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Iran has turned to foreign sources to help quell mounting internal unrest. The ruling Iranian mullahs have hired thugs from the Lebanese-based Hezbollah to do Teheran's dirty work. Iranian opposition and other sources in the regime say Teheran has imported hundreds of Hizbullah terrorists to track and beat suspected student reformists. Many Hizbullah members had been training in Iranian terrorist camps when they were summoned to set up roadblocks and beat students on the streets of Teheran and other cities. The Hizbullah force is directed ultimately by Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
| There's also a domestic Hezbollah within Iran... |
Opposition sources said the regime's use of Hizbullah points to a tremendous fear that Iranian police and security forces will simply not obey orders to oppress civilians. They said police have been given an extremely limited role and simply told to look away while Hizbullah and other regime-sponsored thugs act out an Islamic version of "Clockwork Orange." The thugs speak poor Farsi. But all they need do is use their chains, whips and sticks. They have raided student demonstrations, university campuses, broken some faces and ran.
| I wonder if these were the guys the ayatollahs jugged, or just the domestics? |
The Hizbullah service doesn't come free. Iran has increased funding of Hizbullah over the past year to deploy the Shiite group in a range of missions outside of Lebanon. The Beirut-based group is believed to receive about $100 million from Teheran. |