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Most Iranians hate President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, too!
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| LazFX |
choice!!
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Reformists fight for Iran's future
A grand coalition of anti-government forces is planning a second Iranian revolution via the ballot box to deny President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad another term in office and break the grip of what they call the "militia state" on public life and personal freedom.
Encouraged by recent successes in local elections, opposition factions, democracy activists and pro-reform clerics say they will bring together progressive parties loyal to the former president Mohammad Khatami with so-called pragmatic conservatives led by Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani
The alliance aims to exploit the president's deepening unpopularity, born of high unemployment, rising inflation and a looming crisis over petrol prices to win control of the Majlis (parliament) in general elections, which are due within 10 months.
Parliament voted last week to curtail Mr Ahmadinejad's term by holding presidential and parliamentary elections simultaneously next year. Although the move is likely to be vetoed by the hardline Guardian Council, it served notice of mounting disaffection in parliament.
But opposition spokesmen say their broader objective is to bring down the fundamentalist regime by democratic means, transform Iran into a "normal country" and obviate the need for any military or other US and western intervention. Rightwing political and religious forces, divided and dismayed by Mr Ahmadinejad's much-criticised performance, are already mobilising to meet the threat.
The movement amounts to the clearest sign yet that the country is not unified behind a president who has led it into confrontation with the West over the nuclear issue, while presiding over economic decline at home.
"The past two years have been a very bitter time for Iran," said Mohammad Atrianfar, a leading opposition figure with ties to Mr Rafsanjani, the former president who is emerging as a likely future kingmaker in Iran.
"Ahmadinejad has done everything upside down - politics, economy, foreign policy - putting all our achievements at risk. He has done a lot of damage at home and abroad."
Mr Atrianfar said that a majority in the Majlis was now critical of the president and would impeach him but for the support he enjoyed from the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Opposition sources said a future reformist-pragmatist government would continue to maintain Iran's claim to nuclear energy and other "national rights", but would seek to settle disputes through talks. Iran wanted a "normal" relationship with the rest of the world based on mutual respect, the opposition sources said.
Mr Rafsanjani, a former president who was once written off as a political has-been, is well on the way to a comeback. His allies say the reformist-conservative alliance is to focus on the poor record of the Ahmadinejad government, especially on economic issues. Mr Atrianfar said the economy was the battleground on which Iran's political future would be decided.
The president has faced mounting criticism in recent weeks over high unemployment, especially among younger people, rising inflation and escalating housing costs. Significantly, for a major oil producer, heavily subsidised petrol prices are due to rise next month, hitting poorer people hardest in a country with little public transport.
In an unusual intervention, Grand Ayatollah Yusef Sa'anei, one of Iran's most respected Islamic scholars, has attacked Mr Ahmadinejad's government for failing to tackle social ills such as youth unemployment, drug addiction and gender inequality.
In a rare interview with a western newspaper at his office in the holy city of Qom, Mr Sa'anei said: "The government should be at the service of the people. But it is putting too much pressure on the people. It bans newspapers, sends people to jail, segregates boys and the girls at the universities, makes noise about hijab."
Mr Rafsanjani and Mr Khatami say democratic, lawful governance has become impossible, in particular because of the increased influence of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps and their offshoot, the Basij volunteer militia (Mr Ahmadinejad has belonged to both).
"Rafsanjani believes militias are running this country, not the people, and that it is contrary to the constitution. It is also contrary to political norms," Mr Atrianfar said. "The Basij has almost eight million members. They have 70,000 bases in the towns, in mosques and camps."
Observers say a power struggle is inevitable. "A very big battle is coming. It's unavoidable," a western envoy said.
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nice to read that other people see this fock head for what he really is. I really like this | quote: | their broader objective is to bring down the fundamentalist regime by democratic means, transform Iran into a "normal country" and obviate the need for any military or other US and western intervention. Rightwing political and religious forces, divided and dismayed by Mr Ahmadinejad's much-criticised performance, are already mobilising to meet the threat.
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religious nut jobs ruin everything and people are starting to get tired of the . good for them!!
hope all goes well and common sense in Iran..... |
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| George Smiley |
| Shame the American public are not taking similar measures to get rid of their religious-extremist regime... |
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| LazFX |
| quote: | Originally posted by George Smiley
Shame the American public are not taking similar measures to get rid of their religious-extremist regime... |
its obvious you know nothing of America.
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- Ten Comendmants are out
- School Prayer is gone
- You can't even hang Christmas Trees in public places any more
- We Jail our Extremists that bomb abortion clinics
there are allot of other examples how we, America, are removing any ref to the Christian God...... soon we will have "In God We Trust" taken off of our money....
SO how is it we don't handle our so called Extremist???
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I will tell you what, Give me an example of; in the past 3 days an American Extremist Group taking out a few hundred with suicide bombers/trucks or an example of the US government hanging 2 men just for bieng gay and I will apologize for my tone at of your post.....
till then .. . .. . .:rolleyes:
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SOURCE Iran’s execution of two men last week for homosexual conduct highlights a pattern of persecution of gay men that stands in stark violation of the rights to life and privacy, Human Rights Watch said today...... |
I am sure you have read about this....:D |
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| Krypton |
| We have to support this movement.! |
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| hardcore trancer |
| quote: | Originally posted by Krypton
We have to support this movement.! |
No please stay the away from Iran,and let the people do what is right for them. |
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| star-traveller |
You must be kidding me. You post an article from Guardian about Iran.
It's similiar to posting an aritcle about the US goverment from a Duke's website.
JOKE |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Originally posted by hardcore trancer
No please stay the away from Iran,and let the people do what is right for them. |
duh!! |
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| LazFX |
| quote: | Originally posted by hardcore trancer
No please stay the away from Iran,and let the people do what is right for them. |
So what do you feel about this??? Do you support these Iranians.....or are you wanting to see where the chips will fall?? |
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| Sunsnail |
| quote: | Originally posted by LazFX
the US government hanging 2 men just for bieng gay and I will apologize for my tone at of your post.....
till then .. . .. . .:rolleyes:
I am sure you have read about this....:D |
Some were imprisoned in texas. |
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| josh4 |
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"Ahmadinejad has done everything upside down - politics, economy, foreign policy - putting all our achievements at risk. He has done a lot of damage at home and abroad." |
seems the US and Iran have a lot in common after all |
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| Q5echo |
| quote: | Originally posted by josh4
seems the US and Iran have a lot in common after all |
i'm sure you would equivocate in the same manner if you lived in Iran, right?:rolleyes:
you have really no idea do you? |
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