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Djavad Salehi-Isfahani is a Professor of Economics at Virginia Tech University, and Guest Scholar at the Wolfensohn Center for Development, Brookings Institution
Thirty years ago, Ayatollah Khomeini proclaimed equity and social justice as the Revolution’s main objective. His successor, Ayatollah Khamene’i, continues to refer to social justice as the revolution’s defining theme. Similarly, Presidents Khatami and Ahmadinejad, though they are from very different political persuasions, placed heavy emphasis on social justice in their political rhetoric.
