• Iran's Rouhani criticises internet filtering, gender segregation, the biased state media, and limits
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[img]http://imgkk.com/i/5aqh.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23161972[/url] [quote]Iran's President-elect, Hassan Rouhani, has called on the government to stop interfering in people's private lives. In a speech to clergy, Mr Rouhani said a strong government was not one that "limits the lives of the people". He earlier called on Twitter for internet access to be freed up and for state media to report Iran's problems. He is due to be sworn in on 3 August, after the result has been ratified by the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.[/quote] [url]http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/02/iran-president-hassan-rouhani-progressive-views[/url] [quote]In his most outspoken interview in the Iranian media, Rouhani told Chelcheragh – a popular youth magazine – that he is opposed to segregation of sexes in society, would work to minimise censorship and believes internet filtering is futile. "Supporters of internet filtering should explain whether they've successfully restricted access to information? Which important piece of news has filtering been able to black out in recent years?" He added: "Filtering has not even stopped people from accessing unethical [a reference to pornographic] websites. Widespread online filtering will only increase distrust between people and the state." "A large population of our youth are ignoring the [state] television because in it they haven't seen the honesty, morality, justice that it merits," he said. "When the state TV shows a programme about the birth of a panda in a Chinese zoo but doesn't broadcast anything about workers staging a protest because they haven't been paid for six months … it's obvious that people and the youth will ignore it. The solution is to have freedom of expression.[/quote]
He's an improvement already. Now let's hope he backs up those words.
[QUOTE=Papytendo;41305456]He's an improvement already. Now let's hope he backs up those words.[/QUOTE] It's not him backing up his word that's the issue. It's whether or not the Ayatollah (The man with the real power) wants to listen to him.
Well that was rather unexpected.
[QUOTE=SlyManx;41305476]It's not him backing up his word that's the issue. It's whether or not the Ayatollah (The man with the real power) wants to listen to him.[/QUOTE] Yeah, Mohammad Khatami was another fairly liberal Iranian president, whose policies accomplished very little in liberalizing Iran.
The next best thing to happen is if their "supreme leader" finally calls it quits but I have a feeling that will only happen with his death.
What a nice almost-fourth-of-July present <3
[QUOTE=smurfy;41305404][img]http://imgkk.com/i/5aqh.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23161972[/url] [url]http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/02/iran-president-hassan-rouhani-progressive-views[/url][/QUOTE] Can we have him here in the US? Seriously, Obama is basically Bush with a good PR team. Before you dumbrate, please compare Obama and Bush policies?
[QUOTE=Groat;41310206]Can we have him here in the US? Seriously, Obama is basically Bush with a good PR team.[/QUOTE] Obama [i]is[/i] the PR team.
[QUOTE=V12US;41310299]Obama [i]is[/i] the PR team.[/QUOTE] Fair point.
[QUOTE=galenmarek;41306915]The next best thing to happen is if their "supreme leader" finally calls it quits but I have a feeling that will only happen with his death.[/QUOTE] Why do I have the notion that when that happens they will replace him with some other guy to be his successor
can someone please explain the significance of having an Ayoutaalah (Supreme Leader)?
[QUOTE=AK'z;41311389]can someone please explain the significance of having an Ayoutaalah (Supreme Leader)?[/QUOTE] well he's the king and
[QUOTE=AK'z;41311389]can someone please explain the significance of having an Ayoutaalah (Supreme Leader)?[/QUOTE]He holds all the power, basically.
[QUOTE=Eltro102;41312108]well he's the king and[/QUOTE] So basically there's no hope. Cool, thanks for clarifying.
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