(Enduring America) | March 22, 2010
Scott Lucas
A reliable EA source passes on these insights from a well-placed contact:
Today an Iranian friend called.
According to him, the Government did effectively scare the people by killing and arresting them and relentlessly summoning political activists or journalists to court. It also is promoting itself through intense propaganda.
Oppositional administrative structures are virtually destroyed, which was one of the reasons for the tohubohu [confusion] on 22 Bahman [11 February, the anniversary of the Revolution]. Nevertheless the people resist, and growing rifts are visible within the regime’s body. The number of people, even very religious ones, who doubt the Government’s pretentions, is growing day by day. Meanwhile many have realised that changes within the system are impossible, and even parts of the clergy favour a separation of state and religion.
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