Iraner und demokratische Werte

For the first time, there is now empirical evidence indicating that Iranians do indeed hold values that correlate with democratic societies. Mehdi Khalaji, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, commented on the study’s importance in an interview: „It shows that Iranians have democratic aspirations as individuals but the system they are under in Iran is one that does not allow them to trust each other. We have truly been deprived of this process called democracy.“ Addressing the study’s implications, Khaliji stated, „The findings indicate the disturbing gap between the government of Iran and its people; it is further proof of the failure of the government’s Islamic ideology on Iran and the promises they made over three decades ago.“

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