Interesting to read her point of view and to see how herself and obviously her inner circle see things. They are so separated from reality!
What the election of 2009 really brought to surface is what the people of Iran knew all along.
The Rafsanjanis and their relations who became very wealthy during the decades before Ahmadinejad started to lose their grip on the economy, and therefore many sources of their wealth. Desperately trying to change course they raised Mousavi, which unlike the majority of Iranians is not critical of the Rafsanjanis, as a cultural figure that can handle the economy. The economy that was not doing so well mostly because it was in the initial stages of revamping a corrupt infrastructure, again a legacy of Rafsanjani. That appealed to some, but not the majority of Iranians.
She has good reasons to be very angry. During Ahmadinejad's government her family's corrupt practices have been questioned. When critical of Ahmadinejad mentioning lies, mismanagement, demagoguery, bullying, thuggery, injustice, destruction of national resources and wealth, loss of international opportunities, and further destruction of the country, she gives no evidence or example. A lot of the above can be characteristics of her father's government if one really looks for examples in history as she suggests.
Also I wonder why she's not critical of the arrests without due legal process during his father's governments, or even Khatami's?

what a weak interview. she's as corrupt as her powerful father.

Hopefully, much what your title and Ms Rafsanjani's comments imply will come of age. She is brave speaking out.

Please, more interviews those within this Movement--the most "strategic" non-violent movement, today's world.

With a more "imagined" internet, the Greens & their supporter may achieve their desired "leverage", "scale"--a changed Iran, Middle East & World.

For those who have followed Iran developments over the past few years, it is clear just how courageous Faezeh Hashemi is. Her positions on social and political issues have always been ahead of many in Iran. If indeed her being Rafsanjani's daughter saved her from imprisonment this time, it has not helped her at all during the other times when she has been attacked and left unsupported when she spoke on behalf of women, journalists, and other activists. This interview shows how brave she is. She answers questions that nobody else would dare tackle these days with utmost honesty. I think Faezeh Hashemi is a very unique and prominent figure on the scene of contemporary Iranian politics.

There are several of these slightly embittered, Western educated, female scions of ousted families; we had one from Pakistan a short while ago. Ahmadinejad has a difficult task, in many respects the result of the US sniffing and salivating around Iran like a pack of hungry wolves since 1953.

For many years there has been a stream of educated Iranians abandoning the country, professionals, entrepreneurs, and academics, while another stream of refugees, mainly Afghans and Iraqis, arrives in tides across the borders needing settlement and support. These migrations are the consequence of internal political and economic disorder and of instability and war in neighbouring nations and they make for a catastrophic situation socially, politically and economically, particularly when exacerbated by constant threats, and years of sanctions inspired by the US/Israel double-act.

Those Iranian expats who are not irredeemably lost should think of returning and trying to contribute to the resolution of these problems rather than sit in safety griping about Ahmadinejad who, despite every obstacle put his way, is actually keeping the country afloat and gathering not insignificant support among many nations, which though small individually are becoming increasingly impressive numerically. It is Ahmadinejad’ s task to preserve and sustain Iran now and for the future, and while he may displease Faezeh Hashemi he is the third most popular world leader (after Erdogan and Chavez) among Arabs in the recent Brookings/Maryland survey: http://alturl.com/2v9t4 .

Back in the early 1970s I had a conversation with Ben Gurion in which he expressed admiration for de Gaulle, based he said on the fact that it had ever been de Gaulle’s task to look after France, not Israel, and de Gaulle had performed it very well. The current government in Iran is not the impediment to social and economic development; the impediment is US geopolitical policy, and Ahmadinejad ‘s first and most pressing task is to prevent Iran being turned into the wasteland the US has made of Iraq or the blood sodden mess in Afghanistan, both next door. In such situations priorities are necessary and the first must be to overcome what Israelis might call the existential threat, leaving the question of loosening the domestic political situation for a time when this is achieved. Meanwhile Ms Hashemi might apply her talents and the force of her connections to some of the serious internal humanitarian issues, particularly those related to the refugees. It seems unlikely Ahmadinejad would be anything but grateful and it would provide her a more meaningful national and international political base than simply joining her modest voice to the already deafening Ahmadinejad demonisation orchestrated by Washington and Tel Aviv.

if we along with brits, didn't overthrow mosadeqh a few decades ago, we would not be in this position today. if we didn't support sadam hussain during th iran-iraq war, we would not be in this position today. to the people of iran, I am sorry for what my ruthless and hypocritical government has done to your nation. it is because of our actions that ahmadinejad and his buddies came to power. we gave them reasons to to do what they have done.

Ms. Hashemi's statements sound delusional. From all accounts Ahmedinejad won that election and all experts have said even if he did steal votes, which he probably did, the actual amount he received was still the majority vote.

He is a popular grassroots politician and president. This is what I don't understand about the Green Movement. They see themselves as a revolution but its Ahmedinejad who has the grassroots support. Gandhi was a man of the rural grassroots, the majority of the India nation, that is what a movement is.

Also, she is distorting Iranian history, Ahmedinejad and his corp of people is the actual movement/revolution in Iran. They are still consolidating their revolution, but theres is a movement against the old corrupt power elite of which her father was the leader. So how can the Green Movement be a revolution, when there is already one happening.

So if we take a closer look at it, the Green Movement is really a counter revolution of the old guard, which now puts on a more liberal face to con the young people into jumping into its fold and so it can obtain a universal liberal humanism to cover its attempt to retake power from the fledgling revolution of Ahmedinejad.

They must of read rules of radicals, because they are cynically good at courting the international vote and the imagination of the impressionable Urban youth of Iran.

Anyway, she talks about how she is for womens rights and not making the Islamic garb mandatory, but so is Ahmedinejad, actually just acouple of weeks ago clerics were upset at him for what they viewed as his liberal stance on the issue.

Folks the Green Movement is not a new revolution, its a counter revolution of the old guard using new means.

If indeed her being Rafsanjani's daughter saved her from imprisonment this time, it has not helped her at all during the other times when she has been attacked and left unsupported when she spoke on behalf of women, journalists, and other activists. omegle This interview shows how brave she is. She answers questions that nobody else would dare tackle these days with utmost honesty. I think Faezeh Hashemi is a very unique and prominent figure on the scene of contemporary Iranian politics.