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...gave him a chance, he wrote, to gauge the city’s progress from afar—how many neighborhoods were dark, how many had stayed alight...
...country's progress Despite all the claims that are being made today, it looks to me that the situation is essentially no better, concerning the ability of this country to come together than it was when I was there in 2005 and 2006. The reconciliation has not occurred, and the prospects for the long term, I think, are not good unless we end our involvement there militarily in large part...
TIME: What is the ideal Iran that you envision? Qalibaf: As a national leader, if I should be in that position of responsibility, we must make sure to use all our potential and capability toward the country's progress. We must create the right setting for the technical, scientific and economic needs of our young people, and respect people's private sphere. Neither Islam nor the revolution gives us the right to interfere in people's private lives...
...often called an Islamic modernizer, and even compared to historical figures who've brought progress to this country. Who are your role models? I think one of the people who has had the most impact on me, certainly in my professional life, is Shahid Beheshti [one of the founding members of the Islamic Republic and its leading jurist and constitutionalist; assassinated in 1981]. He was someone who had lived both in the West as well as in the Qom seminaries. He was an open-minded intellectual fully confident in Islamic teachings as well as Western matters. He was also...
...nuclear energy is a technical and legal issue; it is not a political and security issue. However, it is clear that we could have used better means of conveying this to the West and the rest of the world. It is clear that the U.S. doesn't want the progress of this country because that wouldn't fit in with its interests in the region. But we must do our best with the help of the [International Atomic Energy] agency, the E.U. and other international bodies to resolve this issue, and abstain from unnecessary rhetoric. We need to proceed with...