Mohsen Sazegara
Mohsen Sazegara: December is not in continuation of “Woman, Life, Freedom.”
Given the course of events in the country, it is natural that this government has no choice but to leave.
Mohsen Sazegara: The ideology of “jurisprudential Islam,” which is the structure of the government, has been defeated by the theory of “Woman, Life, Freedom.”
The Green Movement is the first movement in which people took to the streets for their civil rights without being called by the clergy.
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The slogan “Woman, Life, Freedom” from the perspective of Mohsen Sazegara.
Mohsen Sazegara: The slogan “Woman, Life, Freedom” was a gift from our Kurdish compatriots, and this slogan is not accidental.
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Mohsen Sazegara: The conditions in our society are revolutionary.
This revolution remained unfinished, but it achieved one of its demands, which is the issue of compulsory dress code and women’s rights.
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Was the 1979 Revolution really a revolution? An exclusive interview with Mohsen Sazegara.
Mohsen Sazegara: Any process in which various segments of society, not just a single class, collectively enter the political arena and demand a change of government is a revolutionary process.
Mohsen Sazegara: Mohammad Reza Shah feared a religious uprising by clerics and therefore allowed them considerable freedom.
He created a suitable opportunity for religious opponents who were also ideologically equipped.
Mohsen Sazegara: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi became a military dictator from June 5 and was no longer that constitutional king
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi dissolved all the parties.
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What was the difference between the 1979 Revolution model and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s government?
Mohsen Sazegara: There were two main disputes with the Shah; they said he was an American puppet and that he did not implement Islamic jurisprudential rulings.
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Mohsen Sazegara: Mr. Khomeini proposed a system in which a person called the “Supreme Jurist (Velayat-e Faqih)” has “god-like powers.”
I came to the conclusion that the problems of the Islamic Republic lie in clerical Islam (jurisprudential Islam).
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Mohsen Sazegara: The problems of the Islamic Republic system are inherent to its nature, and this theory is manifested in the constitution.
During my time in Evin Prison, I became aware of the rumors about Lajevardi being a “butcher.”
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Mohsen Sazegara: The journal Kiyan was one of the most successful intellectual projects in the country and addressed the problem of religion and rationality.
Mr. Khamenei used to say that the magazine *Kiyan* was a “dinosaur egg” and that a monster would emerge from it.
Where did the disagreements between Sazegara and Ayatollah Khamenei begin?
Mohsen Sazegara: I was working as an advisor at the Iran Data Processing Company; Mr. Khamenei issued an order from above that “so-and-so should no longer be there!”
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Mohsen Sazegara: I told Hashemi Rafsanjani that you no longer have any excuse for the people, and that you must provide peace and comfort.
The confrontation with the United States and Israel was the axis of the Islamic Republic’s foreign policy.
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Watch | Iran After Ali Khamenei | Mojtaba, Reza, Donald, Benjamin, Ahmad, or Mohammad Bagher — who will shape the future? A conversation with Mohsen Sazegara, political analyst.
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