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Khatami: Protests are legitimate right, but violence contaminates them

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  • Source: Agencies
  • 28 Oct 2022 10:46
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Former Iranian reformist President Mohammad Khatami condemns the terrorist attack in Shiraz, and stresses that protest and criticism should not be accompanied by violence.

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  • Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami (AP)
    Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami (AP)

On Thursday, former reformist Iranian President Mohammad Khatami condemned the terrorist attack in Shiraz, as well as violence in all its forms.

Khatami pointed out that "the terrorist operation shows how calamitous and merciless violence can be," and offered condolences to all the people who lost loved ones as a result of the attack.

He added that "the demand for a good, safe and just life is a natural request. If the people find that these conditions are not available, they have the right to criticize and protest." However, he stressed that "criticism and protest must negate violence and not be contaminated by it, especially in situations where Iran's enemies on the outside have false hope through inhumane weapons, such as sanctions or encouraging violence to exploit the pure blood of the country's youth."

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