Mostafa Hashemi Taba said that some officials started the rudeness, and the first one was Ahmadinejad.
Mostafa Hashemi Taba, a reformist political activist, spoke to Gharan-e No about the roots of recent protests.
The rudeness and insults stem from the behavior of officials. When the parliament curses the president, the foreign minister, or the Atomic Energy Organization, or when some regime-affiliated newspapers slander and lie, people have learned from them. Some ask why there is cursing in universities; naturally, cursing is bad, but they have learned it from some officials.
Or Mr. Larijani, who went to Qom for a speech and was insulted, or when they curse Mr. Hashemi Rafsanjani and Seyyed Hassan Khomeini. At the forefront of this is the parliament or the platforms they have. Some officials started the rudeness, and the first one to start the insults was Mr. Ahmadinejad. Others saw that it was possible to curse, so they did. We must ask why some officials and older individuals resort to cursing.