A quote

"The world has tried to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear expertise for a long time. But after pressure was stepped up by the international community, a moderate government in Tehran was replaced with a fundamentalist one. Thoughtful and peace-loving cleric Mohammad Khatami was replaced by revolutionary guard commander Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June's election."

------Haj Agha Hossein Derakhshan; popularized by western press as a “dissident”, or worse, "Iranian dissident."