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You evoked the... the option of a constitutional monarchy as an option.

Uh, how can it be a realistic option

if you don't acknowledge the... what went wrong with the previous monarchy? Thank you.

Aren't we talking about the future?

Yes.

So why are you talking about the past?

Maybe it's make a difference for people that's maybe consider this option.

We're talking about the future.

And the Iranian people are smart enough to understand

that in any democratic exercise, elimination of options is not the way to go.

Democracy is not about exclusion, it's about inclusion.

Unless you are not in conformity with democratic principles.

So as long as you're coherent in... with democratic principles,

there are multiple options on the table.

Why should we eliminate one option all of a sudden?

Because if you want to go by precedents, there may be many bad monarchies as there are many bad republics.

And there are also good models of republics and good models of constitutional monarchies, are they not?

So if you want to compare apples to apples, great, and oranges to oranges, great.

But we're not here to compare apples to oranges.