Sharif University Student to Khamenei: Why Can’t Anyone Criticize You?

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Source: Persian2English's Blog



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 students 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 everyday and he listens to them and then fixes his errors.

Everybody knows that this is just another lie. Rumors say that the student has been arrested.

http://persian2english.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/sharif-university-student-to-khamenei-why-cant-anyone-criticize-you-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84/

[Posteritatis]

1. Wow, he probably didn't make any fans there

Nice to see someone with that much of a spine, though. Wow.

(Oh, an in before folks here accuse him of being a CIA plant.)

[geek tragedy]

4. They'll claim that he and Khameini were

mistranslated.

[Laelth]

2. k&r for courage and right action. n/t

:dem:

-Laelth

[virgogal]

3. Brave young man---and proof that any government control of the media

is a bad thing.

I hope he does well.

[done_left_austin]

5. Holy crap!

There's a guy with a big pair. I hope he makes it out alive.

[snagglepuss]

6. I'll second that. nt