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Cover story Who's next? Bestseller blames society for Iran's serious political ills November 23, 1998 The Iranian It was already decided two weeks ago that Ali Reza-Qoli's Jaame-eh shenaasi-e Nokhbeh-koshi ("The Sociology of Eliminating the Cream of the Crop") would be this week's cover story. And now, by unhappy coincidence, the November 23 gruesome murder of the nationalist opposition leader, Dariush Forouhar, and his activist wife Parvaneh, will bring the book's message more into focus. Jaame-eh shenaasi-e Nokhbeh-koshiis a 240-page indictment against those who bare the greatest responsibility in the down fall of the country's most progressive leaders in recent centuries. And who does this Iranian sociologist blame the most? Foreign powers and their Iranian agents? No. Ourselves. It is this rare and unequivocal admission that has made Ali Reza-Qoli's book a huge success. Less than a year since its publication, Jaame-eh shenaasi-e Nokhbeh-koshi(Ney Publishers, Tehran, 1998) has been reprinted at least eight times. Here are some excerpts in Persian: * Introduction: Foreign conspiracies? * Why are we repeating the same mistakes? * Oppression: Who's to blame? * Society has failed in backing worthy leaders * Mosaddeq's views * Political immaturity * Burdened by "avaamzadegi"   Links * Opinion * Cover stories * Who's who * Bookstore * Subscribe to The Iranian Times

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