Now arrives the autumn of our discontent with Iran
The Daily Star Lebanon / Joschka Fischer
07-Sep-2009

Like all partial modernizers in
authoritarian regimes, Iran’s rulers want an advanced economy,
technology and infrastructure, but not freedom, democracy or the rule
of law. This explains their great fear of, indeed an obsession with,
“color revolutions,” although they are de facto working hard to bring
one about.

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