Amir Taheri: The Mullahs’ fear of tsunami
Al Arabiya News / Amir Taheri
03-Sep-2011 (5 comments)

Eight months after the start of the “Arab Spring”, the ruling mullahs in Tehran are still wondering how to respond to a tsunami that is changing the political landscape of the region. 

Initially, the mullahs, who believe that history consists of a succession of conspiracies, saw the Arab revolt as a plot hatched by Western intelligence services. 

Official media echoed a view expressed by American conspiracy theorist Noam Chomsky. According to that view “the Imperialist powers” wanted to change their “Arab lackeys” who had grown old and out of touch. In the case of Libya, Chomsky claimed, the US wanted to topple Gaddafi because he had become “unruly”. 

The mullahs’ media reminded their audience that, in 2009, the American “Great Satan” had also tried to topple the Khomeinist regime with a master-plan written by US and European philosophers, among them Michael Ledeen and Jurgen Habermas, with financial support from businessman George Soros. 

When it became clear that the Habermas-Ledeen-Soros trio could not have produced a firestorm in a dozen Arab countries, the Khomeinist media started looking for another explanation. 

The most plausible analysis came from Ali Motahari, a member of the Islamic Majlis, the ersatz parliament in Tehran, who is often sane enough to make one wonder what he is doing in that bedlam. 

He suggested that, perhaps, Arabs had revolted because t... >>>

recommended by Simorgh5555

Share/Save/Bookmark

 
Anonymous Observer

Nice article

by Anonymous Observer on

Thanks for posting.


ayatoilet1

This is well written

by ayatoilet1 on

And very sensible...its simply facts. Undeniable facts.... that no one can argue with.

Great job, Amir Taheri...I wish I could write like you.


vildemose

 "Under the Khomeinist

by vildemose on

 "Under the Khomeinist regime even the most senior personalities of the regime are not safe. Two former presidents, Hashemi Rafsanjani and Muhammad Khatami have had their passports withdrawn and denied the right to travel. Mir-Hussein Mousavi, the man who, as Prime Minister, led Iran through the eight-year war with Iraq, is under house arrest. Each time I visit Paris, London or Washington I am surprised by a wave of new arrivals from Tehran: former Khomeinist officials fleeing from Walayat al-Faqih.

Mr. Huweydi’s shining city on the hill is a figment of his imagination.
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Iran today is poorer than it was before the mullahs seized power. This is why Iran, which had never been a country of mass immigration, has become the source of “the biggest brain drain in history”, according to IMF. "

 One of Taheris most inisghtful articles.

Reform requires the consent of the corrupt


vildemose

Iran says kills 30 Kurd

by vildemose on


پندارنیک

My problem with Taheri

by پندارنیک on