Mohammad Khatami warns Iranian authorities

Baku. 30 October. REPORT.AZ/ Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami warned of social protests to change the regime if people realize there will be no real change. Report informs citing Anadolu. 

“If the regime’s mistakes stay as they are, criticism will grow into objections, and then it will not be clear what can happen,” Khatami said while meeting the members of the electoral headquarters for the 2017 presidential elections.

Khatami also urged the regime officials to listen to the advice of the reformists who “believe in the regime of the Islamic Republic and the revolution and want to make reforms from within.” However, he added that everyone at the current time “is upset and opposed.”

Khatami apologized to the Iranian people, saying: “We could have served you better.”

Mohammad Khatami served as the fifth President of Iran from 3 August 1997 to 3 August 2005.

Mohammad Khatami has criticized the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, saying that he restricts freedom and made mistakes in the fields of economy and foreign policy.