This is a culture with a deep history. These are people that the leadership of Iran at the clerical level does not reflect. The people of Iran. I know of no other country where there's a bigger difference between the people that lead the country and the people who live there. And so our hope resides in that. As far as the president's views on the way protesters were treated, he was very clear about it. (07:27–07:33)
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Asserts that Iran has the largest disparity between its leadership and its populace compared to other countries.
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