“For a still-powerful faction within the leadership, normalization [of relations with the U.S.] would spell the end of the regime. They will thus try to oppose it in any way they can, says former Iranian president Abolhassan Bani-Sadr. “The Iranian regime is not a ‘regional power’ but is actually quite weak,” he contends: In order to maintain its current geo-political position, Iran has had to take a large amount of money from its impoverished economy and spend it on Syria and Hizbullah. Moreover, the main cause of Iran’s current disastrous economic situation is not the result of sanctions, but of sheer ineptitude in management as well as massive financial corruption by the Revolutionary Guards and other actors within the military-financial mafia. - See more at: demdigest.net/blog/2013/10/rouhani-tries-to-outflank-hardliners-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing-or-sheep-among-wolves/#sthash.53ZOTLdB.dpuf
Posted on: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 17:13:09 +0000
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