These men have learned to pay attention to what we say and what we want. In its initial stage, our revolution was like the French and Russian revolutions. At first they thought they had to be radical but little by little they understood that radicalism isn't good in any way. Such trust he reposed in the men he was electing, such simplicity. But it was moving all the same.
People laugh in Tehran again now.
Their jokes have become powerful, daring. I watched that extraordinary revolution and the world seemed to have changed. America was no longer able to maintain its power throughout the Middle East. A dynasty had been swept away in Robespierrian blood and fury.