Tehran, YJC. Hassan Rohani has said that although students must be free in socio-political activity, the country’s interests are the only limit.
Hassan Rohani said in a meeting with professors of the
University of Tehran that turning universities Islamic does not mean to
readjust headscarves, and that democracy will not come without freedom of
speech, thought, and negotiations.
Rouhani, a to-be presidential candidate, said that although
limits exist in many sections, there must be no limits to scholarly research.
He also believed that these days official diplomacy does not
work and that public, as well as scholarly diplomacies are needed. "Proper
grounds must be provided for professors to be able to comment on all issues of
the country and to criticize.”
"Students must be free in socio-political activities, but
there are also limits which lie in national interests. To decide upon trespassing
these limits is the role of the court of law.”
He answered a question as whether he will attend the problems
of the Reformists as "Every legitimate party’s rightful demands must be
considered. They all must be free to act. Equality must exist in society, and
the way the law is enforced generates the feeling.”