“We must, in accordance with the overwhelming majority of the people, end the war with honor so that we can rebuild the country, so that we can compensate for the damage done,” Hassan Rouhani said.
Hassan Rouhani called for the Iranian regime to allow the public to decide whether to end the war if a ceasefire agreement met Iranian demands, according to footage of the speech shared by the former Iranian president. Rouhani, who reportedly made the comments over the weekend at a gathering of former provincial governors, criticized the small minority “who now hold the megaphones and are making noise,” in an apparent reference to hardliners who have opposed concessions aimed at ending the war.
“It is very important that the framework of our national goals is clear to ourselves first, and then we present it to the people,” he said. “We say to the people: our plan is to fight the world’s big powers for another 20 years. If the people say they accept it, very good, let’s continue. But if the people do not accept it and show us another way, do we not want to accept that?”
Rouhani called for the war to end “honorably” and in accordance with “the overwhelming majority of the people.” “We must, in accordance with the overwhelming majority of the people, end the war with honor so that we can rebuild the country, so that we can compensate for the damage done,” he said. The former president also criticized Iran’s state broadcasters, claiming that the media stations had become a “center for division.” (Ed note: President Hassan Rouhani (2013-2021) was not considered a hardliner, instead, he was widely classified as a moderate or pragmatist within Iran’s establishment.) (Read More)
