Iran’s Many Wars

by Behzad Yaghmaian

June 25, 2009

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Behzad Yaghmaian is the author of "Social Change in Iran: An Eyewitness Account of Dissent, Defiance, and New Movements for Rights". He is a professor of political economy at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Yaghmaian can be reached at behzad.yaghmaian@gmail.com Read more articles by Behzad Yaghmaian.

10 Responses to Iran’s Many Wars

Ali Herischi
June 25, 2009 at 6:37 am
Very well explained the situation, I wish democratic movement in Iran creates a framework to include majority of these fractions in this movement, unity is required otherwise there will be a bloodshed.
Reaganite Republican
June 25, 2009 at 7:49 pm
Well, he can bow, kiss his ring, and call him “Supreme Leader” all he wants… but these blood-soaked tyrants are laughing at Obambi. It doesn’t matter what Obama says to the Mullahs now… they lost all respect for him when he started sending them adoring fan mail. They know this smiley plastic mannequin isn’t going to do anything.
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Ronald Reagan’s support of Poland’s Solidarity in the dark days of the Soviet-ordered crackdown is the model here… not the preposterous straw-man argument of “what are you going to do, invade?” disingenuously presented by the do-nothing, Obama-pologist left.
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And isn’t this what George W Bush told you was going to happen in the Middle East in the wake of Iraq’s liberation?
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Maybe that’s why Barack Obama has so little apparent interest in finishing the job in Iran… no matter how much it benefits the US and free world.
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That, and the fact that he’s already piled all his chips on legitimizing this vile regime- and a democratic revolution at this point would be downright embarrassing for him.
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Reaganite Republican
June 25, 2009 at 7:55 pm
ell, he can bow, kiss his ring, and call him “Supreme Leader” all he wants… but these blood-soaked tyrants are laughing at Obambi. It doesn’t matter what Obama says to the Mullahs now… they lost all respect for him when he started sending them adoring fan mail. They know this smiley plastic mannequin isn’t going to do anything.
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Ronald Reagan’s support of Poland’s Solidarity in the dark days of the Soviet-ordered crackdown is the model here… not the preposterous straw-man argument of “what are you going to do, invade?” disingenuously presented by the do-nothing, Obama-pologist left.
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And isn’t this what George W Bush told you was going to happen in the Middle East in the wake of Iraq’s liberation?
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Maybe that’s why Barack Obama has so little apparent interest in finishing the job in Iran… no matter how much it benefits the US and free world.
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That, and the fact that he’s already piled all his chips on legitimizing this vile regime- and a democratic revolution at this point would be downright embarrassing for him.
- Tom Baxter
  December 1, 2009 at 12:59 am
  If only Obama would follow the glorious, brilliant leadership of President George W Bush, the people of Iran today could be live under the democratic leadership of the MEK. The MEK, whose loyalty, since the overthrow of Saddam, is to the greatest supporter of democracy in history, the United States. Given just a few short months more, Iran rulers could have joined Egypt, Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Morocco as free, democratic allies of the United States and like them totally dependent on the US for their continued rule.
Alan
June 28, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Does “through sixty illegal docs” contain a typo? Do you mean “docks”?
Moign Khawaja
June 28, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Interesting article that describes the situation from a different perspective. Would have been better to know what the people on the streets are thinking at the moment. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Soran Kurdistani
June 29, 2009 at 3:46 pm
To some extent i do agree with you, but the Iranian political turmoil crossed its boundries, and it is not just a struggle between the Rafsanjani and the Supreme leader. in my perspective the Iranians using the elites confrontaion as an excuse. Thirty years of oppression and supression have been accumulated, and Iranians think it is the right time and right place to explod it against the theocratic rulers.
Ahmadi nezhad, have not ever pursued populist policies, instead, he claimed to pursue such policies just at the time of election propagamdas.
if you just look at the demonstration more broadly, you can see, merely runned by Iranian Middle class, nither Baazaris nor Working Class involved.
some classic politicians thought and still think that the theocratic rulers are united behind “Welaya Faqeh” therefore it is impossible to be changed or removed by social movement. History shown that the political changes were come about in Iran, through social movement except 1953 CIA Cop.
in addition, despite your illustration of current political turmoil and elites power struggle in Iran, your article lacks a vatal and important factor, which is what shall our rule must be even if its elites struggle, how should we take an advantage of current situation, and turn the demonstration into one of anti-regime. in my point of view this is a golden opportunity for the Iranians to overthrow the theocratic Islamic regime and establish real democratic state compatible with Iranians culture, norm and Custom.
Ponderer
August 8, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Despite all Western propaganda to the contrary, the truth is that a progressive wing of Iran’s political leadership has taken full control of Iran’s government. This article is therefore in error when it reduces the power struggle to a limited economic dimension. Ahamdinejad is eager to make sure Iran’s central government is strong, perhaps even monolithic. This goal should not be a surpirse whatsoever given the fact that Iran’s government has historically been a weak Western puppet for the past 150 years, up until the 1979 Revolution. The West is of course full of mendacity in this regard: the Western type of governemnt is a plutocratic type, deep ly militaristic-police state in essence; a fully ‘democratic’ Iran would be like the political scene after the Western occupation of Iran during the WWII, in which numerous factions were backstabbing each other with deeply paralyzed central governemnt. The progressive wing in Iran is not fooled by the Western rhetoric: It understands that a strong central government is a gurantor of Irans full sovreignty, stability and social, cultural, scientific progress. In their first step to quell the reactionary self-serving plutocrates of Iran, the progressive wing has succeeded. Without Western invasion, Iran has now a very bright future indeed.
ms.Intelligent
April 13, 2010 at 5:48 pm
wow!im 15 and i think this stuff is really crazy.can you belive war has been going on for so long?
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