English translationFrom what I know of Sayyid Khamenei, who is the Wali al-Faqih, I consider him a rational, balanced man with great experience in managing the helm of affairs. He is also a man whom I consider one of the Iranian Islamic intellectuals, and he came to this position and is worthy of it. I tell him not to deal with the opposition, that is, not to deal with the opposition according to a logic of "salvation," and not to deal with the opposition according to a governmental logic. I call on him to deal with the opposition with the logic of fatherhood and the logic of a shepherd for whom, that is, the children are equal in his eyes.
Original, Arabicبالنسبه لمعرفتي بالسيد الخامنئي الذي هو الولي الفقيه اعتبر السيد الخامنئي هو رجل عاقل وموزون وصاحب تجربه كبيره في اداره دفه الامور و وهو رجل اعتبره ايضا من المثقفين الايرانيين الاسلاميين وجاء الى هذا الموقع وهو جدير به اقول له ان لا يتعامل مع المعارضه يعني الا يتعامل مع معارضه بمنطق نجاه ولا يتعامل مع المعارضه بمنطق بمنطق حكومي ادعوه ان يتعامل مع المعارضه بمنطق الابوه وبمنطق الراعي الذي يعني تتساوى عنده الابناء
Institute for Religious Studies, Humanities and Dialogue · video “IRSHAD: Message to IRANIAN Government and Opposition Regarding Protests” · posted January 3, 2010 · 6:13 into the video