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| Ex-vigilante chief warns of ''political earthquake'' in Iran |
| 2002-12-12 |
| A former head of hardline vigilante group Ansar-e Hezbollah has warned that Iran is headed for a "political earthquake" due to widespread corruption and loss of Islamic revolutionary values, reports said Thursday. "Corruption, the social divide, nepotism and the loss of revolutionary values have created such a faultline under the feet of the leaders and society that a small tremor would spark a terrifying catastrophe" and "political earthquake," warned Massoud Dehnamaki. Sounds like things are tough in the old Caliphate... Dehnamaki was a former leader of the Ansar-e Hezbollah (followers of the party of God), a vigilante group best known for its violent attacks on pro-reform meetings, newspapers and publishers. He is now editor of the twice-weekly hardline paper Do Kouheh, and his comments appeared to be directed at both Iran's reformist and conservative camps. "It is not improbable that society is on the verge of an explosion or collapse," he said, quoted in newspapers, arguing that the Islamic republic could not survive "injustice and repression." He said the only solution was to stage a "new revolution" and bring before the courts "all those from the different tendencies of the regime who have betrayed the ideals of the Islamic revolution." "Y'see, if you put me in charge, I'll put everything right..." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |