Iran defeated candidate warns of system "collapse" »
Posted By tehranchik 5 months, 3 weeks ago in Political OpinionA defeated candidate in Iran's disputed election has said the Islamic system may face "collapse" unless it embraces change, in unusually blunt language from a prominent establishment figure.
Conservative Mohsen Rezaie, a former Revolutionary Guards commander who finished third in the June 12 vote won by hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, called for national unity in a statement posted on his website on Sunday evening.
"Continuation of the current situation would lead us to collapse from inside," he wrote. "We need cooperation and brotherhood. We need to respect people and their rights."
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CaptainLucid5 months, 3 weeks ago
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Smart guy. The way we need to defuse Iran is to reach out and show them what benefits true freedom brings and finally enough will demand it. The worst thing we could do would be to call them part of the "Axis of Evil" which will rally support behind the hardliners. It is a fundamental law of politics. Oppressive leaders need to fight with another oppressive leader to both of their benefit usually. Freedom loving leaders need fellow freedom loving leaders to form agreements that benefit both so no one wants to fight any more.
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Jeboba5 months, 3 weeks ago
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We can only hope for the collapse of the theocracy. That is what you get when you let religion run your country. That is, of course what the Republicans wish for. Thank God they've been knocked back into near oblivion. Let's help finish them off.
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