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Mon 06 Jun 2009Ayatollahs should learn lessons from history
Economic and social development will be the first casualty if the regime in Iran reverts to barbarism to counter opponents
FUTURE HISTORIANS will face the difficult challenge of deciphering the revolt now playing out on the streets of Teheran, Isfahan, Tabriz and other Iranian cities. Personal animosities apart, it remains far from clear what motivated those close to Ayatollah Khamenei to amateurishly announce implausible results for the Iranian presidential contest between four officially approved candidates.
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