كند. گامهاي شاه يك به پيش است يا پس. در لابلاي كيش هاي متمادي تسليم
شدن، فرجام است. تقدير مات شدن را شاه مي داند اما باز به خانه اي ديگر مي رود
Is the Islamic Republic falling
London, (Al Sahrq Al Awsat) For a quarter of a century, the regime established by
Khomeini has been labelled a “mullahrchy”, a theocracy dominated by the Shi’ite
clergy. Now, however, those familiar with the Iranian situation know that a majority
of Shi’ite clerics never converted to Khomeinism and did not endorse the Islamic
Republic. In the past few years, especially since the election of
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as President in 2005, those mullahs who had converted to Khomeinism have lost some of their power
privileges.
Today, it is safe to say that the dominant force within the ruling establishment in Tehran is the
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). This is, perhaps, one reason the Bush
administration in Washington is mulling the possibility of declaring the IRGC a “terrorist organisation”.
IRGC is not a monolith and to label it as “terrorist” may make it difficult to make deals with parts of it when, and if, an opportunity arises.
Were this to happen, the US would be labelling as “terrorist” the principal force that ensures the survival of the Islamic Republic.
The trouble, however, is that the IRGC is not a monolith, and to label all of it as “terrorist” may make it difficult to make deals with parts of it when, and if, an opportunity arises.
Any analysis of the IRGC must take into account a number of facts.
First, the IRGC is not a revolutionary army in the sense that the ALN was in Algeria or the Vietcong in Vietnam. Those two were born during the so-called revolutionary wars in which they became key players.
The IRGC was created after the Khomeinist revolution had succeeded.
ادامه مطلب
United States-backed plots to topple the regime, the British Observer newspaper has revealed.
Many executions have been carried out in public in an apparent bid to create a climate of
intimidation while sending out uncompromising signals to the West. Opposition sources say at
least three of the dead were political activists, contradicting government insistence that it is targeting "thugs" and dangerous criminals.
