal affairs, things get worse and it only creates further tension”
   If other countries WEREN’T watching, hundreds of people would have been killed by now instead of 10,20 that have died. even now that the world IS watching, those murderers still kill, arrest, beat up, rape, stone…………………….
   I’m sure they WISHED nobody was watching, so they could do whatever they wanted. but NO!! WE ARE WATCHING, WE ARE gonna speak up, WE ARE gonna stand up, WE ARE gonna backup our brothers.!
   And Seyyed Mohammad Marandi, you are a coward. You say you’ve fought for this country in Iran-Irag war, well if you had died in that war, you would have been known as a hero !! But now, you are just another hand helping this government to kill, and even worse….!!!

3. Mohsen Ruhol-Amini says: July 27th, 2009 at 13:28

   Mr. Marandi is a shame among the Iranian intelligentsia!

   The ethics and moral of an Iranian, who so shamelessly tries to wash the blood of between 60 to 90 people who were killed in opposition to this government in past few weeks is highly questionable. Shame on you Seyed Mohammad Marandi!

4. jahan says: July 27th, 2009 at 17:27

   As an Iranian, I really appreciate your wise interview with Marandi who is a part of brutal regime.

5. canuckistan says: July 27th, 2009 at 20:19

   Did Zakaria really say that the only assistance given to Iraq by the US during its war against Iran was “agricultural credits”? Marandi was wrong to link the US to chemical weapons but didn’t the US supply satellite imagery of the location of Iranian troops to Iraq?

6. Jashar says: July 27th, 2009 at 20:27

   haha OWNED! good job fareed!