Iran: A Rift that Cannot be Healed
asharq alawsat / Amir Taheri
26-Jun-2009 (one comment)

Initially, some in the West, including some of US President Barack Hussein Obama's advisors, claimed that the pro-Mousavi’s revolt was little more than an expression of anger by Iran's upper middle classes and "the golden youth" of Tehran's wealthy districts. Nothing could be further from the truth. Today, the two camps are present throughout Iranian society, cutting across class, regional, and age boundaries. Mousavi enjoys much support among both the rural and urban poor while Ahmadinejad has partisans among the rich even in the posh districts of Tehran.

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Mullahs are too smart to allow the rift

by Lili on Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:05 AM PDT

There has been a widening rift among reformists and the hardline clerics, but that doesn't mean there's going to be a major change.

Even the reformists know that if they allow the rift at this time, they'll livelihood will be over very soon. That's why Hashemi is siding with the supreme leader. 

 


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