Both supporters and opponents have criticized Iran’s Reform Front, which released a statement this week outlining its stance on the current protests.
Criticism from within the reform camp raised questions about the group’s slow reaction, minimum requirements, Iranian conservatives lashed out at reformers for failing to criticize other countries that allegedly supported the revolution. Others accused the Reform Front of being part of Tehran’s authoritarian regime and partner in crimes against the human rights and dignity of Iranians.
The statement of November 9th, “The protests are the result of years of denial of people’s problems.” [by the government] Not only is it the product of unresolved issues such as humiliation and oppression of people, but a refusal to recognize them.Added a number of statements by officials, including a joint statement by Iranian intelligence agencies [threatening protesters] It’s actually part of the problem, not part of the solution to the country’s political impasse.”
Former Reform MP Parbane Salashri Part of the statement said that “the reform front is ready to engage in dialogue and exchange views with the government” in order to find solutions to the country’s current problems. “The Reform Front recognizes the people and its place within the government,” Salashri said, perhaps referring to the isolation imposed on the reformers by the center of the regime and their lack of popularity among the people. Are you?” I asked.
Former parliamentarian and reformist politician Parvane Salashri
Iranian voters seem to have turned against the reformists due to their poor performance as part of the previous parliament and government.
political activists and influencers Written by Mohammad Hassan Karimi: “The reformist statement will have little impact on what is happening in Iran. The ideas of the reform leaders are the absolute tyrannical rule of one individual, the political process at the discretion of the Supervisory Council.” , and the rising military dominance in this country…which might have been a good thing one day, but not now!”
on the other hand, The Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) daily newspaper Javan lashed out at the Reform Front in a commentary. And called it repetitive and an attempt to blame the government for its own problems. Javan also criticized the group for “keeping silent in the past 50 days, not distancing themselves from the mob, and using demands made during the protests to hijack them.” did.
Meanwhile, many social media users criticized the statement, describing it as a desperate attempt by reformists to beg hardliners for their share of political power. He offered to support the government in the last two paragraphs of a statement that supported the government’s position on the protests and criticized foreign government support for the protesters. If the government listens to them and tends to implement them. ”
Many Twitter users have specifically attacked this part of the statement. Some Twitter users called this part The main drawback of the statement. Written by a Twitter user This is one step ahead of the individual statements of some reform leaders, but at the same time hundreds of steps behind the people’s demands. The user also noted that it was not clear who the statement was aimed at or what the reformers’ next steps would be if the government refused to pull out of the crisis.
