Steady Drip of Leaks Corrodes the Core of the Iranian Regime
NY Times / MICHAEL SLACKMAN
08-Jan-2010 (one comment)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Beatings, arrests, show trials and even killings have failed to discourage Iranians from taking to the streets in protest. But those same tactics may be taking a toll on the government itself, eating away at its legitimacy even among its core of insiders, Iran experts are saying. The evidence? Leaks.

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Revolutionary Guards Corps members at Friday Prayer in Tehran last year. There is anecdotal evidence that suggests divisions in the Guards.

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Drip of leaks corroding IRI

by MM on Fri Jan 08, 2010 08:05 PM PST

I was pleasantly surprised to see that not all segments of IRI are blindly ruthless and some are questioning the wisdom of quelling the people.

"Beatings, arrests, show trials and even killings have failed to discourage Iranians from taking to the streets in protest. But those same tactics may be taking a toll on the government itself, eating away at its legitimacy even among its core of insiders, Iran experts are saying. The evidence? Leaks."



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