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Azar Nafisi on Iranian Democrats

Rabid, pawn-of-Bush neocon that she is:

A cursory look at Iran's publications and blogs shows that, although some Iranians–for a variety of reasons–support their regime's nuclear ambitions, most are far more interested in trying to redress day-to-day problems like corruption, the struggling economy, rising unemployment, political and social repression, and a general lack of freedom. Few are well-informed about the nuclear program, and most are embarrassed and disturbed by the image of their country in the world. Indeed, Iran's new international isolation and pariah status is deeply unpopular at home, and the fact that the government is emptying its coffers to foment revolution abroad rather than to support the welfare of the Iranian people has turned many of Ahmadinejad's supporters against him. Workers' protests have lately escalated in at least ten cities. Angry union leaders have held the president responsible for the weakening of the economy. In the recent city council elections in Tehran, only two of 13 winners were supporters of Ahmadinejad.

The mullahocracy is a husk with thorns.  The more incendiary its rhetoric, the more it fears the prospect of domestic regime change, without the help of the United States.

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