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| Iran, state of emergency to meet US |
| 2002-08-20 |
| A state of emergency might be declared in Iran in order to protect the country against perceived US threats, the press reported Tuesday, with a leading reformist warning that such a move would constitute a virtual coup by conservatives. "The possibility of a state of emergency (being declared) exists, and that would be a form of coup d'etat against the reformist camp," the Khorassan daily cited prominent reformist Karim Argandepour as saying. "Certain extremists in the conservative camp are seeking to create such an exceptional situation." It's a pretty old story, isn't it? Argandepour is editor-in-chief of the suspended daily Nourooz, mouthpiece of the Islamic Iran Participation Front, the main pro-reform party headed by President Mohammad Khatami's brother, which has a majority in Majlis. But all that democracy stuff, that's just a Jewish plot to delay the introduction of a real Khalifate... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |