He is the main reason of lots of mishandling and troubles in the past 15 years! From killing of dissidents by Saeed Emami (Fallahian gang) to endorsement of Ahmadinejad and his way of thinking. Basically Velayate Faghih is failed concept and should be removed! Having one person with such executive and legal powers is dangerous and in Iran it has proven why!
Iran would have been better without him for sure! Logical to say, whatever he came up of strategical thinking a think tank panel in Iran would have found out better even if we consider he is capable of it, without the poison of his biased thinking. e.g. Even Shamkhani (and he is smart) can think better strategically than his 75 year old mind!
I am no fan of Mousavi or Karroubi but his vicious way of handling it just shows what kind of dictator we are dealing with. Have a referendum and see what people think! More than 60% I bet consider him evil. People have to put their lives on the line and say it loud so everyone hears and its taboo broken just like 2009. Right now it is not the time for it giving the circumstances but it will happen.
There are a lot of examples:
Nuclear issue, Presidential elections, killing of dissidents, Jailing of opposition and Iron fist approach. Empowerment of IRGC in political affairs with his approval ...
I appreciate your analysis but my understanding says he is the right guy for Iran and Iranians... Iranians will say THANKS for him in decades after he is gone... Iranians will celebrate him as one of the Iranian glorious leaders that led Iran into greatness once again... he knows A to Z of Iran, Iranian people and the world issues and character... He knows very well that Iran can not take the same road to greatness as those of others... Iran is unique in culture, political minds, expectations, enemies and fans, strategic treasures and strategic deprivements that Iran has... He is doing a very great job... I can see no other man in today's world can do the job that he does...
Iranian democratic system is a unique one that is tailored by its people needs and will. Iranians won't survive a liberal or socialist democracy or a monarchic system... The current system with some modifications is the only system that worked well for Iranians with mostly a weak to strong sense of patriotism and religiousness...
He like any other person did some mistakes during his responsibility but who does n't?
He somehow became ready and perfect to lead only a decade or so ago. Before that he was gaining experience.
Judging by his current views on different issues of Iran and the world, I give him at least a 9 out of 10 for his performance.
Velayate Faiqih issue is something I both am agreed and disagreed with some of it. The current version if taken into account from Shia perspective is beneficial and very much in good use. If the system is judged materialistically, then there will be better systems I bet.
You Iranian youngsters who will be the future of Iran need to be patient. This rushing and impatience is the same mistake that hits Iran hard. A nation's journey toward a constant, stable growth and quality is not an over night phenomenon. Iranian nation has rightly pushed into different essential phases of the road toward glory and quality. Acutally, Islamic revolution is just another phase of a bigger project that started by Reza Khan Mir Panj reign.
Today with current character and layers of Iranian nation, I see no better alternative for Iranians than the Islamic republic although it will work better if authorities and people fulfill all Islamic Republic needs as it is sketched in first place and modified later during Islamic Republic.
Not every phenomenon is easy to be judged. It is not an economic indicator to judge it by histroic numbers and decide. It is not about why IKCO still does not have cars sold in USA! To my simple brain, the way the current governmental system is thought and run by the leader and the president is just near to perfect for Iranians... This things need more time to show its profit... It is like when in Rafsanjani era the gov had limited budget but still insisted to invest hard in infra such as dams, power plants, storage silos, gas pipe lines, steel factories, Azad university, and so on... In remember those days when some so called Enlightened layer of the society used to hint at high inflation, condemning Rafsanjani actions to spend money on very long term investments... Today, Iran has a world class infra for its citizens... Today Iranian citizens have world class access to sanitation, electricity, clean water, natural gas, telephone, internet in even remote villages...
This giving an absolute judgement on huge issues like what you and some other members talk about so definite is something not so wise to do... It is as weight less as some comments here naming strong issues by words like "Garbage, Bullshit, thugs, failure, civilized, etc... Everything is relative in this world... There are no single culture and basic characteristics among nations... This is why sometimes a monarchic system works for some nation while democracy does not work for Arabs!