Iran Ex-Minister Says Youth Blame Reformists for Decades of Failure

1 articles · Updated · ایران اینترنشنال · Oct 31

Morteza Haji, a former education minister under Mohammad Khatami, said younger Iranians now openly tell his generation of reformists, “You brought us to this point” and have not stopped causing damage.
Haji said the economy is Iran’s most urgent problem, but argued the deeper crisis is hopelessness that cannot be answered with statistics or political arguments.
He used that criticism to press for broader change, calling for restrictions on former President Khatami to be lifted and questioning how long Iran should keep paying costs over its nuclear program and wars.

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Why are many young Iranians blaming reformists too—and does Morteza Haji’s warning reveal a deeper collapse of trust in Iran’s political class?

If Iran’s deeper crisis is hopelessness, not just inflation, can lifting pressure on Khatami or rethinking nuclear sacrifices restore public faith?

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