因为他们并没有将专制主义视为实现神权民主制的障碍并反对之，而是试图说服专制主义的代表，最高领袖阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊，希望他能明白改革的价值所在。
Far from opposing absolutist power as an impediment to religious democracy, they tried to persuade the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, of the value of reform.