CNN -Â Excerpt: Karrubi and Moussavi, who both ran against hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have criticized the government, saying remnants of the “tyranny” and “dictatorship” that prevailed under the shah’s regime persist today.
“I think the opposition would like to see direct parallels, which make the toppling of the regime seem imminent,” Abrahamian, said. “But the differences are very much different.”
“The shah had very little legitimacy — he was brought to power by a foreign-inspired coup,” he added, noting that Pahlavi was restored to power after a coup led by Britain and the United States ousted nationalistic Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh. The shah had previously fled Iran after Mossadegh and his supporters challenged Pahlavi’s control.
“The present regime, even though it lost a lot of legitimacy with the irregularities of the election and the refusal of allowing the public to express itself — that aura of legitimacy is still there.”
That’s because it, unlike the shah, came to power by mass support and maintains a conservative base throughout Iran. The reformists now fighting so firmly against it — Moussavi, Karrubi, former president Mohammad Khatami, and others — are the same followers of Khomeini who helped usher in the Islamic Revolution that now serves as the backbone of the government.
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When it comes to Iran, facts and truth play no part. Lies and propaganda rule.
Non-Stop lies and Ruthless propaganda†over Iran’s election and non-existent nuclear weapons is designed to turn the international public opinion against Iran. This will have catastrophic consequences.
The west must treat Israel, Iran or North Korea equally.
Crime is a crime, whether it is committed by Israel, Iran or North Korea, and the punishment and the sanction should apply equally to each one of them.
As Israel is already an illegal possessor of nuclear weapons and has a fanatical government that is capable of using them, crippling sanctions should be applied to Israel to force it to disarm and not to Iran.
The hypocrisy is almost impossible to stomach; the West preaches democracy yet violates its fundamental principles.
If we don’t heed the lessons of history about the evil propaganda that Usa and Israel used against Sadaam’s none existent WMD, and if we ignore how sophisticated and evil the present PR campaigns are against Iranian government and Iran’s none existent nu-clear weapons, then we will have another tragedy in Iran far greater than Iraq.
If we don’t heed the lessons of history about the evil propaganda that Usa and Israel used against Sadaam’s none existent WMD, and if we ignore how sophisticated and evil the present PR campaigns are against Iranian government and Iran’s none existent nu-clear weapons, then we will have another tragedy in Iran far greater than Iraq.
This will be the catalyst for a million more tragedies in the years to come – the only difference being that you won’t see the deaths of those Iranian victims being broadcast on the BBC, Fox News or CNN, as the tragic death of Neda was for propaganda purpose.
More hooliganism to be expected by the restless minority of Tehran? Throwing of molotovs, torching everything in sight, complete disregard for any and all law and order, destroying of public/private property? These “freedom loving” masked cowards probably expect to be able to carry on like this when they make it to the West after their phony baloney “Green movement” doesn’t work out for them. Then when they realise we in the West won’t tolerate it one bit and will come down hard on them they will cry racism. Can’t wait.