Perguntas pertinentes

Houve perguntas que ficaram por fazer ao Presidente Ahmadinejad, aquando da sua deslocação à Universidade de Columbia:

“Your Excellency, our audience today desires for you to respond to a few basic facts about your country…

First Question: In 1978, approximately 72 rials (Iranian currency) equaled one US dollar. Today 9,317 rials amount to one US dollar….Why?

Second Question: It is stated by many environmental groups that Tehran is one of the most polluted cities in the world, where roughly 3,600 people die in a single month due to the hazardous air quality. What is your response?

Third Question: According to the International Monetary Fund, Iran has one of the highest, if not the highest rate of 'Brain Drain' in the world, with an estimated 150,000 people exiting Iran per year. What is your response?

Fourth Question: Your neighbors, the regional countries that surround Iran, such as China, India, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Israel, and the UAE, are all experiencing economic booms. What is the current state of the Iranian economy?”

A postura internacional do Irão permite, é certo, desviar as atenções da sua política interna. Graças a isso, o Presidente do Irão goza de assinalável popularidade no mundo islâmico - algo que o fosso cultural não me permite entender plenamente, mas também estamos todos aqui para isso. Ler o desenvolvimento das perguntas, e a bibliografia que as fundamenta, aqui.