Iranian conservatives were angered by former reformist President Mohammad Khatami, who criticized the rulers, warning that the regime will inevitably fall if it doesn’t make any amendments to the constitution. Khatami strongly criticized the governance and the country's waste of energy and talent, calling on the politicians to stand with the people and support them. “We must tell the authorities that it deals badly with the people,” according to the Jamaran website, affiliated with the family of the first Supreme Leader Khomeini.