Will Khamenei reconsider in other cases such as the issue of the presence of women in the stadium?

Sixteen years ago, the leadership sent a letter to Mr. Ahmadinejad, who was trying to reopen the stadiums to women, and faced a strong reaction from some authorities in Qom. Women were allowed to enter the stadium and Mrs. Ansieh Khazali, the daughter of the late Vice President for Women's Affairs Khazali, also attended the stadium.

We all witnessed not only that nothing harmful happened to Islam, the system, and the people, but this action was a step to bring the system closer to a large part of society.

Based on jurisprudence and religious teachings, based on the interests of the system and national interests, it is necessary to revise the past policies of the system, and contrary to some misconceptions any revision leads to the weakening of the hegemony and authority of the system. The type of revisions in line with the will of the majority of the people produces real and stable power for governance.

According to Hannah Arendt, a distinction should be made between "anger" and "power". What the system is relying on today, more than power, is the power of Cairo, which is ultimately against power and authority.

In my opinion, Khamenei should be the initiator of such power-generating and stability-creating revisions during his lifetime, of the signing of the JCPOA is one of them, and he should not postpone the opportunity until later, which may be too late.

A note from Mehdi Nasiri