Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him. He never made economic promises to people and as a result, he never led to dissatisfaction in this perspective. Because they need to get votes, they use misleading slogans. And this leads to rising expectations. I had a personal experience.

I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.

It began early in the revolution. It was a process that was unfolding on a daily basis. We expected the system to be dispensing justice, but every day that passed by, we recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.

The Revolutionary Guard was created to help defend the revolution, but it soon was diverted from its initial path.

When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.

Let me begin by saying not only you can't have democracy with $75 million. You can't even have it with $750 billion.

We can certainly be on the same side and the same front with the workers and with the oppressed people of Iran. We can certainly be on the same front with them.