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June 15, 2009

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June 15, 2009 To: San Francisco Chronicle

June 15, 2009

Editor:

Has it occurred to anyone that President Ahmadinejad may be conducting a slow-motion coup? The election results were obviously fraudulent; but that is no surprise. However, Ayatollah Khamenei, who is rumored to have cancer, may have suddenly realized that Ahmadinejad has been quietly gathering all the state muscle (police, Revolutionary Guard, street thugs) to be loyal to him. These forces were formerly supporting the Ayatollah and the old clerics who run Iran. Maybe no longer.

And it is probably best that "reformer" Mousavi had the election stolen from him. Had he succeeded, it would soon be true that any reform he supported would be vetoed by the old men. Once more, the country's youth would have been frustrated. At least now we can see a naked dictatorship for what it is.

Laina Farhat-Holzman

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