The Iranian government, like the Chinese ...

The Iranian government, like the Chinese government, is sorely lacking in popular legitimacy. A series of failed economic results would put the Communist Party in China in peril. The well-educated and sophisticated population of Iran probably thought the mullahs would be around long enough to see off the Shah of Iran and his brutal regime. What we may now be seeing is a clutching for legitimacy by a kind of nuclear pride, and attempts to build support for the regime by focussing on manufactured Iranian enemies which the regime is determined to provoke. Iran threatens to cut some oil exports to Europe, touts nuclear advances TEHRAN — In a new show of defiance against tightened sanctions, Iran on Wednesday threatened to cut oil exports to several European Union countries and unveiled advances in its nuclear fuel programs. In... View or comment on Malcolm Gorman's post » Google+ makes sharing on the web more like sharing in real life. Learn more. Join Google+

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