exists within iranian society. the iranian people are discontented. she and others fear iran s influence in the middle east could only grow. tehran has said to be trying to create a so called iranian shiite grabbing territory from its border to yemen, i iraq, syria and lebanon to obtain a foothold in the mediterranean. observers say. she says they need to push back. from the outside we have rejected this reactionary policy and seek amicable relations with the rest of our neighbors. it must be designated as a foreign terrorist group and evicted from the region. more sanctions need to be posed on the regime. she is confident the forces of democracy and freedom will eventually prevail. translator: i am optimistic for the people of iran because the iranian people reject the
basis. the dictates of a regime that tries to control every facet of life. when you do that every facet of life becomes a focus of resistance. i m curious in terms of the who that is doing this. are the small revelations contained to the younger generations, the intellectual class? i think it is far more extensive thangist the young generation. iran is a young society. something like 60% are under the age of 30. they re engaged in this. iranian society is particularly engaged in this kind of defiant act by woman. woman in iran are at the forefront of the resistance i have tried to describe. you call something reexpressive tolerance. that s government allowing little freedoms to placate the people away from a real revolution. do you think that s what s going on here? as you know in the middle east there is conspiracy
i think he too, like the regime will eventually have to live with the reality the iranian society, by long shot does not want the kind of regime it now has. iranian society wants to join the international community. i think that s good news for the international community. so how long do you think iranian society tolerates the current regime? it s been a long time. it s been long time. it s a very brutal regime as i think you mentioned. it is a regime that is very keen on using all its tools of oppression to stay in power. i think the iranian people are trying to see whether they can change this regime without going on the path of a confrontation, the way, for example, the people of syria are confronting their brutal regime. in mr. assad. so i think it s a longer process. but it might be a more peaceful and more enduring process.
slightly more unpredictable. the 80-year-old in the pragmatic movement and mahmoud ahmadinejad s deputy chief of staff who seems his own man and opposed to the clerical establishment, at least, were both ruled out. does this mean that ayatollah is completely in charge? the green movement has been crushed and is quiet? i would say this about iranian society. in 1979, iranians experienced the revolution without democracy. i think today they aspire for a democracy without revolution. so i think they have it s the society that has reached an impasse. they don t have they have revolutionary ends. they d like to see fundamental change in the way that much of the middle east would like to see fundamental change, but they don t have the stomach to pursue revolutionary means. in this case what has taken
we are now seeing houses and villas priced in the region of 5 to 25 u.s. million dollars. people who have six or seven super luxury cars. porsches. porsche opened a dealership in tehran and in 2011 sold more cars than in any other middle eastern countrys. people who have no problems driving the expense cars in iran. who are the elite iranians buying up multimillion dollars apartments and driving around in fancy cars. how do they manage to accumulate such fantastic wealth? what started as a religious movement toppling the shah evolve inside a mafia like organization that imposes business and all elements of iranian society. mark wallace is a former