Monday, January 11, 2010

An Iranian military ultimatum to the regime?

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Afshin Elian, a professor at Leiden University, confirms in an article for Pajamas Media that a letter signed by key members of the Iranian military is a warning to the Iranian mullahs and their revolutionary guard henchmen that the army will intervene on the side of the protestors if the regime attempts a more serious crackdown on dissent: [snip]

The military in Iran has a tradition of obeying the civilian commanders and of eschewing efforts to drag them into domestic political matters. I take this letter as a sign that the regime is at a tipping point: Further, more brutal repression of the peaceful demonstrators will end in a military revolt against it...

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