mr. karoubi and mr. mousavi are restrictd? >> i think there's two issues that i need to raise here. and clarify. i think that in iran there's a lot of freedom. a very high level that i'm speaking of, in fact. the gentlemen you speak of were candidates in the last election and they did not receive the sufficient votes. logically when you don't receive enough votes you have to at least respect those who were voted into office and that's what democracy means. they did not show respect to the votes cast by the majority of the people and they created problems for themselves. >> rose: what problems? >> they were free to do it even so. >> rose: what problems did they create for themselves? >> ( translated ): well, if you invite people to rise, to clash, to create conflict, what does that mean? to insinuate so that people start giving policemen, do you think that's the right thing to do? policemen were killed. but if you encourage that... >> rose: it's also said protestors were tortured and killed in prison. >> ( translated ): allow me. allow me. it is... well, yes. when you encourage peopl