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Mon 06 Jun 2009Sunni Arabs gleeful over dissension in Shia Iran

While some Arab media have ignored events in Tehran, others praised the opposition, writes MICHAEL JANSEN

SUNNI ARAB leaders are gleeful over deepening divisions within Iran’s Shia regime, but they are fearful of popular risings on their own streets.