Iran's President HassanRouhani says all Iranian authorities, without any exception, should be held accountable to the nation based on their responsibilities.
Nobody should regard themselves asan exception to being questioned by the [Iranian] nation, and all [officials] should be proud of people's questioning and of being accountable to the people, Rouhani said.
The president made the remark while addressing a Monday gathering of students at Tehrans Sharif University of Technology markingNational University Student's Day.
The day honorsthe anniversary of the deaths of three Tehran University students killed by the former Pahlavi regimes police force on December 7, 1953. The students were protesting a coup supported by the American and British governments thattoppled Irans democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq earlier that year.
Rouhani also noted that all Iranian officials, whether directly or indirectly, have been elected by the peoples vote.
The president further called for consensus on various issues, including national sovereignty and national interests.