Thursday, June 16, 2005

Iran's Theocrats and America's Neocons Need Each Other by Norman Solomon

Those autocrats may be rescued by American neocons. "As long as Iran fears America's intentions, and the United States vilifies the Islamic Republic, Iran's authoritarian leaders will have an excuse to suppress dissent and to label reformers as traitors," says Christopher de Bellaigue, a correspondent for The Economist who has lived in Iran for several years. Writing in the current issue of Foreign Policy, he predicts that "a new generation of Iranians will … spur further reform."

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