Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Banisadr, a cikin hira da Muryar Amurka a shekara ta 2008 a ranar tunawa da shekaru 29 na juyin juya halin, ya yi iƙirarin cewa Khomeini yana da alhakin kai tsaye game da tashin hankali da ya samo asali daga duniyar musulmi kuma alkawuran da Khomeini ya yi a gudun hijira sun karya bayan juyin juya hali. A watan Yulin 2009, Banisadr a bainar jama'a ya yi Allah wadai da halayyar gwamnatin Iran bayan zaben shugaban kasa mai cike da takaddama
: "Khamenei ya ba da umarnin yin magudi a zaben shugaban kasa da kuma dakile masu zanga-zangar". Ya ce gwamnati "tana rike da iko ne kawai ta hanyar tashin hankali da ta'addanci" kuma ya zargi shugabanninta da tara dukiya don kansu, don cutar da sauran 'yan Iran.